What does Africa mean to us today? Fellow Takondwa Priscilla Semphere teaches at the African Leadership Academy, a school where approximately 35 African countries are represented at one time. Takondwa speaks with her students about the complicated question of how we understand and define Africa and its people for this episode.
In the news wrap, Kim and Rachel discuss a special edition of The Monkey Cage’s newsletter devoted to elections in Africa in 2023and talk about last week’s conversation with guest Idayat Hassan on elections in Nigeria.
Books, Links, & Articles
- The Monkey Cage Newsletter
- “Electoral Institutions and Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa.” by Hanne Fjelde and Kristine Höglund
- “Democratization and Women’s Legislative Representation in Sub-Saharan Africa.” by Mi Yung Yoon
- Sierra Leone: A Groundbreaking Gender Equality Bill Passes by NDI
- This Week in Africa: Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Ethiopia
- “Women Are Now Officially a Tiny Bit More Equal to Men”
- “The Future of the Catholic Church Is Being Forged in Africa“
- “Zambia’s Unprecedented Lawsuit“