We start our episode this week talking about recent pieces on Sudan published in The Monkey Cage, the row between Uganda and Rwanda, African migrants stuck in Mexico, and the latest on events in Mali. This week’s conversation is with Jeffrey Paller (@JWPaller), an assistant professor of politics at the University of San Francisco. He was formerly a fellow at the Earth Institute at Columbia University and a Research Associate at the Center for Democratic Development in Ghana. Our listeners might be familiar with Jeffrey’s weekly news bulletin, This Week in Africa. We spoke with him about his new book, published this week, Democracy in Ghana: Everyday Politics in Urban Africa.
Books, Links, & Articles
- “Generals overthrew Sudan’s president, Bashir, but they can’t agree on what comes next.” Analysis by Naunihal Singh
- “How will the African Union respond to the military overthrow in Sudan?” Analysis by Emmanuel Balogun and Anna Mwaba
- This Week in Africa Newsletter
- Monrovia Modern: Urban Form and Political Imagination in Liberia by Danny Hoffman
- Everyday Africa: 30 Photographers Re-Picturing a Continent by Austin Merrill, Peter DiCampo, Nana Kofi Acquah, and Teun van der Heijden