This week’s episode features a conversation with award-winning photojournalist and political activist Boniface Mwangi. Mwangi recently ran to be a member of parliament in Starehe constituency, which is in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city. Thanks to the efforts of friend of the podcast Dr. Chipo Dendere, Mwangi recently visited the Pioneer Valley to give a lecture at Amherst College. While he was here, I sat down with him and asked about his recent campaign for office and about his book, Unbounded, which features stories about his life juxtaposed with a sample of some of his amazing photography. In addition to being sold in Kenya, Unbounded is currently available in the United States via Amazon. Our conversation begins at 2:14.
Tag: Elections
Ep. 28: A conversation with Dr. Kathleen Klaus on Kenya’s annulled elections and more
In this week’s episode, we speak with Dr. Kathleen Klaus (@KathleenKlaus), Visiting Assistant Professor of Government at Wesleyan University. She earned her PhD at the University of Wisconsin and was recently a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University. Her research examines elections, violence, and land rights and she is currently finishing a book manuscript that draws Read More…
Ep. 25: A conversation with Anna Mwaba on the African Union, election monitoring, and more
In this week’s episode, we speak with Anna Mwaba (@annakapambwe), a PhD candidate at the University of Florida. We talk about her research on the African Union and election monitoring. We also talk about the unintended consequences of political science research on Africa by those of us trained in the West. Our featured song this Read More…
Ep. 23: A conversation with Dr. Ken Opalo on the Kenyan elections
In this week’s episode, we speak with Dr. Kennedy Opalo (@kopalo), an assistant professor at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. His research focuses on the political economy of development, legislative development, and electoral politics in emerging democracies. Ken blogs regularly at his blog, An Africanist Perspective, and currently is writing Read More…
Ep. 22: A conversation with Dr. John Aerni-Flessner on the recent Lesotho elections
We talk this week about the Lesotho elections, which were held on June 3rd.
Ep. 1: A conversation with Dr. Kojo Asante on Ghana’s 2016 elections
In Ufahamu Africa‘s inaugural podcast, we commemorate today’s presidential inauguration in Ghana. Nana Akufo-Addo becomes Ghana’s president after unseating incumbent John Dramani Mahama in the December 7, 2016 election. We chat with Dr. Kojo Asante (a senior research fellow at the Center for Democratic Development) about Ghana’s 2016 elections, election observation, Afrobarometer survey data, and even fax machines. We invite you Read More…