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Author: Stephen Chan

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Stephen Chan is Professor of World Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London. He is the author of Kaunda and Southern Africa (Bloomsbury, 2021).

  • Former President of Zambia Dr Kenneth Kaunda (centre) at the funeral of Michael Sata. Credit: DOC.
    PoliticsZambia
    By Stephen Chan
    June 24, 2021
    2322
    1

    Kenneth Kaunda, the philosopher king who fell with dignity

    Zambia’s first president was a flawed leader, but his legacy of inclusiveness and African unity survive in political structures to this day. When Zambians go to ...
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  • Politics
    By Stephen Chan
    February 22, 2017
    5681
    3

    International election observation is decades out of date. I should know.

    I helped design the first African election observation mission in 1980. The world’s transformed since then, but they’re still using the same old model. In 1979, ...
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  • Politics
    By Stephen Chan
    December 10, 2015
    2725
    0

    African Political Thought, Part 10: intellectual currents and philosophy today

    Welcome to Part 10 of our ten-part ten-minute lecture series on African Political Thought, brought to you by Stephen Chan, Professor of World Politics at the School of ...
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  • Politics
    By Stephen Chan
    December 4, 2015
    2061
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    African Political Thought, Part 9: Trauma after liberation, gender equality, and building new constitutions

    Welcome to Part 9 of our ten-part ten-minute lecture series on African Political Thought, brought to you by Stephen Chan, Professor of World Politics at the School of Oriental ...
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  • Politics
    By Stephen Chan
    November 26, 2015
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    African Political Thought, Part 8: the call for democracy

    Welcome to Part 8 of our ten-part ten-minute lecture series on African Political Thought, brought to you by Stephen Chan, Professor of World Politics at the School of Oriental ...
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  • Politics
    By Stephen Chan
    November 23, 2015
    4084
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    African Political Thought, Part 7: Africa in the world

    Welcome to Part 7 of our ten-part ten-minute lecture series on African Political Thought, brought to you by Stephen Chan, Professor of World Politics at the School of Oriental ...
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  • Politics
    By Stephen Chan
    November 12, 2015
    2556
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    African Political Thought, Part 6: old liberationalists, new nationalisms, and Mugabe

      Welcome to Part 6 of our ten-part ten-minute lecture series on African Political Thought, brought to you by Stephen Chan, Professor of World Politics at the School ...
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  • Politics
    By Stephen Chan
    October 29, 2015
    2172
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    African Political Thought, Part 5: coup artists and the new nationalisms-on-command

    In part 5 of our lecture series, we look at the rise of different types of African leaders including those of a military background. Welcome to Part ...
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  • Politics
    By Stephen Chan
    October 22, 2015
    3456
    1

    African Political Thought, Part 4: The Degeneration into ‘Big Men’

    In part 4 of our lecture series, we look at Mobutu, Banda and the degeneration into ‘Big Men’.  Welcome to Part 4 of our ten-part ten-minute lecture ...
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  • Politics
    By Stephen Chan
    October 15, 2015
    4643
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    African Political Thought, Part 3: The New African Man

    In part 3 of our lecture series, we examine transformation through the figures of Kenneth Kaunda, Julius Nyerere, Milton Obote and Kwame Nkrumah.  Welcome to Part 3 of our ...
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