Author: Stephen Chan
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A Shameful Shambles: An account of Zimbabwe’s elections of August 2023
An election observer who has witnessed every Zimbabwean election since independence in 1980, narrates his experience of the 2023 elections. I have been present at Zimbabwean ... -
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 ... -
International election observation is decades out of date.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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
