Politics
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African Democracy
Ghana's extraordinary election last December was not just about Ghana. Two decades after the return of ... -
Concerned over the Submission to the ICC
I am quite concerned and agitated about the current media coverage in Sudan which refers to a claimed “submission from two Sudanese Groups” to ... -
African Arguments Online
Today, the Royal African Society and the Social Science Research Council jointly launch a new website and blog, African Arguments Online. Africa has long ... -
American Democracy and African Liberation
The ideals of American democracy, and the spirit of African liberation, have been intimately linked ... -
What Barack Obama means to young Africans
Around the world, America's presidential election caught the imagination of young people. Nowhere was that ... -
A Lesson in Great Expectations
Fifty years before Barack Obama’s historic election last November, a group of American intellectuals ... -
Welcome to African Arguments Online
Welcome to www.africanarguments.org! Hosted by the Royal African Society and the Social Science Research Council, we promise to make African ... -
Obama's Africa Policy: Strengths and Uncertainties
Today, January 20, 2009, Barack Obama, a man of both African and American ancestry, will become ... -
Thoughts on the Speed of Sudan’s Political Process
In the 1980s I lived for a while in Nyala in south Darfur. It is the terminus of the railway that runs all the ... -
‘Civilians’–the Politics of the Word
I am writing this review during the Israeli attacks on Gaza of December 2008/January 2009, a war in which civilians are being used as ...