Politics: Africa

A sumary of - Susan Thomson, Whispering Truth to Power: The Everyday Resistance of Rwandan Peasants to PostGenocide Reconciliation, African Affairs, 110/440 (2011), 439-456. - Optional reading 1: Why Infrapolitics Matters 77 - Optional reading 2: Infrapolitics and Mobilizations: A response by James C. Scott - Lecture Notes

A summary of: - Babatunde Fagbayibo, “From OAU to AU: Rethinking Supranational Governance in Africa”, in Oloruntoba and Falola, The Palgrave Handbook of African Politics, Governance and Development (London: Palgrave, 2018), chapter 47. - Rita Kiki Edozie, “Pan-Africanism is Africa’s Third Way: The Cultural Relevance of African Political”, in Oloruntoba and Falola, The Palgrave Handbook of African Politics, Governance and Development (London: Palgrave, 2018), chapter 48. - Lectu...

A Summary of - Adetutu Omotoso, “Media and Politics in Africa”, in Oloruntoba and Falola, The Palgrave Handbook of African Politics, Governance and Development (London: Palgrave, 2018), chapter 33. - Lecture notes

A summary of - Jo-Ansie van Wyk, “Political Parties and Democracy in Africa”, in Oloruntoba and Falola, The Palgrave Handbook of African Politics, Governance and Development (London: Palgrave, 2018), chapter 29. - Carolien van Ham and Staffan Lindberg, “Elections: The Power of Elections in Multi-party Africa”, in Nic Cheeseman, Institutions and Democracy in Africa, (Cambridge University Press, 2018), chapter 9. - Lecture notes

A summary of - Alumona and Nnaemeka Azomn, “Politics of Identity and the Crisis of Nation-Building in Africa”, in Oloruntoba and Falola, The Palgrave Handbook of African Politics, Governance and Development (Palgrave, 2018), chapter 17. - Ottoh, Ferdinand O. “Ethnic Identity and Conflicts in Africa”, in Oloruntoba and Falola, The Palgrave Handbook of African Politics, Governance and Development (London: Palgrave, 2018), chapter 20. + Lecture notes

*** not sure how important these readings are as exam content in my opinion, but perhaps a nice background. A Summary of Heather Deegan, Africa Today: Culture, Economics, Religion, Security (Routledge, 2009), chapter 2 “Religion”. J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, “Pentecostalism and the Transformation of the African Christian Landscape”, in Martin Lindhardt, Pentecostalism in Africa: Presence and Impact of Pneumatic Christianity in Postcolonial Societies (Brill, 2014), chapter 4. ...

This is a complete summary of Week 6-12. Ideal if you haven't done the readings or need refreshing.

The Palgrave Handbook of African Politics, Governance and Development - Chapter 17: politics of identity and the crisis of nation-building in Africa

The Palgrave Handbook of African Politics, Governance and Development - Chapter 20: Ethnic Identity and Conflicts in Africa