The Social Science Research Council’s African Peacebuilding Network (APN) had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Amanda Coffie, an APN alumnus and a Research Fellow at Legon Center for International Affairs…
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Next Gen Dispatches
Civil Society Organization and Counter-Terrorism in Northeastern Nigeria: A Conversation with Emeka Thaddues Njoku
by Jaclyn Williams
Emeka Thaddues Njoku is an alumnus of the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Fellowship (2015) and Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2016). He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His research focuses on the intersection of civil society organizations and security governance, particularly post-9/11 international and […]
Next Gen Dispatches
An Interview with Sisanda Mguzulwa
by Next Generation Social SciencesAt our July 2018 bi-annual fellows workshop in Kampala, Uganda, program staff sat down with Sisanda Mguzulwa, a 2016 and 2018 Next Gen fellow and PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town:
Democracy, Development and Governance
Nigeria’s 2019 General Elections: A Postscript
by Ukoha Ukiwo
The expectation of free and fair elections was dampened by the perception among some observers of bias by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), whose neutrality had been a key factor in the success of the 2015 elections.
Next Gen Dispatches
The Disappearing Lake
by Uche Okpara
Is climate change likely to be a threat multiplier in conflict-prone regions? Under what conditions? What can be done to ameliorate it? These questions broadly capture the focus of my research. Much literature has sought to quantify the strength of climate-conflict linkages by taking advantage of improvements in climate and conflict data and data computing […]
Next Gen Dispatches
Researching China in Africa
by Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi
My initial attraction to the study of China’s activities in Africa stemmed from an intellectual imbalance I noticed while writing two separate MA theses. Many of the best-known scholars, including those that I respect on the subject, are non-African. In Nigeria, only a few scholars have fundamentally contributed to the subject. My interest was further […]
Democracy, Development and Governance
2019 Presidential Elections in Senegal: Reflections on a West African Model-Democracy and the Challenge of Decolonization
by Amy Niang and Aboubakr Tandia
Perhaps the most defining issue of the election was the debate about decolonization, a first in the history of postcolonial Senegal.
