Garikai Chaunza is a Research Assistant at the School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, with interests in Media Activism, Radio & Decolonisation, Media Traditions, Journalism Norms & Practices, and the…
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Elections
Analyzing Approaches to Governing Diversity: Insights from the Political Manifestoes of Ghana’s Political Parties
by Ernest Bagson
Introduction One of the formidable challenges facing Ghana as it approaches the 2024 general elections is how the country can effectively manage its diversity against the backdrop of declining trust in state institutions, growing ethno-religious tensions, economic crisis, proliferation of illicit weapons and small arms, and inter-ethnic and inter-community conflicts.[i] Additionally, the resurgence of vigilantism, […]
Elections
Ghana: How the 2024 General Election Will Test the Pulse of the Country’s Democracy.
by Dr. Nelson Oppong
Ghana faces yet another milestone in its democratic journey in December 2024, as the country heads to the polls to elect a new President and parliamentarians for the 275-member legislative chamber. This is the 9th successive general election since the country returned to democratic rule in 1992, with remarkable success translating into orderly transitions of […]
Next Gen Dispatches
An Interview with Recent PhD Graduate and Next Gen Alumna, Dr. Keneuoe Thibello-Maphosa
Democracy, Development and Governance
Transitional Justice, Conflict Prevention, and Violence in Post-War Sierra Leone: Gaps and Opportunities
by Ibrahim Bangura and Petra Nederkoorn
Introduction The year 2024 marks two decades since the publication of the final report of the “Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Sierra Leone” (TRCSL). The report attempted to provide an antidote to future conflicts after reviewing evidence of the causes and nature of the Sierra Leonean Civil War (1991–2002). However, the events leading to, and […]
Next Gen Dispatches
An Interview with Recent PhD Graduate and Next Gen Alumnus, William Musamba
by Next Generation Social Sciences
William Musamba (PhD, African History) is a lecturer at Uganda Martyrs University and Makerere University, Uganda. His research interests focus on the twentieth-century history of Busoga, eastern Uganda. His most recent work is “Record Keeping and Political Advocacy in Late Colonial Uganda: the case of Abataka Abasoga, Busoga, 1940 to 1950,” published by Social Dynamics, […]
Government and Politics
Taiwan’s Diplomatic Push in Somaliland: A Pathway for Peacebuilding, Security, and Development?
by Richard Atimniraye Nyelade
On September 27, 2024, I conducted an interview with Ambassador Allen Lou, Taiwan’s representative to Somaliland, in Hargeisa. Accompanied by Chris Lee, the office’s First Secretary, our conversation illuminated Taiwan’s strategic and diplomatic goals in Africa. The room where the interview took place, lined with photos from key diplomatic events, subtly reflected Taiwan’s journey toward […]
Book Reviews
Book Review: Transnational Activities of Women-Focused Civil Society Actors in Southern Africa
by Lilian Namuma S. Kong’ani
Book Review: Transnational Activities of Women-Focused Civil Society Actors in Southern Africa by Cecilia Lwiindi Nedziwe and Oluwaseun Tella (ISBN 978-3-031-29536-2), 2023; London, Palgrave Macmillan, 281 pp. Introduction Transnational Activities of Women-Focused Civil Society Actors in Southern Africa by Nedziwe and Tella (2023) is an informative and thought-provoking co-authored book that explores the transformative role […]
Democracy, Development and Governance
The Notion of the “Veil of Ignorance” in Uganda’s 1995 Constitutional Reforms