The Social Science Research Council’s African Peacebuilding Network (APN) recently had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Peace Medie, an APN Alumnus (BMC 2016; IRG 2015) and research fellow at the…
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Doctoral Voices
Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa: A Story of Transformation
by Anthony Diala
The Next Generation Social Sciences program responds to an emerging dilemma within higher education in the global South caused by the extraordinary emphasis on increasing undergraduate enrollment without proportionate investment in faculty development. The change story series documents the impact of the program on the lives of the fellowship recipients.
Essays
KhoiSan Rastafarianism: A Path to Peace in the Western Cape, South Africa
by Cynthia Alexandre-Brutus
To the untrained eye, Rastafarians represent an alien culture of violent and unkempt ganja-smoking individuals who seek to wreak havoc in their communities. However, on the contrary, Rastafarianism is one of the most novel religious and social movements to come out of the African Diaspora in the twenty-first century. At its founding in Jamaica, the […]
Editorials
Open, Perceptive, and Public-Spirited: A Tribute to Abdul Raufu Mustapha (1954–2017)
by Yusuf Bangura
For the thirty-seven years that I knew him, Abdul Raufu Mustapha, who departed this life on August 8, 2017, lived a life of courage, commitment, and fulfillment. A versatile scholar and an internationalist, he had an incredibly open, perceptive, and critical mind. He prioritized the public interest, whether in terms of his persistent questioning of […]
Interviews
Life as an APN Alumnus: An Interview with Dr. Amy Niang
by African Peacebuilding Network
The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) recently had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Amy Niang, an APN Alumnus (IRG 2013) and senior lecturer in international relations at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Dr. Niang was in Washington, D.C., for a conference on “Militancy and Conflict in the Sahel and Maghreb,” hosted at […]
Kenya's 2017 Presidential Election
Imagining Canaan: Singing Opposition Party NASA’s Vision in Kenya’s 2017 Elections
by C. J. Odhiambo
Music and songs have been deployed in variegated contexts and for diverse concerns. However, the focus of this article is specifically on the mobilization of music and song in promoting political messages and visions. There are numerous examples of the overt deployment of music and song in politics and civic activism. Interesting instances abound from […]
Kenya's 2017 Presidential Election
Not Yet Uhuru: Is This the Making of Kenya’s First One-Term President?
by Duncan Omanga
In his 2017 New Year message, President Uhuru Kenyatta expressed confidence at being reelected. Indeed, polls showed him likely to win by over 50 percent if elections were called. But things have since changed, and President Kenyatta faces the possibility of being Kenya’s first one-term president. The latest polls released this week show a statistical […]
Kenya's 2017 Presidential Election
The Land Question in Kenya’s 2017 General Election: A Historical Review