A new episode of what is commonly known as the “Anglophone problem” in Cameroon has been spurred by the demonstration of English-speaking lawyers, teachers, and students against the systematic marginalization of Anglophones…
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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
Kenya's 2017 Presidential Election
The Bankruptcy of Peace, and of the Constitution, in Kenya’s 2017 Elections
by Muema Wambua
The 2010 Constitution of Kenya is transformative, to say the least. It is, however, bankrupt on peace; so is the country. The word “peace” appears a paltry four times in the constitution: first in the Preamble, second in Article 37 on the right to “peaceable” demonstrations, third in Article 238 (1) on threats to national […]
Kenya's 2017 Presidential Election
The Ethnicity Factor and Risk of Conflict in the 2017 Kenyan Elections
by Jacinta Mwende Maweu
Kenya has held elections every five years since it obtained independence in 1963. The August 8, 2017, elections will be the country’s sixth since the end of one-party rule in 1991, and the second since the introduction of a new constitution in 2010. The elections also mark a decade since the worst political violence ever […]
Kenya's 2017 Presidential Election
Party Doesn’t Matter: Ethnic Parties and Multiethnic Coalitions in Kenya