African Politics

Unmasking Boko Haram: Exploring Global Jihad in Nigeria
Jacob Zenn

The kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls from the village of Chibok, Nigeria, in 2014 drew the world's attention to the previously little-known extremist group Boko Haram. Numerous questions    More >

Africa’s Totalitarian Temptation: The Evolution of Autocratic Regimes
Dave Peterson

Disappointment with the ability of democracy to deliver economic rewards in much of Africa—and with the persistence of instability, corruption, and poor governance in democratic    More >

Inside African Politics, 2nd edition
Kevin C. Dunn and Pierre Englebert

The second edition of Inside African Politics, updated throughout to reflect political developments across the continent, not only provides thorough coverage of the full range of core    More >

The Puzzle of Ethiopian Politics
Terrence Lyons

How did a group with its origins in a small Marxist-Leninist insurgency in northern Ethiopia transform itself into a party (the EPRDF) with eight million members and a hierarchy that links    More >

Fatima Meer
Shireen Hassim

Fatima Meer, a South African academic, public intellectual, and activist, was a tireless fighter for social justice and human rights—for which she variously suffered banning and    More >

Independence  and  Revolution in Portuguese-Speaking Africa: Selected Articles and Interviews, 1980-1986
Tomaz Aquino de Bragança, edited and annotated by Marco Mondaini and Colin Darch

Tomaz Aquino de Bragança, a close adviser to former Mozambican president Samora Machel, dedicated his life to the liberation struggles of southern Africa. Before his death in a plane    More >

The Fates of African Rebels: Victory, Defeat, and the Politics of Civil War
Christopher Day

What determines the outcome for rebels in contemporary African civil wars? How are "victory" and "defeat" measured?  Is there any connection between a rebel    More >

Transforming Rwanda: Challenges on the Road to Reconstruction
Jean-Paul Kimonyo

Since the end of its genocidal civil war in 1994, Rwanda has embarked on an ambitious, and often controversial, process of reconstruction. Jean-Paul Kimonyo comprehensively analyzes that    More >

Africa’s International Relations: Balancing Domestic and Global Interests
Beth Elise Whitaker and John F. Clark

Comprehensive and engaging, this timely introduction to Africa's international relations explores how power, interests, and ideas influence interactions both among the continent's    More >

South African Foreign Policy Review: Volume 3, Foreign Policy, Change and the Zuma Years
Lesley Masters and Jo-Ansie van Wyk, editors

Spanning the Mbeki and Zuma administrations, this volume of South African Foreign Policy Review explores questions of continuity and change. Among the topics covered are the roles of the    More >

African Development: Making Sense of the Issues and Actors, 3rd edition
Todd J. Moss and Danielle Resnick

Both authoritative and accessible, African Development introduces the issues, actors, and institutions at play in development trajectories across sub-Saharan Africa. This new edition,    More >

African Actors in International Security: Shaping Contemporary Norms
Katharina P. Coleman and Thomas K. Tieku, editors

What impact have African actors had on perceptions of and responses to current international security challenges? Are there international peace and security norms with African roots? How can    More >

What Is Political Islam?
Jocelyne Cesari

Honorable mention for ISA's Religion and International Relations Section Book Award! The debate continues unabated: Is political Islam decipherable through the tenets of the Islamic    More >

Biko: Philosophy, Identity, and Liberation
Mabogo Percy More

Why write a new book about Steve Biko? Are there untapped lessons to be learned or principles to be gleaned from Biko’s work? As he answers these questions, Mabogo More presents an    More >

Media and Citizenship: Between Marginalisation and Participation
Anthea Garman and Herman Wasserman, editors

How central are the media to the functioning of a democracy? Is democracy primarily about citizens using their votes? Does the expression of their voices necessarily empower citizens? These    More >

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