Ep. 104: Looking back on 2020 and forward to 2021

Happy New Year! We are back with our first episode of 2021, and a conversation between our co-hosts Kim and Rachel. On our minds from 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, many of the elections held in the past year, and as always, we share what we are reading and the scholars and perspectives we're watching. Books, Links, & ArticlesAuthoritarian Origins of Democratic Party Systems in Africa by Rachel Beatty RiedlFrom Pews to Politics: Religious Sermons and Political Participation in Africa by Gwyneth H. McClendon and Rachel Beatty RiedlAfrica Uprising: Popular Protest and Political Change by Adam Branch and Zachariah MampillyPolitical Protest in Contemporary Africa by Lisa MuellerKilombo: International Relations and Colonial Questions by Mustapha K. Pasha, Meera Sabaratnam and Robbie ShilliamDecolonising Intervention: International Statebuilding in Mozambique by Meera SabaratnamPolitics of African Anticolonial Archive HIV Exceptionalism: Development through Disease in Sierra Leone by Adia Benton“Uganda: The Unsurprising Pre-election Violence by Security Forces” “Soldiers and Police Are on the Streets as Ugandans Prepare to Vote” by Travis Curtice“Bobi Wine and the Making of a President” by Into Africa“Malawians Elected a New President in Tuesday’s Historic Election” by Kim Yi Dionne and Boniface Dulani“The Puzzle of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa” “Africans Don’t Just Live to Die. A Response to the NYT.” “How Colonialism and Austerity Are Shaping Africa’s Response to the Coronavirus: An Interview with Simukai Chigudu” Find the books, links, and articles we mentioned in this episode on our website, ufahamuafrica.com.