New Africa Spectrum 2/2019

This issue of Africa Spectrum covers a variety of topics with a special focus on “The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance.” It also offers analyses on topics such as women’s political rights in Africa and a report on tracing legacies of violence in French Equatorial Africa.

Africa Spectrum Vol. 54, No. 2 (2019)

Special Focus: The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance

Research Articles

• Micha Wiebusch, Chika Charles Aniekwe, Lutz Oette, Stef Vandeginste: The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance: Trends, Challenges and Perspectives Abstract | PDF

• Antonia Witt: Where Regional Norms Matter: Contestation and the Domestic Impact of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance Abstract | PDF

• Ulf Engel: The 2007 African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance: Trying to Make Sense of the Late Ratification of the African Charter and Non-Implementation of Its Compliance Mechanism Abstract | PDF

• Nebila Abdulmelik, Tsion Belay: Advancing Women’s Political Rights in Africa: The Promise and Potential of ACDEG Abstract | PDF

Report

• Lotje de Vries, Joseph Mangarella: Workshop Report: Tracing Legacies of Violence in French Equatorial Africa Abstract | PDF

Book Reviews

• Julian Friesinger: Book review: Political Protest in Contemporary Africa Abstract | PDF

• Matthias Basedau: Book review: Africanistan. Development or Jihad Abstract | PDF