The Perils and Promise of Contemporary African Politics: Insights from Research

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This page features compilations of links to data collections, authors, and journals for political science research on African politics.

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Blogs, Podcasts & Journals

Ufahamu Africa: .Life and politics on the continent.

Africa Research Institute Blog: .Encourages debate, questions orthodoxy and challenges “received wisdom” in and about Africa.

African Affairs: .Published on behalf of the Royal African Society, the top ranked journal in African Studies, an inter-disciplinary journal with a focus on the politics and international relations of sub-Saharan Africa.

African Security: .Strives to investigate the myriad issues relating to conflict and security within and between African nations, not only from the more traditional approaches to security studies but also from more novel and innovative perspectives.

Review of African Political Economy: .Radical analyses of trends, issues and social processes in Africa, adopting a broadly materialist interpretation of change.

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African Politics Data Sites

Afrobarometer Data Collection: .An African-led series of national public attitude surveys on democracy and governance in Africa

African Dev. Bank Group Data Portal: .Access to information on lending projects from 1967 up to now, the dataset includes basic information such as the project title and ID, country, sector, task manager but also, financial information, results and linksD, country, sector, task manager to publicly disclosed documents.

Nigeria Data Portal: .Extensive macro data about Nigeria

Center for the Study of African Econ.: .Researching on the economic and social development in Africa since 1986, includes Free and Fair Elections Database

Africa Information Highway: .Multiple customized tools to gather indicators, analyze them, and export them into multiple formats.

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Able and Mostly Willing: An Empirical Anatomy of Information's Effect on Voter-Driven Accountability in Senegal*Abhit Bhandari, +2 more authors (2023 est.) AJPS, more info.