Politics: Africa

Class notes from Lecture 8 of Politics: Africa, International Studies, Leiden University, (14 November, 2022)

Stephen Ellis, Season of Rains (Hurst, 2012), chapter 3 “Money and Land”, pages 67-88 Stephen Ellis, Season of Rains (Hurst, 2012), chapter 4 “How to be a Hegemon”, pages 89-116.

Browne Onuoha, “Civil-Military Relations in Africa” In Ojo, Samuel and Falola, Oloruntoba (eds) Palgrave Handbook of African Politics, Governance and Development (London: Macmillan, 2018) Chapter 16, pages 277-286. Optional reading: Very helpful for exam as content here was used in the lecture and tutorial. G.S. Mmaduabuchi Okeke, “Theories of Military in African Politics” In Ojo, Samuel and Falola, Oloruntoba (eds) Palgrave Handbook of African Politics, Governance and Development ...

Adeyeri, James Olusegun, “Nationalism and Political Independence in Africa” In Ojo, Samuel and Falola, Oloruntoba (eds) Palgrave Handbook of African Politics, Governance and Development (London: Macmillan, 2018) Chapter 12, 203-213.

The Evolution of African States - Engelbert, Pierre and Dunn, Kevin Inside African Politics, (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2013) Chapter 2, pg 17-61. Long reading & content heavy.

Summary of: Chapter 1 : 'W(h)ither the State? - Engelbert, Pierre and Dunn, Kevin Inside African Politics, (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2013) Chapter 1: Why African Politics Matter - Chabal, Patrick and Daloz, Jean-Paschal, Africa Works: Disorder as Political Instrument. (Oxford/Bloomington and Indeanapolis: James Currey and Indiana University Press, 1999)

This document has all the lecture notes included, with side notes by the lecturer, all the readings summarized, including an optional reading summary, and an exam questions revision section. The reading's summaries are extremely helpful if you've never read the readings because it is just a shorter version, not simply reduced to bullet points, all sections included. In each reading notes section, I outline how many pages it is reduced to, whether or not its extremely helpful for exams, and if i...