Archive - An Africanist Perspective

March 2025

The problem of organizing weak states; and why Africa needs a new model of Pan-Africanism

Africa’s regional hegemons must step up in the management of Continental affairs; doing so would not necessarily violate the spirit of Pan-Africanism.

Mar 31 •

How reflexive catastrophizing inhibits policy imagination in African states

On the need for a grounded understanding of contemporary challenges and progress in African states

Mar 14 •

African countries must urgently start the process of ending aid dependency

On why African countries must seize this moment to start the journey towards self-sufficiency

Mar 2 •

February 2025

January 2025

What explains the “ambition gap” among Africa’s (ruling) elites?

On the drivers of African elites’ addiction to muddling through developmentalism

Jan 27 •

International recognition for Somaliland should be conditioned on concrete economic and political reforms

On Somaliland’s historical political economy, and how best outsiders can help Somalilanders take charge of their destiny in the quest for continued…

Jan 13 •

This year will see several African countries consolidate their return to a growth trajectory in the aftermath of COVID, even as security challenges in…

Jan 6 •

December 2024

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