Achebe’s Africa

Often recommended as a means of ending intractable civil wars, power-sharing may in fact be least likely to work when it is most needed.

Conventional wisdom says that, once in power, opposition parties will return backsliding countries to the democratic path. In reality, not only is this not true, but it is not uncommon…

In Senegal, voters, civil society, and the media remain active and engaged, but as the reelection of Macky Sall showed, the president’s ability to limit competition and centralize power remains…