Francophone Africa in Flux: Ethnicity and Political Crisis in Cote d’Ivoire

Issue Date July 2001
Volume 12
Issue 3
Page Numbers 63-79
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Following a military coup in 1999 and flawed and violence-ridden elections in 2000, democracy in Côte d'Ivoire faces an uphill battle against the forces of xenophobia and ethnic chauvinism. 

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