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

Issue Date July 2001
Volume 12
Issue 3
Page Numbers 63-79
file Print
arrow-down-thin Download from Project MUSE
external View Citation

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.

Further Reading

Volume 9, Issue 4

Promoting Democracy, Peace, and Solidarity

Volume 15, Issue 4

Witnessing Africa’s Woes and Hopes

A review of A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa by Howard W. French.

Volume 20, Issue 4

Angola’s Façade Democracy

Parliamentary elections in 2008 secured the MPLA's hegemony and decimated the opposition, while paradoxically increasing the government's legitimacy.