Khehla Shubane, who was imprisoned for five years on Robben Island because of his antiapartheid activities, is a research officer at the Center for Policy Studies of the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.
Though the proportion of women in political office remains lower in Africa than in most other regions, African women exhibited new political energy and made unprecedented progress during the past…
Despite pre-election fears, the victory of the opposition NPP over the ruling NDC in Ghana’s December 2016 elections became the prologue to a peaceful transfer of power. This outcome suggests that the…