Bronwen Manby

Apr 23, 2024 | africanarguments.org | Desné Masie |Bronwen Manby

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. It is edited and managed by the International African Institute, hosted at SOAS University of London, the owners of the book series of the same name.

Oct 9, 2023 | theelephant.info | Dalle Abraham |Samantha Balaton-Chrimes |Mustafa Mahmoud |Bronwen Manby

The general picture that emerged on the 23rd of August 2023 was very simple: in urban areas that have traditionally voted for the opposition, polling stations delayed in opening, voters had to sleep in queues, ward borders had been tortured to accommodate gerrymandering, and ballot papers were missing. In the rural areas, the story was different.

Oct 9, 2023 | shorturl.at | Dalle Abraham |Samantha Balaton-Chrimes |Mustafa Mahmoud |Bronwen Manby

The general picture that emerged on the 23rd of August 2023 was very simple: in urban areas that have traditionally voted for the opposition, polling stations delayed in opening, voters had to sleep in queues, ward borders had been tortured to accommodate gerrymandering, and ballot papers were missing. In the rural areas, the story was different.