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Presidential Offspring

Presidential Offspring

FromInto Africa


Presidential Offspring

FromInto Africa

ratings:
Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Jun 24, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Several African leaders are setting the stage to hand over power to their sons. Judd Devermont is joined by Brett Carter (University of Southern California), Regina Sondo (Journalist), and Paul Melly (Africa Program at Chatham House) to discuss the implications of familial succession across sub-Saharan African. Guests also cover Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso's latest contested election win and the worsening Anglophone crisis in Cameroon.
Background Readings: 


Biden’s Diplomats Should Boycott Discredited African Elections - Judd Devermont and Idayat Hassan. 


Africa's Political Dynasties: How Presidents Groom Their Sons for Power - Paul Melly. 


Cameroon’s Democratic Repositioning: Is the Republic Now a De Facto Monarchy? - Regina Sondo. 


Congo: Sassou Nguesso Wins Another Term but Still Faces Two Big Threats. - Brett Carter.
Released:
Jun 24, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Fearless music activists. Savvy tech entrepreneurs. Social disrupters. Into Africa shatters the narratives that dominate U.S. perceptions of Africa. Host Judd Devermont, Africa program director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C., sits down with policymakers, journalists, academics and other trailblazers in African affairs to shine a spotlight on the faces spearheading cultural, political, and economic change on the continent.