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Why have so many African leaders died of COVID-19?
This paper provides evidence that the COVID-19-related mortality rate of national government ministers and heads of state has been substantially higher than that of people with a similar sex and age profile in the general population, a trend that is driven by African cases (17 out of 24 reported deaths worldwide, as of 6 February 2021). Ministers' work frequently puts them in close contact with diverse groups, and therefore at higher risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2, but this is not specific to Africa. This paper discusses five non-mutually exclusive hypotheses for the Africa-specific trend, involving comorbidity, poorly resourced healthcare and possible restrictions in accessing out-of-country health facilities, the underreporting of cases, and, later, the disproportionate impact of the so-called 'South African' variant (501Y.V2). The paper then turns its attention to the public health and political implications of the trend. While governments have measures in place to cope with the sudden loss of top officials, the COVID-19-related deaths have been associated with substantial changes in public health policy in cases where the response to the pandemic had initially been contested or minimal. Ministerial deaths may also result in a reconfiguration of political leadership, but we do not expect a wave of younger and more gender representative replacements. Rather, we speculate that a disconnect may emerge between the top leadership and the public, with junior ministers filling the void and in so doing putting themselves more at risk of infection. Opposition politicians may also be at significant risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2.
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African boundaries: barriers, conduits, and opportunities
Boundaries are inherently artificial - they interpose barriers between people which do not exist by any fundamental law of human organization. The contrast between the intentions of those who police boundaries and those who are affected by them is part of the paradoxical nature of boundaries throughout the world. In Africa the paradoxes were accentuated, as colonial powers constructed new boundaries for their own purposes, altering the pre-colonial perceptions of the boundary and its functions.
World Affairs Online
Dreams and Nightmares of Nationhood: The Obi Igwara Special Memorial Event to mark 50 Years of Decolonization in Africa, 1960–2010
In: Nations and nationalism: journal of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, Band 19, Heft 3, S. 434-455
ISSN: 1354-5078
Making nations, creating strangers: states and citizenship in Africa
In: African social studies series, 16
World Affairs Online
Ghana: the political economy of recovery
In: SAIS African Studies Library
Ghana has emerged as the test case of what structural adjustment can achieve in overcoming economic stagnation and administrative deficiencies. Since Jerry Rawlings implemented IMF/World Bank-recommended reforms, the results in terms of economic growth and institutional development in the short term have been impressive. The long-term impact, however, remains uncertain, making it far from clear whether Ghana can be considered a model for other countries. The authors in this book look at the issues involved in Ghana's current reform program. For example, can meaningful export diversification be achieved? Must structural adjustment programs necessarily involve heavy social costs for the general public? How does such a reform program affect the regime's support base? What is the likely impact of structural adjustment on state reform?
World Affairs Online
Dreams and Nightmares of Nationhood: The Obi Igwara Special Memorial Event to mark 50 Years of Decolonization in Africa, 1960–2010
In: Nations and nationalism: journal of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, Band 19, Heft 3, S. 434-455
ISSN: 1469-8129
Border studies at 45
In: Political geography: an interdisciplinary journal for all students of political studies with an interest in the geographical and spatial aspects, Band 104, S. 102909
ISSN: 0962-6298
Book reviews
In: Commonwealth and comparative politics, Band 32, Heft 3, S. 383-407
ISSN: 1743-9094
Book reviews
In: Commonwealth and comparative politics, Band 33, Heft 2, S. 276-308
ISSN: 1743-9094
Book reviews
In: Commonwealth and comparative politics, Band 32, Heft 1, S. 107-145
ISSN: 1743-9094
Book reviews
In: Commonwealth and comparative politics, Band 31, Heft 1, S. 111-155
ISSN: 1743-9094
Book reviews
In: Commonwealth and comparative politics, Band 29, Heft 3, S. 373-415
ISSN: 1743-9094