Ep. 104: Looking back on 2020 and forward to 2021

<p>Happy New Year! We are back with our first episode of 2021, and a conversation between our co-hosts Kim and Rachel. On our minds from 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, many of the elections held in the past year, and as always, we share what we are reading and the scholars and perspectives we&apos;re watching. <br/><b><br/>Books from the Episode</b></p><p><a href='https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/authoritarian-origins-of-democratic-party-systems-in-africa/73C14DB2977550A337A424E8F7EEA67A'><em>Authoritarian Origins of Democratic Party Systems in Africa</em></a> by <a href='https://twitter.com/BeattyRiedl'>Rachel Beatty Riedl</a></p><p><a href='https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/from-pews-to-politics/D179340535C60EC6EC4830B0E5ED650D'><em>From Pews to Politics: Religious Sermons and Political Participation in Africa</em></a> by <a href='https://twitter.com/GManMac'>Gwyneth H. McClendon</a> and Rachel Beatty Riedl</p><p><a href='https://www.zedbooks.net/shop/book/africa-uprising/'><em>Africa Uprising: Popular Protest and Political Change</em></a> by Adam Branch and <a href='https://twitter.com/Ras_Karya'>Zachariah Mampilly</a></p><p><a href='https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/political-protest-in-contemporary-africa/BF397537A3CF5CA13037CFF4A8DFB1E2'><em>Political Protest in Contemporary Africa</em></a> by <a href='https://twitter.com/cp_nerd'>Lisa Mueller</a></p><p><a href='https://rowman.com/Action/SERIES/_/RLIKIR/Kilombo:-International-Relations-and-Colonial-Questions'><em>Kilombo: International Relations and Colonial Questions</em></a> by Mustapha K. Pasha, <a href='https://twitter.com/MeeraSabaratnam'>Meera Sabaratnam</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/RobbieShilliam'>Robbie Shilliam</a></p><p><a href='https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781783482740/Decolonising-Intervention-International-Statebuilding-in-Mozambique'><em>Decolonising Intervention: International Statebuilding in Mozambique</em></a> by Meera Sabaratnam</p><p><a href='https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781783487899/Politics-of-African-Anticolonial-Arc