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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · 26d

Please join us tonight at 6.30 pm to celebrate our winners, in the Vancouver Convention Centre (VCC), West Level 2, West 220 (V)

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · 26d

🏆 Congrats to
@mattkribar.bsky.social (Washington University), winner of the Best Graduate Student Paper Award for "Land, Power, and Property Rights: The Political Economy of Land Titling in West Africa."
👉 www.afpol.org/blog/matthew...

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · 26d

🎉 Congrats to @nicolewilson.bsky.social , winner of the 2025 Lynne Rienner Best Dissertation Award

👏 Honorable Mention: @victoragboga.bsky.social

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Nicole Wilson (Northwestern University) wins the Lynne Rienner Best Dissertation Award

Nicole Wilson (Northwestern University) wins the APCG Best Dissertation Award for her dissertation titled “Seeing Like an Estate: Middle-Class Political Behavior After Collective Exit.”

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · 28d

Heading to APSA in Vancouver? Join APCG for our business meeting, social, and panels! 🎉 Full details here: www.afpol.org/blog/apcg-sc...

APCG Schedule for the APSA Annual Conference

Join us at APSA in Vancouver for the APCG Business Meeting on Friday, September 12 (6:30–7:30pm, VCC West 220), followed by the APCG Social at Steamworks Brewing (7:45–9:45pm, Wine Room) with drinks a...

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · Sep 2

🔍 Researching African politics?
📢 Call for Papers: APCG Online Colloquium
Present your unpublished work, get feedback & connect with peers.
🗓 Deadline: September 8, 2025
👉 More info on our website: www.afpol.org/blog/apcg-on...

APCG Online Colloquium Call for Papers - Fall 2025 & Spring 2026

The presentation of papers in the APCG Online Colloquium is open to all scholars of African politics. Papers broadly related to political topics or subjects in Africa will be considered for presentati...

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · Aug 28

New Book Alert 🚨 In a new blog post, Ato Kwamena Onoma presents his new book: The Undulating Capacity of the State. www.afpol.org/blog/new-boo...

New Book Release: The Undulating Capacity of the State by Ato Kwamena Onoma

In 'The Undulating Capacity of the State

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · Aug 15

Our member Josef Woldense is leading a two-day virtual workshop on August 26 and 27: The Research Presentation as Storytelling. Learn how to present your work through a compelling narrative.
More details available on our website: www.afpol.org/blog/the-res...

The Research Presentation as Storytelling: A Two-Day Virtual Workshop with Josef Woldense

The goal is to help participants see research presentations not as a monologue of facts but as a compelling narrative. The exploration begins with the fundamentals: What is storytelling? What makes st...

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Prof. Carl LeVan @democracyprofdc.bsky.social · Jun 19

Great discussion of Adebanwi's ethnography of Gani Adams and OPC. My first time attending Lagos Studies Assoc! Joined by Profs Soyinka-Airewele, Jeffrey Palmer, Sikiru Yusuf and Olubukola Adesina. Discussed factionalism, violence, photos as evidence, class, politics of Yoruba culture, and Obasanjo

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · May 6

The next APCG Online Colloquium will take place on May 13 at 12 pm (EST) with @ricarthuguet.bsky.social presenting his paper titled "Competence Amidst Instability: Cabinet Formation in Uganda Since Independence". www.afpol.org/blog/apcg-on...

APCG Online Colloquium:Joan Ricart-Huguet (May 13 12:00 EST)

Please fill out your information below if you would like to receive instructions for participating in the APCG Online Colloquium featuring Joan Ricart-Huguet Assistant Professor at Loyola University M...

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · Apr 2

Our website is fully functional again, and this is a great time to remind you that you have one month left to submit your book, article, graduate student paper and/or dissertation for one of our awards. www.afpol.org/blog/nominat...

Nominate your scholarship for one of our awards!

The African Politics Conference Group’s (APCG) 2025 award cycle is now open. Please see the following calls for nominations for the four awards that the APCG will be giving out this year. Nominations ...

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · Mar 25

Our website is currently experiencing some technical difficulties. We're working hard to get it back online as soon as possible.

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · Mar 17

The next APCG Online Colloquium will be held on Tuesday, March 25th, at 11 am EST / 4 pm GMT. Dr. Fortuna Agbele and Antonetta Hamandishe will present their paper: “Gatekeepers on Women’s Political Participation in Liberia.” Please sign up via this link: forms.gle/X2qUvGJMF2Rv... .

APCG Online Colloquium: Fortune Agbele & Antonetta Hamandishe (March 25, 2025)

Please fill out your information below if you would like to receive instructions for participating in the APCG Online Colloquium featuring the work of Dr. Fortune Agbele and Antonetta Hamandishe on Tu...

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · Mar 13

APCG Online Colloquium is happening today! Join us.

Allison Grossman @allisong.bsky.social · Mar 6

Please join us on March 13 15:00 GMT / 11:00 EDT for the next @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social Online Colloquium wiht Hamza Delbar. Sign up here to get the paper and Zoom link: forms.gle/KUNDBdfdL6cN...

APCG Online Colloquium: Hamza Delbar (March 13 15:00 GMT / 11:00 EDT)

Please fill out your information below if you would like to receive instructions for participating in the APCG Online Colloquium featuring Hamza Delbar Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University o...

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Allison Grossman @allisong.bsky.social · Mar 6

Please join us on March 13 15:00 GMT / 11:00 EDT for the next @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social Online Colloquium wiht Hamza Delbar. Sign up here to get the paper and Zoom link: forms.gle/KUNDBdfdL6cN...

APCG Online Colloquium: Hamza Delbar (March 13 15:00 GMT / 11:00 EDT)

Please fill out your information below if you would like to receive instructions for participating in the APCG Online Colloquium featuring Hamza Delbar Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University o...

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · Feb 25

Please join us for the next APCG Online Colloquium featuring Hamza Delbar Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Cape Town on March 13 at 15:00 GMT/11:00 EDT. To receive the paper and information to join the Zoom meeting, please sign up here: forms.gle/czYUwxSkgaX8...

APCG Online Colloquium: Hamza Delbar (March 13 15:00 GMT / 11:00 EDT)

Please fill out your information below if you would like to receive instructions for participating in the APCG Online Colloquium featuring Hamza Delbar Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University o...

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · Feb 19

The African Politics Conference Group’s (APCG) 2025 award cycle is now open. Please see the following calls for nominations for the four awards that the APCG will be giving out this year. Nominations for all awards are due May 2, 2025.

www.afpol.org/blog/nominat...

Nominate your scholarship for one of our awards!

The African Politics Conference Group’s (APCG) 2025 award cycle is now open. Please see the following calls for nominations for the four awards that the APCG will be giving out this year. Nominations ...

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Prof. Carl LeVan @democracyprofdc.bsky.social · Feb 7

Thrilled to see the OPEN ACCESS special issue of Frontiers in Political Science on "Trust, participation and pandemic politics in Africa" Thanks @apsa.bsky.social @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social for funding and Univ Pretoria for hosting Research Development Group
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Frontiers | Editorial: Trust, participation and pandemic politics in Africa

aligned with a shift among international financial institutions such as the World Bank, who in a new embrace of "good governance" saw non-state pow...

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Joan Ricart-Huguet @ricarthuguet.bsky.social · Feb 18

Send us a submission for the Best Book Award of the African Politics Conference Groups (APCG)! Deadline: May 2, 2025. @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social @thaliagerzso.bsky.social @sigmandecides.bsky.social connect.apsanet.org/groups/afric...

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · Feb 3

Want to know more about the 2024 election in Mozambique? Celso Monjane (University of the Witwatersrand) wrote a blog post for our APCG: www.afpol.org/blog/the-pro...

The Prospect of Political Bankruptcy in Mozambique's 2024 Post-Elections

Mozambique held its 7th presidential elections in October 2024 in a context of increased poverty, rising costs of living, deteriorating quality of education and healthcare, and, more generally, widesp...

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · Dec 20

The Political Parties in Africa Project (PPA), supported by the Institute for Democracy, Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa (IDCPPA), invites paper proposals for our 6th annual conference on 04 & 11 April 2025. The conference will take place virtually. More info: www.afpol.org/blog/cfp-pol...

CfP: Political Parties in Africa Conference

The Political Parties in Africa Project (PPA), supported by the Institute for Democracy, Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa (IDCPPA), invites paper proposals for our 6th annual conference on 04 &...

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · Dec 12

Last but not least, Catherine Boone wins the Distinguished Africanist Award! Congratulations! www.afpol.org/blog/catheri...

Catherine Boone wins the Distinguished Africanist Award

The Distinguished Africanist Award Committee is pleased to nominate Professor Catherine Boone (London School of Economics and Political Science) for the 2024 John Harbeson Distinguished Africanist Awa...

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · Dec 12

@nlnathan.bsky.social
and David Mwambari are the co-winners of the APCG Best Book Award for their books titled "The Scarce State: Inequality and Political Power in the Hinterland" and "Navigating Cultural Memory: Commemoration and Narrative in Postgenocide Rwanda." www.afpol.org/blog/noah-na...

Noah Nathan and David Mwambari win the APCG Best Book Award

Noah Nathan and David Mwambari are the co-winners of the APCG Best Book Award for their books titled

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · Dec 12

The Committee gave two Honorable Mentions to @soerenhenn.bsky.social (Complements or Substitutes? How Institutional Arrangements Bind Traditional Authorities and the State in Africa) and @thaliagerzso.bsky.social (Judicial Resistance during Electoral Disputes: Evidence from Kenya) Congrats!

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · Dec 12

We're delighted to announce that Justine Davis and Martha Wilfahrt won the APCG Best Article Award for their paper titled “Enumerator Experiences in Violent Research Environment.” Read the full citation here: www.afpol.org/blog/justine...

Justine Davis and Martha Wilfahrt win the APCG Best Article Award

Justine Davis and Martha Wilfahrt win the APCG Best Article Award for their article titled “Enumerator Experiences in Violent Research Environment”

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African Politics Conference Group @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social · Dec 12

If you're attending ASA, remember to attend our Business Meeting (6 pm - 7 pm, Michigan Room 6th Floor), where we will honor the APCG Best Article, Best Book, and Distinguished Africanist Award winners! More info here: www.afpol.org/blog/asa-con...

ASA Conference: Your APCG Schedule

Please join the APCG community for the following events at the upcoming African Studies Association meeting in Chicago, December 12-14:

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