Ep. 102: A conversation with Noah Nathan about the Ghanaian election

Nana Akufo-Addo has just won the presidency in this week's Ghanaian election with about 51 percent of the vote. We interview Noah Nathan, who has just published a new book on electoral politics in Ghana. He also tells us about his upcoming work on political brokers and party and state bureaucracy. Rachel and Kim tell us what's going on in African news this week, including in Western Sahara, the Ugandan election, and more about presidential term limits.

Books, Links, & Articles

• Gandah-yir: The House of the Brave: the Biography of a Northern Ghanaian Chief (ca. 1872-1950) by S.W.D.K. Gandah
• The Silent Rebel by S.W.D.K. Gandah
• Ethnicity and the making of history in northern Ghana by Carola Lentz
• "Western Sahara: A Fragile Peace" by Hannah Armstrong
• "Morocco and Israel to Establish Diplomatic Relations with U.S. Backing" by Anne Gearan, Karoun Demirjian, Mike DeBonis and Souad Mekhennet
• African Affairs Ghana Virtual Issue
• "The Uncertainties of Ghana’s 2020 Elections" by Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai and Naaborle Sackeyfio
• "Bobi Wine and Goliath" by Liam Taylor
• 50 Notable African Books of 2020 by Brittle Paper
• "Liberia’s Weah Might Be in for a Rude Awakening at the Polls" by Robtel Neajai Pailey
• "Opposition Leads Early Results in Key Counties" by William Q. Harmon
• "The Perils of Presidentialism" by Juan J. Linz
• "The Connections of Party Brokers" by Sarah Brierley and Noah Nathan
• "Clientelism’s Red Herrings: Dead Ends and New Directions in the Study of Non-Programmatic Politics" by Allen Hicken and Noah L. Nathan

Previous Episodes We Mentioned

• Ep. 1: A conversation with Dr. Kojo Asante on Ghana’s 2016 elections
• Ep. 64: A conversation with Hannah Armstrong on politics in Algeria, the Sahel, illicit trafficking, and borders

Find the books, links, and articles we mentioned in this episode on our website, ufahamuafrica.com.