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Is Democracy Working For Africa?

Kenya's disputed election raises the question, is multi-party democracy the best system for the continent?

Kenya's disputed presidential election has plunged the country into crisis and brought the legitimacy of the whole democratic process there into question. So on this week's Newshour Extra we take a look across Sub-Saharan Africa, and ask whether democracy is the best system of government for the continent; and if so, are there uniquely African models of the democratic process. Join Owen Bennett Jones and his guests as they discuss ethnic division, democracy and autocracy in Africa.

(Photo of voter's marked finger in Kenyan election by Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images)

(NB: This audio has been altered from its original format due to an inaccuracy.)

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49 minutes

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Sat 28 Oct 2017 11:06GMT

Contributors

Dr George Ayittey -Β President of the Free Africa Foundation in Washington

Nic Cheeseman - Professor at Birmingham University

Andrew Mwenda - Advisor to Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda

Tighisti AmareΒ - Β Manager of the Africa Programme at Chatham House

Broadcasts

  • Fri 27 Oct 2017 08:06GMT
  • Fri 27 Oct 2017 17:06GMT
  • Fri 27 Oct 2017 23:06GMT
  • Sat 28 Oct 2017 03:06GMT
  • Sat 28 Oct 2017 11:06GMT

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