Ep. 8: Time to Rethink Democracy in Africa?

As concerns about the fate of democracy especially in the West, continues to increase, we dedicate this special episode of the podcast to talking about democracy in Africa. Nearly 20 countries on the continent are scheduled to hold elections this year but two countries, Burkina Faso and Mali, have indefinitely postponed theirs even as pressure mounts on their military leaders to do so. Dr. Lassane Ouedraogo, a research fellow at the Center for Democracy and Development (CDD West Africa) and an assistant professor of Communications at the Université Nazi Boni in Burkina Faso, talks to us about the challenges to democracy in Africa and offers some suggestions.