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Africa uprising: Popular protest and political change
Abstract
From Egypt to South Africa, Nigeria to Ethiopia, a new force for political change is emerging across Africa: popular protest. Widespread urban uprisings by youth, the unemployed, trade unions, activists, writers, artists, and religious groups are challenging injustice and inequality. What is driving this new wave of protest? Is it the key to substantive political change? Drawing on interviews and in-depth analysis, Adam Branch and Zachariah Mampilly offer a penetrating assessment of contemporary African protests, situating the current popular activism within its historical and regional contexts.
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“Further, the 2013 uprising showed the limits of public-facing, many-to-many ICT for anti-regime mobilization.”
From Coordinated Dis-Coordination (2024) · cites this paper as Branch and Mampilly 2015
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- Authors
- Branch, A., & Mampilly, Z.
- Venue
- Zed Books
- Publisher
- Zed Books
- Published
- 2015
- OpenAlex
- W4232538265
- Cited by
- 300
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 25 · 2025: 46 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 59 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 42 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 21.50
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Zed Books (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › African Studies and Ethnography
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Arab Spring and North African Politics
- Keywords
- popular protest, political transition, youth activism, trade unions, social movements, urban revolt, political injustice, inequality, Africa, Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia
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