Phyllis Christian

Institute for Democratic Governance

NGO

Ghana

edsoffice@ideg.org

Chika Chudi-duru

Lecturer, African indigenous textile art history

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria

Email: cc.chudi-duru@unizik.edu.ng

https://profile.unizik.edu.ng/nau6836

Rina Chunga-Kutama

Designer, Rich Factory

Sector: Fashion

South Africa

Level of Influence: Continental

facebook.com/people/RiCh-Factory/100059663134144/

Jakkie Cilliers

Chairman, Institute for Security Studies

NGO

South Africa

‍iss@issafrica.org

Cissé, Souleymane. “Baara, the Evolution of African Cinema, and Political Filmmaking.” Filmed in July 2019 at the Lincoln center, New York, NY, USA. Video, 27:33. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpapREqqqQI

The great Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé discussed Baara and his career at the New York African Film Festival, culminating in a special surprise at the end of the Q&A.

[Source: Video description].

Claffey, Patrick. Christian Churches in Dahomey-Benin: A Study of Their Sociopolitical Role. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2007.

This book, divided into two broad sections, examines the state in the Republic of Benin and the socio-political role of the Christian churches. The first looks at the remarkable pre-colonial kingdom of Danxomέ and its place in the imagining of the modern contrat social béninois. The second section looks at both the historical role of the mainline churches and the more recent development of a Christianisme béninois. The study concludes that the churches are above all a commentary upon the society in which they find themselves. Rather than an overt challenge to the state, they articulate social distress and the desire for a different future. In times of stress they may prove to be the only viable institutional buttress as well as the arbiter. This study seeks to make a contribution to the understanding of the public role of Christian churches in Africa.

[Source: https://brill.com].

Claudia Gastrow

Lecturer Anthropology, University of Johannesburg

Contact:

cgastrow@uj.ac.za

Clayton, Amanda, Novek, Jennifer, and Margaret Levi. "When Elites Meet: Decentralization, Power-Sharing, And Public Goods Provision in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone". World Bank Policy Research Working Paper. No. 7335. June 24, 2015.

This study, using post-conflict Sierra Leone as a case, explores power dynamics between traditional hereditary chiefs and newly elected community councilors in the provision of local public goods. The research reveals that when relationships between councilors and chiefs are competitive, it leads to better local development outcomes and higher public goods provision. On the other hand, relationships characterized by cooperation or familial ties result in poorer local development outcomes. In essence, competition among elite groups is found to be beneficial for local development, while collaboration between old and new elites hinders the provision of public goods.

Source: Article's abstract