Do Africans Want Democracy — And Do They Think They’re Getting It?
- Author:
- E. Gyimah-Boadi and Joseph Asunka
- Publisher:
- Afrobarometer
- Publication Date:
- 2 November 2021
- Tags:
- Africa, Governance
Over the past decade, democracy watchers have been alarmed by declining trends in the status of democracy in Africa. Some governments have taken advantage of the pandemic to limit freedoms, restrict fair campaigning, or postpone elections. Activists are particularly wary of the possibility that supposedly temporary rollbacks in hard-won governance reforms could become permanent.
This is the first in Afrobarometer's special African democracy summit series.
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