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Brown University Tagged With: Africa, African policitcs, Disinformation, fake news, Nigeria, social media, Vertical Accountability, West Africa
Social media and democracy often share a love-hate relationship in the Global South. In many cases, the blessing of free communication arrives alongside an infectious misinformation curse. In Nigeria, …
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posted on by Tzion Jones
Brown University Tagged With: Africa, African National Congress, African policitcs, Apartheid, partisan politics, Party, Race, South Africa
Just because a new government 'checks all the boxes' of a democracy doesn’t mean it’s going to run smoothly. The conditions under which a democratic society is born have lasting impacts on the …
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