A view from Addis Ababa: From ‘1989’ to today’s Revolutions in Africa
Ulf Engel (SFB 1199 & Leipzig U)
Publication Date
May 2019
Publisher
Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag
Language
English
Type
Comparativ
Title
Africa’s Global 1989 In: Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und vergleichende Gesellschaftsforschung.
Volume
Vol. 29 No. 5
Editors
Matthias Middell
Additional Information
Abstract
This article looks at responses over time by the OAU and its successor, the African Union, to popular uprisings and revolutions in member states. With a focus on the critical junctures of 1989, 2011, and 2019, the article concludes that these changes were mainly dealt with against the backdrop of continental experiences, but rarely situated in a global context.
Biographical Note
Prof. Dr. Ulf Engel (SFB 1199 & Leipzig University)
Ulf Engel is professor of ‘Politics in Africa’ at the Institute of African Studies at Leipzig University (Germany). He is also a visiting professor at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies at Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia) and a professor extraordinary in the Department of Political Science at Stellenbosch University (South Africa).