A View from Addis Ababa: From “1989” to Today’s Revolutions in Africa

  • Ulf Engel (Professor of Politics in Africa at the Institute of African Studies, Leipzig University)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26014/j.comp.2019.05.02

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.

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Published

2019

How to Cite

Engel, U. (2019). A View from Addis Ababa: From “1989” to Today’s Revolutions in Africa. Comparativ, 29(5), 27–44. https://doi.org/10.26014/j.comp.2019.05.02

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 5 (2019): Africa‘s Global 1989

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Articles