2009 elections in South Africa: Dr. Sean Jacobs and Dr. Hlonipha Mokoena analyze the significance of the ANC victory; Jacob Zuma and Zulu nationalism; the opposition’s weak showing outside the Western Cape; and local and international media coverage.

• Read Ray Suttner’s paper “Why is this election different from all others?”
• Watch controversial commercial mentioned by Prof. Mokoena
  

 

 Africa Past and Present: Episode 26 [42:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Prof. Abebe Zegeye (Chair of Genocide and Holocaust studies at UNISA) on Africans’ multiple identities and genocide studies in Africa.  Is there a need for a different model than that of Holocaust studies to analyze political violence in colonial and post-colonial Africa? Zegeye closes with thoughts on his recent appointment as Director of WISER at Wits in Johannesburg.

 

 Africa Past and Present: Episode 25 [30:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download