I admit that I was wrong to think Continue reading →

While teaching about the “Methods of Agreement” last week in my Politics and IR Research Methods class, one of the comparative examples that I wished to give to my students was the shared effective “Two-Party System” in USA and UK despite the many differences these two countries have. But I then remembered Continue reading →

In the lessons from Axelrod’s Believer, I mostly focused on the Candidate and the Campaign Team. One thing that we did not talk about is Campaign Office or in other words Campaign Headquarters. In this brief entry, our subject will be the CAMPAIGN OFFICE. Continue reading →

My friend, Rahime, called me late last night all the way from Turkey. She wanted to discuss exam questions she has set on Foreign Policy Crisis before submitting them to the University Examination Board this morning. Earlier in the day she had given me lots of insight and assistance for my soon to be teaching modules – International Relations Theories; and Philosophy & Research Methods in IR. So Continue reading →

“I get a feeling sometimes that some of these candidates were just locked in their wardrobes and they were told: ‘Just take selfies in there and don’t come out until you’ve finished the entire wardrobe.’ All kinds of postures. Just ridiculous. It has been an embarrassing exercise in terms of electioneering.” – Wole Soyinka!

The previous post looked at the Campaign Team based on the lessons from Axelord’s Believer. Today we will jot down some points on THE CANDIDATE through eyes of Nigerian elections Continue reading →

Last night, I saw from tweets (because I don’t watch Bunge on TV) that the British High Commissioner to Tanzania, Dianna Melrose, was implicated on an energy deal scandal. Continue reading →

After a trying or rather mixed week in Dar (in terms of research-UDSM, Costech, Emmanuel Tayari &I book project,  a sick “friend”, fun with sis and friends, etc) I scheduled myself to put five days of work in late January and early February in rural villages of Kilimanjaro. Continue reading →

In late 2011 and early 2012, I wrote a paper discussing famine in Somalia and terrorism in the Horn and East Africa…the paper had  substantial paragraphs on AlShabaab.I presented it as a poster presentation at the MPSA Annual Conference in Chicago, April 2012. Continue reading →

Since the beginning of last week I have been in Morogoro at the CCT Women Training Centre to facilitate a workshop on Household Economic Planning and Management. The workshop participants’ are 40 including 26 women and 14 men. Most women participants are from the rural areas Continue reading →