Jeffrey Paller
@JWPaller
Researcher, GLD. Associate Professor of Politics at USF. Africa, cities, slums, and democracy: https://rb.gy/1kfqn8.
If I Don’t Post About My Vacation, Did It Even Happen? nytimes.com/2025/07/27/opi…
Customary courts, state institutions, or opting out: Patterns of forum... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Whether focused on its traditions, economy, or politics, any story about Ibadan, Africa’s fourth-largest city, is incomplete without reference to amala. rpublc.com/october-novemb…
The @afrobarometer finding on page 26 is interesting. Citizens are reaching out to leaders more, but not engaging in civic action (getting together to raise an issue): thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/287…
I have learnt with deep sorrow the passing of Ghanaian music legend, Charles Kwadwo Fosu, affectionately known as Daddy Lumba. Lumba’s unmatched musical genius provided the soundtrack to our lives, carrying us through various phases of life. The beats to his memorable songs may…
'Greatest in 100 years': Ghana mourns music legend Daddy Lumba bbc.in/3TVZuEN
Beyond Concrete: Nkrumah's Vision for Green Cities & Public Spaces 🌳🌸 When we discuss Kwame Nkrumah's legacy, we often focus on grand infrastructure, factories, and so on. But his vision for a modern Ghana extended to the beauty & liveability of its cities as well. The…
An Unfinished Dream: Nkrumah's Accra Plains Irrigation Plan 🇬🇭 Just three days before his overthrow in 1966, Kwame Nkrumah signed a crucial agreement for the Accra Plains Irrigation Plan. This wasn't just another project; it was a blueprint for transforming Ghana's food security…
#Cameroon officially headed to polls 12 Oct 2025 for presidential #election. Last presidential election was in Oct 2018. Voter registration ends with this decree (one of MANY problems with legal framework for elections there). Watch this space. #CameroonVotes2025 #Poli371
The Sahel is pivoting toward Turkey. Here’s what that means for Washington. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africaso…
In the European Economic Review, @ccoyne1, @AndrQuintas5 & I build on James C. Scott's work on legibility. We compare how legibility is developed across alternative institutional settings.