I provide background and insight to a variety of international media outlets. My published work has been cited in the New York Times. I have been quoted by Le Monde, Vice, Bloomberg, Deutsche Welt, Al Jazeera and the BBC, among others.

 

I strive to carry my research from the academy to the public sphere by writing in widely read publications. A select list of my recent articles can be found below.

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Democracy in Africa (2023). Why do people care so much about how many people attend a rally?

Democracy in Africa (2023). Elections in Africa are won through rallies - but those rallies are changing

Africa is a Country (2023). The deep authoritarian imaginary.

The Conversation (2023). Tanzania: opposition rallies are finally unbanned – but this doesn’t mean democratic reform is coming.

Africa at LSE (2021). How to build a political opposition in Tanzania.

The Conversation (2020). Tanzanian poll is likely to usher in a new era of authoritarianism. Here’s why.

The Conversation (2020). COVID-19 is casting Magufuli in the worst light, in an election year.

African Arguments (2020). Tanzania elections: Opposition report widespread nomination interference, with Michaela Collord.

African Arguments (2019). Why Tanzania's local elections are more important than they might seem.

African Arguments (2017). 2 years on: Tanzania's Magufuli isn't a bulldozer. He's a magician.

The Conversation (2017). Magufuli has been president for two years: How he's changing Tanzania. (82,000 reads)

​African Arguments (2017). Tanzania: Magufuli’s mining reforms are a masterclass in political manoeuvring (16,000 reads)

The Conversation (2017). All bets are off as Magufuli’s resource nationalism moves up a gear in Tanzania (64,000 reads)

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