Election Campaigning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Democracy, Societal Cleavages and Social Media

This volume explores the national election campaigns across the nations of sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa is important in a number of ways. Democracy in this region is fragile, fraught with corruption and election outcomes thus open to contestation. The rule of law also tends to be fragile and highly politicized, and where societies are polarized can lead to minorities being subjugated by a majority. Hence the way elections are conducted, their outcomes and how communication flows t...