GLF Biniam Bedasso awarded Africa Author Prize

The 2016 African Author prize was awarded to Biniam E. Bedasso by the editors of African Affairs, the Director of the Royal African Society, Richard Dowden, and the President of the African Studies Association of the UK, David Maxwell.

The article it takes on and engages with the existing literature in an interesting and challenging way; it is theoretically ambitious and sophisticated; and it successfully integrates theory and empirical material in a way that is powerful and persuasive. It is expected that the article will go on to shape the literature on Kenya and beyond.

Read his article on political stability in Kenya.