Perspectives is a publication series of the Africa offices of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung. With this series, we intend to let experts from Africa express their views about current political issues in their region.
Here you find PDFs of all issues published between 2008 and mid-2012.
Perspectives #02/2012
Do Parliaments Matter? African Legislatures and the Advance of Democracy
Perspectives #1/2012
A Fractious Relationship - Africa and the International Criminal Court
Perspectives #3/2012
Politics, Principles and Practice: Zimbabwe's Diamonds and the Kimberley Process
Perspectives: Political Analysis and Commentary from Southern Africa 02/2011
The Challenges of Change: Building Feminist Political Influence in AfricaPerspectives: Political Analysis and Commentary from Southern Africa 01/2011
Food Security in AfricaPerspectives: Political Analysis and Commentary from Southern Africa 04/2010
Struggle for equality: Sexual orientation, gender identity and human rights in AfricaPerspectives: Political Analysis and Commentary from Southern Africa 03/2010
The Challenges of ChangeSouth Africa and the 2010 World Cup
Perspectives: Political Analysis and Commentary from Southern Africa 01/2010
Namibia's 2009 ElectionsPerspectives: Political Analysis and Commentary from Southern Africa 03/2009
The Global Economic Crisis and Southern AfricaPerspectives: Political Analysis and Commentary from Southern Africa 02/2009
On the road to CopenhagenPerspectives: Political Analysis and Commentary from Southern Africa 01/2009
Migration and Human RightsPerspectives: Political analysis and commentary from Southern Africa 05/2008
South African democracy at a brink