This special edition of Africa in Fact provides perspectives on wide-ranging Africa-US intersections. The authors were part of the many virtual sessions convened throughout 2020 as webinars became a...
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Refining African policies towards the US
A call for an African policy framework for its relations with America
This article argues the case for an African policy framework with regards to the United States of America, as a strategic approach to redressing the many areas of asymmetry in relations. The absence of a coherent African policy or policies towards the US, against the background of past American policies towards Africa, is partly accountable for Africa’s poor socioeconomic performance vis-à-vis the US.
African Union Executive Council at AU headquarters , Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2017. Photo: Government ZA
Rethinking US-African relations: policy and constituency challenges
African-Americans have the potential to shape relations between Africa and the US As the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration gets under way, there are important collateral developments that may...
Africa is an opportunity, not a problem
Advocacy for a new vision of Africa-US relations Most African countries gained independence in the early 1960s and have struggled to find their place in an international system where the most...
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