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Boring Political Analysis, Fana Gebresenbet Erda, Ghana, Ghana think tanks, Mike Jobbins, Monde Muyangwa, Paul Mensah, Search for Common Ground, Southern Voices, Wilson Center
Lots of folks taking notes and listening more intently than I
After watching the Heart of Iron on the Wilson Center’s 6th floor, I walked down one flight of stairs for an event sponsored by the Center’s Africa Programs, ‘Patron – Client Relations: A Challenge to Africa’s Development and State Building.’ Although I was a minor in political science, I’ve been out of school for several years, so I’m not even sure what Patron – Client relations are. Paul Mensah, a Wilson Center Southern Voices scholar and Programs Officer at the Center for Democratic Development (CDD), one of Ghana’s most respected think tanks, was very erudite in his analysis of clientelism and Mike Jobbins of Search for Common Ground served as discussant.
Africa in DC 