CORRADO TORNIMBENI is Professor of African History and Institutions at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna, Italy. TIMOTHY SCARNECCHIA is Professor of History at Kent State University, USA. CORRADO TORNIMBENI is Professor of African History and Institutions at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna, Italy. TIMOTHY SCARNECCHIA is Professor of History at Kent State University, USA. V. Adefemi Isumonah is a Professor of Political Science and former Head of Department, University of Ibadan. He is co-author of Confronting Islamist Terrorism in Africa: The Cases of Nigeria and Kenya and Federal Presence in Nigeria: The Sung and Unsung Basis for Ethnic Grievance.

• 1. "The times and challenges of democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa" by Corrado Tornimbeni, Timothy Scarnecchia, and Arrigo Pallotti 2. "History, Democratic Theory, and Democratization in Africa" by Mamoudou Gazibo 3. "Ethiopia's 'Inclusive Autocracy': Crumbling or Transforming?" by Lovise Aalen 4. "The alternatives to democracy: Populist-nationalism and elitist-developmentalism in Côte d'Ivoire" by Christof Hartmann5. "The long and winding road to a dead end? Three-plus decades of democratic work in Niger" by Leonardo A. Villalón 6. "The Nigerian Illustration of Under-Developmental Democracy" by V. Adefemi Isumonah 7. "Between the shadow of the past and the contradictions of the present: the demise of democracy in Tanzania" by Arrigo Pallotti 8. "Progress and Stagnation: The Story of Zambia's Democracy" by Marja Hinfelaar and O'Brien Kaaba 9. "Did Democracy ever have a chance in Zimbabwe? Performative democracy within a militarized state, 2000-2025" by Timothy Scarnecchia 10. "FRELIMO's hegemony in question: an historical perspective on power, development and democracy in Mozambique" by Corrado Tornimbeni 11. "Democracy evolving on a jagged curve - South Africa's one-party dominance within multiparty democracy and coalition governance" by Susan Booysen12. "From "Donor Democracy" to Authocracy or Regime Diversity? Prospects for Democratisation in Africa" by Pádraig Carmody

CORRADO TORNIMBENI is Professor of African History and Institutions at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna, Italy. TIMOTHY SCARNECCHIA is Professor of History at Kent State University, USA. CORRADO TORNIMBENI is Professor of African History and Institutions at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna, Italy. TIMOTHY SCARNECCHIA is Professor of History at Kent State University, USA. V. Adefemi Isumonah is a Professor of Political Science and former Head of Department, University of Ibadan. He is co-author of Confronting Islamist Terrorism in Africa: The Cases of Nigeria and Kenya and Federal Presence in Nigeria: The Sung and Unsung Basis for Ethnic Grievance.

• 1. "The times and challenges of democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa" by Corrado Tornimbeni, Timothy Scarnecchia, and Arrigo Pallotti 2. "History, Democratic Theory, and Democratization in Africa" by Mamoudou Gazibo 3. "Ethiopia's 'Inclusive Autocracy': Crumbling or Transforming?" by Lovise Aalen 4. "The alternatives to democracy: Populist-nationalism and elitist-developmentalism in Côte d'Ivoire" by Christof Hartmann5. "The long and winding road to a dead end? Three-plus decades of democratic work in Niger" by Leonardo A. Villalón 6. "The Nigerian Illustration of Under-Developmental Democracy" by V. Adefemi Isumonah 7. "Between the shadow of the past and the contradictions of the present: the demise of democracy in Tanzania" by Arrigo Pallotti 8. "Progress and Stagnation: The Story of Zambia's Democracy" by Marja Hinfelaar and O'Brien Kaaba 9. "Did Democracy ever have a chance in Zimbabwe? Performative democracy within a militarized state, 2000-2025" by Timothy Scarnecchia 10. "FRELIMO's hegemony in question: an historical perspective on power, development and democracy in Mozambique" by Corrado Tornimbeni 11. "Democracy evolving on a jagged curve - South Africa's one-party dominance within multiparty democracy and coalition governance" by Susan Booysen12. "From "Donor Democracy" to Authocracy or Regime Diversity? Prospects for Democratisation in Africa" by Pádraig Carmody