How protest is redefining democracy around the world | Zachariah Mampilly
TED Talks Daily8 Feb 2018

How protest is redefining democracy around the world | Zachariah Mampilly

The democratic process is messy, complicated and often inefficient -- but across Africa, activists are redefining democracy by putting protest at its center. In an illuminating talk, political scientist Zachariah Mampilly gives us a primer on the current wave of protests reshaping countries like Tunisia, Malawi and Zimbabwe -- and explains how this form of political dissension expands our political imaginations beyond what we're told is possible.

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