
The coup doesn't need soldiers anymore
…social media and the new assault on African democracy
Creppy EMMANUEL
In an earlier piece for this column, I wrote about Ananse — the trickster who built webs not to trap flies, but to acquire stories, and with them, control over what the world came to believe.
Published by Francis Buetey
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