I often like to say that my relationship with World Politics Review has come full circle from reader to employee. I have been a WPR reader for almost as long as the publication has existed. Two years ago, Judah Grunstein, WPR’s editor-in-chief, and I made contact on Twitter, and he subsequently invited me to contribute two articles, which we both thought turned out nicely. That’s why when the opportunity to join WPR’s editorial team arose, it was a no-brainer for me, not least because a core part of my responsibility would be to write a weekly newsletter about African affairs. I started doing so July 9, 2021, and one year and 47 newsletters later, I thought I’d take a look back on the ambition and statement of intent I set out in the introductory edition and recap some of the last year’s coverage.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 08, 2022 18:29 UTC