TED Talks
Zachariah Mampilly: How protest is redefining democracy around the world
TV-PG
2018 • E41 Feb 8, 2018 15mThe 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.
