Martin Ayankaa Ihembe
Biographic Data
| ID | 4052484 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Ayankaa Ihembe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin Ayankaa |
| FAMILY NAME | Ihembe |
| SIGNATURE | IHEMBE M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pretoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0314-0880 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cultural hegemony and ethnic minority struggles in Nigeria
This study explores the plight of ethnic minorities and marginals and their increasing quest to obliterate their subordinate status and attempts by the dominant groups to maintain the status quo in Nigeria. Such interactions have induced resistance and increasingly stimulated questions of insecurity. Extant explanations of ethnic hegemony have mainly focused on describing and analysing the phenomenon with the attendant socio-political, economic, …
Coalition or Government of National Unity? Critical reflections on the 2024 elections in South Africa
This paper examines the 2024 general elections in South Africa which was reminiscent of the 1994 electoral ecology in terms of the high stakes. The pre- and post-election ecology of the recent elections exhibited characteristics of Key's critical elections, given the depth and intensity of involvement. With a 40.18% voter share, the African National Congress's (ANC) 30-year electoral dominance was over, thereby making a coalition government at th…
Understanding the 2022 Kenyan presidential election outcome
The ethnicisation of election and the concomitant diffusion of violence has been widely explored in the literature on Kenyan presidential elections. However, the critical character of the elections has been understudied, especially as it concerns the depth and intensity of involvement occasioned by the realignment of political actors. Oftentimes, this has resulted in the emergence of fundamental changes in power dynamics. This study drew insights…
Covid-19 and the Decline of the Social State in Nigeria’s Federal Democracy
The impact of the COVID -19 pandemic cuts across all spheres of human life, and it has exposed fundamental weaknesses in political values, governance systems, public health and social life in different parts of the world. In Africa, although with relatively less death rates than initially predicted, the pandemic has also exposed weaknesses in the continent’s political and public health systems. This article analyses how Nigeria’s public health se…
Understanding the 2022 Kenyan presidential election outcome
The ethnicisation of election and the concomitant diffusion of violence has been widely explored in the literature on Kenyan presidential elections. However, the critical character of the elections has been understudied, especially as it concerns the depth and intensity of involvement occasioned by the realignment of political actors. Oftentimes, this has resulted in the emergence of fundamental changes in power dynamics. This study drew insights…
Covid-19 and the Decline of the Social State in Nigeria’s Federal Democracy
The impact of the COVID -19 pandemic cuts across all spheres of human life, and it has exposed fundamental weaknesses in political values, governance systems, public health and social life in different parts of the world. In Africa, although with relatively less death rates than initially predicted, the pandemic has also exposed weaknesses in the continent’s political and public health systems. This article analyses how Nigeria’s public health se…
Covid-19 and the Decline of the Social State in Nigeria’s Federal Democracy
The impact of the COVID -19 pandemic cuts across all spheres of human life, and it has exposed fundamental weaknesses in political values, governance systems, public health and social life in different parts of the world. In Africa, although with relatively less death rates than initially predicted, the pandemic has also exposed weaknesses in the continent’s political and public health systems. This article analyses how Nigeria’s public health se…
Coalition or Government of National Unity? Critical reflections on the 2024 elections in South Africa
This paper examines the 2024 general elections in South Africa which was reminiscent of the 1994 electoral ecology in terms of the high stakes. The pre- and post-election ecology of the recent elections exhibited characteristics of Key's critical elections, given the depth and intensity of involvement. With a 40.18% voter share, the African National Congress's (ANC) 30-year electoral dominance was over, thereby making a coalition government at th…
Understanding the 2022 Kenyan presidential election outcome
The ethnicisation of election and the concomitant diffusion of violence has been widely explored in the literature on Kenyan presidential elections. However, the critical character of the elections has been understudied, especially as it concerns the depth and intensity of involvement occasioned by the realignment of political actors. Oftentimes, this has resulted in the emergence of fundamental changes in power dynamics. This study drew insights…
Cultural hegemony and ethnic minority struggles in Nigeria
This study explores the plight of ethnic minorities and marginals and their increasing quest to obliterate their subordinate status and attempts by the dominant groups to maintain the status quo in Nigeria. Such interactions have induced resistance and increasingly stimulated questions of insecurity. Extant explanations of ethnic hegemony have mainly focused on describing and analysing the phenomenon with the attendant socio-political, economic, …
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Coalition government (1 work)