Prior research determines whether politicians at rallies make programmatic, clientelist or
personalist appeals. We argue that this reductive approach obscures the variety of meaning …

I ask where African opposition parties organize. Party-building is communicative; it involves
persuading people to become activists. The literature suggests that opposition parties …

In rally-intensive campaigns, the rally is an essential mode of political communication
between politicians, parties and citizens. This article moves beyond the exclusive focus, in …

This article examines the connection between political parties' perceptions of the importance
of news media as source of political information, and the extent to which they adapt their …

This article analyses the rally practices of President Yoweri Museveni and opposition
presidential candidates Kizza Besigye and Robert Kyagulanyi (better known as 'Bobi Wine') …

Studies analyse what politicians communicate at rallies. Yet most do so to determine what
politicians communicate at large. Therefore, they implicitly assume that what they …

Rally-intensive campaigns have been one of the main characteristics of elections and
political parties' communication and organising practices in Tanzania (Paget, 2019) …

We examine how the expansion of mobile internet infrastructure affects national identity in
sub-Saharan Africa. In diverse societies where elections are contested along ethno …