{"id":49011,"date":"2021-11-15T12:22:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T12:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/revistaidees.cat\/?post_type=autors&#038;p=49011"},"modified":"2021-11-18T14:19:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T14:19:44","slug":"nic-cheeseman","status":"publish","type":"autors","link":"https:\/\/revistaidees.cat\/en\/autors\/nic-cheeseman\/","title":{"rendered":"Nic Cheeseman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nic Cheeseman is a political scientist and Professor of Democracy at the University of Birmingham. He is the founder and editor of the Democracy in Africa project, a leading website with news, analysis, interviews and data on African politics. He had previously been the Director of the Center for African Studies at Oxford University. He is a regular columnist for the Mail &amp; Guardian and The African Report magazine, and collaborates with various media outlets. 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