Access to Information in Africa

Fatima Diallo is a PhD affiliate in Legal Anthropology at the African Studies Centre, Leiden. As a Senegalese constitutionalist from Gaston Berger University, she is the deputy general secretary of the African Network of Constitutional Lawyers where she acted, for the past years, as the engine of the Access to Information Working Group. She was dedicated to monitor the network research agenda on governmental transparency and accountability. Richard Calland is Associate Professor of Public Law at the University of Cape Town. In a recent Columbia University publication on measuring the impact of access to information, Professor Sheila Coronel described Calland as "a South African activist and academic who was one of the pioneers of the global Right to Information movement". In recent years, Calland convened the Access to Information Working Group of the African Network of Constitutional Lawyers.

• CONTENTSAcknowledgementsList of Acronyms and AbbreviationsList of IllustrationsIntroduction: Navigating the Transparency Landscape in Africa Richard Calland & Fatima DialloPART ONEACCESS TO INFORMATION: THEORETICAL CHALLENGES IN THE AFRICAN CONTEXT1. The Right of Access to Information: The State of the Art and the Emerging Theory of Change Richard Calland2. The Problem of Access to Information in African Jurisdictions: Constitutionalism, Citizenship, and the Human Rights DiscourseColin Darch3. Transparency and Power Relations: Socio-Anthropological Perspectives on the Right of Access to Information Fatima Diallo4. Constitutional Domestication of the Right of Access to Information in Africa: Retrospect and Prospects Fola AdelekePART TWOTHEMATIC STUDIES: STATISTICS, INTERNET, EITI AND ATI5. Statistics, Indicators and Access to Information in African Countries Colin Darch6. The Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative and Corruption in Nigeria: Rethinking the Links between Transparency and Accountability Uwafiokun Idemudia7. Towards Realizing the Right of Access to Internet-Based Information in Africa Fola Adeleke & Matilda Lasseko PhookoPART THREEATI REGIONAL CONTEXT AND COUNTRY STUDIES8. An Actionable Constitutional Right of ATI: The Case of Southern Africa Matilda Lasseko Phooko9. The Uganda Freedom of Information Campaign: Stuck in the Mud? Dan Ngabirano10. Realizing the Right of Access to Information in kenya: What Should Stakeholders Be on the Lookout for? Edwin Abuya11. The Right to Information in Burkina Faso: An Unfinished Quest Abdoul Karim Sango12. Access to Information and Transparency: Opportunities and Challenges for Nigeria’s FOI Act 2011 Morayo Adebayo & Akinyinka AkinyoadeList of Contributors Index