Are Colonial-Era Laws Still Holding Africa Back? (source: Washington Post)
This is a piece from the Washington Post's Monkey Cage Blog, which is a section of the newspaper where academics often share their research. This article is a good example of the type of thing comparative politics researchers study. It compares the laws in several West African countries at the end of colonialism with the laws that exist today to see the extent to which they have changed. Learn more here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/01/20/60-years-later-are-colonial-era-laws-holding-africa-back/?utm_term=.6db246f477d3
