Realizing Democracy: Lessons from South Africa and Nigeria

Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Speaker
John Campbell
Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider
Isobel Coleman
Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign Relations

Isobel Coleman hosts John Campbell, former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria, for a discussion about the political and economic transitions of South Africa and Nigeria as part of a Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative series on Realizing Democracy: Lessons from Transitioning Countries.

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