#12150. The Language of the Unheard? Ethno-Political Exclusion and Ethnic Riots in Africa

July 2026publication date
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Abstract:
Ethnic riots are sporadic and localized incidents of low-intensity violence with civilians from one ethnic group engaging in vicious attacks on a rival ethnic group. This article argues that ethnic rioting can be explained by collective motivations for group violence that emerge from highly unequal local ethno-political configurations, where politically dominant groups coexist with groups that are discriminated or have recently lost political power. To test this argument, the article deploys a spatially disaggregated analysis of all African states combining new dyadic data capturing the location of ethnic riots with disaggregated grid-level data on ethno-political representation. It is found ethnic riots are more likely to occur in discriminated group areas, in locations where a group has recently lost political representation and where such groups live in close proximity of politically dominant groups.
Keywords:
Africa; ethnic riots; ethnic violence; political exclusion; spatial analysis

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