Access to Information in Africa -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: Navigating the Transparency Landscape in Africa -- PART ONE: ACCESS TO INFORMATION: THEORETICAL CHALLENGES IN THE AFRICAN CONTEXT -- 1. The Right of Access to Information: The State of the Art and the Emerging Theory of Change -- 2. The Problem of Access to Information in African Jurisdictions: Constitutionalism, Citizenship, and Human Rights Discourse -- 3. Transparency and Power Relations: Socio-Anthropological Perspectives on the Right of Access to Information -- 4. Constitutional Domestication of the Right of Access to Information in Africa: Retrospect and Prospects -- PART TWO: THEMATIC STUDIES: STATISTICS, INTERNET, EITI AND ATI -- 5. Statistics, Indicators and Access to Information in African Countries -- 6. The Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative and Corruption in Nigeria: Rethinking the Links between Transparency and Accountability -- 7. Towards Realizing the Right of Access to Internet-Based Information in Africa -- PART THREE: ATI REGIONAL CONTEXT AND COUNTRY STUDIES -- 8. An Actionable Constitutional Right of ATI: The Case of Southern Africa -- 9. The Uganda Freedom of Information Campaign: Stuck in the Mud? -- 10. Realizing the Right of Access to Information in Kenya: What Should Stakeholders Be on the Lookout for? -- 11. The Right to Information in Burkina Faso: An Unfinished Quest -- 12. Access to Information and Transparency: Opportunities and Challenges for Nigeria's FOI Act 2011 -- List of Contributors -- Index.