# How protest is redefining democracy around the world

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2017
- Speaker: Zachariah Mampilly
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/zachariah_mampilly_how_protest_is_redefining_democracy_around_the_world)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The democratic process is messy, complicated and often inefficient -- but across Africa, activists are redefining democracy by putting protest at its center. In an illuminating talk, political scientist Zachariah Mampilly gives us a primer on the current wave of protests reshaping countries like Tunisia, Malawi and Zimbabwe -- and explains how this form of political dissension expands our political imaginations beyond what we're told is possible.

## Lectures

1. [How protest is redefining democracy around the world](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/zachariah_mampilly_how_protest_is_redefining_democracy_around_the_world/101575403d42), 11 min (TED's player)