ABSTRACT
Elected multiparty assemblies have existed in sub-Saharan Africa, on average,
for no more than two decades. This article seeks to comprehend the links
between citizens and their elected parliaments in African countries. Due
mainly to the lack of data and the difficulties that still exist in conducting desk
research on these parliaments, the study is based on a general analysis of
public opinion data on 18 parliaments combined with an in-depth focus on the
Assembly of Mozambique and the Assembly of South Africa, parliaments
visited and researched for this study.
