Books
My books are broadly comparative with a focus on authoritarianism in Africa, but also questions relating to why some countries do better than others in advancing women as political leaders and in promoting women’s rights. I bring the perspectives of different people I have interviewed into my writing, having lived and carried out extensive research in many countries across Africa from Uganda to Morocco. I try to make my writing accessible to broad readerships, while offering a deep understanding of the political, economic, and social dynamics that shape the lives of women and men around the world.
Authored and Co-Authored Books
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2025.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Mkuki na Nyota, 2023.
Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Aili Tripp, Isabel Casimiro, Joy Kwesiga, and Alice Mungwa (co-authors).
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. Oxford: James Currey and Kampala: Fountain Publishers, 2000.
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1997.
Edited and Co-Edited Books
Edited by Scott Straus and Aili Mari Tripp
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2023.
Edited by Ladan Affi, Liv Tønnessen, and Aili TrippSuffolk and Oxford, United Kingdom: Boydell & Brewer Press and James Currey, 2021.
Suffolk and Oxford, United Kingdom: Boydell & Brewer Press and James Currey, 2021.
Edited by Balghis Badri and Aili Tripp
Oxford: Zed Books, 2017.
Edited by Aili Mari Tripp, Myra Marx Ferree and Christina Ewig
New York: New York University Press, 2013.
Edited by Aili Mari Tripp and Myra Marx Ferree
New York: New York University Press, 2006.
Edited by Aili Mari TrippWestport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003.
Edited by Aili Mari Tripp and Joy Kwesiga Kampala: Fountain Publishers, 2002.
