Afrobarometer
afrobarometer.org
Repeated public-opinion surveys across African countries on democracy and governance. Its briefing papers and summary PDFs make solid grounded sources.
Running continuously since the late 1990s, it asks a consistent set of questions across dozens of African countries, which makes it useful for tracking how public opinion on governance or democracy shifted over years rather than reading a single snapshot survey. Its briefing papers translate the raw survey data into readable prose, a better fit for import than the underlying dataset itself. It's a survey network, not a news source, so it captures stated opinion rather than events themselves.
Import into Gemini Notebook
- 1Copy the link above (or a specific page from the site).
- 2In your notebook, click Add source → Website.
- 3Paste the link and confirm — several links can be pasted at once, one per line.
Survey and study sites often gate the raw dataset — the summary report or working-paper PDF is what actually imports as a source.
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