Osman’s 1964-1967 reforms were the most daring on the continent for thirty years

Evidence

For three years Osman, Hussen, and their associates embarked on the most daring democratic reform attempted on the continent for the next three decades. As the leading reformists they lived up to their ideals and walked away from power when Osman lost the presidential election. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1090

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the wider literature on African democratic experiments, e.g. Senegal and Botswana, to test this comparative claim.