To Conclude...

Throughout this blog, I have attempted to uncover how the politics of water is actualised in Africa. The few case studies examined revealed how varied Africa is, and the complexity of water politics.

To reiterate, water is inherently political. Its political nature determines the supply, demand, distribution, access, and price of water. Moreover, the politics of water can be extended to the politics of sanitation, food, gender, and environmental change, which all hold water at their core. The doom and gloom of climate change, the purpose behind COP, forever pushes a need for water to be discussed holistically from global to local scales in order to sustain livelihoods. However, it has been made evident that politics will always bring inequities, efforts will always leak benefits, and ultimately, few are willing to translate responsibility into action; the notion of water as a human right tends to be forgotten. Politics is often seen as contestation, but in the discourse of hydropolitics and its application, representation, accountability, and political will continue to emerge as necessities to ensure a water secure future.

I have merely skimmed the surface of water politics in this blog. I hope this sparks an interest in the multitude of other discourses on water and politics, as well as the many unique case studies that exhibit the nuances of water in Africa.