Political circumstances in sub-Saharan Africa and the small size of its middle class have precluded an uprising.
!['We did not witness an African Spring, but that does not mean we are safe,' writes Kigwangalla [AFP/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014724151140383734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Hamisi Kigwangalla is a Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Tanzania representing Nzega Constituency and he chairs the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Regional Administration and Local Government.
Political circumstances in sub-Saharan Africa and the small size of its middle class have precluded an uprising.
!['We did not witness an African Spring, but that does not mean we are safe,' writes Kigwangalla [AFP/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014724151140383734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)