Directions and Provocations in African Studies 2023
Refreshed for 2023, this article and book chapter collection explores key areas of interest and relevance in African Studies. From vaccine nationalism in Nigeria, to the agency of Amazigh women in Morocco, urban relocation in Ethiopia, and gen Z’s views on environmental issues in South Africa, the highlighted articles and book chapters traverse disciplines and themes. Browse these contributions to investigate new perspectives on Africa: its cultures, economies, politics, challenges, and opportunities.
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| Book Title | Author(s) | Chapter |
|---|---|---|
| Africa’s Economic Partnership with China: An Holistic Analysis | Mussie Delelegn Arega | Introduction: Africa’s Economic Partnership with China |
| Article Title | Author(s) Name | Journal Title | Publishing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| How COVID-19 has affected research productivity in Africa: lessons for the future | Olalekan Adekola et al | African Geographical Review | 2022 |
| Futures Forestalled … for Now: South African Science Fiction and Futurism | Alan Muller | Current Writing | 2022 |
| Lives in Motion: Theorising Mobility in Contemporary Queer African Cinema | Wesley Paul Macheso | Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies | 2022 |
| Do younger generations care more about environmental issues? A comparison of perceptions between Gen Z and Gen X in Jo-hannesburg, South Africa | Thapelo Josias Kgomo & Lee-Ann Sade Modley | South African Geographical Journal | Latest articles |
| South Africa's Century of Cannabis Politics, 1922-2022 | Thembisa Waetjen | South African Historical Journal | Latest articles |
| Book Title | Author(s) | Chapter |
|---|---|---|
| Futurism and the African Imagination: Literature and Other Arts | Dike Okoro | 1. Futuristic Themes and Science Fiction in Modern African Literature |
| Articles | Author(s) Name | Journal(s) Title | Publishing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vaccine nationalism and the quest for indigenous COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria | Kelvin Ashindorbe et al | African Identities | Latest Articles |
| The gendered effects of the Covid-19 crisis in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM waves 1–5 | Daniela Casale & Debra Shepherd | Development Southern Africa | 2022 |
| Covid-19 and the Return of the State in Africa | Siphamandla Zondi | Politikon | 2021 |
| Challenges of constitutional reform, economic transformation and Covid-19 in Botswana | Christian John Makgala & Ikanyeng Stonto Malila | Review of African Political Economy | 2022 |
| Laughing at the Pandemic: Youth Performance and Digital Humour in Response to Covid-19 in Nigeria | Idom Inyabri, Romanus Abh & Eyo Mensah | English Academy Review | 2021 |
| Book Title | Author(s) | Chapter |
|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomic Shocks and Africa’s Development Agenda: Lessons and Policy Directions in a Post-COVID-19 Era | Chekwube Vitus Madichie, Franklin Nnaemeka Ngwu, Anne Chinonye Maduka, Amaka Gertrude Metu | 12. COVID-19 and Poverty Incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Past Pandemics |
| Articles | Author(s) Name | Journal(s) Title | Publishing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| ‘Waiting for an opportunity'. Future, transit and higher education among Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia | Aurora Massa | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies | Latest articles |
| The Ethiopia–Eritrea rapprochement: highly personalised and less-institutionalised initiative | Amare K. Aweke & Mohammed Seid | Third World Quarterly | Latest articles |
| The creeping fashion of ethnicism in the modern Ethiopian politics: Its creation, process, and consequences | Biruk Wondimu Chemere | Cogent Arts & Humanities | 2022 |
| The recent political situation in Ethiopia and rapprochement with Eritrea | Amsalu K. Addi et al. | African Security Review | 2020 |
| Modernisation in isolation: the nature and roots of Eritrea’s defining economic ideology | Senai W. Andemariam | Critical African Studies | 2022 |
| Gimgema: civil servants’ evaluation, power and ideology in EPRDF Ethiopia | Mehdi Labzaé | Journal of Eastern African Studies | 2021 |
| Book Title | Author (s) | Chapter |
|---|---|---|
| Social Protection, Pastoralism and Resilience in Ethiopia: Lessons for Sub-Saharan Africa | Zeremariam Fre, Gabriel Temesgen Woldu, John Livingstone | 9. Social protection design and implementation in Ethiopia: Prospects for a more inclusive approach |
| Book Title | Author (s) | Chapter |
|---|---|---|
| Routledge Handbook of Election Law | Ugochukwu Ezeh | 23. Contested Elections in Africa: The Roles of Courts in Electoral Processes |
| Article | Author(s) Name | Journal(s) Title | Publishing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Re-Contextualising Breakdance Aesthetics: Performance, Performativity, and Re-Enaction of Breakdancing in Uganda | Alfdaniels Mabingo | Journal of African Cultural Studies | 2022 |
| Wakurugenzi Networks: Reframing Kenyan Vernaculars of Gender/Gendering in Abel Mutua's YouTube Channel | Felix Mutunga Ndaka | Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies | 2022 |
| Tomorrow May Not Be Yours: Military Slang and Jargon as Linguistic Performance in Nigeria | God’sgift Uwen & Eyo Mensah | Language Matters | 2022 |
| GQ Style: coloniality and camp in fashion for men | Stella Viljoen | Safundi | Latest Articles |
| Book Title | Author (s) | Chapter |
|---|---|---|
| Feminism and Modernity in Anglophone African Women’s Writing: A 21st-Century Global Context | Dobrota Pucherová | 1. Anglophone African Women's Writing and Feminist Literary History |
| Article | Author(s) Name | Journal Title | Publishing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wangari Maathai's Environmental Bible as an African Knowledge: Eco-spirituality, Christianity, and Decolonial Thought | Adriaan van Klinken | Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies | 2022 |
| eConceptual Analysis and African Philosophy | Michael Omoge | Philosophical Papers | 2022 |
| The contradictions of black consciousness: from Biko to RhodesMustFall | Michael Nassen Smith & Claire-Anne Lester | Social Dynamics | 2022 |
| Decoloniality and the (im)possibility of an African feminist philosophy | Dominic Griffiths | South African Journal of Philosophy | Latest Articles |
| Book Title | Author (s) | Chapter |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Justice in African Philosophy | Munamato Chemhuru | 3. Environmental Justice from an African Land Ethic |
| Article | Author(s) Name | Journal(s) Title | Publishing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fluidity of Patriarchy: Kinship, Tradition and the Prevention of Gendered Violence in Lugbaraland, Uganda | Jeroen Lorist, Mercy T Mbabazi & Eileen Moyer | African Studies | 2022 |
| Thirty years of Male Daughters, Female Husbands: revisiting Ifi Amadiume’s questions on gender, sex and political economy | Siphokazi Magadla, Babalwa Magoqwana & Nthabiseng Motsemme | Journal of Contemporary African Studies | 2021 |
| Beyond vulnerability and adversities: Amazigh women’s agency and empowerment in Morocco | Bochra Laghssaisa & Irene Comins-Mingol | The Journal of North African Studies | Latest Articles |
| Slow repair: gender and restorative justice in Zimbabwe | Shannon Morreira | Anthropology Southern Africa | 2022 |
| Art as a Battleground for Struggles Over Politics, Race, Gender and Privilege in Contemporary South Africa | Matthias Pauwels | Critical Arts | 2022 |
| Book Title | Author (s) | Chapter |
|---|---|---|
| Feminist African Philosophy: Women and the Politics of Difference | Abosede Priscilla Ipadeola | 4. Mainstreaming Gender Issues in African Philosophy: A Decolonization Effort |
| Article | Author(s) Name | Journal Title | Publishing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| World city making by branding: insights from Cape Town and Johannesburg | Sören Scholvin | African Geographical Review | Latest articles |
| Special issue editorial: Social innovation and entrepreneurship in Africa | David Littlewood et al. | Africa Journal of Management | 2022 |
| Unwritten city: Abuja in the Nigerian literary imagination | Comfort Azubuko-Udah | Journal of the African Literature Association | 2022 |
| ‘A dream come true’? Adolescents’ perspectives on urban relocation and life in condominiums in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Alula Pankhurst et al | Journal of Eastern African Studies | 2022 |
| ‘Navigating Entry and Survival in the City: A Relational Comparison of Migrant Workers and University Students in the City of Durban | Nomkhosi Xulu-Gama & Aisha Lorgat | South African Review of Sociology | 2022 |
| Book Title | Author (s) | Chapter |
|---|---|---|
| City Life in Africa: Anthropological Insights | Katja Werthmann | 7. Wayfinding |
| Articles | Author(s) Name | Journal(s) Title | Publishing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Generation of change? South African attitudes towards climate change in comparative perspective | Benjamin J. Roberts Lovisha Dhoomun et ak | Development Southern Africa | Latest articles |
| Geopolitics of climate change-induced conflict and population displacement in West Africa | Nsemba Edward Lenshie et al | Local Environment | 2022 |
| The Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Security in the Greater Horn of Africa | T.K. Seife | Politikon | 2021 |
| Perceptions of climate change and climate change policies within the tourism sector in Mauritius | Lovisha Dhoomun et ak | Journal of the Indian Ocean Region | 2022 |
| Funding flows for climate change research on Africa: where do they come from and where do they go? | Indra Overland et al | Climate and Development | 2022 |
| Book Title | Author (s) | Chapter |
|---|---|---|
| Climate Change and Tourism in Southern Africa | Jarkko Saarinen, Jennifer Fitchett, Gijsbert Hoogendoorn | 5. Climate change risks to southern African tourism |
| Articles | Author(s) Name | Journal(s) Title | Publishing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terrorism, Insurgency, and Regional Stability: The Case of Mozambique | Rich Mashimbye | International Journal of African Renaissance Studies | 2022 |
| The Potential for Violent Extremist Organizations in Africa to Take Advantage of the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis in Ungoverned Spaces: The Cases of al-Shabaab and Boko Haram | Viktor Marsai & István Tarrósy | African Security Review | 2022 |
| Déplacés et réfugiés au Cameroun: profils, itinéraires et expériences à partir des crises nigériane et centrafricaine | Adam Mahamat | Canadian Journal of African Studies | 2021 |
| Security in Cameroon: a growing risk of persistent insurgency | Manu Lekunze & Ben Page | Canadian Journal of African Studies | Latest articles |
| The jihadi insurgency in Mozambique: origins, nature and beginning | Eric Morier-Genoud | Journal of Eastern African Studies | 2020 |
| Book Title | Author (s) | Chapter |
|---|---|---|
| Researching Peacebuilding in Africa: Reflections on Theory, Fieldwork and Context | Amy Niang | 7. Understanding Complex New Wars in Africa: The Example of The Sahel |
| Article | Author(s) Name | Journal(s) Title | Publishing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Co-constructing fashion in a South–South context: selling Chinese-made garments and textiles in Mozambique | Johanna von Pezold | Critical African Studies | Latest articles |
| Nairobi Street-Aesthetics: Distance and Proximity in the Aesthetics of Everyday Life in the Green City | Nicklas Hallen | English Studies in Africa | 2022 |
| Identity and dissent in Ethiopian football fandom (2012–2019) | Hewan Semon | Journal of Eastern African Studies | 2022 |
| Parks, participation and the Parkrun ‘move-ment’ in South Africa | Leani de Vries et al | South African Geographical Journal | 2022 |
| South African War Poetry of the Twentieth Century: Poetic Bodies Flexing “Muscular Demonstrations” | Gerhard Genis | Scrutiny2 | 2022 |
| Book Title | Author (s) | Chapter |
|---|---|---|
| Routledge Handbook of African Popular Culture | Grace A Musila | Introduction: Thirteen Ways of Reading African Popular Culture |
| Article/ Book | Author(s) | Type | Publishing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technologies in Decline | Zahar Koretsky, Peter Stegmaier, Bruno Turnheim, Harro van Lente | Book | 2022 |
| Intelligent Circuits and Systems | Rajesh Singh, Anita Gehlot | Book | 2021 |
| Meaningful Futures with Robots | Judith Dörrenbächer, Ronda Ringfort-Felner, Robin Neuhaus, Marc Hassenzahl | Book | 2022 |
| Applied Artificial Intelligence | Robert Trappl, et. al. | Article | 2023 |
| Systems Science & Control Engineering | Professor Zidong Wang, et. al. | Article | 2023 |
| International Journal of Optomechatronics | Chengkuo Lee, et. al. | Article | 2022 |
| Article/ Book | Author(s) | Type | Publishing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drylands Facing Change Interventions, Investments and Identities | Angela Kronenburg García, Tobias Haller, Han van Dijk, Cyrus Samimi, Jeroen Warner | e-Book | 2022 |
| African Perspectives on Religion and Climate Change | Ezra Chitando, Ernst M. Conradie, Susan M. Kilonzo | e-Book | 2022 |
| Globalization, Environmental Law, and Sustainable Development in the Global South Challenges for Implementation | Kirk W. Junker, Paolo Davide Farah | e-Book | 2021 |
| Flooding in Nigeria: a review of its occurrence and impacts and approaches to modelling flood data | Nura Umar, Alison Gray | Article | 2022 |
| Do needs motivate the exchange of data in transboundary waters? Insights from Africa’s shared basins | Patience Mukuyu, Jonathan Lautzea, et. al. | Article | 2023 |
| Corridors as empty signifiers: the entanglement of Mozambique’s colonial past and present in its development corridors | Joshua Kirshner, Idalina Baptista | Article | 2023 |
| Article/ Book | Author(s) | Type | Publishing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comparative Renewables Policy Political, Organizational and European Fields | Elin Lerum Boasson, Merethe Dotterud Leiren, Jørgen Wettestad | e-Book | 2020 |
| Advances in Carbon Management Technologies Carbon Removal, Renewable and Nuclear Energy, Volume 1 | Subhas Sikdar, Frank Princiotta | e-Book | 2020 |
| Sustainable Energy for All Innovation, technology and pro-poor green transformations | David Ockwell, Rob Byrne | e-Book | 2016 |
| A default nudge in waste management: assessing the impact of explicit consent for unaddressed mail | Thijs Endendijk, W. J. Wouter Botzen | Article | 2023 |
| Pathway to investigate and assess the performance of solar ON-Grid plant | Divya Navamani, A. Lavanya, A. Geetha, A. Geetha | Article | 2022 |
| Mitigating peak load and heat stress under heatwaves by optimizing adjustments of fan speed and thermostat setpoint | Zhujing Zhang, Kevin J. Kircher, Yuan Cai, et. al. | Article | 2023 |
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| The COVID-19 Pandemic and Older Adults | Edward Alan Miller | Book | 2022 |
| Evaluating the Brain Disease Model of Addiction | Nick Heather, Matt Field, Antony Moss, Sally Satel | Book | 2022 |
| RNA, the Epicenter of Genetic Information | John Mattick, Paulo Amaral | Book | 2022 |
| Advances and Applications in Bioinformatics and Chemistry | Professor Ibon Alkorta, et. al. | Article | 2023 |
| Cancer Biology & Therapy | Dr Jonathan Brody - Oregon, Dr Scott Waldman, et. al. | Article | 2023 |
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