Review of African Political Economy

1997 - 2023

Current editor(s): Graham Harrison, Branwen Gruffydd Jones, Claire Mercer, Nicolas Pons-Vignon, Aurelia Segatti and Ray Bush

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2020, volume 47, articles 166

Africa, extractivism and the crisis this time pp. 511-521

Elisa Greco

Extractivism, exclusion and conflicts in Senegal’s agro-industrial transformation pp. 522-544

Maura Benegiamo

The war and the economy: the gradual destruction of Libya pp. 545-567

Matteo Capasso

Sugar production dynamics in Zimbabwe: an analysis of contract farming at Hippo Valley pp. 568-584

Freedom Mazwi

Africa–EU relations and natural resource governance: understanding African agency in historical and contemporary perspective pp. 585-603

Duncan Money, Hans Otto Frøland and Tshepo Gwatiwa

Mining-induced violent resistance: the case of salt mining near Keta lagoon pp. 604-620

Alhassan Atta-Quayson and Amina H. Baidoo

So many ‘Africanists’, so few Africans: reshaping our understanding of ‘African politics’ through greater nuance and amplification of African voices pp. 621-637

Zack Zimbalist

Creaming off commodity profits: Europe’s re-export boom and Africa’s earnings crisis in the coffee and cocoa sectors pp. 638-650

Angus Elsby

Africa’s Blue Economy: potentials and challenges for more locally beneficial development pp. 651-661

Eddy Akpomera

Oil and its discontents: the political economy of artisanal refining in Nigeria pp. 662-675

Agaptus Nwozor, John Olanrewaju, Modupe Ake and Onjefu Okidu

Does political settlements analysis capture the unsettling politics of oil in Africa? pp. 676-686

Nelson Oppong

Contested extractivism, society and the state: struggles over mining and land pp. 687-688

Ray Bush

Globalised authoritarianism: megaprojects, slums, and class relations in urban Morocco pp. 688-690

Ray Bush

Volume Index pp. 691-695

The Editors

2020, volume 47, articles 164

Socially distanced capitalism in a time of coronavirus pp. 169-196

Reginald Cline-Cole

Ruth First Prize pp. 197-198

The Editors

Oil production, environmental pressures and other sources of violent conflict in Nigeria pp. 199-219

Isidore Udoh

Chinese investment in the Sierra Leone telecommunications sector: international financial institutions, neoliberalism and organisational fields pp. 220-237

Aaron C. van Klyton, Said Rutabayiro-Ngoga and Lakmal Liyanage

Campaign funding laws and the political economy of money politics in Nigeria pp. 238-255

G. S. Mmaduabuchi Okeke and Uche Nwali

Finance, infrastructure and urban capital: the political economy of African ‘gap-filling’ pp. 256-274

Tom Goodfellow

The SDGs and the bio-economy: fostering land-grabbing in Africa pp. 275-290

Jean-Claude N. Ashukem

Conditional cash transfer and education under neoliberalism in Nigeria: inequality, poverty and commercialisation in the school sector pp. 291-300

Ikedinachi K. Ogamba

Zimbabwe's 2018 elections: funding, public resources and vote buying pp. 301-312

Musiwaro Ndakaripa

Crisis of political leadership in Zimbabwe pp. 313-323

Mike Chipere

The imagined Africa of the West: a critical perspective on Western imaginations of Africa pp. 324-334

Rune Larsen and Stig Jensen

The African hero in Mozambican history: on assassinations and executions – Part II pp. 335-345

John S. Saul

Power relations of development: the case of dam construction in the Nubian homeland, Sudan pp. 346-348

Abeer R. Y. Abazeed

Correction pp. 349-349

The Editors

2020, volume 47, articles 163

Africa – coping with the ‘new normal’ pp. 1-9

Alfred Zack-Williams

Have the social classes of yesterday vanished from Africanist issues or are African societies made up of new classes? A French anthropologist’s perspective pp. 10-26

Jean Copans

Safety and health before and after Marikana: subcontracting, illegal mining and trade union rivalry in the South African mining industry pp. 27-44

Paul Stewart, Andries Bezuidenhout and Christine Bischoff

The strategies and tactics of fighting against precarisation of work: a comparative study of precarious workers’ struggles in two South African municipalities pp. 45-58

Lawrence Ntuli

The politics of youth struggles for land in post-land reform Zimbabwe pp. 59-77

Fadzai Chipato, Libin Wang, Ting Zuo and George T. Mudimu

From war to wealth? Land policies and the peace economy in Côte d’Ivoire pp. 78-94

Jacobo Grajales

Digital labour at economic margins: African workers and the global information economy pp. 95-105

Mohammad Amir Anwar and Mark Graham

China’s involvement in the trans-Saharan textile trade and industry in Nigeria: the case of Kano pp. 106-114

Murtala Muhammad, Ramatu Buba, Muhammad Danial Azman and Abubakar Ahmed

The political economy of automobile development in Nigeria pp. 115-125

Michael I. Ugwueze, Christian C. Ezeibe and Jonah I. Onuoha

Poverty and living conditions with Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin: the case of southeastern Niger pp. 126-134

Youssoufou Hamadou Daouda

Why inequality persists in Africa pp. 135-143

Franklin Obeng-Odoom

Samir Amin's contribution to historical materialism pp. 144-152

Morten Ougaard

The African hero in Mozambican history: on assassinations and executions – Part I pp. 153-165

John S. Saul

Wentworth: the beautiful game and the making of place pp. 166-168

Douglas Booth

2020, volume 46, articles 162

Egypt under military rule pp. 529-534

Ray Bush and Elisa Greco

Land, politics and dynamics of agrarian change and resistance in North Africa pp. 535-548

Mathilde Fautras and Giulio Iocco

Grabbing from below: a study of land reclamation in Egypt pp. 549-566

Saker El Nour

The social life of wheat and grapes: domestic land-grabbing as accumulation by dispossession in rural Egypt pp. 567-581

Yasmine Moataz Ahmed

Peasants, dispossession and resistance in Egypt: an analysis of protest movements and organisations before and after the 2011 uprising pp. 582-598

Francesco de Lellis

Gulf capital and Egypt's corporate food system: a region in the third food regime pp. 599-614

Christian Henderson

Land deals, and how not all states react the same: Zambia and the Chinese request pp. 615-631

Marie Widengård

Connections 3: ROAPE workshop in Johannesburg, 26–27 November 2018 pp. 632-664

Peter Dwyer, Fatou Diouf, Grasian Mkodzongi, Beesan Kasaab, Didier Kiendrebeogo, Mohamed Traore, Naome Chakanya, Njuki Githethwa, Fatou Diouf, Grasian Mkodzongi, Beesan Kasaab, Didier Kiendrebeogo, Mohamed Traore, Naome Chakanya and Njuki Githethwa

Rwanda poverty debate: summarising the debate and estimating consistent historical trends pp. 665-672

Maurice Okito

The impact of Brexit on francophone Africa pp. 673-685

Dirk Kohnert

Volume Index pp. 686-690

The Editors