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 42, articles 143

Divisive democracy and popular struggle in Africa pp. 1-6

Hannah Cross

Fighting talk: Ruth First's early journalism 1947–1950 pp. 7-21

Christopher Webb

Visions of liberation: the Algerian war of independence and its South African reverberations pp. 22-43

Allison Drew

Free and fair? Citizens’ assessments of the 2013 general election in Kenya pp. 44-61

Seema Shah

Sex, citizenship and the state in Nigeria: Islam, Christianity and emergent struggles over intimacy pp. 62-76

Ebenezer Obadare

Angolan civil society activism since the 1990s: reformists, confrontationists and young revolutionaries of the ‘Arab spring generation’ pp. 77-91

Nuno Vidal

Different means of protest, same causes: popular struggles in Burkina Faso pp. 92-106

Bettina Engels

Violence and democracy in South Africa's community protests pp. 107-123

Marcel Paret

The revolt of small towns: the meaning of Morocco's history and the geography of social protests pp. 124-140

Koenraad Bogaert

Horse-trading on EU–African Economic Partnership Agreements pp. 141-147

Dirk Kohnert

L'insurrection populaire et la Transition au Burkina Faso pp. 148-155

Lila Chouli

International crude oil theft: elite predatory tendencies in Nigeria pp. 156-165

Eddy Akpomera

2019, volume 46, articles 161

‘They’re all in it together’: the social production of fraud in capitalist Africa pp. 357-368

Jörg Wiegratz

Cartels as ‘fraud’? Insights from collusion in southern and East Africa in the fertiliser and cement industries pp. 369-386

Thando Vilakazi and Simon Roberts

The rise of microcredit ‘control fraud’ in post-apartheid South Africa: from state-enforced to market-driven exploitation of the black community pp. 387-414

Milford Bateman

Black economic empowerment policy in Durban, eThekwini, South Africa: economic justice, economic fraud and ‘leaving money on the table’ pp. 415-441

Sarah Bracking

Fake drugs: health, wealth and regulation in Nigeria pp. 442-458

Gernot Klantschnig and Chieh Huang

The political economy of intellectual property rights: the paradox of Article 27 exemplified in Ghana pp. 459-479

Christiaan De Beukelaer and Martin Fredriksson

Is fin-tech the new panacea for poverty alleviation and local development? Contesting Suri and Jack’s M-Pesa findings published in Science pp. 480-495

Milford Bateman, Maren Duvendack and Nicholas Loubere

Anti-fraud measures in Southern Africa pp. 496-514

Nataliya Mykhalchenko and Jörg Wiegratz

Visions of stagnation and maldistribution: monopoly capital, ‘white monopoly capital’ and new challenges to the South African Left pp. 515-523

Adam Aboobaker

Neoliberalism and the moral economy of fraud pp. 524-527

Jan Beek

Statement of retraction: The role of multinational oil corporations (MNOCs) in Nigeria: more exploitation equals less development of oil-rich Niger Delta region pp. 528-528

The Editors

2019, volume 46, articles 160

Not quite post-political pp. 171-181

Elisa Greco, Jörg Wiegratz and Leo Zeilig

Ruth First Prize pp. 182-183

Clare Smedley

The 1968 years: revolutionary politics in Senegal pp. 184-203

Pascal Bianchini

Trade union mobilisation and democratic institutionalisation in the Republic of Niger pp. 204-222

Sebastian Elischer

Black economic empowerment policy and state–business relations in South Africa: the case of mining pp. 223-245

Andrew Bowman

Resistance and repression in Zimbabwe: a case study of Zimplats mine workers pp. 246-260

Paddington Mutekwe

Soldiers in business: the pitfalls of METEC’s projects in the context of Ethiopia’s civil–military relations pp. 261-278

Tefera Negash Gebregziabher

Borders and boundaries in the state-making of Eritrea: revisiting the importance of territorial integrity in the rapprochement between Eritrea and Ethiopia pp. 279-293

Tanja R. Müller

Placing African labour in global capitalism: the politics of irregular work pp. 294-303

Nick Bernards

Whose Africa is rising? pp. 304-316

Moses Khisa

The transformation of African–Russian economic relations in the multipolar world-system pp. 317-335

Tamás Gerőcs

Energy hegemony and maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea: rethinking the regional trans-border cooperation approach pp. 336-346

Raymond Adibe, Chikodiri Nwangwu, Gerald E. Ezirim and Nnamdi Egonu

Rolling back the right to strike: amendments to South Africa’s Labour Relations Act and their implications for working-class struggle pp. 347-356

Carin Runciman

2019, volume 46, articles 159

The fast-track land reform and agrarian change in Zimbabwe pp. 1-13

Grasian Mkodzongi and Peter Lawrence

The changing agrarian economy in Zimbabwe, 15 years after the Fast Track Land Reform programme pp. 14-32

Toendepi Shonhe

Family farms and the markets: examining the level of market-oriented production 15 years after the Zimbabwe Fast Track Land Reform programme pp. 33-54

Rangarirai Gavin Muchetu

The complexity of farmworkers’ livelihoods in Zimbabwe after the Fast Track Land Reform: experiences from a farm in Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe pp. 55-70

Manase Kudzai Chiweshe and Takunda Chabata

The negotiability of state legal and bureaucratic authority during land occupations in Zimbabwe pp. 71-85

Arnold Chamunogwa

Contested histories and contested land claims: traditional authorities and the Fast Track Land Reform programme in Zimbabwe, 2000–2017 pp. 86-100

Innocent Dande and Joseph Mujere

The fragility of empowerment: changing gender relations in a Zimbabwean resettlement area pp. 101-116

Lincoln Addison

Young people and land in Zimbabwe: livelihood challenges after land reform pp. 117-134

Ian Scoones, Blasio Mavedzenge and Felix Murimbarimba

The wretched of the earth and strategy: Fanon’s ‘Leninist’ moment? pp. 135-142

Chris James Newlove

Presidential transitions and generational change in Southern African liberation movements pp. 143-156

Roger Southall

The role and influence of the IMF on economic policy in South Africa’s transition to democracy: the 1993 Compensatory and Contingency Financing Facility revisited pp. 157-167

Vishnu Padayachee and Ben Fine

An ounce of practice pp. 168-169

Colin Stoneman

2018, volume 45, articles 158

The state and accumulation in Africa pp. 515-521

Alfred Zack-Williams

Indirect rule redux: the political economy of diamond mining and its relation to the Ebola outbreak in Kono District, Sierra Leone pp. 522-540

Raphael Frankfurter, Mara Kardas-Nelson, Adia Benton, Mohamed Bailor Barrie, Yusupha Dibba, Paul Farmer and Eugene T. Richardson

‘Goats eat where they are tied up’: illicit and habitual corruption in Mozambique pp. 541-557

Inge Tvedten and Rachi Picardo

RETRACTED ARTICLE: The role of multinational oil corporations (MNOCs) in Nigeria: more exploitation equals less development of oil-rich Niger Delta region pp. 558-573

Oluwatoyin O. Oluwaniyi

Negotiating statist neoliberalism: the political economy of post-revolution Egypt pp. 574-591

Heba Khalil and Brian Dill

State monopoly of telecommunications in Ethiopia: origins, debates, and the way forward pp. 592-608

Téwodros W. Workneh

Connections 2: Roape Workshop in Dar es Salaam, 16–17 April 2018 pp. 609-677

Janet Bujra, Jacqueline Mgumia, Leo Zeilig, Issa Shivji, Matt Swagler, Arndt Hopfmann, Tunde Zack-Williams, Amber Murrey, Gacheke Gachihi, Sabatho Nyamsenda, Chambi Chachage, Marjorie Mbilinyi, Janet Bujra, Jacqueline Mgumia, Leo Zeilig, Issa G. Shivji, Matt Swagler, Arndt Hopfmann, Tunde Zack-Williams, Amber Murrey, Gacheke Gachihi, Sabatho Nyamsenda, Chambi Chachage and Marjorie Mbilinyi

Populism in Southern Africa under liberation movements as governments pp. 678-686

Henning Melber

The Horn of Africa: state formation and decay pp. 687-691

Habtom Yohannes

Volume index pp. 692-696

The Editors

2018, volume 45, articles 157

In tribute to our comrade Samir Amin, 1931–2018 pp. 365-377

Hannah Cross and Leo Zeilig

The new struggles of precarious workers in South Africa: nascent organisational responses of community health workers pp. 378-392

Mondli Hlatshwayo

The land–water nexus: a critical perspective from South Africa pp. 393-407

Michela Marcatelli

The Rwandan agrarian and land sector modernisation: confronting macro performance with lived experiences on the ground pp. 408-431

An Ansoms, Giuseppe Cioffo, Neil Dawson, Sam Desiere, Chris Huggins, Margot Leegwater, Jude Murison, Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka, Johanna Treidl and Julie Van Damme

From terrorism to talakawa: explaining party turnover in Nigeria's 2015 elections pp. 432-450

A. Carl LeVan, Matthew T. Page and Yoonbin Ha

Trump's tariff impact on Africa and the ambiguous role of African agency pp. 451-466

Dirk Kohnert

(Middle-) Class analysis in Africa: does it work? pp. 467-477

Roger Southall

The dominance of foreign capital and its impact on indigenous technology development in the production of liquefied natural gas in Nigeria pp. 478-490

Okorie Albert

Sino-Angolan agricultural cooperation: still not reaping rewards for the Angolan agricultural sector pp. 491-500

Leon Parker and Elsje Fourie

The rise of oligarchy in Ethiopia: the case of wealth creation since 1991 pp. 501-510

Tefera Negash Gebregziabher and Wil Hout

Dedan Kimathi on trial: colonial justice and popular memory in Kenya’s Mau Mau rebellion / Living with Nkrumahism: nation, state, and pan-Africanism in Ghana pp. 511-513

Matthew Quest

2018, volume 45, articles 156

The state: the executive committee of global capitalism? pp. 181-185

Peter Lawrence and Leo Zeilig

From colonisation to globalisation: a history of state capture by the tobacco industry in Malawi pp. 186-202

Julia Smith and Kelley Lee

South African business nanny state: the case of the automotive industrial policy post-apartheid, 1995–2010 pp. 203-222

David Masondo

Capital accumulation and capital controls in South Africa: a class perspective pp. 223-249

Ilias Alami

Navigating ‘taxation’ on the Congo River: the interplay of legitimation and ‘officialisation’ pp. 250-266

Maria Eriksson Baaz, Ola Olsson and Judith Verweijen

Radical political economy and industrialisation in Africa: ROAPE/Third World Network-Africa Connections workshop, held in Accra, Ghana, 13–14 November 2017 pp. 267-334

Ray Bush, Yao Graham, Leo Zeilig, Ray Bush, Yao Graham, Leo Zeilig, Peter Lawrence, Giuliano Martiniello, Ben Fine, Max Ajl, Bettina Engels, Gordon Crawford and Gabriel Botchwey

Ifeoma Okoye: socialist-feminist political horizons in Nigerian literature pp. 335-344

Adam Mayer

Rentierism and security privatisation in the Nigerian petroleum industry: assessment of oil pipeline surveillance and protection contracts pp. 345-353

Raymond Adibe, Ejikeme Nwagwu and Okorie Albert

Inheriting power: Somaliland’s political institutions and the 2017 presidential election pp. 354-362

Aleksi Ylönen

Burkina Faso: a history of power, protest and revolution pp. 363-364

Bettina Engels

2018, volume 45, articles 155

On filling voids pp. 1-6

Reginald Cline-Cole and Leo Zeilig

Rethinking class and culture in Africa: between E. P. Thompson and Pierre Bourdieu pp. 7-24

Pnina Werbner

Between feminism and unionism: the struggle for socio-economic dignity of working-class women in pre- and post-uprising Tunisia pp. 25-43

Loes Debuysere

The struggles of precarious youth in Tunisia: the case of the Kerkennah movement pp. 44-63

Lorenzo Feltrin

Delinking, food sovereignty, and populist agronomy: notes on an intellectual history of the peasant path in the global South pp. 64-84

Max Ajl

Introduction: revolution and counter-revolution in Egypt pp. 85-90

Cemal Burak Tansel and Brecht De Smet

Behind every Caesar a new one? Reflections on revolution and counter-revolution in Egypt in response to Gramsci on Tahrir pp. 91-103

Anne Alexander and Sameh Naguib

Again on the revolutionary subject: problematising class and subalternity in Gramsci on Tahrir pp. 104-114

Roberto Roccu

Passive revolutions and the dynamics of social change in the peripheries pp. 115-124

Cemal Burak Tansel

Critical interventions in debates on the Arab revolutions: centring class pp. 125-134

Sara Salem

Rejoinder: reading Tahrir in Gramsci pp. 135-145

Brecht De Smet

Afro-euphoria: is Ghana’s economy an exception to the growth paradox? pp. 146-157

Isaac Abotebuno Akolgo

Capitalism in Africa: mutating capitalist relations and social formations pp. 158-167

Horman Chitonge

The Russian Revolution and the development challenge – Part II: the Russian Revolution and the mantra of developmentalism pp. 168-175

Arndt Hopfmann

Taken for a ride: grounding neoliberalism, precarious labour and public transport in an African metropolis pp. 176-179

Bill Freund