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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2016, volume 43, articles 150

Natural resources, economic rents and social justice in contemporary Africa pp. 533-539

Alfred Zack-Williams

Call for Speakers/Papers pp. 540-541

The Editors

Diamonds, dependence and De Beers: monopoly capitalism and compliance with the Kimberley Process in Namibia pp. 542-555

Nathan Munier

Diamond pricing and valuation in South Africa’s extractive political economy pp. 556-575

Khadija Sharife and Sarah Bracking

Rethinking ‘expert sense’ in international development: the case of Sierra Leone’s housing policy pp. 576-591

Steven Nabieu Rogers

Crystallising contention: social movements, protests and riots in African Studies pp. 592-607

Joschka Philipps

Mind the gap? Civil society policy engagement and the pursuit of gender justice: critical discourse analysis of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in Africa 2003–2015 pp. 608-629

Paul Chaney

Centralising rents and dispersing power while pursuing development? Exploring the strategic uses of military firms in Rwanda pp. 630-647

Pritish Behuria

The appeal of third termism and militarism in Burundi pp. 648-657

Patricia Daley and Rowan Popplewell

Representing Eritrea: geopolitics and narratives of oppression pp. 658-667

Tanja R. Müller

The political economy of regime survival: Algeria in the context of the African and Arab uprisings pp. 668-680

Hamza Hamouchene and Brahim Rouabah

Pan-Africanism and Communism: the Communist International, Africa and the diaspora, 1919–1939 pp. 681-684

Alfred Zack-Williams

Editorial Board pp. ebi-ebi

The Editors

2016, volume 43, articles 149

Ruth First prize pp. 337-337

The Editors

African women’s struggles in a gender perspective pp. 338-349

Emmanuelle Bouilly, Ophélie Rillon and Hannah Cross

Bridging social divides: leadership and the making of an alliance for women’s land-use rights in Morocco pp. 350-364

Yasmine Berriane

(De-)Politicising women’s collective action: international actors and land inheritance in post-war Burundi pp. 365-381

Marie Saiget

Women’s mobilisation for legislative political representation in Africa pp. 382-399

Aili Mari Tripp

Women’s activism around gender-based violence in South Africa: recognition, redistribution and representation pp. 400-415

Amanda Gouws

Senegalese mothers ‘fight clandestine migration’: an intersectional perspective on activism and apathy among parents and spouses left behind pp. 416-435

Emmanuelle Bouilly

Women’s protests: gender, imprisonment and resistance in South Africa (Pollsmoor Prison, 1970s–90s) pp. 436-450

Natacha Filippi

‘I acted like a man’: exploring female ex-insurgents’ narratives on Nigeria’s oil insurgency pp. 451-469

Temitope Oriola

The geopolitics of Turkey's ‘humanitarian diplomacy’ in Somalia: a critique pp. 470-477

Theodore Baird

Waste and well-being: a political economy of informal waste management and public policy in urban West Africa pp. 478-488

Bernard Ugochukwu Nwosu, Thaddeus Chidi Nzeadibe and Peter Oluchukwu Mbah

Financialisation and economic growth in Nigeria pp. 489-503

Ejike Udeogu

Diminishing returns and agricultural involution in Côte d'Ivoire's cocoa sector pp. 504-517

Ehis Michael Odijie

Swaziland: the struggle for political freedom and democracy pp. 518-527

Bongani Masuku and Peter Limb

Women and the informal economy in urban Africa: from the margins to the centre pp. 528-529

Egle Cesnulyte

Muslim families in global Senegal: money takes care of shame pp. 529-530

Hannah Cross

Gender and the political economy of conflict in Africa: the persistence of violence pp. 530-532

Fenella Porter

2016, volume 43, articles 148

Africa and the drugs trade revisited pp. 167-173

Gernot Klantschnig, Margarita Dimova and Hannah Cross

Illicit livelihoods: drug crops and development in Africa pp. 174-189

Neil Carrier and Gernot Klantschnig

Securing (in)security: relinking violence and the trade in in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo pp. 190-205

Ann A. Laudati

Chain work: the cultivation of hierarchy in Sierra Leone’s cannabis economy pp. 206-226

Christopher A. Suckling

‘The first dragon to slay’: unpacking Kenya’s war on drugs pp. 227-242

Margarita Dimova

Military Kinship, Inc.: patronage, inter-ethnic marriages and social classes in South Sudan pp. 243-259

Clémence Pinaud

Ethnic minorities and the land question in Nigeria pp. 260-276

Jeremiah O. Arowosegbe

Modernising agriculture through a ‘new’ Green Revolution: the limits of the Crop Intensification Programme in Rwanda pp. 277-293

Giuseppe Davide Cioffo, An Ansoms and Jude Murison

Editorial Notice pp. 294-294

Alexander Beresford

From the shop floor to the kitchen table: the shifting centre of precarious workers’ politics in South Africa pp. 295-311

Ben Scully

The political economy of heroin and crack cocaine in Tanzania pp. 312-319

Sheryl McCurdy and Pamela Kaduri

Separatist tensions and violence in the ‘model post-conflict state’: Mozambique since the 1990s pp. 320-327

Colin Darch

Exodus: immigration and multiculturalism in the 21st century pp. 328-336

Peter Lawrence

2016, volume 43, articles 147

Africa rising? pp. 1-7

Alexander Beresford

Dependency redux: why Africa is not rising pp. 8-25

Ian Taylor

Sovereignty, the ‘resource curse’ and the limits of good governance: a political economy of oil in Ghana pp. 26-42

Jon Phillips, Elena Hailwood and Andrew Brooks

The political economy of the media in the Somali conflict pp. 43-57

Nicole Stremlau, Emanuele Fantini and Ridwan M. Osman

An historical geographical analysis of South Africa's system of accumulation: 1652–1994 pp. 58-72

Justin van der Merwe

The coming crisis of Zuma's ANC: the party state confronts fiscal crisis pp. 73-88

Roger Southall

Trade unions, the state and ‘casino capitalism’ in South Africa's clothing industry pp. 89-106

Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings

Amady Aly Dieng, 1932–2015: radical African nationalist, genuine Marxist, witty and free thinker pp. 107-115

Jean Copans and Françoise Blum

Growth of Chinese trade and investment flows in DR Congo – blessing or curse? pp. 116-130

Malancha Chakrabarty

The other face of the Zimbabwean crisis: The black market and dealers during Zimbabwe's decade of economic meltdown, 2000–2008 pp. 131-141

Tapiwa Chagonda

The murder of Gilles Cistac: Mozambique's future at a crossroads pp. 142-150

Ana Ganho

Does sub-Saharan Africa need capitalist philanthropy to reduce poverty and achieve food security? pp. 151-159

Behrooz Morvaridi

The price of civilization: reawakening virtue and prosperity after the economic fall pp. 160-163

Jörg Wiegratz

In the name of the people: Angola's forgotten massacre pp. 163-165

John Saul

2016, volume 43

Dedication and acknowledgements pp. 1-1

The Editors

Remembering Lionel Cliffe pp. 2-6

Peter Lawrence

Land, liberation and democracy: the life and work of Lionel Cliffe pp. 7-16

Peter Lawrence

Lionel Cliffe: the politically engaged intellectual worker pp. 17-21

Mike Powell

Village land politics and the legacy of pp. 22-40

Elisa Greco

Cotton and textiles industries in Tanzania: the failures of liberalisation pp. 41-59

Andrew Coulson

Reflections on land policy and the independence settlement in Kenya pp. 60-68

Brian Van Arkadie

Agrarian transformation in the Near East and North Africa: influences from the work of Lionel Cliffe pp. 69-85

Ray Bush

Old wine in new bottles? Revisiting contract farming after agrarian reform in Zimbabwe pp. 86-98

Lloyd Sachikonye

‘I am a paramount chief, this land belongs to my ancestors’: the reconfiguration of rural authority after Zimbabwe's land reforms pp. 99-114

Grasian Mkodzongi

Analysing the history of agrarian struggles in Tanzania from a feminist perspective pp. 115-129

Marjorie Mbilinyi

The importance of land in rethinking rural transformation, agrarian revolution and unfinished liberation in Africa pp. 130-144

Nancy Andrew

The ZIPA moment: Dzino, Mugabe and Samora Machel pp. 145-166

John S. Saul

Lionel Cliffe and the generation(s) of Zimbabwean politics pp. 167-186

David Moore

Morality and economic growth in rural West Africa: indigenous accumulation in Hausaland pp. 187-189

Caroline Ifeka