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60th Anniversary – (Past) Editor’s Picks

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We asked past editors-in-chief of Africa Spectrum to share an article that stood out to them – for whatever reason – during their tenure. 

The current editors also shared their picks.

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Baleinières’ Riverine Environment and the Materiality of Transport Regulation on Congo's Inland Waterways

  • Peter Lambertz

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Encouraged by a crippling road infrastructure and the proliferation of Chinese low-tech engines, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo)'s baleinières have reappropriated and significantly increased the potential of DR Congo's inland waterways by ...
Open AccessResearch articleFirst published Aug 28, 2024
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West African Pidgin: World Language Against the Grain

  • Kofi Yakpo

Abstract

West African Pidgin (“Pidgin”) is a cluster of related, mutually intelligible, restructured Englishes with up to 140 million speakers in Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea, and The Gambia. Spoken by just few thousand people two ...
Open AccessResearch articleFirst published Jul 23, 2024
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Divine Mandates and Political Realities: Exploring Power, Religion, and Transition in The Gambia

  • Danielle Agyemang
  • Vilashini Somiah
  • Khoo Ying Hooi

Abstract

This article analyses the role of religious symbolism and religiosity during The Gambia’s autocracy (1994–2017) and its democratic transition (2017–2023). Former autocratic ruler, Yahya Jammeh, exploited religious symbolism to legitimise his authority, ...
Open AccessResearch articleFirst published Feb 14, 2024
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Decolonial Dilemmas: The Deception of a “Global Knowledge Commonwealth” and the Tragedian Entrapment of an African Scholar

  • Yusuf K. Serunkuma

Abstract

There are multiple initiatives and efforts to grant African scholars “global visibility” – as part of the decolonisation agenda. These efforts have included aiding and enabling African scholars to publish in journals of international renown, speaking or ...
Open AccessResearch articleFirst published Feb 4, 2024
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Do Hegemonic-Party Regimes Reward or Punish Voters? A Tale of Distributive Politics in Tanzania

  • Francisco M.P. Mugizi
  • Parestico Pastory

Abstract

Does resource allocation by the central government to local governments in Tanzania favour opposition or the ruling party's strongholds? The literature advances two opposing theories – electoral competition and hegemonic party hypotheses. We use unique ...
Open AccessResearch articleFirst published Nov 10, 2022
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Brewing Tensions: The Colonial Gaze of the German–Namibian Publishing Industry

  • Tycho Alexander van der Hoog

Abstract

The call to decolonize African Studies has a profound influence on the field, with varying degrees of success. This article addresses this topic in relation to the author’s personal experiences in the publishing industry in Namibia. By describing the ...
Open AccessResearch articleFirst published Jun 14, 2022
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Autocratisation by Term Limits Manipulation in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Andrea Cassani

Abstract

Besides the introduction of multi-party elections, the sub-Saharan wave of democratic reforms of the 1990s encompassed the introduction of limits to the number of terms that a chief executive can serve. Executive term limits (ETLs) are key for democracy ...
Open AccessResearch articleFirst published Feb 22, 2021
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Peacekeeping Experiences as Triggers of Introspection in the Ghanaian Military Barracks

  • Humphrey Asamoah Agyekum

Abstract

African political elites have been forthcoming with military support for United Nations peacekeeping missions, contributing substantially to these missions’ workforce. Despite their contribution, most studies on peacekeeping omit the African soldier’s ...
Open AccessResearch articleFirst published May 14, 2020
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What Is Our Research For? Responsibility, Humility and the Production of Knowledge about Burundi

  • Devon E. A. Curtis

Abstract

Political space in Burundi underwent a remarkable opening during the Burundian peace process and its immediate aftermath, which led to a rise in social science scholarship in Burundi. This space has increasingly narrowed, particularly since the crisis in ...
Open AccessResearch articleFirst published Jun 14, 2019
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From Quibbles to Substance: A Response to Responses

  • Francis B. Nyamnjoh
Open AccessResearch articleFirst published Aug 1, 2013
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