#OpenAccess journal @giga-hamburg.de publishing original research on politics, societies, and economics in Africa @sagepub.com.
Editors-in-Chief: @maxinerubin.com, @marthacj.bsky.social & Dr. Kendra Dupuy
Website: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/afr
Africa Spectrum
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🆕 How is Africa positioned in British academia?
Beidollahkhani argues that Africa's visibility as a site of research and policy engagement often coexists with the marginalisation of African epistemic authority, raising questions of epistemic justice.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/00020397261457156
🆕 How does prolonged displacement shape identity and belonging?
Rudolf and Tufa examine the Amiche in Ethiopia, showing how protracted exclusion and displacement produced a distinct identity shaped by stable liminality and permanent in-betweenness.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/00020397261446238
🆕 How does Islamic ethical thought shape socio-political life in Northern Nigeria?
Fahm and Ibrahim show how Islamic ethical frameworks shape ideas of leadership, community resilience, and social repair amid governance, insecurity, and inequality.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/00020397261452691
Celebrating Africa Spectrum at 60 🎉
➡️ Co Editor-in-Chief Kendra Dupuy highlights an article showing how community-based conservation initiatives can create openings for marginalised individuals to claim recognition in rural Tanzania.
#AFR60yrs
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🆕 How do corporations and communities negotiate access on resource frontiers?
Yang examines Chinese bauxite mining in Guinea, showing how corporate strategies and community repertoires interact to renegotiate access, compensation, and rights claims.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/00020397261443317
🆕 How did Ghana frame diaspora engagement during the Year of Return?
Kutor, Oklikah, Saaka, and Arku examine how Ghanaian media framed the initiative through tourism, investment, branding, and emotional connection with diaspora communities.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/00020397261448904
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Africa Spectrum
🆕 Can women’s land ownership strengthen climate adaptation and food security?
Wegenast, Hänze, and Haer show that joint land ownership in Tanzania improves food security and diet diversity among households facing extreme weather events.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/00020397261450226
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🆕 How do telecom companies shape humanitarian response in Somalia?
Chonka examines how Somali telecom firms use CSR narratives around connectivity, empowerment, nationalism, and piety amid conflict and humanitarian crises.
🔗doi.org/10.1177/00020397261443322
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🆕 How is legitimacy negotiated in contested land governance systems?
Awoh examines land governance in Kom and Bali, Cameroon, showing how traditional authorities use hybrid strategies to maintain legitimacy and mediate land conflicts.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/00020397261446002
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➡️ Here is her editorial pick:
Struggles over Resource Access in Rural Tanzania, by Mathew Bukhi Mabele & Ulrike Müller-Böker
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0002...
🔔 We’ll be sharing more reflections from our editors in the coming weeks.
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