Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, Volume 57, Issue 1 (2023)

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RESEARCH ARTICLES / ARTICLES DE RECHERCHE

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Négocier la terre en attendant la ville: marchés fonciers et gouvernance périurbaine en Afrique subsaharienne
Monique Bertrand & Bérénice Bon
Pages: 1-26
Published online: 18 Apr 2022
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Échec ou succès? Les stratégies de subversion et la gouvernance municipale au Niger
Moumouni Goungoubane & Lisa Mueller
Pages: 27-49
Published online: 10 Aug 2022
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La déclaration de candidature et constitution des listes aux élections municipales : Pratiques, enjeux et stratégies d’accès à la sélection politique locale au Cameroun
Jean Daniel Bombela
Pages: 51-69
Published online: 01 Aug 2022
AbstractforLa déclaration de candidature et constitution des listes aux élections municipales : Pratiques, enjeux et stratégies d’accès à la sélection politique locale au Cameroun | Full Text | References | PDF (1.3 MB) | EPUB
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The relationship between the G5 Sahel Joint Force and external actors: a discursive interpretation
Marie Sandnes
Pages: 71-90
Published online: 10 May 2022
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A regime biting its tail: how previous semi-authoritarian structures contributed to Burkina Faso’s security crisis
Nicolas Hubert
Pages: 91-113
Published online: 31 May 2022
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Violent farmer–herder conflicts in Ghana: constellation of actors, citizenship contestations, land access and politics
Kaderi Noagah Bukari
Pages: 115-137
Published online: 31 Mar 2022
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Operation Parasite: diamonds, smallpox, and mass expulsions of strangers in colonial Sierra Leone
Lorenzo D’Angelo
Pages: 139-159
Published online: 05 Apr 2022
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Mothers on the move: manyanos and the social history of transportation in a South African homeland township, 1963–1990
Katie Carline
Pages: 161-180
Published online: 04 Jul 2022
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Shebeens, alcohol and nation-building in Zimbabwe, 1980–1989
Nathaniel Chimhete
Pages: 181-200
Published online: 28 Jul 2022
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RESEARCH NOTE / NOTE DE RECHERCHE

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The politics of the internet and social media in Africa: three bases of knowledge for advancing research
Christopher D. Gore
Pages: 201-217
Published online: 24 May 2022
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COMMENTARY / COMMENTAIRE

Security in Cameroon: a growing risk of persistent insurgency
Manu Lekunze & Ben Page
Pages: 219-236
Published online: 03 Oct 2022
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BOOK REVIEWS / COMPTES RENDUS

Book Review
Piracy in Somalia: Violence and Development in the Horn of Africa
by Awet Tewelde Weldemichael, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2019, xi + 238 pp.
Lucinda Higgins
Pages: 237-238
Published online: 01 Sep 2022
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Blackness and la Francophonie: Anti-Black Racism, Linguicism and the Construction and Negotiation of Multiple Minority Identities
by Amal Madibbo, Laval University Press, 2021, xvii + 230 pp.
Annabelle Glas & Marie-Eve Bouchard
Pages: 239-240
Published online: 01 Sep 2022
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Arbitrary States: Social Control and Modern Authoritarianism in Museveni’s Uganda
by Rebecca Tapscott, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2021, vii + 230 pp.
Joshua B. Rubongoya
Pages: 240-242
Published online: 07 Sep 2022
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The Agonistic City? State–Society Strife in Johannesburg
by Li Pernegger, London, Zed Books, 2020, vi + 224 pp.
Elmond Bandauko
Pages: 242-244
Published online: 29 Sep 2022
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Sharing the Burden of Sickness: A History of Healing and Medicine in Accra
by Jonathan Roberts, Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 2021, v + 420 pp.
Bernard Aristide Bitouga
Pages: 244-246
Published online: 18 Oct 2022
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Religion, Tradition, and Restorative Justice in Sierra Leone
by Lyn S. Graybill, Notre Dame, Indiana, University of Notre Dame Press, 2017, viii + 324 pp.
Jean Chrysostome K. Kiyala
Pages: 246-248
Published online: 04 Oct 2022
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Appealing Because He Is Appalling: Black Masculinities, Colonialism, and Erotic Racism
edited by Tamari Kitossa, Edmonton, University of Alberta Press, 2021, xcvii + 437 pp.
Chris Dunton
Pages: 249-250
Published online: 04 Oct 2022
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Unsettling the Great White North: Black Canadian History
edited by Michele A. Johnson and Funké Aladejebi, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2022, ix + 616 pp.
Franco Paz
Pages: 250-252
Published online: 09 Oct 2022
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Slave Trade and Abolition: Gender, Commerce, and Economic Transition in Luanda
by Vanessa S. Oliveira, The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin, 2021, xi + 165 pp.
Hermann W. von Hesse
Pages: 252-254
Published online: 20 Oct 2022
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Diamond Warriors in Colonial Namibia: Diamond Smuggling, Migrant Workers and Development in Owamboland
by Job Shipululo Amupanda, Basel, Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 2022, 198 pp.
E. Sasu Kwame Sewordor
Pages: 254-256
Published online: 27 Oct 2022
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An Uneasy Embrace: Africa, India and the Spectre of Race
by Shobana Shankar, New York, Oxford University Press, 2021, xiv + 285 pp.
Meera Venkatachalam
Pages: 256-258
Published online: 31 Oct 2022
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Batman Saves the Congo: How Celebrities Disrupt the Politics of Development
by Alexandra Cosima Budabin and Lisa Ann Richey, Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 2021, xxvii + 299 pp.
Mark Harvey
Pages: 258-260
Published online: 11 Nov 2022
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Conflicts of Colonialism: The Rule of Law, French Soudan, and Faama Mademba Sèye
by Richard L. Roberts, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2022, xvii + 337 pp.
Wendell Marsh
Pages: 260-261
Published online: 11 Nov 2022
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Révolution et sorcellerie: une ethnologue au Burkina Faso
by Armelle Faure, Bordeaux, Elytis, 2020, 224 pp.
Stephen Belcher
Pages: 261-263
Published online: 27 Nov 2022
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