GIGA Journal Family | 13/08/2024

New Africa Spectrum 2/2024

This latest issue of Africa Spectrum covers topics such as West African Pidgin English, the influence of Chinese consumer goods on the beauty ideal in Côte d’Ivoire, the use of TikTok by political actors prior to Zimbabwe’s recent elections, struggles over access to resources in Tanzania, and more.


  • Africa Spectrum Vol. 59, No. 2 (2024)

    Debate

    • Steven van Wolputte, Michael Thomas Bollig, Martina Gockel, Clemens Greiner, Noah Kahindi: The Aftermath – What Future for African Studies (in Europe?). A View From Behind the Scenes of ECAS9

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    Research Articles

    • Oluwatosin Adeniyi: Whither “African Economics” Imaginaries? Eleven Precepts on Its (Im)possibility

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    • Kofi Yakpo: West African Pidgin: World Language Against the Grain

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    • Giulia Piccolino: Civilian Agency and Service Provision Under Rebel Rule: Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire

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    • Basile Ndjio: Transnational Chinese Beautyscapes: Ghetto Glamour and Fake Beauty in Abidjan

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    • Oswelled Ureke: Politics at Play: TikTok and Digital Persuasion in Zimbabwe's 2023 General Elections

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    • Mathew Bukhi Mabele, Ulrike Müller-Böker: Struggles over Resource Access in Rural Tanzania: Claiming for Recognition in a Community-Based Forest Conservation ntervention

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    Review Article

    • Desmond Ofori Oklikah, Senanu Kwasi Kutor, Elmond Bandauko, Akosua Boahemaa Asare, Reforce Okwei, Amanda Odoi, Godwin Arku: Extra-Regional Return Migration to Africa: A Systematic Literature Review

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