In doing so we systematically document for the first time the extent to which Africa was politically decentralized, calculating that in 1880 there were probably 45,000 independent polities which were ...

Citizens increasingly find themselves trapped between three unappealing forces—the entrenched culture of ‘electoral despotism’, external imperial influence and internal military domination. The ...

South Africa's electricity crisis is often misunderstood through a lens of institutional decay and corruption, while deeper ...

It is very hard and diverse to write a story that shows how power, politics, and development are all related in Africa. A long and stormy past has shaped the writing of this story. This relationship ...

Across Africa, “ghost projects” reveal how elites use the state to entrench inequality, leaving communities with promises on ...

"This BRICS set-up will be good for Africa, will possibly offer some sort of fairness in regards to trade and political economy of Africa," Dr. Amakanji Oluteyo said NAIROBI, December 17. /TASS/.

Earlier this year, Jaco Lochner argued that claims that “whites own most land” in South Africa are unverified. Without a national cadastre, ownership remains un ...

With Jacob Zuma ascending to the Presidency at the time of the global economic crisis (2007-2009), which crippled many developed Euro-American economies, China and other emerging economies became ...

The fourth annual Distinguished Lecture in African Studies was hosted at the Colloquium level of Huntsman Hall on Oct. 21. Credit: Abhiram Juvvadi Nobel Prize Laureate Leymah Gbowee delivered the ...

This study investigates the social factors responsible for street traders and buyers’ disobedience to the Lagos State Street Traders and Illegal Market Law, 2003 (as amended 2017) despite the ...