Nigerien second-hand car traders in Cotonou: A sociocultural analysis of economic decision-making
in African Affairs
July 2006; p ublished online February 2006 .
Journal Article. Subjects: African Studies; International Relations; African History; Regional Political Studies. 8949 words.
This article discusses the economic decision-making of migrant traders from Niger who operate in large second-hand car markets found in Cotonou (Benin). Like the Cotonou car-trading...
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CIVIC MOVEMENT AND NON-VIOLENT ACTION: THE CASE OF THE CAPE AREAS HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE
in African Affairs
July 1997; p ublished online July 1997 .
Journal Article. Subjects: African Studies; International Relations; African History; Regional Political Studies. 0 words.
The inner life and organizational style of the civic moment in South Africa during the turbulent years of apartheid has received little attention. This article examines a civic body called...
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The African National Congress (ANC) organization at the grassroots
in African Affairs
October 2008; p ublished online October 2008 .
Journal Article. Subjects: African Studies; International Relations; African History; Regional Political Studies. 9042 words.
This article provides a study of the African National Congress (ANC) local organization at party branch level. It focuses on the branches’ community activities, on their participation in...
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From patronage to peacebuilding? Elite capture and governance from below in Sierra Leone
in African Affairs
January 2012; p ublished online December 2011 .
Journal Article. Subjects: African Studies; International Relations; African History; Regional Political Studies. 9741 words.
Sierra Leoneans have long seen their governance institutions as unresponsive and inefficient. Following the civil war, the government adopted a plan of fiscal, administrative, and political...
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Changing population mobility in West Africa: Fulbe pastoralists in Central and South Mali
in African Affairs
April 2003; p ublished online April 2003 .
Journal Article. Subjects: African History; International Relations; Regional Political Studies; African Studies. 0 words.
Mobility is the most important response by the inhabitants of the Sahel to climatic adversity. This ‘condition sahélienne’, characterized by unstable climatic circumstances, irregular...
Urban Protest in Burkina Faso
in African Affairs
April 2009; p ublished online April 2009 .
Journal Article. Subjects: African Studies; International Relations; African History; Regional Political Studies. 10794 words.
Burkina Faso has embarked on a course of decentralization in which elected local governments are assuming a share of decision making over a range of services and activities previously under...
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Mobilizing the faithful: Organizational autonomy, visionary pastors, and citizenship in South Africa and Zambia
in African Affairs
April 2016; p ublished online March 2016 .
Journal Article. Subjects: African History; International Relations; Regional Political Studies; African Studies. 10359 words.
Many studies have examined the significant involvement of Christian organizations in national-level politics since the revitalization of democracy in Africa in the 1990s, but few have...
Partnership peacekeeping: Challenges and opportunities in the United Nations–African Union Relationship
in African Affairs
April 2014; p ublished online April 2014 .
Journal Article. Subjects: African History; International Relations; Regional Political Studies; African Studies. 9874 words.
The relationship between the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) has at times been characterized by considerable conflict, mistrust, and tension, often hindering the...
THE MWANZA TRIAL AS A SEARCH FOR A USABLE MALAWIAN POLITICAL PAST
in African Affairs
January 1998; p ublished online January 1998 .
Journal Article. Subjects: African Studies; International Relations; African History; Regional Political Studies. 0 words.
The main thesis of this papier is that nations need memories and that there is in many contemporary African states a need to create a memory of the period between independence and the...
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