Africa Spectrum
@africaspectrum.bsky.social
#OpenAccess journal @giga-hamburg.de publishing original research on politics, societies, and economics in Africa.
Publisher: SAGE Journals.
Editors-in-Chief: @maxinerubin.com and @marthacj.bsky.social
Website: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/afr
Publisher: SAGE Journals.
Editors-in-Chief: @maxinerubin.com and @marthacj.bsky.social
Website: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/afr
📕Funda Baydar Yazan appraises @janahoenke.bsky.social @eric-cezne.bsky.social & Yifan Yang's Africa’s Global Infrastructures: South–South Transformations in Practice, recommending it to scholars interested in the politics of infrastructure beyond its technical dimension.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
📕Funda Baydar Yazan appraises @janahoenke.bsky.social @eric-cezne.bsky.social & Yifan Yang's Africa’s Global Infrastructures: South–South Transformations in Practice, recommending it to scholars interested in the politics of infrastructure beyond its technical dimension.
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Call for Applications for MIASA Publishing Workshop on 9-10 March 2026 at the University of Ghana, in cooperation with CJAS (Institute of African Studies) and @africaspectrum.bsky.social @giga-hamburg.de.
Application deadline: 19 December 2026
More info: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/cfa-pu...
Application deadline: 19 December 2026
More info: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/cfa-pu...
Call for Applications: MIASA Publishing Workshop on 9-10 March 2026 at the University of Ghana (Application deadline: 19 December 2025) - MIASA - Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa
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December 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Call for Applications for MIASA Publishing Workshop on 9-10 March 2026 at the University of Ghana, in cooperation with CJAS (Institute of African Studies) and @africaspectrum.bsky.social @giga-hamburg.de.
Application deadline: 19 December 2026
More info: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/cfa-pu...
Application deadline: 19 December 2026
More info: miasa.ug.edu.gh/event/cfa-pu...
🎯Preparing your manuscript for an interdisciplinary journal like Africa Spectrum?
👉 One common reason for desk rejection is a lack of engagement with broader debates in African studies.
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👉 One common reason for desk rejection is a lack of engagement with broader debates in African studies.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🎯Preparing your manuscript for an interdisciplinary journal like Africa Spectrum?
👉 One common reason for desk rejection is a lack of engagement with broader debates in African studies.
A Thread 🧵
👉 One common reason for desk rejection is a lack of engagement with broader debates in African studies.
A Thread 🧵
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Are you an African scholar looking to publish your #research?
Apply for @miasa-ug.bsky.social Publishing Workshop and get in-depth feedback from editors @africaspectrum.bsky.social & Contemporary Journal of #AfricanStudies.
➡️ Apply now by 19 Dec: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/cal...
Apply for @miasa-ug.bsky.social Publishing Workshop and get in-depth feedback from editors @africaspectrum.bsky.social & Contemporary Journal of #AfricanStudies.
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Call for Applications: MIASA Publishing Workshop
The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) Publishing Workshop for African scholars, jointly organised by Africa Spectrum and the Contemporary Journal of African Studies, will take pl...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Are you an African scholar looking to publish your #research?
Apply for @miasa-ug.bsky.social Publishing Workshop and get in-depth feedback from editors @africaspectrum.bsky.social & Contemporary Journal of #AfricanStudies.
➡️ Apply now by 19 Dec: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/cal...
Apply for @miasa-ug.bsky.social Publishing Workshop and get in-depth feedback from editors @africaspectrum.bsky.social & Contemporary Journal of #AfricanStudies.
➡️ Apply now by 19 Dec: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/cal...
📢Our new Issue is out!
Issue 60(3) tackles a diverse range of topics, featuring new scholarship on #protest memory, #gendered #identities, #labour dynamics, #refugee support, political power, #constitutional engineering, & more.
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Issue 60(3) tackles a diverse range of topics, featuring new scholarship on #protest memory, #gendered #identities, #labour dynamics, #refugee support, political power, #constitutional engineering, & more.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
📢Our new Issue is out!
Issue 60(3) tackles a diverse range of topics, featuring new scholarship on #protest memory, #gendered #identities, #labour dynamics, #refugee support, political power, #constitutional engineering, & more.
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Issue 60(3) tackles a diverse range of topics, featuring new scholarship on #protest memory, #gendered #identities, #labour dynamics, #refugee support, political power, #constitutional engineering, & more.
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/toc/afra/60/3
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▶️Do you have a draft article that you're intending to submit to an African studies journal?
▶️Does your manuscript explore a theme within sustainability - broadly defined?
▶️Are you a scholar from Africa?
✅If yes, consider applying for the MIASA publishing workshop 👇
▶️Does your manuscript explore a theme within sustainability - broadly defined?
▶️Are you a scholar from Africa?
✅If yes, consider applying for the MIASA publishing workshop 👇
🔈Call for applications: @miasa-ug.bsky.social's 2026 publishing workshop for early-career #Africanstudies scholars. Our co-editors-in-chief @maxinerubin.com & @marthacj.bsky.social will also be there, providing their insights and feedback.
Apply: www.giga-hamburg.de/de/presse/ca...
@giga-hamburg.de
Apply: www.giga-hamburg.de/de/presse/ca...
@giga-hamburg.de
Call for Applications: MIASA Publishing Workshop
The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) Publishing Workshop for African scholars, jointly organised by Africa Spectrum and the Contemporary Journal of African Studies, will take pl...
www.giga-hamburg.de
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
▶️Do you have a draft article that you're intending to submit to an African studies journal?
▶️Does your manuscript explore a theme within sustainability - broadly defined?
▶️Are you a scholar from Africa?
✅If yes, consider applying for the MIASA publishing workshop 👇
▶️Does your manuscript explore a theme within sustainability - broadly defined?
▶️Are you a scholar from Africa?
✅If yes, consider applying for the MIASA publishing workshop 👇
🔈Call for applications: @miasa-ug.bsky.social's 2026 publishing workshop for early-career #Africanstudies scholars. Our co-editors-in-chief @maxinerubin.com & @marthacj.bsky.social will also be there, providing their insights and feedback.
Apply: www.giga-hamburg.de/de/presse/ca...
@giga-hamburg.de
Apply: www.giga-hamburg.de/de/presse/ca...
@giga-hamburg.de
Call for Applications: MIASA Publishing Workshop
The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) Publishing Workshop for African scholars, jointly organised by Africa Spectrum and the Contemporary Journal of African Studies, will take pl...
www.giga-hamburg.de
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🔈Call for applications: @miasa-ug.bsky.social's 2026 publishing workshop for early-career #Africanstudies scholars. Our co-editors-in-chief @maxinerubin.com & @marthacj.bsky.social will also be there, providing their insights and feedback.
Apply: www.giga-hamburg.de/de/presse/ca...
@giga-hamburg.de
Apply: www.giga-hamburg.de/de/presse/ca...
@giga-hamburg.de
🆕Julien Durand de Sanctis & Jean-Noël Ferrié analyse shifting Morocco–France relations. They juxtapose France's decreasing presence in Africa with Morocco’s renewed African engagement to explore both countries’ foreign policies in Africa.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
🆕Julien Durand de Sanctis & Jean-Noël Ferrié analyse shifting Morocco–France relations. They juxtapose France's decreasing presence in Africa with Morocco’s renewed African engagement to explore both countries’ foreign policies in Africa.
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Highly relevant 🆕 article by Erick Sourna Loumtouang looking at Cameroon's President Biya just published by
@africaspectrum.bsky.social
Details below ⬇️ access is free, as always
@africaspectrum.bsky.social
Details below ⬇️ access is free, as always
➡️Recently, #Cameroon's President Biya secured his 8th term in office, making him the world's oldest president.
Erick Sourna Loumtouang analyses Cameroon's failed 1984 coup to show how President Biya consolidated power, silenced opposition, & more.
#OpenAccess
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Erick Sourna Loumtouang analyses Cameroon's failed 1984 coup to show how President Biya consolidated power, silenced opposition, & more.
#OpenAccess
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November 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Highly relevant 🆕 article by Erick Sourna Loumtouang looking at Cameroon's President Biya just published by
@africaspectrum.bsky.social
Details below ⬇️ access is free, as always
@africaspectrum.bsky.social
Details below ⬇️ access is free, as always
➡️Recently, #Cameroon's President Biya secured his 8th term in office, making him the world's oldest president.
Erick Sourna Loumtouang analyses Cameroon's failed 1984 coup to show how President Biya consolidated power, silenced opposition, & more.
#OpenAccess
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Erick Sourna Loumtouang analyses Cameroon's failed 1984 coup to show how President Biya consolidated power, silenced opposition, & more.
#OpenAccess
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November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
➡️Recently, #Cameroon's President Biya secured his 8th term in office, making him the world's oldest president.
Erick Sourna Loumtouang analyses Cameroon's failed 1984 coup to show how President Biya consolidated power, silenced opposition, & more.
#OpenAccess
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0002...
Erick Sourna Loumtouang analyses Cameroon's failed 1984 coup to show how President Biya consolidated power, silenced opposition, & more.
#OpenAccess
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Keep an eye on our socials - we're posting tips for prospective authors based on common desk rejection reasons. We hope this will help authors finetune their submissions and assist with demystifying the publication process 🔮
🎯Need help getting your manuscript ready for peer review?
One of the most common reasons for desk rejection is a lack of a strong theoretical framework and insufficient engagement with existing debates in the field.
A thread 🧵
One of the most common reasons for desk rejection is a lack of a strong theoretical framework and insufficient engagement with existing debates in the field.
A thread 🧵
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Keep an eye on our socials - we're posting tips for prospective authors based on common desk rejection reasons. We hope this will help authors finetune their submissions and assist with demystifying the publication process 🔮
🎯Need help getting your manuscript ready for peer review?
One of the most common reasons for desk rejection is a lack of a strong theoretical framework and insufficient engagement with existing debates in the field.
A thread 🧵
One of the most common reasons for desk rejection is a lack of a strong theoretical framework and insufficient engagement with existing debates in the field.
A thread 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🎯Need help getting your manuscript ready for peer review?
One of the most common reasons for desk rejection is a lack of a strong theoretical framework and insufficient engagement with existing debates in the field.
A thread 🧵
One of the most common reasons for desk rejection is a lack of a strong theoretical framework and insufficient engagement with existing debates in the field.
A thread 🧵
🆕Oliver Bakewell explores how Ethiopians & Eritreans in #Nairobi, #Khartoum & #AddisAbaba form diasporic ties shaped by local political & economic conditions, focusing on improving their lives rather than driving socio-political change.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🆕Oliver Bakewell explores how Ethiopians & Eritreans in #Nairobi, #Khartoum & #AddisAbaba form diasporic ties shaped by local political & economic conditions, focusing on improving their lives rather than driving socio-political change.
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🆕Tanja R. Müller(@globaldevinst.bsky.social) explores how #Eritrean migrants in Addis Ababa experience, create & contest belonging using the lens of lived citizenship, revealing how its affective dimension underpins spatial, intersubjective & performed dimensions.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🆕Tanja R. Müller(@globaldevinst.bsky.social) explores how #Eritrean migrants in Addis Ababa experience, create & contest belonging using the lens of lived citizenship, revealing how its affective dimension underpins spatial, intersubjective & performed dimensions.
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🆕Ugochukwu Simeon Asogwa examines subtle #decolonial practices in Enugu State, #Nigeria, highlighting a decline in foreign name use & the revival of indigenous socio-cultural and spiritual practices.
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October 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🆕Ugochukwu Simeon Asogwa examines subtle #decolonial practices in Enugu State, #Nigeria, highlighting a decline in foreign name use & the revival of indigenous socio-cultural and spiritual practices.
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🆕Kevin Anthony Oduor, Martin Ouma & Edwin Abuya analyse how faith-based organisations in Kakuma Refugee Camp, #Kenya, ease the refugee burden on host states & communities by supplementing service delivery to refugees & fostering peaceful coexistence.
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October 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🆕Kevin Anthony Oduor, Martin Ouma & Edwin Abuya analyse how faith-based organisations in Kakuma Refugee Camp, #Kenya, ease the refugee burden on host states & communities by supplementing service delivery to refugees & fostering peaceful coexistence.
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🆕Taofik Oyewo Hussain examines #USAID's aid suspension in #Nigeria & #China's growing role, showing how Chinese infrastructure fills gaps but can't replace USAID's social sector support & recommends a balanced donor strategy to ensure sustainability.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🆕Taofik Oyewo Hussain examines #USAID's aid suspension in #Nigeria & #China's growing role, showing how Chinese infrastructure fills gaps but can't replace USAID's social sector support & recommends a balanced donor strategy to ensure sustainability.
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📕Book Review: Christopher Amos appraises Dineo Skosana's "No Last Place to Rest: Coal Mining and Dispossession in South Africa", highlighting its 'essential contribution' to studies on mining, land politics, environmental justice, & resistance in Africa.
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September 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
📕Book Review: Christopher Amos appraises Dineo Skosana's "No Last Place to Rest: Coal Mining and Dispossession in South Africa", highlighting its 'essential contribution' to studies on mining, land politics, environmental justice, & resistance in Africa.
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@giga-hamburg.de
🎉Congrats to Victor Agboga, who received an honourable mention from the African Politics Conference Group for his dissertation, "Where do your loyalties lie? Party Switching & Voters' Response in Nigeria".
Read his insightful article published here👉https://doi.org/10.1177/00020397231211930
Read his insightful article published here👉https://doi.org/10.1177/00020397231211930
September 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🎉Congrats to Victor Agboga, who received an honourable mention from the African Politics Conference Group for his dissertation, "Where do your loyalties lie? Party Switching & Voters' Response in Nigeria".
Read his insightful article published here👉https://doi.org/10.1177/00020397231211930
Read his insightful article published here👉https://doi.org/10.1177/00020397231211930
🆕Vlastimil Fiala & @lucietungul.bsky.social investigate presidential constitutional engineering in Sub-Saharan #Africa, classifying how leaders manipulate term limits, change electoral systems & candidacy rules to retain power through legal constitutional means.
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September 16, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🆕Vlastimil Fiala & @lucietungul.bsky.social investigate presidential constitutional engineering in Sub-Saharan #Africa, classifying how leaders manipulate term limits, change electoral systems & candidacy rules to retain power through legal constitutional means.
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📕Martial Fanga Agbor reviews "Press Freedom and the (Crooked) Path Toward Democracy: Lessons from Journalists in East Africa" by @msobelcohen.bsky.social & Karen McIntyre Hopkinson, describing it as a compelling examination of the media landscapes in Rwanda, Uganda & Kenya.
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September 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
📕Martial Fanga Agbor reviews "Press Freedom and the (Crooked) Path Toward Democracy: Lessons from Journalists in East Africa" by @msobelcohen.bsky.social & Karen McIntyre Hopkinson, describing it as a compelling examination of the media landscapes in Rwanda, Uganda & Kenya.
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🆕 Eyo Mensah et al. explore how heterosexual Igbo women in Southeastern #Nigeria use praise names to navigate gender boundaries - sometimes reinforcing, other times resisting patriarchy - while shaping self-worth, visibility, and social identity.
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August 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🆕 Eyo Mensah et al. explore how heterosexual Igbo women in Southeastern #Nigeria use praise names to navigate gender boundaries - sometimes reinforcing, other times resisting patriarchy - while shaping self-worth, visibility, and social identity.
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➡️Did you know? We have a Book Review Newsletter webpage, where you can easily browse past editions!🤓
💻Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/page/afr/boo...
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💻Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/page/afr/boo...
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August 18, 2025 at 6:06 AM
➡️Did you know? We have a Book Review Newsletter webpage, where you can easily browse past editions!🤓
💻Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/page/afr/boo...
CC: @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com @maxinerubin.com @marthacj.bsky.social
💻Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/page/afr/boo...
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Check out Africa Spectrum's latest issue! Everything is open access, which means you can read it for free and (hopefully) share widely 😉📩
📢🆕New issue of @africaspectrum.bsky.social is out! Issue 60(2) features a Special Section on Pluriversalism in Africa, alongside research articles on elections, borders, gender, agriculture & more.
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August 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Check out Africa Spectrum's latest issue! Everything is open access, which means you can read it for free and (hopefully) share widely 😉📩
🆕Augustine Gyan explores the land disputes that arise as community members in Ghana work to protect their interests against mining companies, revealing why land digitalisation is unlikely to fix land governance challenges.
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August 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🆕Augustine Gyan explores the land disputes that arise as community members in Ghana work to protect their interests against mining companies, revealing why land digitalisation is unlikely to fix land governance challenges.
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CC: @giga-hamburg.de @unibayreuth.bsky.social
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