Maxine Rubin
@maxinerubin.com
• Research fellow @giga-hamburg.de
• Co-Editor of @africaspectrum.bsky.social
• Research associate in the Department of Political Studies, University of Witwatersrand
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• Co-Editor of @africaspectrum.bsky.social
• Research associate in the Department of Political Studies, University of Witwatersrand
Reposts ≠endorsement | Own views expressed
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
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.
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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 🔮
I wrote a post for Justice in Conflict!
The piece calls on the German government to uphold its commitments to the International Criminal Court at a time when dedication to a rules-based international order is dire.
See the link below
The piece calls on the German government to uphold its commitments to the International Criminal Court at a time when dedication to a rules-based international order is dire.
See the link below
“Germany played a central role in the negotiations to create the ICC during the 1990s. Given this & the dire need for unequivocal commitment to a rules-based order, why is Berlin’s support for the ICC faltering when the Court needs it most?” - @maxinerubin.com justiceinconflict.org/2025/10/21/a...
A litmus test for commitment to international law: Germany needs to speak up and protect the ICC
The following is a guest-post by Maxine Rubin on the relationship between Germany and the International Criminal Court. Maxine is a Research Fellow and the Editor of Africa Spectrum, at the German …
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October 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I wrote a post for Justice in Conflict!
The piece calls on the German government to uphold its commitments to the International Criminal Court at a time when dedication to a rules-based international order is dire.
See the link below
The piece calls on the German government to uphold its commitments to the International Criminal Court at a time when dedication to a rules-based international order is dire.
See the link below
Reposted by Maxine Rubin
🆕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
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@giga-hamburg.de
I was invited to appear live on Al Jazeera English yesterday to briefly reflect on the withdrawals from the ICC by Mali, Niger, and Bukrina Faso, which were announced on Monday.
See link below
See link below
Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso: #GIGA researcher @maxinerubin.com was interviewed live on #AlJazeera English about the withdrawals from the International Criminal Court.
➡️ Watch here: mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/qMfSHM...
➡️ Watch here: mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/qMfSHM...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I was invited to appear live on Al Jazeera English yesterday to briefly reflect on the withdrawals from the ICC by Mali, Niger, and Bukrina Faso, which were announced on Monday.
See link below
See link below
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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...
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💻Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/page/afr/boo...
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🆕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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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 😉📩
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🆕Silas Udenze reflects on #Nigeria's #EndSARS protest on its anniversaries across 2021–2023, demonstrating how these carry distinct meanings that blend collective memory, unresolved challenges, and future aspirations for change and social justice.
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July 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🆕Silas Udenze reflects on #Nigeria's #EndSARS protest on its anniversaries across 2021–2023, demonstrating how these carry distinct meanings that blend collective memory, unresolved challenges, and future aspirations for change and social justice.
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🆕 Romanus Aboh & Isaac Ishamali explore how young #Nigeria’s hip-hop artists use music as a tool of resistance to critique power, injustice, & systemic failure while voicing youth demands for social justice and change in the post-1999 democratic era.
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July 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🆕 Romanus Aboh & Isaac Ishamali explore how young #Nigeria’s hip-hop artists use music as a tool of resistance to critique power, injustice, & systemic failure while voicing youth demands for social justice and change in the post-1999 democratic era.
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🆕 Kwame Adovor Tsikudo explores labour agency by examining how Ghanaian workers engage with their Chinese employers at #BuiDam as well as how history, socio-politics, and institutional dynamics influence a more balanced partnership.
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July 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🆕 Kwame Adovor Tsikudo explores labour agency by examining how Ghanaian workers engage with their Chinese employers at #BuiDam as well as how history, socio-politics, and institutional dynamics influence a more balanced partnership.
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Today is the Day of International Criminal Justice and 27 yrs since the Rome Statute was adopted.
I’m resharing my recent policy brief on the International Criminal Court, Netanyahu, and Berlin’s foreign policy dilemma.
📄 www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
#ICC #IntlJustice
@giga-hamburg.de
I’m resharing my recent policy brief on the International Criminal Court, Netanyahu, and Berlin’s foreign policy dilemma.
📄 www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
#ICC #IntlJustice
@giga-hamburg.de
The International Criminal Court, Netanyahu, and Berlin’s Dilemma
The International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a test of Germany’s oft-stated commitment to global rules and norms. Berlin should uphold the rule of...
www.giga-hamburg.de
July 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Today is the Day of International Criminal Justice and 27 yrs since the Rome Statute was adopted.
I’m resharing my recent policy brief on the International Criminal Court, Netanyahu, and Berlin’s foreign policy dilemma.
📄 www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
#ICC #IntlJustice
@giga-hamburg.de
I’m resharing my recent policy brief on the International Criminal Court, Netanyahu, and Berlin’s foreign policy dilemma.
📄 www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
#ICC #IntlJustice
@giga-hamburg.de
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📩 Remember to email Seulgie Lim before getting started to avoid duplicate submissions!
➡️Please find all the details in our newsletter: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
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July 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
📩 Remember to email Seulgie Lim before getting started to avoid duplicate submissions!
➡️Please find all the details in our newsletter: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
CC: @maxinerubin.com @marthacj.bsky.social @sagepub.com
➡️Please find all the details in our newsletter: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
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Germany’s stance on the #ICC arrest warrant for #Netanyahu is a litmus test for Germany’s oft-stated commitment to global rules and norms. In our latest #GIGAFocus, @maxinerubin.com explores what’s at stake for Berlin, and the global justice system.
➡️ Read here: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
➡️ Read here: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
The International Criminal Court, Netanyahu, and Berlin’s Dilemma
The International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a test of Germany’s oft-stated commitment to global rules and norms. Berlin should uphold the rule of...
www.giga-hamburg.de
July 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Germany’s stance on the #ICC arrest warrant for #Netanyahu is a litmus test for Germany’s oft-stated commitment to global rules and norms. In our latest #GIGAFocus, @maxinerubin.com explores what’s at stake for Berlin, and the global justice system.
➡️ Read here: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
➡️ Read here: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
As the second-ever Review Conference takes place at the International Criminal Court next week, I'm happy to see my policy brief examining Germany's obligations to the ICC regarding the arrest warrant for Netanyahu is out:
www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
@giga-hamburg.de
www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
@giga-hamburg.de
The International Criminal Court, Netanyahu, and Berlin’s Dilemma
The International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a test of Germany’s oft-stated commitment to global rules and norms. Berlin should uphold the rule of...
www.giga-hamburg.de
July 4, 2025 at 6:46 AM
As the second-ever Review Conference takes place at the International Criminal Court next week, I'm happy to see my policy brief examining Germany's obligations to the ICC regarding the arrest warrant for Netanyahu is out:
www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
@giga-hamburg.de
www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
@giga-hamburg.de
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📰We are excited to share that our Co-Editor-in-Chief,
@maxinerubin.com represented the journal at the European Conference on African Studies #ECAS2025!
Alongside other #AfricanStudies journals, she gave tips for how to get published🌍📚
@maxinerubin.com represented the journal at the European Conference on African Studies #ECAS2025!
Alongside other #AfricanStudies journals, she gave tips for how to get published🌍📚
July 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
📰We are excited to share that our Co-Editor-in-Chief,
@maxinerubin.com represented the journal at the European Conference on African Studies #ECAS2025!
Alongside other #AfricanStudies journals, she gave tips for how to get published🌍📚
@maxinerubin.com represented the journal at the European Conference on African Studies #ECAS2025!
Alongside other #AfricanStudies journals, she gave tips for how to get published🌍📚
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🆕Seulgie Lim shows how Muslim women in Senegal utilise Islam as a framework to navigate patriarchal norms and advance secular change through #genderparity activism.
#OpenAccess
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June 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🆕Seulgie Lim shows how Muslim women in Senegal utilise Islam as a framework to navigate patriarchal norms and advance secular change through #genderparity activism.
#OpenAccess
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#OpenAccess
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Africa Spectrum's impact factor is at its highest yet - 2.2!
We're still tied as no. 1 African studies journal, and now we're in the top 10 area studies journals 🤩
Thank you to our authors, associate editors, reviewers, editorial board, and YOU - our readers!
@giga-hamburg.de
We're still tied as no. 1 African studies journal, and now we're in the top 10 area studies journals 🤩
Thank you to our authors, associate editors, reviewers, editorial board, and YOU - our readers!
@giga-hamburg.de
🥳 📢Big news for Africa Spectrum!
The 2024 Impact Factor for Africa Spectrum is out—and it’s our highest yet: 2.2!
We’ve jumped to #9 of 182 in Area Studies—up from #15!
Still tied with African Affairs as the top journal in #AfricanStudies.
#OpenAccess
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The 2024 Impact Factor for Africa Spectrum is out—and it’s our highest yet: 2.2!
We’ve jumped to #9 of 182 in Area Studies—up from #15!
Still tied with African Affairs as the top journal in #AfricanStudies.
#OpenAccess
CC: @marthacj.bsky.social @maxinerubin.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Africa Spectrum's impact factor is at its highest yet - 2.2!
We're still tied as no. 1 African studies journal, and now we're in the top 10 area studies journals 🤩
Thank you to our authors, associate editors, reviewers, editorial board, and YOU - our readers!
@giga-hamburg.de
We're still tied as no. 1 African studies journal, and now we're in the top 10 area studies journals 🤩
Thank you to our authors, associate editors, reviewers, editorial board, and YOU - our readers!
@giga-hamburg.de
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🎯 Want to increase the chances of your manuscript going into peer review at Africa Spectrum? Ensure that it fits our journal’s aims and scope. Poor fit is a common reason for rejection.
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June 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🎯 Want to increase the chances of your manuscript going into peer review at Africa Spectrum? Ensure that it fits our journal’s aims and scope. Poor fit is a common reason for rejection.
A thread🧵
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Given the tense debates in host states about migration, this review of Riggan and Poole's book is timely.
📕Danladi Abah reviews "Hosting States and Unsettled Guests: Eritrean Refugees in a Time of Migration Deterrence" by Jennifer Riggan and Amanda Poole, highlighting its potential for progressive policy reforms.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1177/00020397251344306
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June 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Given the tense debates in host states about migration, this review of Riggan and Poole's book is timely.
We are pleased to publish this review of our associate editor, Elias Phaahla's book!
Africa Spectrum accepts unsolicited book reviews and the selection of Elias' book demonstrates the relevance of his research. We hope you enjoy the review... and book!
Africa Spectrum accepts unsolicited book reviews and the selection of Elias' book demonstrates the relevance of his research. We hope you enjoy the review... and book!
📕Haijie Wang and Jordy Orel Konda's appraisal of Elias Phaahla's book "The Political Economy of Divergent Welfare State in the Global South" argues that it deepens our understanding of welfare state development in the #GlobalSouth.
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June 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
We are pleased to publish this review of our associate editor, Elias Phaahla's book!
Africa Spectrum accepts unsolicited book reviews and the selection of Elias' book demonstrates the relevance of his research. We hope you enjoy the review... and book!
Africa Spectrum accepts unsolicited book reviews and the selection of Elias' book demonstrates the relevance of his research. We hope you enjoy the review... and book!