OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of African Affairs is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
The (self) protection of civilians in South Sudan: Popular and community justice practices	17
Party campaign strategies in Ghana: Rallies, canvassing and handouts	15
The political economy of Biafra separatism and post-war Igbo nationalism in Nigeria	14
Refugees And Patronage: A Political History Of Uganda’s ‘Progressive’ Refugee Policies	14
The Sahel crisis since 2012	12
Misinformation Across Digital Divides: Theory And Evidence From Northern Ghana	12
The complex choreography of agricultural biotechnology in Africa	11
Reading Mozambique’s mega-project developmentalism through the workplace: evidence from Chinese and Brazilian investments	11
Agaciro, vernacular memory, and the politics of memory in post-genocide Rwanda	11
Briefing: Contextualizing the Bobi Wine factor in Uganda’s 2021 elections	11
Diaspora Voting In Kenya: A Promise Denied	10
The Power of the Pen: Informal Property Rights Documents in Zambia	9
Nomination Violence in Uganda’s National Resistance Movement	8
Amhara nationalism: The empire strikes back	8
State aesthetics and state meanings: Political architecture in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire	8
The politics of autocratic survival in Equatorial Guinea: Co-optation, restrictive institutional rules, repression, and international projection	7
Pidgin play: Linguistic subversion on Chinese-run construction sites in Ethiopia	7
Urban renewal in Ibadan, Nigeria: World class but essentially Yoruba	7
Western And Chinese Development Engagements In Uganda’s Roads Sector: An Implicit Division of Labour	6
Nigerian Soldiers On The War Against Boko Haram	5
How regional norms shape regional organizations: The Pan-African rhetorical trap and the empowerment of the ECOWAS Parliament	5
The 2020 Ivorian election and the ‘third-term’ debate: A crisis of ‘Korocracy’?	5
Hustler Populism, Anti-Jubilee Backlash And Economic Injustice In Kenya’s 2022 Elections	5
Introduction: The uncertainties of Ghana’s 2020 elections	4
New Insights On Africa’s Autocratic Past	4

India’s Infrastructure Building In Africa: South-South Cooperation And The Abstraction Of Responsibility	4
Introduction: The social reproductive question of land contestations in Africa	4
‘Thieves Should not Live Amongst People’: Under-Protection and Popular Support for Police Violence in Nairobi	4
Ruling Party Patronage, Brokerage, and Contestations at Urban Markets in Harare	4
Securocratic state-building: the rationales, rebuttals, and risks behind the extraordinary rise of Rwanda after the genocide	4
Research with African Adolescents: Critical Epistemologies and Methodological Considerations	3
Wealth, Power And Institutional Change in Tanzania’s Parliament	3
Women’s rights and critical junctures in constitutional reform in Africa (1951–2019)	3
Fighting fences and land grabbers in the struggle for the Commons in N≠a Jaqna, Namibia	3
China, Africa And The 2021 Dakar Focac	3
Opposition in a hybrid regime: The functions of opposition parties in Burkina Faso and Uganda	3
Fitting China in: local elite collusion and contestation along Kenya’s standard Gauge Railway	3
State Weakness, a Fragmented Patronage-Based System, and Protracted Local Conflict in the Central African Republic	3
The Politics of Non-State Security Provision in Burkina Faso: Koglweogo Self-Defence Groups’ Ambiguous Pursuit of Recognition	3
Homeownership, Legal Administration, And The Uncertainties Of Inheritance In South Africa’s Townships: Apartheid’s Legal Shadows	3
Alms, Arms, And The Aftermath: The Legacies Of Rebel Provision Of Humanitarian Aid In Ethiopia	3