Africa Spectrum

Papers
(The median citation count of Africa Spectrum is 0. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Persistent Shadows of Legal Pluralism: Digital Land Governance and Cyclical Land Administration Setbacks in Ghana35
Governmental Discrimination Against Religious Minorities in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–202319
Assessing the Implications of Agricultural Mechanisation for Customary Land Tenure Relations in the Transitional Zone, Ghana17
Book Review: Youthquake: Why African Demography Should Matter to the World by by Paice Edward13
Community Awareness and Restitution of Isanzu Ancestors’ Human Remains from the University of Göttingen Collections to Mkalama District, Tanzania13
Gatekeeping Through Music: A Case of the Patriotic Front in Zambia9
State Capacity and Elite Enrichment in Uganda's Northeastern Periphery9
Book Review: Inequality and Political Cleavage in Africa: Regionalism by Design by Catherine Boone BooneCatherine (2024), Inequality and Political Cleava8
Zimbabwe's Presidential Term Debate: A Social Media Reflection on Public Sentiment and Constitutionalism7
Struggles over Resource Access in Rural Tanzania: Claiming for Recognition in a Community-Based Forest Conservation Intervention6
The Matryoshka Strategy: Russia's Hybrid Tactics in the Sahel6
How a Failed Coup D’Etat Can Shape the Trajectory of a State: The Events and Consequences of 6 April 1984 in Cameroon6
Introduction to the Special Issue: Giving in Somali Diaspora Humanitarianism in Africa6
Book Review: Press Freedom and the (Crooked) Path Toward Democracy – Lessons from Journalists in East Africa by Cohen, Meghan Sobel and Karen McIntyre Ho5
Praise Names among Heterosexual Igbo Women in Nigeria: Construction of Identity, Social Positioning, and Egalitarian Femininity4
Anatomy of a Border: Contradictory Discourses on Othering and Mobilities on the Ghana–Togo Border?4
Including Perspectives of Women Using ICTs to Promote Peace in the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon4
Understanding Public Policy Through the Lens of Political Regimes: The Case of Episodic Change in Agriculture Policy in Burkina Faso (1983–2022)4
Beyond the Illegalities: The Silenced Roles of Border Residents in Enhancing Border Security in Ghana4
Book Review: Quasi-Armies and State-building in Africa: Towards a Global Understanding of Civil-Military Relations by Bachmann, Olaf BachmannOlaf (2024),4
The Complexities of Regulating Traders’ Activity: The Case of Small Traders in Ouagadougou's Rood Woko Market (Burkina Faso)4
Afterword: Rethinking Humanitarianism Through Somali Giving Practices4
Care and Politics in Action: The Humanitarian Relief by Somali Businesswomen in Zambia to Puntland3
Against Climate Aid Colonialism: The Case for Climate Reparations and South-South Solidarity3
Book Review: Travelling While Black: Essays Inspired by a Life on the Move by Nyabola, Nanjala Nyabola, Nanjala (2020), Travelling3
Book Review: Africa’s Global Infrastructures – South–South Transformations in Practice by Hönke, Jana, Cezne, Eric, and Yang, Yifan HönkeJanaCezneEricYan3
Women's Empowerment and Climate Adaptation: Does Joint Land Ownership Promote Food Security of Households Facing Extreme Weather Events in Tanzania?3
Introduction: Studying Work Regulation Processes Beyond the Formal/Informal Divide3
Engineering Power: The Classification of Presidential Constitutional Manipulation in Sub-Saharan Africa (1990–2020)3
Book Review: Nomades de Mauritanie by Himpan, Brigitte, and Diane Himpan-Sabatier3
A Blend of Instrumental and Feminist Ethics of Care Strategies in Courting the Diaspora Populations: Media Framing of Ghana's Year of Return2
Divine Mandates and Political Realities: Exploring Power, Religion, and Transition in The Gambia2
The Political and Moral Economy of Telecom Corporate Social Responsibility in Somalia2
Extra-Regional Return Migration to Africa: A Systematic Literature Review2
Women's Descriptive Representation in Burundi: The Mixed Effects of Gender Quotas2
Politics at Play: TikTok and Digital Persuasion in Zimbabwe's 2023 General Elections2
Nigerian Electoral Black Market: Where Do Party Switchers Go and Why Does It Matter?2
Soomaaliniimo as Strength: Navigating the COVID-19 Crisis in the Somali-Ugandan Community of Kisenyi2
Book Review: Electoral Commissions and Democratization in Africa: Everyday Production of Democratic Legitimacy by Kerr, Nicholas KerrNicholas (2024), Ele1
Ghana's 2024 Elections: Ghanaians Vote for Renewal and Accountability1
Between Coups and Election: Constitutional Engineering and Military Entrenchment in Sudan1
Ghana's Land Reform Agenda and Local Realities of Women's Land Access for Irrigation Farming in Garu1
Homegrown Internationalism? Challenging Epistemic Dialogue in Africa's Development Cooperation1
Digitisation of Cadastral Procedures in Burkina Faso: Land Issues and Rationalisation Tensions1
International Aid and Its Role in Shaping Agriculture Policy Narratives in Ghana1
Governing Labour Relations Despite the Law: The Routine of Labour Inspection (Dakar)1
Burial, Reburial: The Cultural Cost of Development in South Africa1
Amidst Clinical Dissonance: Offensive Agency as a Survival Strategy in Plural Southeastern Nigeria1
Masculinity, Morality, and the State in Northern Kenya: The Case of Baringo County's Il Chamus1
Of Masks and Masculinities in Africa1
Systematic Review of Gender and Humanitarian Situations Across Africa1
Retraction Notice1
Book Review: The Transsion Approach: Translating Chinese Mobile Technology in Africa by Lu, Miao LuMiao (2025) The Transsion Approach: Translating Chines1
Beyond Entertainment Fixation: Hip-Hop Culture as an Alternative Tool for Social Activism in Postcolonial Nigeria1
Belonging in Exile, in Diaspora “at Home”: Findings From Eritrean Migrants in Addis Ababa1
Aid and Governance: Impact of Chinese Aid on the Evaluation of Government Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa1
Decolonial Dilemmas: The Deception of a “Global Knowledge Commonwealth” and the Tragedian Entrapment of an African Scholar1
Diaspora Formations in the Horn of Africa1
Book Review: The Railpolitik: Leadership and Agency in Sino-African Infrastructure Development by Wang, Yuan1
Back in Youth: Social Unbecoming in the Study of West African Masculinities1
Africa Spectrum at 60: Bridging Knowledge and Mapping the Road Ahead0
Morocco–French Relations and Foreign Policy in Africa: Postcolonial Legacy and Disruptions0
A Transformative Social Policy Perspective on Land and Agrarian Reform in Zimbabwe0
Book Review: The Political Economy of Divergent Welfare State in the Global South: The Case Study of South Africa and Mauritius by Elias Phaahla PhaahlaE0
Book Review: Decolonising Media and Communication Studies Education in Sub-Saharan Africa by Selina Linda Mudavanhu, Shepherd Mpofu, and Kezia Batisai Mu0
The Aftermath – What Future for African Studies (in Europe?). A View From Behind the Scenes of ECAS90
Book Review: Confinement, Punishment and Prisons in Africa by Morelle, Marie, Frédéric Le Marcis, and Julia Hornberger (eds)0
Book Review: Belonging, Identity, and Conflict in the Central African Republic by Vlavonou, Gino0
The Amiche in Ethiopia – Multiple Displacement and Liminality0
Book Review: No Last Place to Rest: Coal Mining and Dispossession in South Africa by Dineo Skosana Dineo Skosana (2025). No Last P0
Book Review: Uganda: The Dynamics of Neoliberal Transformation by Jörg Wiegratz, Giuliano Martiniello and Elisa Greco0
Book Review: International Statebuilding in West Africa: Civil Wars and New Humanitarianism in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire by Abu Bakarr Bah0
Belonging and Agrarian Labour Exchanges in Zimbabwe: Navigating Between Communal Areas and Fast Track Villagised Settlements0
Alignment Strategies of Weaker States Under Insecurity and Great-Power Competition: The Case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo0
Baleinières’ Riverine Environment and the Materiality of Transport Regulation on Congo's Inland Waterways0
Cartel Economies and Urban Governance: The Interplay of Performative Politics, Social Embeddedness, and Land Control in Nairobi's Informal Settlements0
Rethinking Regulation beyond the Normative Threshold: Mechanisms of Control and Access to the Central Market of Kinshasa0
Epistemic Hierarchies and the Marketisation of Africa Expertise: The Political Economy of Global Development Studies in British Academia0
“Status,” Inter-Normativity, and Socio-Professional Differentiation among Construction Workers in Douala, Cameroon0
Memory-Making in an Urban Park: Colonial and Contemporary Uses of Kumase’s Jackson Park0
The Extraversion of African Academic Journals: Donors, Dependencies, and Multinational Publishers0
Do Hegemonic-Party Regimes Reward or Punish Voters? A Tale of Distributive Politics in Tanzania0
Marriage and Memories of the Slave Trade Among the Ejaghams of Cameroon's Cross River Region0
Re-Claiming the Past by Re-Living in the Present: The ≠Khomani San Living Museum and the Restoration of Dignity in the Southern Kalahari0
Book Review: Women in Solitary: Inside South Africa's Female Resistance to Apartheid by Naidoo, Shanthini0
Book Review: Nigeria and World War II, Colonialism, Empire, and Global Conflict by Korieh, Chima J.0
Labour Agency, Politics, and Future of Africa–China Engagements0
Africa's Emergent Tech Sector: Characteristics and Development Implications0
The Emerging Dynamics of Identity Struggles: An Evaluation of the Subtle Efforts at Decoloniality in Contemporary African Society0
Two Sides of a Border Town: Urban Inequalities in the Face of Extreme Heat in Beitbridge, Zimbabwe0
China's Expanding Footprint in Nigeria: Implications of USAID's Suspension on Development and Geopolitical Alignments0
Civilian Agency and Service Provision Under Rebel Rule: Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire0
“Informal” Land Demarcation Systems: A Lifeline to De-Escalation of Land Conflicts and Promotion of Peace in Post-War Acholiland, Northern Uganda0
Practising Pluriversalism in Africa0
Repertoires of Access: Corporate–Community Engagement in Chinese Bauxite Mining in Guinea0
Towards a Critical Decolonial Turn/Theory: Beyond the Binary of the West Versus Africa0
Book Review: Hosting States and Unsettled Guests: Eritrean Refugees in a Time of Migration Deterrence by Jennifer Riggan and Amanda Poole Riggan, Jennife0
Whither “African Economics” Imaginaries? Eleven Precepts on Its (Im)possibility0
UN Mandate Misalignment: Crisis and Context of MINUSMA in Mali0
The History of Dictatorship: Custom, Authority, and Power in Precolonial and Colonial Uganda0
Roots, Belonging, and Digital Infrastructure: Determinants of Crisis Giving Among Somalis in Eastleigh, Nairobi0
Out of the West: An Essay on Racism in Contemporary Africa0
How Islamic Thought Shapes Socio-Political Dynamics: Navigating Ethical Leadership, Community Development, and Contemporary Challenges in Northern Nigeria0
“An Integral Part of Our Lives”: WhatsApp Groups as Socio-Technical Gathering Spaces in Somali Drought Relief0
Remaking Urban Space and Democracy: Youth Movements and Spatial Contestations in Tunisia0
Dwelling in Drifting: Kenya–China Life Writing Feipiao0
Thanks to Reviewers0
Quality, Access, and Voice in African Studies Publishing: Smoothing the Path to Bigger Changes0
Afropolitan Masculinity: Forgeries of Wife-Owning Husbands in West Africa, 1850s–1950s0
Book Review: Africa and Sustainable Global Value Chains by Frei, Regina, Sherwat Ibrahim, and Temidayo Akenroye0
Patriarchal Anxieties and Masculine Sexual Privilege in Contemporary Urban Mali0
Local Aspirants and Politicised Chieftaincy Disputes: Evidence from Northern Ghana0
Bordered Voices: Cross-Border Zimbabwean Traders, Vernacular Community Radio and Urban Citizenship in Musina, South Africa0
Beyond Toxic Masculinity: Reading and Writing Men in Post-Apartheid Namibia0
From “Anglophone Problem” to “Anglophone Conflict” in Cameroon: Assessing Prospects for Peace0
Book Review: Uncertainty Shocks in Africa: Impact and Equilibrium Strategies for Sound Economic and Social Development by Giuseppe T Cirella CirellaGiuse0
Book Review: Hexerei in Nigeria zwischen Christentum, Islam und traditionellen Praktiken. Globale Verflechtungen und lokale Positionierungen bei den Yoruba 0
Book Review: India’s Development Diplomacy and Soft Power in Africa by King Kenneth and Meera Venkatachalam KingKenneth and Meera Venkatachalam (eds) (200
Transnational Chinese Beautyscapes: Ghetto Glamour and Fake Beauty in Abidjan0
Contested Land Governance in Cameroon: Legitimacy, Tradition, and Conflict Mediation in Kom and Bali0
Easing Refugee Pressure on Host States and Communities: The Contribution of Faith-Based Organisations in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya0
West African Pidgin: World Language Against the Grain0
A Room in the City, a House in the Village: The Translocal Logic of Migrant Housing in Ghana0
Family Support and Migration in Nigeria0
Constructing France: Shifting Media Representation in Mali, 2017–20240
Book Review: Disability is not Inability: A Quest for Inclusion and Participation of People with Disability by James N. Amanze, and Fidelis Nkomazana Ama0
Redefining Gender Equality: A Senegalese Conversation with Islam0
From Religion to Kinship: The Politics of Giving in Somali Diaspora Aid Networks0
Though Episodic: The Retrospective-Prospective Nigeria's EndSARS Protest Anniversaries and Its Peculiarities0
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