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Federalism in Africa in Comparative Perspective

Federalism is arguably one of the less explored subjects in African political studies.

Eghosa Emmanuel Osaghae Eghosa Emmanuel Osaghae

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Memorializing Struggle: Dynamics of Memory, Space and Power in Post-Liberation Africa

In post-liberation societies, memorialization and commemoration can occur at a grand, national scale, often being linked to heroic freedom fighters or critical revolutionary turning points.

Jonathan Fisher Jonathan Fisher

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Comparative Rebel Governance in Uganda: The influence of rebel objectives on rebel government structure — comparing take‐over to secession

Rebel groups often create governments when they control territory during civil war.

Nelson Kasfir Nelson Kasfir

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Analysing sub-Saharan African states through a limited access lens

During the past decade, an extraordinary disconnect regarding the futures of states in sub-Saharan Africa has emerged: ‘Aspiring Africa, the world’s fastest growing continent’ (in the words of The Economist on its title page), on the one hand, and, in the words of an economist, ‘informalised and subsistence Africa, with swathes of survivalist pockets of existence, remains the overriding economic reality’ in these states, on the other.

Simon Bekker Simon Bekker
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