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Obstacles to effective participation of civil society organizations in Nigerian extractive industry transparency initiative 阻碍民间社会组织有效参与尼日利亚采掘业透明度倡议的障碍

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Africa Review Pub Date : 2020-12-24 DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2020.1842993

U. Obuka, E. Adibe, Onyedikachi Josiah Alozie, Morning-Glory Nwafor, Helen U. Agu, I. Chime, P. Umoh, Obinne Oguejiofor, N. Nwafor, Paul Abutu

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Displaced Mozambicans in postcolonial Tanzania: refugee power, mobility, education and rural development 后殖民时期坦桑尼亚境内流离失所的莫桑比克人:难民权力、流动性、教育和农村发展

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Africa Review Pub Date : 2020-11-23 DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2020.1842994

Christian A. Williams

引用次数: 4

Maritime security in East and West Africa – a tale of two regions 东非和西非的海上安全——两个地区的故事

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Africa Review Pub Date : 2020-11-10 DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2020.1842995

Rajneesh Gupta

引用次数: 0

Does trust facilitate cooperation in the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)? A socio-psychological approach 信任是否有助于中非合作论坛的合作?社会心理学方法

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Africa Review Pub Date : 2020-11-04 DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2020.1840900

Fanie Herman

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引用次数: 1

Developmental inequality and living on the margins in post-colonial Zimbabwe: the case of Musana District 后殖民时代津巴布韦的发展不平等和边缘生活:Musana区的案例

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Africa Review Pub Date : 2020-10-04 DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2020.1815505

Peter Uledi, Godfrey Hove

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Identity and heritage: changing politics and appropriation of heritage in Zimbabwe 身份与遗产:津巴布韦不断变化的政治和遗产的挪用

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Africa Review Pub Date : 2020-09-17 DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2020.1815506

Henry Chiwaura, S. Naidoo

引用次数: 1

People with disabilities in the margins in Nigeria 尼日利亚边缘的残疾人

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Africa Review Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2020.1812040

Edwin Etieyibo, O. Omiegbe

引用次数: 2

Open grazing prohibitions and the politics of exclusivist identity in Nigeria 尼日利亚的露天放牧禁令和排外主义政治

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Africa Review Pub Date : 2020-08-31 DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2020.1812041

P. Sule

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引用次数: 7

LGBT individuals and the struggle against Robert Mugabe's extirpation in Zimbabwe 在津巴布韦，同性恋者和反对罗伯特·穆加贝下台的斗争

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Africa Review Pub Date : 2020-08-29 DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2020.1812042

Nelson Muparamoto

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引用次数: 10

Are Chinese immigrants in Cameroon perceived as a threat? 喀麦隆的中国移民是否被视为威胁?

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Africa Review Pub Date : 2020-07-13 DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2020.1787076

Elvis Nshom, Elizaveta A. Arzamastseva

引用次数: 3