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Post-colonial Independence and Africa’s Corruption Conundrum: A Succinct South African Critique Post-democratisation 后殖民独立与非洲的腐败困境：南非对后民主化的简洁批判
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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231176260
D. N. Mlambo, M. A. Mubecua, Victor H. Mlambo
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Book review: Samwiri Lwanga Lunyiigo, Uganda an Indian Colony 1897–1972 书评：Samwiri Lwanga Lunyiigo，乌干达和印度殖民地1897–1972
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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231173796
Aarshi Dua
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Marshall Plan and International Development Strategy: Perspectives from African Underdevelopment 马歇尔计划与国际发展战略：非洲欠发达国家视角
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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231178210
C. Onah, A. Aloysius, B. Amujiri
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Ref lections on Democracy and Development in Africa: A Hew Trail of Political Reforms 对非洲民主与发展的反思:政治改革的新路径
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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-02-05 DOI: 10.1177/09750878221140555
A. I. Braimah, J. Forson
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引用次数: 3
Diffracting the Global: Exploring the Implementation of WHO’s COVID-19 Protocols in Sub-Saharan Africa 全球困境：探索世界卫生组织新冠肺炎议定书在撒哈拉以南非洲的实施
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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-01-07 DOI: 10.1177/09750878221135078
Tebogo B. Sebeelo
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引用次数: 3
Book review: Flavia Gasbarri, US Foreign Policy and the End of the Cold War in Africa: A Bridge Between Global Conflict and the New World Order, 1988–1994 书评:弗拉维亚·加斯巴里，《美国外交政策与非洲冷战的结束:全球冲突与世界新秩序之间的桥梁，1988-1994》
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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/09750878221134939
Jaya Jyotika
{"title":"Book review: Flavia Gasbarri, US Foreign Policy and the End of the Cold War in Africa: A Bridge Between Global Conflict and the New World Order, 1988–1994","authors":"Jaya Jyotika","doi":"10.1177/09750878221134939","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09750878221134939","url":null,"abstract":"Flavia Gasbarri, US Foreign Policy and the End of the Cold War in Africa: A Bridge Between Global Conflict and the New World Order, 1988–1994, Routledge, Abingdon, 2020, 256 pp.","PeriodicalId":42199,"journal":{"name":"Insight on Africa","volume":"15 1","pages":"128 - 130"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46235213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Can Smaller Powers Have Grand Strategies? The Case of Rwanda 小国能有大战略吗？卢旺达案件
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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/09750878221135074
Daniel Assamah, Shaoyu Yuan
{"title":"Can Smaller Powers Have Grand Strategies? The Case of Rwanda","authors":"Daniel Assamah, Shaoyu Yuan","doi":"10.1177/09750878221135074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09750878221135074","url":null,"abstract":"The conventional wisdom is that grand strategy has always been a great power phenomenon, and previous scholars have predominantly focused on countries with great military and economic capabilities. In this article, we propose that smaller states can have a grand strategy, considering how the country deploys national resources in response to external challenges and opportunities, and how this is largely impacted by the country’s historical memory. We explore how Rwanda defines grand strategy as a country, followed by an examination of the country’s major external challenges and possibilities, and then a discussion of the national pathologies that drive Rwanda’s grand strategy and decision-making process. Finally, we analyze the critical instruments Rwanda employs in its grand strategy and how the African nation dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic.","PeriodicalId":42199,"journal":{"name":"Insight on Africa","volume":"15 1","pages":"108 - 127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48644933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Book review: Peter Martell, First Raise a Flag: How South Sudan Won the Longest War but Lost the Peace 书评：彼得·马特尔，《首先升旗：南苏丹如何赢得了最长的战争却失去了和平》
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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2022-12-02 DOI: 10.1177/09750878221134976
A. Anshu
{"title":"Book review: Peter Martell, First Raise a Flag: How South Sudan Won the Longest War but Lost the Peace","authors":"A. Anshu","doi":"10.1177/09750878221134976","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09750878221134976","url":null,"abstract":"Peter Martell, First Raise a Flag: How South Sudan Won the Longest War but Lost the Peace, Oxford University Press, 2019, 332 pp.","PeriodicalId":42199,"journal":{"name":"Insight on Africa","volume":"15 1","pages":"130 - 132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43940190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 2
Local Women and Building the Peace: Narratives from Africa 当地妇女与建设和平:来自非洲的叙述
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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2022-08-21 DOI: 10.1177/09750878221114377
J. Cocodia
{"title":"Local Women and Building the Peace: Narratives from Africa","authors":"J. Cocodia","doi":"10.1177/09750878221114377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09750878221114377","url":null,"abstract":"Inadequate attention is given to the influence of local women in fostering peace. Scholars and policymakers in striving to plug this deficit now pay more attention to the contributions women make to peace. This article supports this reorientation and makes a case for encouraging local women in peace processes by pointing out the difficulties in ending conflict when they channel their efforts to conflict exacerbation out of being denied formal spaces to contribute to peace. Using events from the conflict in Liberia (1989–2003), Burundi (1993–2005) and Sudan’s Darfur (2007 to date), this study points to the significance of harnessing the energies of local women in forging peace during conflict and sustaining it post conflict. Using descriptive analysis, this article argues in support of conventional feminist thought that the absence of women from peace initiatives conjures a vital missing link in achieving stability.","PeriodicalId":42199,"journal":{"name":"Insight on Africa","volume":"15 1","pages":"71 - 87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47807341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The Demands and Contests of Constitutional Amendment in Ethiopia: Analysis on the 1995 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) Constitution 埃塞俄比亚修宪的要求与挑战——对1995年埃塞俄比亚联邦民主共和国宪法的分析
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Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2022-08-06 DOI: 10.1177/09750878221114384
Yihenew Misrak, Yayew Genet, K. Muluye
{"title":"The Demands and Contests of Constitutional Amendment in Ethiopia: Analysis on the 1995 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) Constitution","authors":"Yihenew Misrak, Yayew Genet, K. Muluye","doi":"10.1177/09750878221114384","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09750878221114384","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this article is to explain the existing demands and contestations on the amendment of the current constitution of Ethiopia. It also aims at analysing the effects of the un-amendable constitution on the political system of the state. A qualitative study was employed to collect and analyse the required data. Both primary and secondary sources of data was collected through interview and the analysis of documents. Accordingly, the study indicated that the demands of constitutional amendment on the part of FDRE constitution is related to the illegitimate constitutional-making process, inadequate constitutional provisions and the presence of new emerging political dynamics. The rigid amendment rules, undemocratic nature of the regime and the deviation among political actors on the issue of amendment are the main contestations against the stated demands. At the end, the investigation showed that the political insecurity and declining of constitutional legitimacy are major effects of the un-amendable aspects of the FDRE constitution, which in turn undermine the required political reforms in the country.","PeriodicalId":42199,"journal":{"name":"Insight on Africa","volume":"15 1","pages":"88 - 107"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41591355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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