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A Critique of Chinese Loans in Sub-Saharan Africa: A fruitful Prospect or Neo-Colonisation 对中国在撒哈拉以南非洲贷款的批判：富有成果的前景还是新殖民化

The African Review Pub Date : 2024-05-07 DOI: 10.1163/1821889x-bja10116

Veundjua Muruko-Jaezuruka, Rubina Birks

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“Look at Lagosians and Say I Am Going to Be in Charge”: Ideologies in the 2019 Lagos State (Nigeria) Gubernatorial Debate "看着拉各斯人说我要当家作主"：2019 年拉各斯州（尼日利亚）州长辩论中的意识形态

The African Review Pub Date : 2024-04-22 DOI: 10.1163/1821889x-bja10109

Ganiu A. Bamgbose, Pedepo Babalola

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Behaviour of Integrated Refugees on Tanzania’s National Security: Experience from Katumba Old Settlement 综合难民的行为对坦桑尼亚国家安全的影响：卡图姆巴旧定居点的经验

The African Review Pub Date : 2024-04-22 DOI: 10.1163/1821889x-bja10111

Adventina K. Laurent, L. Ndumbaro

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Education and Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa 撒哈拉以南非洲的教育与民主

The African Review Pub Date : 2024-04-22 DOI: 10.1163/1821889x-bja10115

Lasse Grimmer

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Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa: Causes and Consequences, written by Stephanie M. Burchard 撒哈拉以南非洲的选举暴力：原因与后果》，作者 Stephanie M. Burchard

The African Review Pub Date : 2024-04-22 DOI: 10.1163/1821889x-bja10106

Rodrick Henry

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The Supply of Digital Authoritarianism to Africa: an Empirical Study 向非洲提供数字专制主义：一项实证研究

The African Review Pub Date : 2024-04-22 DOI: 10.1163/1821889x-bja10110

Chibuzo Achinivu

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“Kuna Corona fake na Og”: The Role of Postcolonial Laughter during the COVID-19 Outbreak in Tanzania "Kuna Corona fake na Og"：坦桑尼亚 COVID-19 爆发期间后殖民笑声的作用

The African Review Pub Date : 2024-02-16 DOI: 10.1163/1821889x-bja10075

Angelus Mnenuka

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Infrastructural Development and Neo-Colonialism in Africa: The Case of the Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya 非洲的基础设施发展与新殖民主义：肯尼亚标准轨距铁路案例

The African Review Pub Date : 2024-02-16 DOI: 10.1163/1821889x-bja10104

Lemmy N. Mulaku, K. Sabala

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Intra-Party Democracy in Tanzania: Assessing Competitiveness of Party Leadership Selection 坦桑尼亚的党内民主：评估政党领导层遴选的竞争性

The African Review Pub Date : 2024-02-16 DOI: 10.1163/1821889x-bja10103

Melkisedek Kaijage

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The Crisis of Democratization in the Greater Horn of Africa: Towards Building Institutional Foundations, edited by Kidane Mengisteab 大非洲之角的民主化危机：建立制度基础》，Kidane Mengisteab 编辑

The African Review Pub Date : 2024-02-08 DOI: 10.1163/1821889x-bja10099

Mebratu Kelecha

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