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Memory mobilization and Postconflict Stability in Côte D’ivoire: Analysing the transmission of conflict narratives among Ivoirian Youth Côte科特迪瓦的记忆动员和冲突后稳定:分析冲突叙事在科特迪瓦青年中的传播

1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adad022

Line Kuppens, Arnim Langer

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The 2023 Cashless Election in Nigeria: The Politics of Withdrawing Money 2023年尼日利亚无现金选举：提款政治

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2023-06-30 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adad019

Laurent Fourchard, Azeez Kayode Sikiru

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National Identities in Global Health: Kenya’s Vaccine Diplomacy During the Covid-19 Pandemic 全球卫生中的国家认同：新冠肺炎大流行期间肯尼亚的疫苗外交

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2023-06-28 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adad015

John Harrington, D. Ngira

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Book Review 书评

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2023-06-22 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adad018

Sibanengi Ncube

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Book Review 书评

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2023-06-22 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adad017

J. Lar

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Book Review 书评

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2023-06-22 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adad016

A. Sharra

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Demanding recognition: a new Framework for the Study of Political Clientelism 要求承认:政治庇护主义研究的新框架

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2023-05-17 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adad014

Kathleen Klaus, Jeffrey W. Paller, Martha Wilfahrt

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Book Review 书评

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2023-05-02 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adad004

Marianne S. Ulriksen

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Book Review 书评

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2023-05-02 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adad007

Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso

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Religious leaders as agents of LGBTIQ inclusion in East Africa 宗教领袖是东非LGBTIQ融合的推动者