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The politics of non-state security provision in Burkina Faso: koglweogo self-defence groups' ambiguous pursuit of recognition 布基纳法索非国家安全条款的政治:koglweogo自卫团体对承认的模糊追求

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2021-11-16 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adab033

Philippe M Frowd

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The history of the USA in Eritrea: From Franklin D. Roosevelt to Barack Obama and how Donald Trump changed the course of history 美国在厄立特里亚的历史：从富兰克林·D·罗斯福到巴拉克·奥巴马以及唐纳德·特朗普如何改变历史进程

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2021-10-26 DOI: 10.1093/AFRAF/ADAB025

Fikresus Amahazion

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Shaping the African savannah: From capitalist frontier to Arid Eden in Namibia 塑造非洲大草原:从资本主义边疆到纳米比亚的干旱伊甸园

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2021-10-26 DOI: 10.1093/AFRAF/ADAB027

P. Hebinck

引用次数: 8

Understanding handouts in candidate selection: Challenging party authority in Malawi 了解候选人选择中的讲义:挑战马拉维的政党权威

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2021-10-26 DOI: 10.1093/AFRAF/ADAB030

A. Chiweza, H. Kayuni, Ragnhild L. Muriaas

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Briefing: Contextualizing the Bobi Wine factor in Uganda’s 2021 elections 简报:将Bobi Wine因素置于乌干达2021年选举的背景下

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2021-10-26 DOI: 10.1093/AFRAF/ADAB024

Sam Wilkins, R. Vokes, Moses Khisa

引用次数: 7

Book Review 书评

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2021-10-15 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adab026

Ini Dele-Adedeji

引用次数: 5

Opposition in a hybrid regime: The functions of opposition parties in Burkina Faso and Uganda 混合政权中的反对派：布基纳法索和乌干达反对党的职能

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2021-10-15 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adab023

Eloïse Bertrand

引用次数: 2

Undocumented citizens and the making of ID documents in Nigeria: an ethnography of the politics of suspicion in Jos 尼日利亚无证公民和身份证件的制作:乔斯怀疑政治的人种志

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2021-10-01 DOI: 10.1093/AFRAF/ADAB022

Laurent Fourchard

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Urban renewal in Ibadan, Nigeria: World class but essentially Yoruba 尼日利亚伊巴丹的城市更新:世界级，但本质上是约鲁巴人

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2021-07-26 DOI: 10.1093/AFRAF/ADAB021

P. Roelofs

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The next factory of the world: How Chinese investment is reshaping Africa 下一个世界工厂:中国投资如何重塑非洲

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2021-07-26 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adab016

Qiyuan Jiang

引用次数: 21