Recently published journal articles

The ASCL list of recently published journal articles is published weekly. It provides an overview of journal articles on Africa in the field of the social sciences and the humanities published by Taylor & Francis, Wiley, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Cairn, Sabinet and African Journals Online.
The articles on Portuguese history in Africa, and on African Studies in general, are selected by Pedro Pinto for AfricaBib.

Retrieved week 05 2025

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Africa
ANDREWS, N. & OBI, C. 2024. Security Threats, African Agency, and the Role (and Weaponization) of the Media. African Security, 17 (3-4):141-147.
https://doi.org/10.1080/19392206.2024.2446103 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19392206.2024.2446103

Africa
ANICHE, E. T. 2024. An old wine in a new bottle? Towards an alternative theoretical approach to AfCFTA's institutional autonomy and private-sector-driven cross-border business integration. Politikon, 51 (1-2):40-58.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02589346.2024.2426340

Africa
ANIYIE, I. A. 2024. Beyond traditional models: a focus on alternate pathways for managing Africa’s sovereign debt. Politikon, 51 (1-2):1-17.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02589346.2024.2339065

Africa
CANNON, B. J. 2024. Maps, Flags, and Security in the Indo-Pacific: Reframing China’s Influence in Africa. African Security, 17 (3-4):148-176.
Keywords: Africa ; China ; flags ; great power rivalry ; Indo-Pacific ; maps ; securitization ; security
https://doi.org/10.1080/19392206.2024.2415832 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19392206.2024.2415832

Africa
DANSO, S., ADJIN-TETTEY, T. D., SERWORNOO, M. Y. W. & AZANU, B. 2024. African Broadcast Media Participation in Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding: An Examination of Practices Across Nine Countries. African Security, 17 (3-4):177-204.
Keywords: Africa ; broadcast media ; civil wars ; Conflict management ; peace journalism ; peacebuilding
https://doi.org/10.1080/19392206.2024.2420544

Africa
GEBRIHET, H. G. 2024. The effects of the perception of corruption on public trust in government in Africa: a comparative analysis. Politikon, 51 (1-2):18-39.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02589346.2024.2344276 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02589346.2024.2344276

Africa
IVERSEN, T. O., BROX BRODTKORB, I., ALI, A. & KOEFOED, M. 2024. Trailblazers in a Warming World? The Agency of African Actors in Climate, Peace, and Security. African Security, 17 (3-4):251-276.
Keywords: African studies ; climate change ; climate diplomacy ; peace ; security
https://doi.org/10.1080/19392206.2024.2433889 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19392206.2024.2433889

Algeria
HESS, A. K. T. 2025. Five Algerian postcards: a brief history of ‘Images Populaires’ in Maghribi chromolithography. The Journal of North African Studies, 30 (1):115-148.
Keywords: Chromolithography ; colonialism ; figurative art ; Islamic art ; Maghrib ; postcards
https://doi.org/10.1080/13629387.2024.2376555 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13629387.2024.2376555

Botswana
LESITAOKANA, W. O. 2024. Between State Media Use and Democracy: An Investigation into the Role of Botswana Television for Democracy. Communicatio, 50 (1):24-41.
Keywords: Botswana ; BTV ; communication ; democracy ; roles ; state media ; television
https://doi.org/10.1080/02500167.2024.2405648 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02500167.2024.2405648

Burkina Faso
RAOGO NOËL, G. & JULIEN, S. B. 2025. Assessment of the CO2 sequestration and emission potential of the Kari classified forest, Burkina Faso. African Geographical Review, 44 (1):108-127.
Keywords: Burkina Faso ; carbon sequestration ; Kari classified forest ; Land use dynamic ; vegetation
https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2024.2335337

Egypt
MOUSSA, M. 2025. The informal sphere in Egypt: protesting for Palestine. The Journal of North African Studies, 30 (1):1-14.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13629387.2024.2413229

Ghana
DUMEDAH, G., IDDRISU, S., KPEVU, G. A., DAKURAH, G. & ADAMS, C. A. 2025. Do informal urban communities in Ghana qualify as a 15-Minute City based on access to socioeconomic activities? African Geographical Review, 44 (1):70-86.
Keywords: 15-Minute city ; Access ; informal urban community ; smart cities ; transport equity ; urban accessibility
https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2024.2325085

Ghana
WALTHER, O. J., NUGENT, P. & GOEWEY, S. 2025. The impact of transport policies on road accessibility in Ghana (2010-2019). African Geographical Review, 44 (1):1-17.
Keywords: Ghana ; road network ; Transport policies ; urbanization ; West Africa
https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2024.2309385

Kenya
OPIYO, S. B. 2025. Modeling the impacts of land use and land cover changes on streamflow and sediment yield with the SWAT Model in Migori River Watershed, Lake Victoria Basin Region, Kenya. African Geographical Review, 44 (1):48-69.
Keywords: Migori River watershed ; sediment dynamics ; streamflow modeling ; SWAT ; watershed hydrology
https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2024.2324279

Libya
BRAAK, B. & IBRAHIM, S. 2025. Women’s disinheritance in Libya: how women in Benghazi claim long denied inheritance rights. The Journal of North African Studies, 30 (1):92-114.
Keywords: customary law ; inheritance ; Libya ; Women’s disinheritance ; women’s rights
https://doi.org/10.1080/13629387.2024.2404891 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13629387.2024.2404891

Malawi
LUSAKA, M. 2024. Performing the “Tribe”? Ethnic Heritage Associations and the UNESCO 2003 Convention in Malawi. African Historical Review, 55 (2):22-54.
Keywords: cultural festival ; ethnic-based heritage associations ; ethnicity ; heritage ; identity ; intangible cultural heritage ; Malawi ; nation ; politics ; UNESCO 2003 Convention
https://doi.org/10.1080/17532523.2024.2401671

Morocco
FINN, P. & LAABOUDI, D. 2025. Submissive housewives, unfaithful spouses, dysfunctional marriages and violence: the portrayal of gender roles and marriage in Moroccan jokes. The Journal of North African Studies, 30 (1):48-68.
Keywords: Critical Discourse Analysis ; Gendered humour ; husband-wife relationship ; Moroccan jokes ; social representations of women
https://doi.org/10.1080/13629387.2024.2349049

Morocco
FERRALI, R. & MEJIA, J. 2024. Social interactions and contract enforcement in the postcolonial Arab world. Evidence from the industrial elite of Morocco, 1956–1982. Economic History of Developing Regions, 39 (3):219-250.
Keywords: D8 ; elite, industry ; Morocco ; N15 ; N65 ; N85 ; social interactions ; twentieth century
https://doi.org/10.1080/20780389.2024.2361063

Namibia
MUNYANYO, J. & SIMUJA, C. 2024. Experiences of Rural Secondary School Teachers in the Integration of Technology during Emergency Remote Teaching during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Namibia: An Exploratory Study. Africa Education Review, 20 (3):24-39.
Keywords: continuity of education ; emergency remote teaching ; pedagogical strategies ; technological pedagogical and content knowledge ; technology integration
https://doi.org/10.1080/18146627.2024.2319610 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/18146627.2024.2319610

Nigeria
OLANIYAN, F. A. 2025. Community flood preparedness in a collectivist cultural context: lessons from Ibadan, Nigeria. African Geographical Review, 44 (1):18-29.
Keywords: collectivism ; Community ; flood preparedness ; Ibadan ; Nigeria
https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2024.2318748

Nigeria
ADESINA, O., ADESINA, J., OLIBAMOYO, N. & DISU, Y. 2024. Silent Protests, Loud Impact: Madam Alimotu Pelewura (1865–1951) and Women’s Activism in Colonial Lagos, Nigeria. African Historical Review, 55 (2):81-104.
Keywords: Iyaloja ; Lagos ; market ; politics ; women ; Yoruba
https://doi.org/10.1080/17532523.2024.2401675

Nigeria
MBAH, P. T. & KIM, D. K. D. 2024. Public Perception of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Protective Measures in Nigeria. Communicatio, 50 (1):163-186.
Keywords: COVID-19 ; health communication campaigns ; protection motivation theory ; protective measures ; risk perception
https://doi.org/10.1080/02500167.2024.2405900

Nigeria
OJEWALE, O., BALOGUN, O. & SADIQ, M. M. 2024. Silent Casualties of Armed Conflict: Violence Against Women and Girls by Bandits in Northwest Nigeria. African Security, 17 (3-4):277-303.
Keywords: Bandits ; girls ; Nigeria ; violence ; women
https://doi.org/10.1080/19392206.2024.2439639

Nigeria
OLUGBODI, O. 2024. Nigerian Historiography Through the Eyes of Nigerian Diaspora Historians: Issues of Decolonisation and Functionality of Knowledge. African Historical Review, 55 (2):128-140.
Keywords: knowledge decolonisation ; knowledge functionality ; Nigerian diaspora historians ; Nigerian historiography
https://doi.org/10.1080/17532523.2024.2432178

Nigeria
OMOTOLA, J. S. 2024. Fake news and Nigeria’s 2019 presidential election. Politikon, 51 (1-2):59-77.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02589346.2024.2428881

Sahara
BRACHET, J. 2025. On the geography of deserts. African Geographical Review, 44 (1):128-134.
Keywords: arid land ; desert ; discipline ; Geography ; Sahara
https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2024.2346084

Sahel
PIOMBO, J., KALLEL, L. & ENGLEBERT, P. 2024. Understanding the Dynamics of State Responses to Security Threats in the Sahel. African Security, 17 (3-4):224-250.
Keywords: Jihadism ; Sahel ; security ; social contract ; state
https://doi.org/10.1080/19392206.2024.2429281

South Africa
ADJIN-TETTEY, T. D. & GARMAN, A. 2024. Navigating COVID-19: Non-Government Actors’ Communication Interventions in South Africa. Communicatio, 50 (1):140-162.
Keywords: complex mediascapes ; COVID-19 ; government communications ; health risk communication ; South Africa
https://doi.org/10.1080/02500167.2024.2396429 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02500167.2024.2396429

South Africa
BRONKOWSKI, A. 2024. South Africa at the Tate: Searching for a National School and a National Identity. Journal of Southern African Studies, 50 (3):447-468.
Keywords: exhibition history ; national identity ; representation ; South African art
https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2024.2439233 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03057070.2024.2439233

South Africa
DELIUS, P., CHEWINS, L. & FORSSMAN, T. 2024. Turning South African History Upside Down: Ivory and Gold Production, the Indian Ocean Trading System and the Shaping of Southern African Society, 600–1900 AD. Journal of Southern African Studies, 50 (3):499-520.
Keywords: beads ; gold ; Indian Ocean ; ivory ; pre-colonial ; slavery ; states ; trade
https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2024.2436329 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03057070.2024.2436329

South Africa
GOOL, K. & VAN ZYL, I. 2024. Navigating Consumer Engagement during COVID-19: The Case of a Fast-Food Chain in South Africa. Communicatio, 50 (1):106-139.
Keywords: COVID-19 ; crisis communication ; fast-food franchises ; public relations ; social media ; stakeholder engagement ; symmetrical communication
https://doi.org/10.1080/02500167.2024.2397683

South Africa
KNAUS, C. B. 2024. The Carnage of Hopes: Appropriating Movements to Sustain Educational Apartheid. Africa Education Review, 20 (3):4-23.
Keywords: critical race theory ; interest convergence ; racism ; South Africa ; United States
https://doi.org/10.1080/18146627.2024.2389424

South Africa
LENONG, B. & PALMER, J. M. 2024. Lecturers’ Self-Reflective View and Adaptability in Co-Teaching Practices in Teacher Education. Africa Education Review, 20 (3):75-92.
Keywords: co-teaching ; collaboration ; self-reflection ; transformative learning
https://doi.org/10.1080/18146627.2024.2406562 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/18146627.2024.2406562

South Africa
MJWACU, T. 2024. Does Television Shatter the Glass Ceiling? Representation of Women’s Roles and Occupations in the South African Soap Opera Muvhango. Communicatio, 50 (1):1-23.
Keywords: gender roles ; glass ceiling ; media effects ; occupations ; representation ; soap opera
https://doi.org/10.1080/02500167.2024.2408310 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02500167.2024.2408310

South Africa
NDABA, M. 2024. Interrogating the Academy: Higher Education Transformation for the Public Good beyond Diversity in Race and Gender. Africa Education Review, 20 (3):40-53.
Keywords: academics ; higher education ; public good ; transformation ; university
https://doi.org/10.1080/18146627.2024.2386950 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/18146627.2024.2386950

South Africa
NGWANE, Z. 2024. ‘Looking back, I know that I was not a man that day’: Nelson Mandela and the Ambiguities of Tradition in South Africa. Journal of Southern African Studies, 50 (3):469-483.
Keywords: circumcision ; initiation ; nationalism ; Nelson Mandela ; South Africa ; tradition
https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2024.2433845

South Africa
RACTLIFFE, J. & MONTELONGO, D. 2024. Towards New Proximities: A Conversation on Photographic Encounters Between Southern Africa and Mexico. Journal of Southern African Studies, 50 (3):431-446.
Keywords: landscape ; Mexico ; photography ; South Africa ; violence
https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2024.2440840

South Africa
SOLDAAT, M. 2024. Julius Malema, from Masupatsela to the Formation of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF): Historical Narrative. African Historical Review, 55 (2):1-21.
Keywords: decorum ; Economic Freedom Fighters ; Masupatsela ; nationalisation ; parliament ; politics ; radicalism
https://doi.org/10.1080/17532523.2024.2401668 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17532523.2024.2401668

South Africa
TWALA, C. 2024. “Twists and Turns”: Chief Leabua Jonathan and Cross-Border Collaborations with South Africa, 1965–1976/7. African Historical Review, 55 (2):55-80.
Keywords: apartheid regime ; Basutoland National Party (BNP) ; cross-border collaborations ; Jonathan ; small states theory ; sovereign state
https://doi.org/10.1080/17532523.2024.2401673 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17532523.2024.2401673

Southern Africa
BALONA DE OLIVEIRA, A. 2024. Thinking Circulations in Southern Africa and Beyond through Artistic Practice. Journal of Southern African Studies, 50 (3):363-391.
Keywords: Ângela Ferreira ; artistic practice ; circulations in southern Africa ; Jo Ractliffe ; Kiluanji Kia Henda ; Simon Gush
https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2024.2442854

Southern Africa
FERREIRA, Â. 2024. Circulations: Mobility, Fluidity, Impediments and Implications. Journal of Southern African Studies, 50 (3):413-429.
Keywords: artists and narratives ; Mozambique ; Portugal ; post-colonialism ; pre-colonialism ; sculpture and architecture ; South Africa
https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2024.2413804

Subsaharan Africa
JOSHIPURA, T. 2024. Feeding African cities: Hinterland suitability and urban growth in twentieth-century sub-Saharan Africa. Economic History of Developing Regions, 39 (3):251-278.
Keywords: African history ; food imports ; food security ; sub-Saharan Africa ; urbanization
https://doi.org/10.1080/20780389.2024.2376549 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/20780389.2024.2376549

Sudan
EL DAKROURY, N. A. H. 2025. Ethnic diversity and electoral democracy in Sudan before and after the Arab spring. The Journal of North African Studies, 30 (1):15-47.
Keywords: Arab spring ; democratisation ; election ; electoral democracy ; ethnic diversity ; Sudan
https://doi.org/10.1080/13629387.2024.2383922

Sudan
ABBASHAR, A. 2024. Decolonising Security, Epistemic Disobedience, and Revolutionary Change in Sudan. African Historical Review, 55 (2):105-127.
Keywords: decolonisation ; postcolonial ; professional associations ; revolution ; security sector ; Sudan ; trade unions
https://doi.org/10.1080/17532523.2024.2432176 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17532523.2024.2432176

Tanzania
MATUNGWA, L. E., JOSEPH KEGAMBA, J., WILBARD KISINGO, A. & MASURULI, M. B. 2025. Proximate causes and perceptions of livestock keepers toward the risks of illegal grazing in Serengeti National Park. African Geographical Review, 44 (1):30-47.
Keywords: Cattle ; illegal livestock grazing ; livestock incursion ; livestock keepers ; proximate cause ; Serengeti National Park (SNP)
https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2024.2318752

Tunisia
KEBSI, J. 2025. ‘The Tunisian rap scene: an intersectional analysis of women rappers’. The Journal of North African Studies, 30 (1):69-91.
Keywords: intersectionality ; rap ; Tunisia ; Women rappers
https://doi.org/10.1080/13629387.2024.2338069 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13629387.2024.2338069

Uganda
KILAMA LUWA, J., MAJALIWA, J. G. M., BAMUTAZE, Y., WASSWA, D., PILESJÖ, P. & ESPOIR, B. 2025. Intensity analysis applied to land use and land cover change and transitions in a fragile tropical mountain environment: a case of sironko catchment on Mt. Elgon, Eastern Uganda. African Geographical Review, 44 (1):87-107.
Keywords: deforestation ; encroachment ; Intensity analysis ; livelihoods ; subsistence agriculture
https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2024.2331493

Uganda
SEMUJJU, B. 2024. Precarious Distributed Creativity of Online Content Creators in Uganda. Communicatio, 50 (1):87-105.
Keywords: distributed creativity ; Global South ; online content creation ; participation ; precarity ; social media
https://doi.org/10.1080/02500167.2024.2404670

West Africa
PATHÉ DUARTE, F. 2024. Information Disorder and Civil Unrest Russian Weaponization of Social Media Platforms in Mali and Burkina Faso – 2020–2022. African Security, 17 (3-4):205-223.
Keywords: Information disorder campaigns ; non-kinetic hybrid threats ; online social media ; Wagner ; West Africa
https://doi.org/10.1080/19392206.2024.2423139

Zimbabwe
MATHE, L. & MOTSAATHEBE, G. 2024. Community Radio Content in Print Facebook Posts: Limitations and Opportunities for Indigenous Languages. Communicatio, 50 (1):42-67.
Keywords: community radio ; Facebook posts ; indigenous languages ; radio convergence
https://doi.org/10.1080/02500167.2024.2332181 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02500167.2024.2332181

Zimbabwe
WANG, X. 2024. Regime Security Threats and African Agency: The Case of Zimbabwe. Journal of Southern African Studies, 50 (3):485-498.
Keywords: African agency ; African international relations ; global order ; regime security ; Zimbabwe
https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2024.2431433