Recently published journal articles - week 02 2021

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Africa
BROWN, A. B. 2021. Lawful Performance and the Representational Politics of Queer African Refugees in Documentary Film. Journal of African Cultural Studies, 33 (1):67-83.
Keywords: refugees ; politics ; representation ; performance ; documentary film ; Gender and sexuality ; LGBTIQ
https://doi.org/10.1080/13696815.2020.1792276

Africa
GREEN-SIMMS, L. & IMMA, Z. É. 2021. The Possibilities and Intimacies of Queer African Screen Cultures. Journal of African Cultural Studies, 33 (1):1-9.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13696815.2020.1834360

Africa
HERMAN, F. 2021. Does trust facilitate cooperation in the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)? A socio-psychological approach. Africa Review, 13 (1):76-93.
Keywords: Forum on China–Africa Cooperation ; interpersonal and collective interests ; Sino-African strategic partnerships ; trust-building
https://doi.org/10.1080/09744053.2020.1840900

Africa
KUDITCHAR, N.-L. 2021. Curbing illicit financial out-flow from Africa: the phenomenology of institutions in Ghana. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 39 (1):56-69.
Keywords: Africa ; Ghana ; Illicit financial out-Flow ; institutional phenomenology ; relativism
https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2020.1849581

Africa
MOTAHANE, N., NYAMBI, O. & MAKOMBE, R. 2021. Rooting routes to trans-Atlantic African identities: the metaphor of female descendancy in Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing. African Identities, 19 (1):17-30.
Keywords: Africa ; slavery ; colonialism ; Identity ; African American ; Homegoing
https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2020.1788505

Africa
OLU-OWOLABI, F. E., GBEREVBIE, D. E. & ABASILIM, U. D. 2021. Ethics of democracy-development in Africa: a philosophical foundation. African Identities, 19 (1):91-102.
Keywords: Africa ; democracy ; development ; ethics ; philosophical
https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2020.1792270

Africa
OTU, K. E. 2021. Heteroerotic Failure and “Afro-queer Futurity” in Mohamed Camara’s Dakan. Journal of African Cultural Studies, 33 (1):10-25.
Keywords: afro-queer futurity ; Dakan ; failure ; homoeroticism ; Mohamed Camara
https://doi.org/10.1080/13696815.2020.1792279

Cameroon
ASHUKEM, J.-C. N. 2021. To give a dog a bad name to kill it – Cameroon’s anti-terrorism law as a strategic framework for human rights’ violations. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 39 (1):119-134.
Keywords: terrorism ; anti-terrorism law ; Constitution of the Republic of Cameroon ; freedom of expression ; Human rights ; right to strike
https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2020.1839633

Cameroon
NSHOM, E. & ARZAMASTSEVA, E. 2021. Are Chinese immigrants in Cameroon perceived as a threat? Africa Review, 13 (1):61-75.
Keywords: Cameroon ; Africa ; Immigration ; Chinese immigrants ; integrated threat theory ; prejudice
https://doi.org/10.1080/09744053.2020.1787076

Ghana
TWENEBOAH, S. 2021. “Biting the hand that feeds them? The case of Ghanaian Pentecostal discourse on ‘breaking from the past’”. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 39 (1):104-118.
Keywords: Ghana ; continuity ; disjuncture ; occult ; Pentecostalism
https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2020.1839028

Kenya
JOHNSTONE, L. 2021. Queer Worldmaking in Wanuri Kahiu’s Film Rafiki. Journal of African Cultural Studies, 33 (1):39-50.
Keywords: Kenya ; queer ; futurity ; Rafiki ; utopic space ; worldmaking
https://doi.org/10.1080/13696815.2020.1816931

Kenya
NDAGO, A. O. 2021. Contesting the nation: representations of the Mungiki cult during Kenya’s 2007 post-election violence in Kwani? Journal. African Identities, 19 (1):63-76.
Keywords: Kenya ; ethnicity ; 2007 PEV ; Kwani? Journal ; Mungiki ; nationhood
https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2020.1790339

Kenya
OKELLO, B. 2021. What’s in a name? Reinventing Luo naming system in Kenya’s ethnopolitical landscape. African Identities, 19 (1):77-90.
Keywords: Kenya ; ethnicity ; identity ; governance ; Luo ; Naming systems
https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2020.1791687

Maghreb
NCUBE, G. 2021. Skin and Silence in Selected Maghrebian Queer Films. Journal of African Cultural Studies, 33 (1):51-66.
Keywords: cinema ; silence ; Maghreb ; Queer sexuality ; skin
https://doi.org/10.1080/13696815.2020.1792277

Nigeria
AGBOGA, V. 2021. Beyond decentralising the Nigerian Police: how Lagos state circumvented debates on police reforms. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 39 (1):135-150.
Keywords: Nigeria ; decentralisation ; Lagos ; police
https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2020.1832972

Nigeria
AKANLE, O. 2021. Gender and fast food in Nigeria and South Africa. African Identities, 19 (1):1-16.
Keywords: Nigeria ; South Africa ; fast food intersectionalities ; Gender
https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2020.1779655

Nigeria
GREEN-SIMMS, L. 2021. Walking with Shadows: Jude Dibia and Olumide Makanjuola in Conversation with Lindsey Green-Simms. Journal of African Cultural Studies, 33 (1):101-108.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13696815.2020.1816932

Nigeria
IKEANYIBE, O. M. 2021. Managing post-privatisation challenges: a review of Nigeria’s electricity sector. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 39 (1):70-87.
Keywords: Nigeria ; collaboration ; electricity sector ; Post-privatisation challenges ; third-party government
https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2020.1825647

Nigeria
ISEOLORUNKANMI, O. J. & SINGH, A. 2021. Dominant and co-cultural groups in Kabba, Kogi State, Nigeria: social ordering, dynamics and outcomes. African Identities, 19 (1):48-62.
Keywords: Nigeria ; cultural identity ; co-culture ; Dominant group ; social ordering
https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2020.1790338

Nigeria
OBUKA, U. B., ADIBE, E., ALOZIE, O. J., NWAFOR, M.-G., AGU, H., CHIME, I., UMOH, P., OGUEJIOFOR, O., NWAFOR, N. & ABUTU, P. 2021. Obstacles to effective participation of civil society organizations in Nigerian extractive industry transparency initiative. Africa Review, 13 (1):1-11.
Keywords: civil society organization ; EITI ; Extractive industry ; NEITI ; transparency
https://doi.org/10.1080/09744053.2020.1842993

Nigeria
ODEY, P. O. 2020. From the mound to the square: the impact of the new yam festival on the Ogoja people. African Identities, 0 (0):1-12.
Keywords: Festival ; impact ; new yam ; ogoja ; Yala
https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2020.1850233

Nigeria
OLAKOJO, S. A., ONANUGA, A. T. & ONANUGA, O. T. 2021. Cyclical fluctuations of economic growth and monetary policy in Nigeria: does fiscal policy also matter? Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 39 (1):34-55.
Keywords: cyclical fluctuations ; E3 ; E5 ; E6 ; Economic recovery ; Markov-switching ; threshold regression
https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2020.1822992

Somaliland
INGIRIIS, M. H. 2021. Being and becoming a state: the statebuilding and peacebuilding conversations in southern Somalia and Somaliland. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 39 (1):1-33.
Keywords: Somaliland ; civil war ; clan politics ; external intervention ; internal conflict ; peacebuilding ; southern Somalia ; statebuilding
https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2020.1815677

South Africa
ANDREWS, G. 2021. YouTube Queer Communities as Heterotopias: Space, Identity and “Realness” in Queer South African Vlogs. Journal of African Cultural Studies, 33 (1):84-100.
Keywords: sexuality ; South Africa ; heterotopia ; queer ; visual media ; vlogs ; YouTube
https://doi.org/10.1080/13696815.2020.1792275

South Africa
DIKO, N. & SEMPIJJA, N. 2021. Does participation in BRICS foster South-South cooperation? Brazil, South Africa, and the Global South. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 39 (1):151-167.
Keywords: South Africa ; BRICS ; Brazil ; South-South cooperation
https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2020.1837746

South Africa
SCOTT, L. 2021. Inxeba (The Wound), Queerness and Xhosa Culture. Journal of African Cultural Studies, 33 (1):26-38.
Keywords: masculinity ; Inxeba ; queer ; same-sex desire ; Xhosa culture
https://doi.org/10.1080/13696815.2020.1792278

South Africa
SEMPIJJA, N. & LETLHOGILE, R. R. 2021. Security-development nexus and the securitization of university spaces in the #FeesMustFall protests in South Africa 2016–2018. Africa Review, 13 (1):40-60.
Keywords: South Africa ; #feesmustfall ; protests ; Securitization ; security-development nexus
https://doi.org/10.1080/09744053.2020.1787075

Southern Africa
NENJERAMA, T. T. 2021. Xenophobia and subaltern theatre in post-colonial African identities. African Identities, 19 (1):103-120.
Keywords: Ubuntu ; Burn Mukwerekwere Burn ; postcolonial identities ; subaltern theatre ; subalternity ; Xenophobia
https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2020.1792271

Tunisia
BOHOSLAVSKY, J. P. 2021. Assessing economic policies impact on human rights in Tunisia – lessons from a United Nations mission. Africa Review, 13 (1):94-117.
Keywords: corruption ; Tunisia ; human rights ; austerity ; economy ; United Nations
https://doi.org/10.1080/09744053.2020.1787077

Uganda
ATWAGALA, D. S. 2021. ‘Visitors have become owners’: internationalization of land and its implication for rural women. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 39 (1):88-103.
Keywords: women ; customary land ; Internationalisation ; land titling
https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2020.1836332

Zimbabwe
CHIPENDA, C. 2021. Land reform, citizenship and aliens in Zimbabwe. Africa Review, 13 (1):12-39.
Keywords: livelihoods ; Zimbabwe ; land reform ; citizenship ; T.H. Marshall
https://doi.org/10.1080/09744053.2020.1731670

Zimbabwe
MPOFU, P. & SALAWU, A. 2021. Critical reflections on erotic content in Star FM’s Couples quality time and Ya FM’s Moto mubhurugwa (fire in underwear). African Identities, 19 (1):31-47.
Keywords: Zimbabwe ; Couples quality time ; Moto mubhurugwa ; Sex ; sexual fantasy ; Star FM ; Ya FM
https://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2020.1789448