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.
For the previous list, see the archive.

Retrieved week 42 2026

Africa
LAMKIES, J. & KEHEL, M. 2026. Decentralized Cooperation and the Future of African Regional Development: What Public Policies to Bridge the Territorial Gap? African Development Review, 38 (4):e70079.
Keywords: Africa ; decentralized cooperation ; fiscal decentralization ; governance quality ; spatial spillovers
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-8268.70079

Africa
UMUTONIWASE, C., CHUBB, L. A. & BULLEN, P. 2026. New Biographies of Citizenship: Youth Civic Engagement in Africa. African Studies, 85 (2):236-255.
Keywords: apathy ; disenchantment ; non-conventional youth participation
https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2026.2701858

Africa
WAN, L. & LIAO, J. 2026. Eudaimonic or Hedonic? The Collective Memory of “China–Africa Friendship” Represented in Entertainised Danmu Discourse in China. Critical Arts, 40 (2-3):238-256.
Keywords: China–Africa relations ; Collective memory ; corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis ; entertainisation ; eudaimonic ; hedonic ; ideology
https://doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2025.2587129

Cabo Verde
LAM, K. 2026. Creole Oral Aesthetics: Cape Verdean Tradition and Global Environmental Politics. African Studies, 85 (2):157-176.
Keywords: Atlantic Ocean ; oral aesthetics ; Portuguese empire ; rural ; West Africa
https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2026.2688824

Ghana
ADJEI-ASOMANI, B., BOAMPONG, O. & POTAKEY, H. M. D. 2026. Private Waste Collection in the Tema Metropolis, Ghana: A Spatial Analysis of User Satisfaction. African Studies, 85 (2):256-273.
Keywords: private waste collectors ; public-private partnership ; solid waste collection ; spatial distribution
https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2026.2683192

Ghana
OKYERE, E. D., ANSAH, F. & OBENG, R. A. 2025. Gender dynamics in Ghanaian university governing councils with specific reference to Critical Mass Theory. Makerere Journal of Higher Education, 13 (1):1-23.
Keywords: Critical Mass Theory ; gender dynamics ; University governing council
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/view/304251 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/download/304251/292064

Nigeria
AKINWUMI, A. A. 2026. Effect of Corporate Governance on Profitability of Firms Listed in Nigeria. African Development Review, 38 (4):e70077.
Keywords: corporate governance ; NGX 30 ; profitability
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-8268.70077

Nigeria
CHIGBU, C. A., OMEJE, G. & EWUNONU, U. D. 2026. Digital Media, Epistemic Bordering and Identity Construction in Abi Dare’s The Girl with the Louding Voice. Critical Arts, 40 (2-3):99-110.
Keywords: Digital borders ; digital humanities ; digital media ; epistemological borders ; identity construction
https://doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2025.2589430

Nigeria
JAMES, J. F., KPEROGI, I. I., FASHIKU, E. A., OMOLADE, A. O. & YUSUF, A. N. 2026. Social media addiction and its impact on academic performance among undergraduate students in Kwara State, Nigeria. Rwandan Journal of Education, 9 (1):89-104.
Keywords: Academic performance ; and social media addiction ; procrastination ; undergraduate students
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/rje/article/view/325105 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/rje/article/download/325105/305762

Nigeria
KANAYO ANTHONY, N. 2026. The Paradox of Continuity in Nigerian Foreign Policy Amid the Claimed Absence of National Identity. African Studies, 85 (2):218-235.
Keywords: African political elites ; Afrocentrism ; constructivism ; national identity ; Nigerian foreign policy
https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2026.2692944

Nigeria
RAHMATULLAH, M., EITEN, E. U. H. & MONDOL, M. S. 2026. Narrative Disruption and the Reimagining of African Identity in Nnedi Okorafor’s Who Fears Death. African Studies, 85 (2):274-287.
Keywords: Afrofuturism ; narratology ; postcolonial literature ; speculative fiction
https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2026.2702619

Nigeria
BOLA, O. M. 2025. Pedagogical Practices and Graduate Employability: The Case of Six Federal Universities in Nigeria. Makerere Journal of Higher Education, 13 (2):71-85.
Keywords: Curriculum innovation ; Employability ; Teaching-learning methods
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/view/324248 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/download/324248/304973

Nigeria
DOSUNMU, S. A. & SOJI-ONI, T. I. 2025. Deconstructing Discourses on Women–Only Universities in Nigeria. Makerere Journal of Higher Education, 13 (2):43-58.
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/view/324242 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/download/324242/304966

Nigeria
NNENNE, E. P. 2025. Virtual learning and academic performance of undergraduate students at the University of Lagos. Makerere Journal of Higher Education, 13 (1):53-63.
Keywords: Academic performance ; University of Lagos ; Virtual learning platforms
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/view/304299 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/download/304299/292067

Nigeria
OGANAH-IKUJENYO, B. C. & OKEZUE, S. E. 2025. Harnessing Higher Education to Integrate Technology into Pursuit of Food and Nutrition Security in Nigeria. Makerere Journal of Higher Education, 13 (2):23-42.
Keywords: Higher education in development ; SDG 2 ; Technology adoption
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/view/324241 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/download/324241/304965

Nigeria
SHEYIN, A. O. 2025. Integration of education 4.0 in educational planning in Nigeria in the post-COVID-19 era. Makerere Journal of Higher Education, 13 (1):39-52.
Keywords: COVID-19 ; Education 4.0 ; Educational Planning
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/view/304296 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/download/304296/292066

Northern Africa
MNASRI, M. 2026. Capital Account Openness, Institutional Quality and European FDI: Empirical Evidence From North Africa. African Development Review, 38 (4):e70080.
Keywords: 2SLS-IV ; Capital account openness ; European FDI ; Fuller–LIML ; Governance ; Institutional quality ; North Africa
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-8268.70080

Rwanda
BININGU, H. & MAJARAWANDA, A. V. N. 2026. Assessment of the role played by teacher training colleges (TTCs) tutors, school-based mentors and teacher internees during implementation of the teacher internship program: The case study of Zaza teacher training college (TTC Zaza) in Ngoma District, Rwanda. Rwandan Journal of Education, 9 (1):51-66.
Keywords: internees ; internship ; mentors ; teacher training college supervisors
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/rje/article/view/325103 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/rje/article/download/325103/305760

Rwanda
NIYIBIZI, E., MUREREYIMANA, M. S. B., MUKAMANA, H., YANZIGIYE, B., RUGIGANA, A., MUTARUTINYA, V., NIYIRORA, E. & SABITI, J. 2026. Community education for adult Literacy: Using ‘4 -in- 1’ literacy model in Rwanda to boost digital literacy and multiliteracies in Rwandan rural communities. Rwandan Journal of Education, 9 (1):19-34.
Keywords: Community literacy ; digital literacy ; four-in-one or 4-in-1 ; multiliteracy ; quadriliteracy ; Rwanda.
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/rje/article/view/325100 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/rje/article/download/325100/305758

Rwanda
NSENGIMANA, V., NSENGIMANA, T., HABIYAREMYE, J. D. D. & DEKONINCK, W. 2026. The role of capacity building to advance taxonomy studies: Case of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Rwanda. Rwandan Journal of Education, 9 (1):120-135.
Keywords: ant course. ; capacity building ; entomology ; Hands-on ; learning ; myrmecology ; training
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/rje/article/view/325102 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/rje/article/download/325102/305764

Senegal
DONIAN, J. 2026. Reading Khaby Lame’s Silent Comedy as a Critique of Racial Capitalism on Tiktok. Critical Arts, 40 (2-3):257-273.
Keywords: Commodification ; humour ; Khaby Lame ; racial capitalism ; TikTok
https://doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2026.2635114

South Africa
BARKER-CIGANIK, D. 2026. Ambiguous Purity: Experience, Judgment, and Ethical Uncertainty in Zakes Mda’s "Our Lady of Benoni". Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa, 38 (2):158-169.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1013929X.2026.2713887

South Africa
CELE, N. 2026. The Illusion of Inclusion: Disciplining Gender Nonconformity in "Amanyal’ Enyoka" (2013). Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa, 38 (2):170-181.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1013929X.2026.2713889

South Africa
CHAPMAN, M. 2026. Athol Fugard (1932–2025)‘the mud between Lena's toes…’. Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa, 38 (2):154-157.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1013929X.2026.2713888

South Africa
CHAPMAN, M. 2026. "Voorslag" , A Literary Magazine, 1926 and Beyond: Europe in Africa, or Africa in Europe? Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa, 38 (2):182-190.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1013929X.2026.2713890

South Africa
FINCHAM, G. 2026. Looking with the Heart: Introducing Niki Daly. Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa, 38 (2):205-221.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1013929X.2026.2713893

South Africa
HUANG, J. & LI, S. 2026. The Dual Narratives of Traumatic Memory: Reconstruction of South African White Identity in The Return of Elvis du Pisanie. Critical Arts, 40 (2-3):84-98.
Keywords: dual narratives ; identity reconstruction ; Paul Slabolepszy ; The Return of Elvis du Pisanie ; traumatic memory
https://doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2025.2610262

South Africa
KEARNEY, A. 2026. No Mere Things: Found Objects as Medium in South African Art. Critical Arts, 40 (2-3):1-21.
Keywords: assemblage ; Bronwen Findlay ; Found objects ; Lucas Seage ; Peter Schütz ; political art ; South African art ; Willie Bester
https://doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2026.2684287

South Africa
LINDE, J. 2026. Metamodern Spirituality in Antjie Krog’s “oh Fragile Earth … a Mass for the New Dispensation” (from Pillage, 2022). Critical Arts, 40 (2-3):111-127.
Keywords: Antjie Krog ; metamodern soteriology ; metamodern spirituality ; Metamodernism ; Pillage ; poetry ; post-secularism ; spiritual but not religious (SBNR)
https://doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2026.2680036

South Africa
MATANGA, S. Y. 2026. Migration, Precarity and Survival in South Africa: A Reading of Sue Nyathi’s The Gold-Diggers. Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa, 38 (2):238-249.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1013929X.2026.2713895

South Africa
MTHOMBENI, Z. M. 2026. Coalition Governance and Public Discourse in South Africa: A Critical Analysis of Mediated Political Speech. African Studies, 85 (2):196-217.
Keywords: African Union ; coalition governance ; media analysis ; political stability ; South Africa
https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2026.2696308

South Africa
NXUMALO, S. 2026. The Evolution of the National Question and National Identities Since 1910: Marxist Theory, Anti-Colonial Struggles, and the South African Experience. Critical Arts, 40 (2-3):274-287.
Keywords: Colonialism of a special type ; Marxism ; nationalism ; South Africa
https://doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2025.2607359

South Africa
STAPHORST, L. 2026. Critiquing the ‘Lone Writerly Genius’ via "Samespraak" as Reception Theoretical Concept: Eugène Marais’s Bifurcated English and Afrikaans Oeuvre, the Animal, and the |xam Bushmen as Literary Scientific Source. Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa, 38 (2):222-237.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1013929X.2026.2713894

South Africa
SHAWA, L. B. 2025. Beyond Mobility: Positioning Curriculum at the Centre of Internationalisation in South African Higher Education. Makerere Journal of Higher Education, 13 (2):59-70.
Keywords: Curricula ; Internationalisation ; Teaching and learning
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/view/324244 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/download/324244/304970

Subsaharan Africa
DUMO, W. M. 2026. Exchange Rate Dynamics and Growth Trajectories in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Longitudinal Panel Study (1995–2023). African Development Review, 38 (4):e70078.
Keywords: competitiveness ; economic growth ; exchange rate dynamics ; panel data analysis ; sub-Saharan Africa
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-8268.70078

Tanzania
CHARLES, J. & BALI, T. 2026. Learning engagement of pupils with hearing impairment: Implications for educational support services among inclusive primary schools in Tanzania. Rwandan Journal of Education, 9 (1):67-88.
Keywords: Educational Support Services ; Hearing Impairment ; Inclusive Primary Schools ; Teaching and Learning Engagement
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/rje/article/view/325104 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/rje/article/download/325104/305761

Uganda
AYIORWOTH, H. 2026. Enhancing teacher professional development through academia-industry collaboration: Insights from knowledge-sharing at Uganda Management Institute. Rwandan Journal of Education, 9 (1):35-50.
Keywords: academia-industry collaboration ; academic-practitioner knowledge-sharing ; Quality education ; teacher professional development ; Uganda Management Institute
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/rje/article/view/325101 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/rje/article/download/325101/305759

Uganda
KAMUGISHA, E., JOAN, K. & KIOLI, F. N. 2026. Painting as Identity Reconstruction: Socially Concerned Art and Batwa Material Culture. Critical Arts, 40 (2-3):22-46.
Keywords: batwa ; Identity reconstruction ; Material culture ; Painting ; Socially concerned art ; southwestern Uganda
https://doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2026.2676192

Uganda
NIYISABWA, O. T. & KIETI, M. M. 2026. Availability and utilization of digital learning solutions for learners with visual impairment in Uganda: Evidence from a national baseline. Rwandan Journal of Education, 9 (1):105-119.
Keywords: Education ; Uganda ; Visionary learning ; Visual-impairment
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/rje/article/view/325106 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/rje/article/download/325106/305763

Uganda
ONEN, D. 2026. Stem enrollment in Ugandan higher education: A six-year review and analysis of trends, challenges, and strategies. Rwandan Journal of Education, 9 (1):2-18.
Keywords: Affirmative Action ; Gender Disparities ; Higher Education Institutions ; Science Education Policy ; Socio-Economic Barriers ; STEM Enrollment
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/rje/article/view/325099 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/rje/article/download/325099/305757

Uganda
KASOZI, A. B. K. 2025. The Politics of Higher Education in a Colonial Setting: The Controversial Sending of Abu Mayanja to King’s College, Cambridge, by Sir Andrew Cohen. Makerere Journal of Higher Education, 13 (2):1-21.
Keywords: Context of Higher Education ; Decolonisation ; Historical ; Political
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/view/324234 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/download/324234/304961

Uganda
NABUSHAWO, H. M., KARUBANGA, G., KAJUMBULA, R., MUKEBEZI, R. & TURYAHABWE, N. 2025. Using contextualized and proximity-rich videos to enhance learner autonomy in navigating learning management systems. Makerere Journal of Higher Education, 13 (1):25-38.
Keywords: Blended learning ; Instructional Videos ; Learning Management Systems
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/view/304289 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/download/304289/292065

Uganda
NAMUTAMBA, K. T., KIGONGO, T. K., OROBIA, L. A., NABETA, I. N., TUMWINE, S. & MINDRA, R. K. 2025. Determinants of financial self-efficacy among selected university students in Uganda. Makerere Journal of Higher Education, 13 (1):85-105.
Keywords: Enterprise skills ; Financial literacy ; Graduate employability
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/view/304303 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/download/304303/292069

Uganda
NAMUTEBI, E. 2025. Cash management and budget performance in public universities in Uganda. Makerere Journal of Higher Education, 13 (1):65-83.
Keywords: budget performance ; Cash flow planning ; fees collection
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/view/304301 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/download/304301/292068

Uganda
NANKINDU, P., NADDUMBA, A. & MUKWANA, N. I. 2025. Language Diversity and Communication Challenges among Migrant Students at Kyambogo University. Makerere Journal of Higher Education, 13 (2):101-115.
Keywords: International students ; Language diversity ; Study abroad
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/view/324254 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/download/324254/304981

Uganda
SEKIWU, D. 2025. Quality of academic writing courses in selected doctoral training programs in Uganda. Makerere Journal of Higher Education, 13 (1):107-121.
Keywords: Academic writing ; Doctoral Education ; Lev Vygotsky’s Theory
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/view/304305 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/majohe/article/download/304305/292070

Zimbabwe
MAODZA, T. & KUPETA, N. 2026. The Herald's construction of Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2030 political ambitions. Critical Arts, 40 (2-3):301-318.
Keywords: ED-sm ; factionalism ; Mugabe era ; ZANU PF ; Zimbabwe
https://doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2025.2573029

Zimbabwe
MAODZA, T. & MCCRACKEN, D. P. 2026. Applying Mugabeism Concept to the Press’s Reportage of ZANU-PF Factionalism. Critical Arts, 40 (2-3):288-300.
Keywords: factionalism ; media ; Mugabeism ; succession ; ZANU-PF ; Zimbabwe
https://doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2026.2643602

Zimbabwe
MUTEKWE, P. 2026. Protest mobilization, and demobilization: A Case Study of Civil Society Organisations in Zimbabwe. African Studies, 85 (2):177-195.
Keywords: counter-mobilisation ; protest ; repression ; weapons of the weak
https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2026.2699218 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00020184.2026.2699218