Arguably, one of the most polarising figures in modern times has been Robert Gabriel Mugabe, the former President of the Republic of Zimbabwe. The…
African StudiesDevelopment StudiesSocial Sciences
Development Naivety and Emergent Insecurities in a Monopolised World
The Politics and Sociology of Development in Contemporary Africa It is common knowledge that development without security is like a runaway horse. Yet, development…
PoliticsPovertyPublic Affairs & PolicySocial & Public ServicesSocial Sciences
People-Centred Public Works Programmes
A Strategy for Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development in sub-Saharan Africa? Poverty has long been a developmental challenge in the Global South in general…
African StudiesSocial Sciences
Rethinking Securities in an Emergent Technoscientific New World Order
Retracing the Contours for Africa’s Hi-jacked Futures The emergent technoscientific New World Order is being legitimised through discourses on openness and inclusivity. The paradox…
African StudiesDevelopment StudiesSocial Sciences
Jostling Between “Mere Talk” & Blame Game? Beyond Africa’s Poverty and Underdevelopment Game Talk
One of the fundamental challenges in rethinking and remaking development in Africa from a Pan African perspective is that too much “mere talk” and…
Development StudiesPovertySocial Sciences
The Political Economy of Poverty, Vulnerability and Disaster Risk Management
Building Bridges of Resilience, Entrepreneurship and Development in Africa’s 21st Century Poverty remains a thorny and topical challenge and research topic to scholars and…
Reflections on the History, State, and Future of Social Anthropology in Zimbabwe This is a book on the state of social anthropology as an…
The Cornucopia of Theory, Praxis and Transformation in Africa? For a long time, African Studies as a discipline has been spearheaded by academics and…
African StudiesAgricultureDevelopment StudiesScience, Technology, MedecineSocial Sciences
GMOs, Consumerism and the Global Politics of Biotechnology
Rethinking Food, Bodies and Identities in Africa’s 21st Century Despite sustained continental and national struggles for autonomy, sovereignty and independence in postcolonial Africa, the…
African StudiesDevelopment StudiesPolitical History & TheoryPoliticsSocial Sciences
The African Conundrum
Rethinking the Trajectories of Historical, Cultural, Philosophical and Developmental Experiences of Africa The African conundrum… is rooted out of the historical, philosophical and cultural…