Routledge Contemporary Africa
African Women and Intellectual Leadership: Life Stories from Western Kenya
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By Maurice Nyamanga Amutabi, Emily Achieng’ Akuno, Humphrey J. Ojwang, Dannica Fleuss
June 27, 2025
This book highlights the pioneering roles of African women as leaders and role models in Kenya, providing examples taken from across education, health, business, and a range of other sectors. Drawing on authentic first-hand accounts and narratives from key women in leadership positions, and those ...
Legalization of Human Rights in Africa: The Institutionalization of Laws Prohibiting State-Sanctioned Violence and Torture
1st Edition
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By Stacey M. Mitchell, Veraline Nchotu, Lem Lilian Atanga
June 02, 2025
Most countries on the African continent have ratified or acceded to several human rights treaties, including the Torture Convention and the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights. This book assesses the progress African countries have made in institutionalizing human rights laws prohibiting ...
African Constructions of China: Insights from Ghana and Kenya
1st Edition
By Kwaku Opoku Dankwah
May 06, 2025
Marking a constructivist turn in Africa-China scholarship, this book explores African constructions of China. Using Ghana and Kenya as case studies, the book outlines the role of diverse state and non-state actors in defining what China represents to the region, and how it compares to Western ...
The Horn of Africa since 2018: Continuities, Transformations, and Prospects
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By Jan Záhořík, Aleksi Ylönen
April 15, 2025
This book takes stock of developments in the Horn of Africa since 2018, a key time of political turbulence marked by revolution, military coups, and civil war as well as alliances, peace deals, reforms, and reconciliation processes. Bringing together a group of experienced and younger scholars from...
African Fans of European Football: Cultural Globalisation in Kenya and Zimbabwe
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By Manase Kudzai Chiweshe, Solomon Waliaula
March 26, 2025
This book examines the increasing influence of European football in African societies, considering the processes and significance of being a fan and what this means for the wider globalisation of popular culture. Focussing on fan cultures in Kenya and Zimbabwe, the book argues that instead of ...
The Africa Rising Discourse: Tropes, Trophies and Social Actors
1st Edition
By Tracy Tinga
February 14, 2025
Over the last 25 years, the "Africa Rising" discourse has been used to signify hope and promise for the continent, marking a break from previous pessimistic portrayals. This book critically examines that discourse, analyzing recurring themes, tropes, metaphors, and imagery. It traces the evolution ...
Cinematic Portrayals of African Women and Girls in Political Conflict
1st Edition
By Norita Mdege
January 30, 2025
This book provides an interdisciplinary exploration of the cinematic representations of the experiences of African women and girls in situations of political conflict. The role of cinema is important in providing information about the situation of women and girls in situations of political conflict...
Football, Gambling, and Everyday Life in Zimbabwe
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By Manase Kudzai Chiweshe
January 30, 2025
As unemployment soared in Zimbabwe in the early twenty-first century, betting on football/soccer emerged as a popular, if unsustainable, livelihood option, and the number of betting halls mushroomed. This book investigates this growing social phenomenon, providing a holistic analysis of football ...
African Media and Communication: Foundational Conversations
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By Viola Milton, Winston Mano
December 24, 2024
This book provides an important set of critical reflections from a selection of foundational scholars of African media and communication studies through biographical method. The book interrogates the center of mainstream academic scholarship by providing the foundational history and origins of an ...
Marriage in Contemporary Zimbabwe: Identity, Community, and Change
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By Manase Kudzai Chiweshe
December 19, 2024
Marriage has always occupied a profound cultural and social significance in Zimbabwean society, but the forms and meanings attached to marriage have changed in recent decades. Marriage in Contemporary Zimbabwe provides a social analysis of the institution, highlighting how it is changing and ...
The European Union and Regional Integration in East Africa: Collective and Individual State Priorities Compared
1st Edition
By Harrison Kalunga Mwilima
December 19, 2024
This book examines European countries’ engagement in promoting regional integration in the East African Community (EAC). In addition to their usage of the European Union (EU), states employ other bilateral initiatives to channel their regional aid to the EAC. The book explores differing national ...
Africa-EU Relations and the African Continental Free Trade Area
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By Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Christopher Changwe Nshimbi, Leon Mwamba Tshimpaka
December 18, 2024
This book explores relations between states in the Africa–European Union in view of the African Continental Free Trade Area, both at a regional level and as a series of informal processes of socioeconomic and political interactions between state and non-state actors. The book reconsiders the ways ...