Vol. 23 No. 2 (2025)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.32473/asq.23.2

Published: 2025-09-08

Articles

Toward the Third Liberation of Africa: Revitalizing Pan-Africanism for Economic, Political, and Linguistic Independence in the Sahel Region

Alexander Angsongna, Moges Zewiddu Teshome, Carola Koblitz, Eunice Wangui Stuhlhofer , Yingliang Zhang, Elisabeth Knittelfelder, Alpha Yaya Sylla, Adams Bodomo

1-25
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The Changing Face of Peace: African Mediation and Paradigm Transitions

Mitchell Gallagher, Sajjad Ahamed

26-50
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Africa’s Trade Agency in a Fragmented Landscape: The Promise and Limits of the AfCFTA in Africa–EU Trade

Moses O. Ogutu

51-75
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At-Issue

The Sicomines Agreement: Strategic Partnership or Unequal Exchange between China and Democratic Republic of Congo?

Panagiotis Skaltsounis

76-88
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Review Essay

The Political Origins of the African Charter

Peter Brett

89-91
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Book Reviews

Nancy Rose Hunt and Hubertus Büschel (eds). 2024. Psychiatric Contours: New African Histories of Madness. Durham: Duke University Press. 345 pp.

Adedamola Adetiba

92-93
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Charles G. Thomas. 2024. Ujamaa’s Army: The Creation and Evolution of the Tanzania People’s Defense Force, 1964-1979. Athens: Ohio University Press. 282 pp.

Paul Banda

94-95
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Marie-Eve Desrosiers. 2023. Trajectories of Authoritarianism in Rwanda: Elusive Control before the Genocide. New York: Cambridge University Press. 386 pp.

Jonathan Beloff

96-97
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Valentin-Yves Mudimbe (Jonathan Adjemian, trans.). 2023. The Scent of the Father: Essay on the Limits of Life and Science in Sub-Saharan Africa. Cambridge: Polity Press. 215 pp.

Helena Cantone

98-99
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Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi. 2024. Imagine Lagos: Mapping History, Place, and Politics in a Nineteenth-Century African City. Athens: Ohio University Press. 239 pp.

Nnaemeka Enemchukwu

100-101
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Tor A. Benjaminsen. 2024. Climate Security and Climate Justice: Recognizing Context in the Sahel. Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing. 156 pp.

Lacey Harris-Coble

102-103
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Mark Duerksen. 2024. Waterhouses: Landscapes, Housing, and the Making of Modern Lagos. Athens: Ohio University Press. 301 pp.

Rasheed Hassan

104-105
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Scott Straus and Aili Mari Tripp (eds.). 2024. The State, Ethnicity, and Gender in Africa: Intellectual Legacies of Crawford Young. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press. 307 pp.

Omotayo Jemiluyi

106-107
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Nienke Boer. 2023. The Briny South: Displacement and Sentiment in the Indian Ocean World. Durham: Duke University Press. 210 pp.

Jacky Kosgei

108-109
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Sharad Chari. 2024. Apartheid Remains. Durham: Duke University Press. 460 pp.

Kirti Jha Kulshreshtha

110-111
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Ernest Harsch. 2024. Corruption, Class, and Politics in Ghana. Athens: Ohio University Press. 365 pp.

Felix Kumah Abiwu

112-113
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Virginie Collombier and Wolfram Lacher (eds.). 2023. Violence and Social Transformation in Libya. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 363 pp.

Kenneth Meyer

114-115
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Daren Ray. 2024. Ethnicity, Identity and Conceptualizing Community in Indian Ocean East Africa. Athens: Ohio University Press. 329 pp.

David Olusanjo

116-117
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John Young. 2024. The Poisoned Chalice of US Democracy: Studies from the Horn of Africa. London: Bloomsbury Academic. 200 pp.

Constance Pruitt

118-119
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Makhroufi Ousmane Traoré. 2024. Slavery, Resistance, and Identity in Early Modern West Africa: The Ethnic-State of Gajaaga. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 459 pp.

Evan Rothera

120-121
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Paula C. Roque. 2025. Insurgent Nations: Rebel Rule in Angola and South Sudan. New York: Oxford University Press. 372 pp.

Yusuf Sholeye

122-123
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Liisa Laakso and Siphamandla Zondi (eds.). 2024. Political Science in Africa: Freedom, Relevance, Impact. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. 272 pp.

Ernest Udalla

124-125
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Mohamed Saliou Camara, Alem Hailu, and Sabella O. Abidde (eds.). 2023. Issues of Governance, Security, and Development in Contemporary Africa. Lanham: Lexington Books. 414 pp.

Zerihun Weldegebriel

126-127
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Rasheed Oyewole Olaniyi. 2025. Migration and Diaspora Identity in Northern Nigeria and Ghana, 1900–1970. Martlesham: Boydell and Brewer. 370 pp.

Olawale Yemisi

128-130
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