Vol. 24 No. 2 (2026)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32473/asq.24.2

Published: 2026-04-08

Articles

Diplomacy as Patronage: Ambassadorial Appointments, Elite Politics, and State Power in Nigeria

Stephen Adewale

1-18
- Adewale
River Transport Disasters and Systemic State Vulnerability in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Evidence from the 2025 Équateur Shipwrecks

Donat-Soft Mukuna Muya

19-40
- Muya

At-Issue

Enhancing International Visibility of Humanities and Social Science Research in Morocco

Ahmed Legrouri

41-49
- Legrouri

Book Reviews

John Burton Kegel. 2025. The Struggle for Liberation: A History of the Rwandan Civil War, 1990-1994. Athens: Ohio University Press. 407 pp.

Blessing Edet

50-51
- Edet
Stacey A. Langwick. 2026. Medicines that Feed Us: Plants, Healing, and Sovereignty in a Toxic World. Durham: Duke University Press. 297 pp.

Jonathan Okoe

52-53
- Okoe
Megan Paustian. 2024. Humanitarian Fictions: Africa, Altruism, and the Narrative Imagination. New York: Fordham University Press. 276 pp.

Lawrencia Okai

54-55
- Okai
Zacharias P. Pieri & Kevin S. Fridy. 2025. Governance, Grievance, and Violent Extremism in West Africa: From the Caliphates to Great Power Competition. Boulder: Lynne Rienner. 213 pp.

Yahaya Halidu

56-58
- Halidu
Devin Smart. 2025. Preparing the Modern Meal: Urban Capitalism and Working-Class Food in Kenya’s Port City. Athens: Ohio University Press. 245 pp.

Emmanuel Enemchukwu

59-60
- Enemchukwu
Tycho van der Hoog. 2025. Comrades Beyond the Cold War: North Korea and the Liberation of Southern Africa. London: Hurst. 368 pp.

David Hurlbut

61-62
- Hurlbut
Delia Duong Ba Wendel. 2025. Rwanda’s Genocide Heritage: Between Justice and Sovereignty. Durham: Duke University Press. 431 pp.

Chidinma Udechukwu

63-64
- Udechukwu
Stephanie Williams. 2025. Libya since Qaddafi: Chaos and the Search for Peace. New York: Oxford University Press. 351 pp.

William Patterson

65-66
- Patterson