Publishing

The Nordic Africa Institute publishes five series. The publications are either available in pdf format and can be downloaded for free or can be ordered Print on Demand from one of our distributors. Monographs and anthologies are published in cooperation with academic publishers of high standing.

Musical Violence: Gangsta Rap and Politics in Sierra Leone

By Boima Tucker

Hip Hop has become a global force in recent years. However, when taken up by youth outside its American birthplace, it is often dismissed as a shallow adaptation or imitation of American popular culture. However, its global popularity cannot be questioned, and its proliferation is aided by its adaptability to local contexts. It has become associated with an emergent youth political identity in many parts of the world, a result of its ability to embody rebellious youth energy. Hip Hop is a new global lingua franca for youth rebellion that exists beyond the boundaries of the state, and is aided by the emergence of the internet and accompanying communications technologies. Analysis of the political ramifications of Hip Hop in West African societies is vital to gaining a true sense of what democracy means in the local context. This paper focuses on the West African country of Sierra Leone, and explores how youth participation in Hip Hop there is a radical political project. Download and read here (pdf).

Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War?

Perceptions, Prescriptions, Problems in the Congo and Beyond

By Maria Eriksson Baaz and Maria Stern
 
All too often in conflict situations, rape is referred to as a 'weapon of war' - a term presented as self-explanatory through its implied storyline of gender and warring. In this provocative but much-needed book, Eriksson Baaz and Stern challenge the dominant understandings of sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict settings. Read more about the book here (opens in new window).

Other recent publications

The Horn of Africa. Intra-State and Inter-State Conflicts and Security. By Redie Bereketeab. Will be available for free download in August 2013.

Between Militarism and Technocratic Governance: State Formation in Contemporary Uganda. By Anders Sjögren. Available for free download

Zimbabwe's Fast-Track Land Reform, by Prosper B. Matondi
The Fast-Track Land Reform Programme in Zimbabwe has emerged as a highly contested reform process both nationally and internationally. The image of it has all too often been that of the widespread displacement and subsequent replacement of various people, agricultural-related production systems, facets and processes. The reality, however, is altogether more complex.
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Open archive - More than 800 fulltext publications for download

The Nordic Africa Institute has more than 800 publications available for download in the DiVA-archive.
 
’African Voices, African Visions’ and ’Producing nature and poverty in Africa’  are two examples of text books available in DiVA.

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OUR LIBRARY

The Nordic Africa Institute's library provides access to many resources in electronic and printed format, which support research about Africa and related areas. Find more information about the library.

A report to the NAI 50th anniversary

Researching Africa. From Individual efforts to Structured Programmes. The role of the Nordic Africa Institute. A report to the NAI 50th anniversary. By Michael Ståhl.
The Nordic Africa Institute started on a modest scale back in 1962 by awarding three travel grants to young Nordic scholars with an interest in Africa. Fifty years later, the institute has become an internationally renowned centre of research, documentation, publishing and net-working.

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