Publishing

African Conflicts and Informal Power. Big Men and Networks
Edited by Mats Utas

Through a variety of in-depth case studies - from the DR Congo to Somali to Liberia amongst others - this book shows how important informal political and economic networks are in many of the continent's conflict areas. The book demonstrates that without a proper understanding of the impacts of these networks, attempts to 'formalise' African states, particularly those emerging from wars, will be in vain. FORTHCOMING IN MARCH 2012
This book can be pre-ordered from Zed Books.

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.
FORTHCOMING IN JUNE 2012
This book can be pre-ordered from Zed Books.

Sexuality and Gender Politics in Mozambique: Rethinking Gender in Africa

Signe Arnfred

The book is about gender politics in Mozambique over three decades from 1975 to 2005. The book is also about different ways of understanding gender and sexuality. Gender policies from Portuguese colonialism through Frelimo socialism to later neo-liberal economic regimes share certain basic assumptions about men, women and gender relations. But to what extent do such assumptions fit the ways in which rural Mozambican men and women see themselves? The author argues that gender relations should be investigated, not assumed, and that policies not matching people’s lives are unlikely to succeed.
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Find more information - and the book's Introduction - in the digital archive.

African Engagements - Africa Negotiating an Emerging Multipolar World

African engagements – on whose terms?

"African Engagements - Africa Negotiating an Emerging Multipolar World" edited by Ton Dietz, Mayke Kaag and NAI researchers Kjell Havnevik and Terje Oestigaard was recently published by Brill. The introductory chapter is available to down load from NAI's digital archive DiVA. It offers food for thought on how Africa’s engagements with the world are currently being reshaped and revalued, and, more importantly—on whose terms? The chapters in the book raise questions as to how the influence of China, India and Brazil will offer African countries and groups greater room for negotiation and manoeuvre.
Find more information and the introduction for download in the digital archive.

Biofuels, Land Grabbing and Food Security in Africa
Kjell Havnevik, Prosper Matondi & Atakilte Beyene (Eds.)
Read more about the book in the digital archive DiVA and find the book's Introduction for free download.

Child Migration in Africa
Iman Hashim & Dorte Thorsen.
Read an interview with Dorte Thorsen.
Read a chapter from the book.
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Oil and Insurgency in the Niger Delta. Managing the Complex Politics of Petroviolence
Cyril Obi & Siri Aas Rustad (Eds.)
Read a chapter from the book.
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The Rise of China and India in Africa. Challenges, Opportunities and Critical Interventions.
Fantu Cheru and Cyril Obi (Eds.)
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Read an article and interview with Fantu Cheru about the book here.

Africa's Informal Workers: Collective agency alliances and transnational organizing in urban Africa
Ilda Lindell.
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