Publications

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

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Many publications from the Nordic Africa Institute are now available for free download from the Swedish Academic Archive On-line “DiVA” - a publishing system for research and student theses and a digital archive for long-term preservation of publications.

New titles in the AFRICA NOW series

Africa Now is an exciting new series published in association with Zed Books. Featuring high-quality, cutting edge research from leading academics, the series will address the big issues confronting Africa today.

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The Rise of China and India in Africa. Challenges, Opportunities and Critical Interventions.
Edited by Fantu Cheru and Cyril Obi.
Read an article and interview with Fantu Cheru about the book here.
The book is published in March 2010 and can be ordered from Zed Books.
More nformation about the book here
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The second book to be published in the Africa Now series is Africa's Informal Workers: Collective agency alliances and transnational organizing in urban Africa, edited by Ilda Lindell.
Find more information about this book here.

New Policy Note

South African Female Peacekeepers on Mission in Africa.
Progress, Challenges and Policy Options for Increased Participation. By Maxi Schoeman. Download the publication from DiVA.

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TWO NEW DISCUSSION PAPERS

Order both publications from GML.

NEW CURRENT AFRICAN ISSUES
No. 42. PERSUASIVE PREVENTION - Towards a Principle for Implementing Article 4(h) and R2P by the African Union by Dan Kuwali. Find more information and the pdf for download.
Order the publication from GML.

No. 43. CHINA, INDIA, RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES: The Scramble for African Oil and the Militarization of the Continent, by Daniel Volman. Find more information and the pdf for download.
Order the publication from GML.

forthcoming title

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AFRICAN FEMINIST POLITICS OF KNOWLEDGE. Tensions, Challenges, Possibilities
Edited by Akosua Adomako Ampofo and Signe Arnfred. Forthcoming title that will be published in March. Find more information.

writers, writing on conflic and wars in Africa

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Okey Ndibe and Chenjerai Hove (Eds.)

Find information on Writers, Writing on Conflict and Wars in Africa

"The writers Okey Ndibe and Chenjerai Hove are two of Africa's finest thinker-writers. They are awesome wordsmiths, word cannon balls boom fiercely out of their fecund minds pulverizing their targets with uncanny accuracy...."
Read the full review by Ikhide R. Ikheloa.

Order the book from Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd.