Review of African Political Economy
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Since 1974 the Review of African Political Economy has provided radical analysis of trends, issues and social processes in Africa, adopting a broadly materialist interpretation of change. Check out our longer bio at https://roape.net/about-roape/
Thelma Arko & Kattia Moreno critically examine South Africa’s emerging green hydrogen sector, arguing that contemporary partnerships with European nations risk reproducing colonial extractive relationships under the guise of climate action.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Thelma Arko & Kattia Moreno critically examine South Africa’s emerging green hydrogen sector, arguing that contemporary partnerships with European nations risk reproducing colonial extractive relationships under the guise of climate action.
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ROAPE’s Reginald Cline-Cole introduces Volume 55 Issue 185 of the journal, with an editorial: Revisiting cracks and crises in capitalism’s edifice 🔥 🔥 🔥
Revisiting cracks and crises in capitalism’s edifice - ROAPE
ROAPE’s Reginald Cline-Cole introduces Volume 55 Issue 185 of the journal
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November 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
ROAPE’s Reginald Cline-Cole introduces Volume 55 Issue 185 of the journal, with an editorial: Revisiting cracks and crises in capitalism’s edifice 🔥 🔥 🔥
ROAPE Volume 52 Issue 185 is out now!
Revisiting cracks and crises in capitalism's edifice
Issue Editor: Reginald Cline-Cole
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Revisiting cracks and crises in capitalism's edifice
Issue Editor: Reginald Cline-Cole
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November 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
ROAPE Volume 52 Issue 185 is out now!
Revisiting cracks and crises in capitalism's edifice
Issue Editor: Reginald Cline-Cole
mailchi.mp/e3ebab9c8850...
Revisiting cracks and crises in capitalism's edifice
Issue Editor: Reginald Cline-Cole
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Can strikes save Nigerian universities ? Chinenye Cynthia Izuchukwu looks at this question by examining the strikes through Marxist and conflict theory lenses, drawing from lecturers’ voices and highlighting the erosion of public education
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Can strikes save Nigerian universities ? - ROAPE
In this blog, Chinenye Cynthia Izuchukwu argues that prolonged conflict between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Nigerian government reflects not just labor unrest but a deeper…
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November 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Can strikes save Nigerian universities ? Chinenye Cynthia Izuchukwu looks at this question by examining the strikes through Marxist and conflict theory lenses, drawing from lecturers’ voices and highlighting the erosion of public education
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Emmanuella Otubuah writes a solidarity letter to Mumia Abu-Jamal — Black Power activist, journalist & icon of the anti-death penalty movement — whose courage after 40+ years behind bars still inspires a new generation.
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A solidarity letter to Mumia Abu-Jamal - ROAPE
Emmanuella Otubuah writes a heartfelt letter of solidarity to Mumia Abu-Jamal, the Black Power activist, journalist, and unwavering voice for justice who has spent over four decades behind bars after…
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November 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Emmanuella Otubuah writes a solidarity letter to Mumia Abu-Jamal — Black Power activist, journalist & icon of the anti-death penalty movement — whose courage after 40+ years behind bars still inspires a new generation.
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Congrats to Zohran Mamdani, The first African mayor of New York City!!! Now let's build the resistance against Wallstreet, the #Oligarchy and the political establishment. #Socialism #NYC
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Congrats to Zohran Mamdani, The first African mayor of New York City!!! Now let's build the resistance against Wallstreet, the #Oligarchy and the political establishment. #Socialism #NYC
Shaun Milton reviews Saima Ndahangwapo’s new book Defending the Investment about uranium mining in Namibia, arguing it makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the history of decolonisation in Africa.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Shaun Milton reviews Saima Ndahangwapo’s new book Defending the Investment about uranium mining in Namibia, arguing it makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the history of decolonisation in Africa.
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Marion Ouma reviews International Political Economy and the Global South: Perspectives from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East as a timely volume challenging the dominance of Western narratives. buff.ly/kryBeU0
A International Political Economy view from the Global South that challenges Eurocentrism - ROAPE
Marion Ouma reviews International Political Economy and the Global South: Perspectives from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East as a timely and multidisciplinary work that decolonises…
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October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Marion Ouma reviews International Political Economy and the Global South: Perspectives from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East as a timely volume challenging the dominance of Western narratives. buff.ly/kryBeU0
In this thought-provoking blog based on his new book Adam Mayer argues that African Military Marxism influenced the emergence of entirely new political systems in Africa, challenging the notion that Western democracy is the ultimate political model.
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African Military Marxism: Deviation or Innovation? - ROAPE
In this thought-provoking blog, based on his new book African Military Marxism, Adam Mayer argues that Military Marxism influenced the emergence of entirely new political systems in Africa,…
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October 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
In this thought-provoking blog based on his new book Adam Mayer argues that African Military Marxism influenced the emergence of entirely new political systems in Africa, challenging the notion that Western democracy is the ultimate political model.
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ROAPE’s Pascal Bianchini interviews Malagasy historian Harilala Ranjatohery on Madagascar’s Gen Z revolt: the Youth-led protest for water and electricity grew into a nationwide movement for systemic change, backed by trade unions, that toppled Rajoelina
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Madagascar’s Gen Z uprising – an interview with Harilala Ranjatohery - ROAPE
ROAPE's Pascal Bianchini interviews Malagasy historian Harilala Ranjatohery on the youth revolt that toppled President Andry Rajoelina. Ranjatohery explains that Madagascar’s Gen Z protests began…
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October 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
ROAPE’s Pascal Bianchini interviews Malagasy historian Harilala Ranjatohery on Madagascar’s Gen Z revolt: the Youth-led protest for water and electricity grew into a nationwide movement for systemic change, backed by trade unions, that toppled Rajoelina
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Fikir Haile highlights ways the current government of Ethiopia differs with its predecessor in their engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and explains how the previous government resisted the neoliberal pressure.
Fikir Haile highlights ways the current government of Ethiopia differs with its predecessor in their engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and explains how the previous government resisted the neoliberal pressure.
October 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Fikir Haile highlights ways the current government of Ethiopia differs with its predecessor in their engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and explains how the previous government resisted the neoliberal pressure.
Fikir Haile highlights ways the current government of Ethiopia differs with its predecessor in their engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and explains how the previous government resisted the neoliberal pressure.
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For the 38th anniversary of Thomas Sankara’s murder, Amber Murrey speaks with Burkinabè geographer Lazare Ki-Zerbo, who explains how a “political geography of insubordination” shapes Burkina Faso’s historical struggles and today's wartime Pan-Africanism. buff.ly/6G4IS0k
On ‘wartime Pan-Africanisms’ and insurgent geographies – An interview with Lazare Ki-Zerbo - ROAPE
In light of the 38th anniversary of Thomas Sankara’s assassination, Amber Murrey interviews Burkinabe geographer and Pan-African activist Lazare Ki-Zerbo, who builds on the intellectual legacy of his…
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October 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
For the 38th anniversary of Thomas Sankara’s murder, Amber Murrey speaks with Burkinabè geographer Lazare Ki-Zerbo, who explains how a “political geography of insubordination” shapes Burkina Faso’s historical struggles and today's wartime Pan-Africanism. buff.ly/6G4IS0k
Sacolo Bafanabakhe outlines the historical processes of political, economic & social failure in #Eswatini that have led the Communist Party of #Swaziland to declare 2025 the Year of Mass Mobilisation for the Insurrectionary Seizure of Power.
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Swaziland under the Mswati–Taiwan–Israel alliance: an ongoing struggle - ROAPE
Writing in response to a blog post published on roape.net in May 2025, Sacolo Bafanabakhe outlines the broader historical processes of political, economic and social failure in Eswatini that have led ...
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October 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Sacolo Bafanabakhe outlines the historical processes of political, economic & social failure in #Eswatini that have led the Communist Party of #Swaziland to declare 2025 the Year of Mass Mobilisation for the Insurrectionary Seizure of Power.
roape.net/2025/10/17/s...
roape.net/2025/10/17/s...
For the 38th anniversary of Thomas Sankara’s murder, Amber Murrey speaks with Burkinabè geographer Lazare Ki-Zerbo, who explains how a “political geography of insubordination” shapes Burkina Faso’s historical struggles and today's wartime Pan-Africanism. buff.ly/6G4IS0k
On ‘wartime Pan-Africanisms’ and insurgent geographies – An interview with Lazare Ki-Zerbo - ROAPE
In light of the 38th anniversary of Thomas Sankara’s assassination, Amber Murrey interviews Burkinabe geographer and Pan-African activist Lazare Ki-Zerbo, who builds on the intellectual legacy of his…
roape.net
October 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
For the 38th anniversary of Thomas Sankara’s murder, Amber Murrey speaks with Burkinabè geographer Lazare Ki-Zerbo, who explains how a “political geography of insubordination” shapes Burkina Faso’s historical struggles and today's wartime Pan-Africanism. buff.ly/6G4IS0k
In 1980s Burkina Faso, #ThomasSankara dared to imagine a different Africa — one built on equality & freedom from imperialism.
Yet his #socialism project proved too weak to last as Jean-Claude Kongo and Leo Zeilig discuss in this piece:
Yet his #socialism project proved too weak to last as Jean-Claude Kongo and Leo Zeilig discuss in this piece:
Sankara’s elusive socialism - ROAPE
Jean-Claude Kongo and Leo Zeilig look at Thomas Sankara’s reforms in Burkina Faso in the 1980s. Sankara understood that Africa had to find its own path to development, and this would require…
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October 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In 1980s Burkina Faso, #ThomasSankara dared to imagine a different Africa — one built on equality & freedom from imperialism.
Yet his #socialism project proved too weak to last as Jean-Claude Kongo and Leo Zeilig discuss in this piece:
Yet his #socialism project proved too weak to last as Jean-Claude Kongo and Leo Zeilig discuss in this piece:
This week, we remember Thomas Sankara — 38 years since his assassination, yet his anti-imperialist vision for African unity, justice & self-reliance burns brighter than ever.
Read: “The international forces arrayed against Sankara were too much.” #ThomasSankara #BurkinaFaso
Read: “The international forces arrayed against Sankara were too much.” #ThomasSankara #BurkinaFaso
“The international forces against Sankara were too much” – Victoria Brittain in conversation with Brian J. Peterson - ROAPE
Radical journalist Victoria Brittain discusses the life of Thomas Sankara with Brian J. Peterson. Peterson has written a biography which recounts in detail the life, politics and assasination of the…
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October 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This week, we remember Thomas Sankara — 38 years since his assassination, yet his anti-imperialist vision for African unity, justice & self-reliance burns brighter than ever.
Read: “The international forces arrayed against Sankara were too much.” #ThomasSankara #BurkinaFaso
Read: “The international forces arrayed against Sankara were too much.” #ThomasSankara #BurkinaFaso
In her review of "Community Policing in Nigeria", Chinenye Cynthia Izuchukwu sheds light on how Nigeria’s police has always served the ruling class, not the people. She says the book offers a much-needed model of community-policing for #Nigerians still reeling from #EndSARS.
We need community policing in Nigeria - ROAPE
In her review of Community Policing in Nigeria by Emmanuel Onyeozili, Biko Agozino, Augustine Agu, and Patrick Ibe, Chinenye Cynthia Izuchukwu sheds light on how Nigeria’s police, from its colonial…
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October 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
In her review of "Community Policing in Nigeria", Chinenye Cynthia Izuchukwu sheds light on how Nigeria’s police has always served the ruling class, not the people. She says the book offers a much-needed model of community-policing for #Nigerians still reeling from #EndSARS.
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This a long article but I would recommend that people who care about Africa should have a read. It explains a lot.
“Between the workers and the bureaucrats, Nyerere hesitated before he ultimately stood with the latter. We lost the workers.”
In #ROAPE185, Issa Shivji reflects (in convo with Liu Ye) on the hopes and contradictions of Ujamaa and African #socialisms.
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In #ROAPE185, Issa Shivji reflects (in convo with Liu Ye) on the hopes and contradictions of Ujamaa and African #socialisms.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
This a long article but I would recommend that people who care about Africa should have a read. It explains a lot.
“Between the workers and the bureaucrats, Nyerere hesitated before he ultimately stood with the latter. We lost the workers.”
In #ROAPE185, Issa Shivji reflects (in convo with Liu Ye) on the hopes and contradictions of Ujamaa and African #socialisms.
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In #ROAPE185, Issa Shivji reflects (in convo with Liu Ye) on the hopes and contradictions of Ujamaa and African #socialisms.
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October 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“Between the workers and the bureaucrats, Nyerere hesitated before he ultimately stood with the latter. We lost the workers.”
In #ROAPE185, Issa Shivji reflects (in convo with Liu Ye) on the hopes and contradictions of Ujamaa and African #socialisms.
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In #ROAPE185, Issa Shivji reflects (in convo with Liu Ye) on the hopes and contradictions of Ujamaa and African #socialisms.
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Biniam Sbhatu recounts historian Alemseged Tesfai’s powerful 2025 United Nations seminar, where Tesfai condemned the #UN’s 1952 decision to deny #Eritrea’s self-determination and honored the resilience of its people.
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October 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Biniam Sbhatu recounts historian Alemseged Tesfai’s powerful 2025 United Nations seminar, where Tesfai condemned the #UN’s 1952 decision to deny #Eritrea’s self-determination and honored the resilience of its people.
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Kola Ibrahim argues that climate justice movements must look beyond much-hyped climate negotiations to challenge the dominant capitalist interests driving imperialist warmongering & climate breakdown.
#COP30 #ClimateAction
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#COP30 #ClimateAction
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Climate Negotiations in the Age of Warmongering, Militarism and Failed Multilateralism - ROAPE
Climate activist and author Kola Ibrahim connects the necolonial structure of climate finance to growing militarism and fading multilateralism. Drawing on Israel's ongoing, genocidal destruction of th...
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October 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Kola Ibrahim argues that climate justice movements must look beyond much-hyped climate negotiations to challenge the dominant capitalist interests driving imperialist warmongering & climate breakdown.
#COP30 #ClimateAction
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#COP30 #ClimateAction
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📝 My new article on Immanuel Wallerstein is out in Journal of World-Systems Research. It builds on my earlier piece for @roapejournal.bsky.social and examines how Marxism shaped The Modern World-System.
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(PDF) Wallerstein after ’68: Marxism and the Making of The Modern World-System
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September 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
📝 My new article on Immanuel Wallerstein is out in Journal of World-Systems Research. It builds on my earlier piece for @roapejournal.bsky.social and examines how Marxism shaped The Modern World-System.
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Every African should have a read.
Liam Taylor writes powerfully about how the market economy has commodified Uganda’s fish, cattle, and land in ways that enrich elites and markets while dispossessing and impoverishing ordinary people, causing ecological destruction and leaving society unstable and restless.
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September 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Every African should have a read.
Liam Taylor writes powerfully about how the market economy has commodified Uganda’s fish, cattle, and land in ways that enrich elites and markets while dispossessing and impoverishing ordinary people, causing ecological destruction and leaving society unstable and restless.
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September 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Liam Taylor writes powerfully about how the market economy has commodified Uganda’s fish, cattle, and land in ways that enrich elites and markets while dispossessing and impoverishing ordinary people, causing ecological destruction and leaving society unstable and restless.
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In her blog, Mxhalisa shows how capitalism now commodifies its own waste. This shift creates an exploited “counter-productive labour” engaged in waste picking activities in a rotten system hellbent on producing more rubbish than goods for profit. #climatechange #globalwarming
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Let them eat plastic! - ROAPE
In her thought-provoking blog, Celiwe Mxhalisa shines light on how capitalism has moved beyond exploiting natural resources to commodifying its own waste and pollution. This shift has created a new…
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September 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
In her blog, Mxhalisa shows how capitalism now commodifies its own waste. This shift creates an exploited “counter-productive labour” engaged in waste picking activities in a rotten system hellbent on producing more rubbish than goods for profit. #climatechange #globalwarming
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