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Africa Spectrum @africaspectrum.bsky.social · 2d

🆕Kevin Anthony Oduor, Martin Ouma & Edwin Abuya analyse how faith-based organisations in Kakuma Refugee Camp, #Kenya, ease the refugee burden on host states & communities by supplementing service delivery to refugees & fostering peaceful coexistence.

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Africa Spectrum @africaspectrum.bsky.social · 7d

🆕Taofik Oyewo Hussain examines #USAID's aid suspension in #Nigeria & #China's growing role, showing how Chinese infrastructure fills gaps but can't replace USAID's social sector support & recommends a balanced donor strategy to ensure sustainability.

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Africa Spectrum @africaspectrum.bsky.social · 12d

📕Book Review: Christopher Amos appraises Dineo Skosana's "No Last Place to Rest: Coal Mining and Dispossession in South Africa", highlighting its 'essential contribution' to studies on mining, land politics, environmental justice, & resistance in Africa.

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Maxine Rubin @maxinerubin.com · 14d

I was invited to appear live on Al Jazeera English yesterday to briefly reflect on the withdrawals from the ICC by Mali, Niger, and Bukrina Faso, which were announced on Monday.

See link below

German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) @giga-hamburg.de · 15d

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso: #GIGA researcher @maxinerubin.com was interviewed live on #AlJazeera English about the withdrawals from the International Criminal Court.

➡️ Watch here: mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/qMfSHM...

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Africa Spectrum @africaspectrum.bsky.social · Sep 2

📕Martial Fanga Agbor reviews "Press Freedom and the (Crooked) Path Toward Democracy: Lessons from Journalists in East Africa" by @msobelcohen.bsky.social & Karen McIntyre Hopkinson, describing it as a compelling examination of the media landscapes in Rwanda, Uganda & Kenya.
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Africa Spectrum @africaspectrum.bsky.social · Aug 22

🆕 Eyo Mensah et al. explore how heterosexual Igbo women in Southeastern #Nigeria use praise names to navigate gender boundaries - sometimes reinforcing, other times resisting patriarchy - while shaping self-worth, visibility, and social identity.

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Africa Spectrum @africaspectrum.bsky.social · Aug 18

➡️Did you know? We have a Book Review Newsletter webpage, where you can easily browse past editions!🤓

💻Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/page/afr/boo...

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Africa Spectrum @africaspectrum.bsky.social · Aug 5

🆕Augustine Gyan explores the land disputes that arise as community members in Ghana work to protect their interests against mining companies, revealing why land digitalisation is unlikely to fix land governance challenges.

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Maxine Rubin @maxinerubin.com · Aug 6

Check out Africa Spectrum's latest issue! Everything is open access, which means you can read it for free and (hopefully) share widely 😉📩

Africa Spectrum @africaspectrum.bsky.social · Jul 29

📢🆕New issue of @africaspectrum.bsky.social is out! Issue 60(2) features a Special Section on Pluriversalism in Africa, alongside research articles on elections, borders, gender, agriculture & more.

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Africa Spectrum @africaspectrum.bsky.social · Jul 24

🆕Silas Udenze reflects on #Nigeria's #EndSARS protest on its anniversaries across 2021–2023, demonstrating how these carry distinct meanings that blend collective memory, unresolved challenges, and future aspirations for change and social justice.

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Africa Spectrum @africaspectrum.bsky.social · Jul 23

🆕 Romanus Aboh & Isaac Ishamali explore how young #Nigeria’s hip-hop artists use music as a tool of resistance to critique power, injustice, & systemic failure while voicing youth demands for social justice and change in the post-1999 democratic era.

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Africa Spectrum @africaspectrum.bsky.social · Jul 22

🆕 Kwame Adovor Tsikudo explores labour agency by examining how Ghanaian workers engage with their Chinese employers at #BuiDam as well as how history, socio-politics, and institutional dynamics influence a more balanced partnership.

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Maxine Rubin @maxinerubin.com · Jul 17

Today is the Day of International Criminal Justice and 27 yrs since the Rome Statute was adopted.

I’m resharing my recent policy brief on the International Criminal Court, Netanyahu, and Berlin’s foreign policy dilemma.

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#ICC #IntlJustice

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The International Criminal Court, Netanyahu, and Berlin’s Dilemma

The International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a test of Germany’s oft-stated commitment to global rules and norms. Berlin should uphold the rule of...

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Africa Spectrum @africaspectrum.bsky.social · Jul 15

📩 Remember to email Seulgie Lim before getting started to avoid duplicate submissions!

➡️Please find all the details in our newsletter: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...

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German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) @giga-hamburg.de · Jul 4

Germany’s stance on the #ICC arrest warrant for #Netanyahu is a litmus test for Germany’s oft-stated commitment to global rules and norms. In our latest #GIGAFocus, @maxinerubin.com explores what’s at stake for Berlin, and the global justice system.

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The International Criminal Court, Netanyahu, and Berlin’s Dilemma

The International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a test of Germany’s oft-stated commitment to global rules and norms. Berlin should uphold the rule of...

www.giga-hamburg.de

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Maxine Rubin @maxinerubin.com · Jul 4

Thank you to my colleagues Andre Bank, Johannes Plagemann, Petra Brandt, Eduardo Valencia Laso, and Meenakshi Preisser. I am also indebted to the various interview respondents who helps inform my research generally on the ICC's relations with its member states.

Maxine Rubin @maxinerubin.com · Jul 4

This topic is sensitive, fast changing, and broad. I've focused on the arrest warrant by the ICC for Netanyahu as my anchor and so it is focused on the Israel/Palestine conflict.

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Maxine Rubin @maxinerubin.com · Jul 4

As the second-ever Review Conference takes place at the International Criminal Court next week, I'm happy to see my policy brief examining Germany's obligations to the ICC regarding the arrest warrant for Netanyahu is out:

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The International Criminal Court, Netanyahu, and Berlin’s Dilemma

The International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a test of Germany’s oft-stated commitment to global rules and norms. Berlin should uphold the rule of...

www.giga-hamburg.de

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Africa Spectrum @africaspectrum.bsky.social · Jul 1

📰We are excited to share that our Co-Editor-in-Chief,
@maxinerubin.com represented the journal at the European Conference on African Studies #ECAS2025!

Alongside other #AfricanStudies journals, she gave tips for how to get published🌍📚

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Africa Spectrum @africaspectrum.bsky.social · Jun 30

🆕Seulgie Lim shows how Muslim women in Senegal utilise Islam as a framework to navigate patriarchal norms and advance secular change through #genderparity activism.

#OpenAccess

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Maxine Rubin @maxinerubin.com · Jun 25

Africa Spectrum's impact factor is at its highest yet - 2.2!

We're still tied as no. 1 African studies journal, and now we're in the top 10 area studies journals 🤩

Thank you to our authors, associate editors, reviewers, editorial board, and YOU - our readers!

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Africa Spectrum @africaspectrum.bsky.social · Jun 24

🥳 📢Big news for Africa Spectrum!

The 2024 Impact Factor for Africa Spectrum is out—and it’s our highest yet: 2.2!

We’ve jumped to #9 of 182 in Area Studies—up from #15!
Still tied with African Affairs as the top journal in #AfricanStudies.

#OpenAccess

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Africa Spectrum @africaspectrum.bsky.social · Jun 20

🎯 Want to increase the chances of your manuscript going into peer review at Africa Spectrum? Ensure that it fits our journal’s aims and scope. Poor fit is a common reason for rejection.

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Maxine Rubin @maxinerubin.com · Jun 5

Given the tense debates in host states about migration, this review of Riggan and Poole's book is timely.

Africa Spectrum @africaspectrum.bsky.social · Jun 2

📕Danladi Abah reviews "Hosting States and Unsettled Guests: Eritrean Refugees in a Time of Migration Deterrence" by Jennifer Riggan and Amanda Poole, highlighting its potential for progressive policy reforms.

🔗https://doi.org/10.1177/00020397251344306

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Maxine Rubin @maxinerubin.com · Jun 5

We are pleased to publish this review of our associate editor, Elias Phaahla's book!

Africa Spectrum accepts unsolicited book reviews and the selection of Elias' book demonstrates the relevance of his research. We hope you enjoy the review... and book!

Africa Spectrum @africaspectrum.bsky.social · May 27

📕Haijie Wang and Jordy Orel Konda's appraisal of Elias Phaahla's book "The Political Economy of Divergent Welfare State in the Global South" argues that it deepens our understanding of welfare state development in the #GlobalSouth.

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Africa Spectrum @africaspectrum.bsky.social · Apr 24

🆕New issue of Africa Spectrum is out! Vol. 60(1) opens with articles tackling politics, decolonisation, climate justice, tech, land, migration, and memory-making across the continent.

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