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  • 1.
    Aaby, Peter
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    The state of Guinea-Bissau: African socialism or socialism in Africa?1978Report (Other academic)
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  • 2.
    Aasland, Tertit
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    On the move-to-the-left in Uganda 1969-1971: the Common man's charter - dissemination and attitude1974Report (Other academic)
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  • 3.
    Abdel-Rahim, Muddathir
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Changing patterns of civilian-military relations in the Sudan1978Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The purpose o this paper is to trace the development of the military involvement in Sudanese politics and make some suggestions towards the general assessment of its nature and consequences.

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  • 4.
    Abraham, Fofana
    et al.
    University of Liberia, Liberia.
    Persson, Henrik
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Research Unit.
    Themnér, Anders
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Research Unit. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Peace and Conflict Research.
    Yesterday warlord, today presidential candidate: ex-military leaders running for office in post-civil war societies2019Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    In many African countries where civil war raged not so long ago, former warlords are today running for office in elections. This policy note assesses the effect that these warlord democrats have on democratisation and security.

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  • 5.
    Adebajo, Adekeye
    et al.
    Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship (CAS), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
    Muvumba Sellström, Angela
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Research Unit. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Peace and Conflict Research.
    Pax Africana and Africa’s Post-Cold War Security Architecture: Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, and Peacebuilding2023Report (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
    Abstract [en]

    The University of Pretoria’s Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship (CAS) in South Africa; the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) in Uppsala, Sweden; and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, convened a high-level policy dialogue on "Pax Africana and Africa’s Post-Cold War Security Architecture: Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, and Peacebuilding." The meeting was held on 19 and 20 May 2023 in Addis Ababa. Representatives of the African Union (AU), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), as well as key policymakers from the United Nations (UN)and the European Union (EU); joined by leading academics, diplomats, and civil society activists, participated in the policy dialogue. The meeting addressed the role of key domestic, regional, and external actors in strengthening Africa’s post-Cold War security architecture across the continent’s five sub-regions. This report is based largely on key discussions and policy recommendations from the policy dialogue.  

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    Adetula, Victor
    University of Jos.
    Ethnicity and the dynamics of city politics: The case of Jos2005In: Urban Africa: Changing contours of survival in the city / [ed] Abdoumaliq Simone and Abdelghani Abouhani (eds.), London ; Dakar: Zed Books ; CODESRIA , 2005, p. 206-234Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 7.
    Adetula, Victor A. O.
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    African conflicts, development and regional organisations in the post-Cold War international system: the annual Claude Ake memorial lecture : Uppsala, Sweden 30 January 20142015Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    A number of recent studies have expressed optimism about the constant decrease in armed conflicts around the world. The prognosis for Africa does not reflect the same optimism. Poverty reduction, transparent and accountable governance and citizen satisfaction with the delivery of public goods and service have shown no sign of significant improvement. In this lecture, Victor Adetula examines the performance of Africa’s regional organisations in ensuring peace and security on the continent. In doing this, he draws attention to the need for national and regional actors to pay attention to good governance and development as part of their efforts to operate effective collective security systems and conflict resolution mechanisms without ignoring the essence of the global context.

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  • 8. Adetula, Victor
    et al.
    Bereketeab, Redie
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Research Unit.
    Laakso, Liisa
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Research Unit.
    Levin, Jörgen
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Research Unit.
    The legacy of Pan-Africanism in African integration today2020Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Pan-Africanism was a vital force in the decolonisation and liberation struggles of the African continent. Today, some regional integration initiatives are part of the legacy of Pan-Africanism. Nevertheless, a retreat in Pan-Africanist consciousness justifies the on-going reform of the African Union and other related platforms for African regional integration, peace and development.

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  • 9. Adie, W. A. C.
    et al.
    Widstrand, Carl-Gösta
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Hamrell, Sven
    The Soviet bloc, China and Africa1964Book (Other academic)
  • 10. Aina, Tade Akin
    et al.
    Etta, Florence E.
    Obi, Cyril I.
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    The Search for a Sustainable Urban Development in Metropolitan Lagos, Nigeria: Problems and Prospects1994In: Third World Planning Review, ISSN 0142-7849, Vol. 16, no 2, p. 201-219Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 11.
    Akindès, Francis
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    The roots of the military-political crises in Côte d'Ivoire2004Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    With the coup d’etat of 24 December 1999 and the politico-military conflict that started on 19 September 2002, Côte d’Ivoire broke with its tradition of political stability, which had served as a model in the West African sub-region. It is now facing an unprecedented crisis that is not only jeopardising the continuity of the state, but has also introduced a culture of violence into the society.This study has three objectives. The primary one is to understand the nature of this socio-political crisis, and what is at stake in it. Secondly, the study examines the issue of ivoirité. Finally, it explores the escalation of violence in this socio-political crisis and the catalogue of justifications for that violence.It is argued that the recurrence of military coups d’etat in Côte d’Ivoire signifies the delegitimisation of the modes of regulation built on the tontine system, and calls for a renewal of the political grammar and socio-political regulatory modalities around integrating principles that have yet to be devised.

    CONTENT

    Introduction

    CHAPTER 1. The Three Parameters of the Houphouët Boigny Compromise

    Deliberate and centralised openness policy to the outside world

    Philosophy of the “peanut roasters”

    Paternalistic management of social diversity

    CHAPTER 2. Houphouetism Shows Signs of Wear and Tear under Democratisation

    Confronting the issues: the political class and the criteria for political representation and legitimacy

    “Ivoirité” under Bédié, or the selective function of an ideology

    General Gueï’s variable-geometry Houphouetism

    The RDR, or Houphouetism the wrong way round

    The FPI, or the theoretical expression radical schism Immigration and its politicisation

    CHAPTER 3. The Problematic of “Ivoirité” and the Meaning of History in Côte d’Ivoire

    The social and political construction of “Ivoirité”

    Ideological justification

    Political justification

    Economic justification

    The constitution and ethno-nationalism

    Military coups d’état as therapy for “Ivoirité”?

    CHAPTER 4. The Course of History, or the Need for the Invention of Another Social Contract

    Alassane Dramane Ouattarra (ADO): symbol of the reality underlying the question of being a national

    An alternative to “slice” citizenship

    Bibliography

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  • 12.
    Angerbrandt, Henrik
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Conflict, Displacement and Transformation.
    A fair electoral process can ease divisions in Nigeria: decentralised politics brought on a new set of challenges in the north2015Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Decentralisation is regarded as a way of reducing political competition between people. However, studies in Nigeria show that decentralised politics actually can fuel confl icts and ethnic divisions as community identities become basis for representation.The February 2015 elections have – if the electoral process is free and fair – a potential to ease some of the divisions that decentralisation has fuelled in northern Nigeria.

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  • 13.
    Angerbrandt, Henrik
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Research Unit.
    Nigeria and the Lake Chad Region beyond Boko Haram2017Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    In light of a recent UN Security Council resolution on the Lake Chad region, this policy note identifies major challenges that need to be addressed to create conditions for actors in the region to build a lasting peace. The issues include demobilising local vigilantes and resolving land-related conflicts.

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  • 14.
    Arnfred, Signe
    et al.
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Utas, Mats
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Cheru, Fantu
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Hammar, Amanda
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Havnevik, Kjell
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Kamete, Amin Y.
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Lindell, Ilda
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Myhre, Knut Christian
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Ngangjoh Hodu, Yenkong
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Obi, Cyril I.
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Oinas, Elina
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Palmberg, Mai
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Thorsen, Dorte
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Re-thinking Africa: A Contribution to the Swedish Government White Paper on Africa2007Report (Other academic)
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  • 15. Bahru, Zewde
    et al.
    Pausewang, SiegfriedThe Nordic Africa Institute.
    Ethiopia: the challenge of democracy from below2002Collection (editor) (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Constitutionally Ethiopia is a federal democratic state although in practice it is dominated by one political coalition. The opposition parties claim they have no chance of challenging the incumbent. The rural majority, as ever, feel controlled from above, unable to influence political decisions. Observers describe elections as manipulated and non-representative of the will of the people for whom the word "democracy" frequently appears to be synonymous with domination and coercion. Democracy is a concept reflecting European philosophies, struggles and concerns. Many Ethiopian ethnic groups have traditions which may offer more satisfactory and culturally acceptable foundations for a "sovereignty of the people" through time-honoured ways of voicing political ideas, ironic observations and vital interests. In line with modern urban life Ethiopians also organise and express their interests in non-governmental organisations, the independent press and advocacy groups representing political and social alternatives. The contributors to this book analyse the democratic potential of these movements and practices, their ability to give a voice to the view from below and their potential contribution to a more genuine participation by the majority of Ethiopians in democratic decision making and bringing the sovereignty of the people a step closer to reality.

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  • 16.
    Baker, Bruce
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Multi-choice policing in Africa2008Book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Policing is crucial to how Africans experience the freedoms of democracy and determines to a large degree the levels of economic investment they will enjoy. Yet it is a neglected area of study. Based on field research, this book reveals the surprising variety of people involved in policing besides the state police. Indeed many Africans are faced with a wide choice of public and private, legal and illegal, effective and ineffective policing. Policing in Africa is very much more than what the police do. It concerns the activities of business interests, residential communities, cultural groups, criminal organisations, local political figures and governments. How people negotiate this 'multi-choice' of policing options, and the implications of this for government and donor security policy, is the subject of this book It covers policing in all its forms in Sub-Saharan Africa, including two case studies of Uganda and Sierra Leone.

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  • 17.
    Baldwin, Alan
    et al.
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Wästberg, Per
    Hall, Anthony
    Ekström, Margareta
    Dimbaza - dödens hemland: bilder från tvångsförflyttningarnas Sydafrika1976Book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
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  • 18.
    Beckman, Björn
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Organising the farmers: cocoa politics and national development in Ghana1976Book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The United Ghana Farmers' Council was the farmers' wing of the Convention People's Party, which, led by Kwame Nkrumah, gained independence for Ghana in 1957. The Farmers' Council was dissolved and banned in 1966, together with other CPP organisations, after a military coup had overthrown the Nkrumah government. This book is primarly about the Farmers' Council and its functions in the political and economic system established by the CPP.

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  • 19.
    Benabdallah, Lina
    et al.
    Wake Forest University, USA.
    Murillo-Zamora, Carlos
    University of Costa Rica; National University of Costa Rica.
    Adetula, Victor
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Research Unit. University of Jos, Nigeria.
    Global South Perspectives on International Relations Theory2017In: International Relations Theory / [ed] Stephen McGlinchey, Rosie Walters , Christian Scheinpflug, Bristol, England: E-International Relations Publishing , 2017, p. 125-130Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The Global South is generally understood to refer to less economically developed countries. It is a broad term that comprises a variety of states with diverse levels of economic, cultural, and political influence in the international order. Although International Relations is an interdisciplinary field of study, it has historically been studied from a very Eurocentric perspective that does not always help us to understand developments occurring in  the  Global  South. Understanding Global South perspectives starts with a discussion of the Western-centric focus of mainstream IR theories. It also recognises the challenges facing scholars from the Global South that might help to explain why Global South perspectives are largely absent from mainstream debates. The ultimate goal is to broaden the field of view within IR theory to incorporate a more just and representative understanding of international relations.

  • 20.
    Bereketeab, Redie
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Conflict, Displacement and Transformation.
    Democracy or one-party system: political development in the Sudan after the 2015 election2015Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    In June, Al-Bashir, Sudan's leader since 1989, was sworn in for another five years as president. Few if any experts had expected any other outcome of the 2015 election. But will the 71 year old ex-military leader, who is accused by the ICC of war crimes in Darfur, continue his initiatives for national dialogue and overcome the country's major economic and security hurdles?

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  • 21.
    Bereketeab, Redie
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Conflict, Displacement and Transformation.
    Post-Liberation State Building in South Sudan: Potentials and Challenges2014In: Journal of African Foreign Affairs, ISSN 2056-564x, Vol. 1, no 1, p. 25-60Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper seeks to examine the post-liberation state building endeavour in South Sudan. Two civil wars stretching over more than five decades in quest for self-determination resulted in the secession of South Sudan. A negotiated settlement formalised in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed between the ruling National Congress Party and Sudan people's Liberation Movement in 2005 offered South Sudan the possibility to determine it destiny through popular plebiscite. When the plebiscite took place in January 2011, south Sudanese voted overwhelmingly for secession. On 9 July 2011 South Sudan was declared sovereign state that paved the way for the arduous process of state building. The nascent state was however born into serious problems. This article seeks to analyse the problems and enablement the nascent state encounters.

  • 22.
    Bereketeab, Redie
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Conflict, Displacement and Transformation.
    Revisiting The Eritrean National Liberation Movement, 1960-19612016Book (Refereed)
  • 23.
    Bereketeab, Redie
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Conflict, Displacement and Transformation.
    State Building-Peace Building Nexus: The Horn of Africa2015In: The Algerian Journal of Political Sciences and International Relations, ISSN 1111-2115, no 4Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 24.
    Bereketeab, Redie
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Conflict, Displacement and Transformation.
    Supra-Ethnic Nationalism: The case of Eritrea2002In: African Sociological Review, ISSN 1027-4332, Vol. 6, no 2, p. 137-152Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 25.
    Bereketeab, Redie
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Conflict, Displacement and Transformation.
    The Eritrea-Ethiopia Conflict and the Algiers Agreement: Eritrea's road to isolation2009In: Eritrea's External Relations: Understanding its regional role and foreign policy / [ed] Richard Reid, London: Chatham House , 2009, 1, p. 98-130Chapter in book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 26.
    Bereketeab, Redie
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Research Unit.
    The Ethiopia-Eritrea Rapprochement: Peace and Stability in the Horn of Africa2019Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This book examines the Ethiopia–Eritrea rapprochement and asks whether it might lead to peace and stability in the Horn of Africa. The Algiers Agreement (2000) that was mediated by the international community – the UN, OAU, EU and USA (the same parties that also served as witnesses and guarantors) – was supposed to be final and binding. But when the Eritrea–Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) published its verdict, Ethiopia rejected it on the grounds that it awarded Badme, the flashpoint of the war, to Eritrea. The witnesses and guarantors, abdicating their responsibility, failed to exert pressure on Ethiopia, which led to a situation of ‘no war, no peace’. This stalemate lasted for 16 years, until July 2018. The recent rapprochement is driven by internal dynamics, rather than by external mediation. This has fundamentally reshaped the relationship between the two countries. The impact of the resolution of the Ethiopia–Eritrea conflict goes beyond the borders of the two countries, and has indeed brought fundamental change to the region. Full diplomatic relations have been restored between Eritrea and Somalia; and the leaders of Eritrea and Djibouti have met in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This all raises the issue of whether a peace deal driven by internal dynamics fares better than one that is externally mediated. The central question that this book attempts to address is: what factors led to the resolution of a festering conflict? The book explains and analyses the rapprochement, which it argues was made possible by the maturing of objective and subjective conditions in Ethiopia and by the trust factor in Eritrea.

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  • 27.
    Bereketeab, Redie
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Research Unit.
    The Interplay between National, Regional and International Dynamics in the Production of Conflicts in the Horn of Africa2016In: Journal of Oromo studies, ISSN 1070-2202, Vol. 23, no 1-2, p. 53-73Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 28.
    Bereketeab, Redie
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Conflict, Displacement and Transformation.
    Why South Sudan conflict is proving intractable: Ugandan forces and lack of international commitment two reasons2015Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    In December 2013 war broke out in South Sudan as a result of the power struggle between President Salva Kiir and the ex-vice president Riek Machar. Violence from both sides led to massacres and millions of displaced persons. Agreements to end hostilities have so far been violated. A sustainable peace calls for Ugandan forces to leave South Sudan. The political parties have to reform and be a part of national reconciliation instead of fighting one another.

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  • 29.
    Beyene, Atakilte
    et al.
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Research Unit.
    Adetula, Victor
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Research Unit.
    Ethiopia in the United Nations Security Council 2017-20182017Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Enforce the ‘African solutions to African problems’ principle in the UN and promote cooperation with the African Union and its regional communities. That is what Ethiopia should work for during its two-year term in the Security Council. To perform on this global stage, the Ethiopian government has to address its domestic democracy and governance issues.

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  • 30.
    Bhagavan, Malur Ramanna
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Angola: prospects for socialist industrialisation1980Report (Other academic)
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  • 31.
    Bjarnesen, Jesper
    et al.
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Conflict, Displacement and Transformation.
    Lanzano, Cristiano
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Agrarian Change, Property and Resources.
    Burkina Faso's one-week coup and its implications for free and fair elections2015Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    In the upcoming elections in Burkina Faso, there’s a need for a clear democratic break with the three decades of de facto one-party rule. At the same time, a moderate approach is needed in dealing with the controversial legacy of the former regime, to avoid further polarisation in an already fraught political situation. These are the recommendations of Jesper Bjarnesen and Cristiano Lanzano, senior researchers at the Nordic Africa Institute, in a policy note on Burkina Faso’s one-week coup and its implications for free and fair elections.

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  • 32.
    Bjarnesen, Jesper
    et al.
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Research Unit.
    van Baalen, Sebastian
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Peace and Conflict Research.
    Ouattara's third-term bid raises old fears: risk of violence in Côte d'Ivoire's upcoming presidential elections2020Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The unexpected death this summer of the front-runner in the upcoming elections and incumbent President Ouattara’s contested move to run for a third term in office have increased the risk of electoral violence in the ethnically divided Côte d’Ivoire. The threat of a return to armed conflict, as we saw after the 2010 elections, should not be excluded.

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  • 33.
    Boafo-Arthur, Kwame
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Democracy and stability in west Africa:the Ghanaian experience2008Report (Other academic)
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  • 34.
    Boesen, Jannik
    et al.
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Storgaard Madsen, Birgit
    Moody, Tony
    Ujamaa: socialism from above1977Book (Other academic)
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  • 35.
    Buur, Lars
    et al.
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Jensen, SteffenStepputat, Finn
    The security-development nexus: expressions of sovereignty and securitization in Southern Africa2007Collection (editor) (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The link between security and development has been rediscovered after 9/11 by a broad range of scholars. Focusing on Southern Africa, the Security-Development Nexus shows that the much debated linkage is by no means a recent invention. Rather, the security/development linkage has been an important element of the state policies of colonial as well as post-colonial regimes during the Cold War, and it seems to be prospering in new configurations under the present wave of democratic transitions. Contributors focus on a variety of contexts from South Africa, Mozambique and Namibia, to Zimbabwe and Democratic Congo; they explore the nexus and our understanding of security and development through the prism of peace-keeping interventions, community policing, human rights, gender, land contests, squatters, nation and state-building, social movements, DDR programmes and the different trajectories democratization has taken in different parts of the region.

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  • 36.
    Buur, Lars
    et al.
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Kyed, Helene Maria
    State recognition of traditional authority in Mozambique: the nexus of community representation and state assistance2005Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    How should the Mozambican traditional leaders' double role as community representatives and state assistants be captured? This discussion paper addresses some fundamental questions pertaining to the 2002 official recognition of traditional leaders as community authorities. After a brief history of the changing role of, and faith in, traditional authorities as a basis for understanding the importance of their recent official recognition, the paper outlines the key objectives of the Decree 15/2000 that officially recognises community authorities. Some of the key concepts underpinning the Decree are then critically assessed. It is argued that the double role that community authorities are expected to fulfil as both community-representatives and state-assistants is not equally balanced in the Decree: the scale tips heavily towards the state-assistance aspect. The reasons for this are explored in the context of a set of reified notions underpinning the Decree, such as its understanding of 'traditional rules' and the concept of 'community'. The paper concludes by pointing out some unintended con-sequences of these reified notions for kin-based forms of community authority and especially for the ideal of community participation.

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  • 37.
    Byerley, Andrew
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Urban Dynamics.
    Monumental politics in Namibia2011In: Annual Report : 2010: The rise of africa: miracle or mirage?, ISSN 1104-5256, Vol. 2010, p. 36-37Article in journal (Other academic)
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  • 38.
    Chambers, Robert
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Managing rural development: ideas and experience from East Africa1978Book (Other academic)
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  • 39.
    Cheru, Fantu
    et al.
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Globalization, Trade and Regional Integration.
    Obi, CyrilThe Nordic Africa Institute, Conflict, Displacement and Transformation.
    The Rise of China and India in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and Critical Interventions2010Collection (editor) (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In recent years, China and India have become the most important economic partners of Africa and their footprints are growing by leaps and bounds, transforming Africa's international relations in a dramatic way. Although the overall impact of China and India's engagement in Africa has been positive in the short-term, partly as a result of higher returns from commodity exports fuelled by excessive demands from both countries, little research exists on the actual impact of China and India's growing involvement on Africa's economic transformation.

    This book examines in detail the opportunities and challenges posed by the increasing presence of China and India in Africa, and proposes critical interventions that African governments must undertake in order to negotiate with China and India from a stronger and more informed platform.

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  • 40.
    Clayton, Anthony
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    The 1948 Zanzibar general strike1976Report (Other academic)
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  • 41.
    Courson, Elias
    The Nordic Africa Institute, Conflict, Displacement and Transformation.
    Movement for the emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND): political marginalization, repression and petro-insurgency in the Niger Delta2009Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This Discussion paper addresses the linkages between the political economy of oil and violent conflict in Nigeria’s main oil and gas producing region, the Niger Delta. It is based on a case study of the insurgent Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), which has targeted and attacked the interests of international oil companies and the federal government in the oil-rich, but impoverished, Niger Delta region of Nigeria, in its professed campaign for the control of the oil wealth of the region for the benefit of local people. Through this study of MEND, fresh perspectives are brought to bear on the causes and ramifications of the oil conflict in the region, and the role of various actors at the local, national and international levels. This is important in grasping the nature of the violence in the Niger Delta and Nigeria and the enormity of the task of resolving the complex conflict in which the region is immersed. It is a challenge, which as the author argues, transcends the resort to the militarized or securitized solutions that often fail to adequately address the roots of conflict.

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  • 42.
    Davidson, Basil
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Afrika i det tjugonde seklet1991 (ed. 2)Book (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Ny omarbetad upplaga. Afrikas moderna politiska och sociala historia presenteras här insiktsfullt och översiktligt på ett sätt som gör den till ett standardverk i sig och en oundgänglig bakgrund till de enskilda afrikanska ländernas historia. Boken har skrivits i skuggan av de kriser som många afrikanska samhällen och institutioner drabbades av i slutet av 1900-talet och som fortfarande pågår. Bokens författare, den kände afrikaexperten Basil Davidson, diskuterar orsakerna till sönderfallet och de afrikanska staternas sårbarhet. Men han tar också itu med de industrialiserade ländernas misslyckanden att förändra förhållandet mellan de rika länderna i nord och de fattiga i syd. Boken avslutas med en diskussion om hur Afrika idag söker sina egna lösningar. I boken finns ett detaljrikt och praktiskt index och flera specialritade kartor. Den är lämplig som studie- och referensbok på gymnasiet och i vuxenutbildningen.

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  • 43.
    Davidson, Basil
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Kap Verde: de lyckliga öarna1990Book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Med hjälp av tidigare okänt historiskt material, unika intervjuer och egna intryck från ett flertal resor till Kap Verde, levandegör den brittiske historikern Basil Davidson Kap Verdes långa historia av förtryck och hungersnöd, dess frigörelsekamp och dess unika experiment med demokratiskt styre efter självständigheten.

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  • 44.
    Davies, Robert
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    South African strategy towards Mozambique in the post-Nkomati period: a critical analysis of effects and implications1985Report (Other academic)
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  • 45.
    Dessalegn, Rahmato
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Agrarian reform in Ethiopia1984Book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This book is the first full-length study of the land reform and the resultant social changes in rural Ethiopia.

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  • 46.
    Ebeku, Kaniye S. A.
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    The succession of Faure Gnassingbe to the Togolese presidency: an international law perspective2005Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The African renaissance - the renewal of the continent - effectively started in the last decade of the second millennium. A critical element is the increasing and widespread democratic awakening in all parts of Africa since the early 1990s as evidenced by the number of multi-party elections. Demonstrating their commitment to democracy, African leaders, under the auspices of regional organizations such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU), have increasingly made a number of treaties, declarations and other political commitments in the field of democracy and good governance (including the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the Declaration on Africa’s Response to Unconstitutional Changes of Government). Significantly, the recent politico-constitutional crisis in Togo, occasioned by the sudden death of President Gnassingbe Eyadema in early February 2005, after he had ruled the country with an iron-fist for 38 years, and the interim succession of his son, Faure Gnassingbe, to the presidency, raised issues of democracy and good governance and provided an opportunity for African countries to test the effectiveness of the various democracy-related instruments. Adopting a legal-jurisprudential perspective, the author skillfully examines the contradictions between the regional-international legal instruments that permit interference in the internal affairs of a Member State of ECOWAS and AU and the principles of international law that provide for sovereign equality of States and non-interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign State. Undoubtedly, this work will interest scholars, students and researchers in international law, international politics and international relations as well as general readers, especially those interested in African affairs.

    CONTENT

    Introduction

    Politico-Constitutional Antecedents of the Recent Developments

    Regional Instruments on Democratic Principles in Africa

    Some Basic Principles of International Law: In a Nutshell Faure’s Succession: Validity of the Removal of Fambare Ouattara Natchaba from Office

    Faure’s Succession and Legality of Constitutional Amendment

    Faure’s Succession and the Doctrine of State Necessity

    Faure’s Succession and Regional Instruments on Democracy and Good Governance

    Concluding Remarks

    References

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  • 47.
    Egerö, Bertil
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Colonization and migration: a summary of border-crossing movements in Tanzania before 19671979Report (Other academic)
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  • 48.
    Egerö, Bertil
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Mozambique: a dream undone1987Book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This study is a penetrating insight into the historical process of formation of a new state; the steps taken to create the basis for a democratic development, and the forces working for economic modernisation through centralisation and advanced technology. The study centers on conflicts between these two approaches in a poor and illiterate society. It connects the pre-independence processes with the politically dynamic period up to the the Party Congress of 1983 and the Nkomati Agreement with South Africa. It links the macro-perspective of Maputo to the efforts and frustrations of the simple peasants in the north.

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  • 49.
    Egerö, Bertil
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    South Africa's bantustans: from dumping grounds to battlefronts1991Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Within the South African State there are ten different bantustan "states", complete with administrations, military and police. Once the bantustans were described as "dumping grounds". In this paper the author shows that they are much more than that. They have turned into scenes of protest and resistance against apartheid. The bantustan leaders today are needed both by Pretoria and the ANC, and also try to defend their own interests. A post-apartheid government may need the bantustan state machinery as instruments of order and reform. This paper discusses the implications of this scenario.

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  • 50.
    Eriksen, Tore Linné
    The Nordic Africa Institute.
    Modern African history: some historiographical observations1979Report (Other academic)
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