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    In Praise of African Technocrats

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    Bargaining for progress? How elites can affect change towards development in Africa
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    Dams and the Technology-Development Nexus: The Case of the GERD

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    Podcast: The Making of Africa’s Economic Transformation

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    May 24, 2021
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    Development Partnerships or Transactional Politics? An Insight into the Continent’s Struggle for Economic Transformation

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    “Plus Ça Change, Plus C’est la Même Chose”: Review of K.Y. Amoako’s Know the Beginning Well

    By Shantayanan Devarajan
    May 11, 2021
    Book Review Debate: Know the Beginning Well
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    Putting Economic Policies into Practice: the K.Y. Guide

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    May 10, 2021
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    Bobrisky: A Mirror for Nigeria?

    By Unoma Azuah
    May 6, 2021
    Doing More on Sexuality Series: Queer Politics in Nigeria
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    France, the Military, and Strongman Politics in Chad

    By Marielle Debos
    April 30, 2021
    France military interventionism in Chad
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    The Possibilities and Intimacies of Queer African Screen Cultures

    By Uncategorised
    April 27, 2021
    Doing More on Sexuality Series: A Launch of Queer African Screen Cultures with JACS
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    More Stories about Mother’s Splashing Cunt and Father’s Perished Cock, Please

    By Kopano Ratele
    February 22, 2021
    Doing More On Sexuality Series: How is sex approached in African studies and the academy
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