Review of African Political Economy

Volume 50, Issue 176
03 April 2023
Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE)
ROAPE Publisher

Table of contents

Coups and neo-colonialism147
Ruth First Prize: Musa Nxele on crony capitalist deals and investment in South Africa’s platinum belt
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Restitution of looted artefacts: a politico-economic issue Translated title: La restitution des objets pillés: un enjeu politico-économique 156
North Africa: the climate emergency and family farming Translated title: Afrique du Nord : urgence climatique et agriculture familiale 173
From energy racism to people’s power: unpacking the electricity crisis and resistance in Orange Farm, Johannesburg Translated title: Du racisme énergétique au pouvoir populaire : analyse de la crise de l'électricité et de la résistance à Orange Farm, Johannesburg 197
Generational populism and the political rise of Robert Kyagulanyi – aka Bobi Wine – in Uganda Translated title: Le populisme générationnel et l’ascension politique de Robert Kyagulanyi - alias Bobi Wine - en Ouganda 212
Evaluating the Pretoria Agreement: the limitations of presentist analysis of conflicts in Ethiopia234
Debating the implications of the Pretoria Agreement for Ethiopia: countering attempts to silence alternative voices243
Foreign debt versus organised labour: reflections on the UGTT’s stance on IMF loans in post-uprising Tunisia251
Surviving the Covid-19 lockdown: Zimbabwe’s informal sector, 2020–2021261
Soviet intelligence gathering in Africa in the 1960s and early 1970s: a review article272
Connecting people and voices for radical change in Africa290