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Chinese and African Migrant Entrepreneur’s Articulation Shaped By African Agency
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Strategic Review for Southern Africa 38 (2016) 2, pp. 156-166
Much has been written on the relationship of China and Africa in the past decade. However, the subject of Chinese … China: how Africans and their governments are shaping relations with China. Lanham/Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, xxix + 266 pp … of change? London: Zed books, vi + 185 pp. (4) French, Howard W. (2015): China's Second Continent: how a million migrants …
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Chinese and African migrant entrepreneur's articulation shaped by African agency
Kohnert, Dirk - 2016
Much has been written on the relationship of China and Africa in the past decade. However, the subject of Chinese …
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Magic and witchcraft: Implications for Democratization and poverty-alleviating aid in Africa
Kohnert, Dirk - In: World Development 24 (1996) 8, pp. 1347-1355
The belief in occult forces is still deeply rooted in many African societies, regardless of education, religion, and social class of the people concerned. According to many Africans its incidence is even increasing due to social stress and strain caused (among others) by the process of...
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Unternehmer und Grundherren Nord-Nigerias im Kampf um die politische Macht: Zum sozialen Aufstieg der einheimischen Wirtschaftselite in den nigerianischen Emiraten
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Africa Spectrum 13 (1978) 3, pp. 269-286
The traditional relationship of patronage and clientship between the landlords and the growing commercial class in Bida and in other Nigerian Emirates - firmly established during the 19th century - left indelible marks which influenced the pattern of social communication between these two...
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Democratisation via elections in an African 'narco state'? The case of Guinea-Bissau
Kohnert, Dirk - 2010
Recent development cooperation with Guinea-Bissau, focusing on good governance, statebuilding and conflict prevention, did not contribute to democratization nor to the stabilization of volatile political, military and economic structures. The portrayal of Guinea- Bissau as a failed...
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Togo: Thorny transitions and misguided aid at the roots of economic misery
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Elections and democratization in West Africa 1990 – 2009, (pp. 179-210). 2011
The parliamentary elections of October 2007, the first free Togolese elections since decades, were meant to correct at least partially the rigged presidential elections of 2005. Western donors considered it as a litmus test of despotic African regimes’ propensity to change towards...
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Entfremdung und Ausgrenzung: Afrikas neuer Nationalismus in Zeiten der Globalisierung
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Sociologus 58 (2008) 2, pp. 197-222
Der neue Nationalismus in Afrika und anderswo unterscheidet sich in Ursachen und Auswirkungen wesentlich von dem nationaler Unabhängigkeitsbewegungen der 1960er Jahre. Anders als der erste Nationalismus setzt der zweite weniger auf Einschluss denn auf Ausschluss von Bevölkerungsgruppen;...
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The impact of Brexit on Francophone Africa
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) (2019) Forthcoming
Whereas the impact of Brexit on Anglophone Africa was a major issue in the controversial British discussions on the pros and cons of Brexit, possible repercussions on French-speaking Africa have been rarely mentioned up to now. Yet, the range of possible Brexit effect is impressive, including...
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Senegal: Presidential elections 2019 - The shining example of democratic transition immersed in muddy power-politics.
Kohnert, Dirk; Marfaing, Laurence - In: Canadian Journal of African Studies (CJAS) 53 (2019) 2, pp. 355-366
Whereas Senegal has long been sold as a showcase of democracy in Africa, including peaceful political alternance, things apparently changed fundamentally with the Senegalese presidentials of 2019 that brought new configurations. One of the major issues was political side-switching that has been...
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Togo - 2018: Politique intérieure, affaires étrangères, développement socio-économique
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Africa Yearbook Volume 15 - Politics, economy and …, (pp. 179-188). 2019
Tout au long de l'année, les élections législatives controversées ont dominé le paysage politique. D'énormes manifestations antigouvernementales réclamaient en vain une alternance politique. Les élections législatives du 20 décembre 2018, boycottées par les principaux partis de...
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