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Recent books

Professor Eduard Jordaan recently published the book South Africa and the Human Rights Council: The Fate of the Liberal Order.
Research Associate Fabio Diaz has published the book Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Colombia Transitioning from Violence.

Professor Paul Bischoff is co-editor of the book Africa in Global International Relations Emerging approaches to theory and practice.

Dr Sally Matthews is editor of the book NGOs and Social Justice in South Africa and Beyond.
Dr Bongani Nyoka recently pulished the book The Social and Political Thought of Archie Mafeje.

ProfessorPaul Bischoff is the editor of the book African Foreign Policies-Selecting Signifiers to Explain Agency
Acharya, A.

Acharya, A. (2021) ASEAN and Regional Order Revisiting Security Community in Southeast Asia. London: Routledge. ISBN: 9781003122333.

Acharya, A. (2021) Making sense of international relations: Western and non-western approaches. In: Mishra, R., Hashim, A. and Milner, A. (eds.). Asia and Europe in the 21st Century New Anxieties, New Opportunities. London: Routledge. p.15-21. ISBN: 9781003148067.
Bischoff, P.H.

Bischoff, P.H. (2021) Oxford Encyclopedia of African Politics. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 1234567891012.
Jordaan, E.

Jordaan, E. (2021) African Rising Powers and Human Rights: Nigeria and South Africa on the UN Human Rights Council. In: Gok, G.O. and Mehmetcik, H. (eds.). The Crises of Legitimacy in Global Governance. London: Routledge Taylor and Francis. p.176-192. ISBN: 9780367652470.
Magadla, S.

Magadla, S. (2021) The lives of women ex-combatants in post-apartheid South Africa. In: Ex-Combatant Voices: Transitioning from War to Peace in Northern Ireland, South Africa and Sri Lanka. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. p.179-205. ISBN: 9783030615659.

Magadla, S. (2021) Theorizing African Women and Girls in Combat. In: Yacob-Haliso, O. and Falola, T. (eds.). The Palgrave Handbook of African Women's Studies. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. p.561-577. ISBN: 9783319770307.
Majavu, M.
Majavu, M. (2021) Colour-blind ideologies: The whiteness of liberalism and socialism. In: Hunter, S. and van der Westhuizen, C. (eds.). Routledge Handbook of Critical Studies in Whiteness. London: Routledge Taylor and Francis. p.113-125. ISBN: 9780367403799.

Majavu, M. (2021) ‘Kantsaywhere’: Black African Women inside the Australian Racial Crucible . In: Luna, Z. (ed.). Black Feminist Sociology: Perspectives and Praxis. London: Routledge Taylor and Francis. p.173-181. ISBN: 9781032057538.
Nyoka, B.
Nyoka, B. (2021) Mafeje and Magubane: Two Concepts of the ’South African Revolution’. In Ndlovu-Gatsheni, S.J. and Ngcaweni, B. (eds). The Contested Idea of South Africa. London: Routledge. p.114-133. ISBN: 9780367353599.

Nyoka, B. (2021) On African-American Consciousness of Africa: Reading Bernard Magubane’s The Ties That Bind. In Zondi, S. (ed.), African Voices: In Search of a Decolonial Turn. Pretoria: Africa Institute of South Africa, p.94-114. ISBN: 9780798305310.
Vincent, L.
Vincent, L. (2021) Puzzling Democracy. Pretoria: Van Schaik Publishers. ISBN: 9780627038174.

Other publications

Members of the department publish in a wide range of journals and other publications. Please see individual researchers’ pages for more information on our recent publications. Some of the recent highlights include:

John Onokwai (2020) Political economy of Nigeria–South Africa foreign direct investment relations and challenges of the manufacturing sector in Nigeria, 1999–2017, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 38:3, 331-347
Magadla S. (2020) Theorizing African Women and Girls in Combat. In: Yacob-Haliso O., Falola T. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of African Women's Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Available here.
Lock, Etienne. (2020). NIGERIA: UNDERSTANDING BOKO HARAM. Conflict Studies Quarterly. 72-86. 10.24193/csq.30.4. Available here.
Díaz Pabón, F. (2020). Right-wing populism and the mainstreaming of protests: The case of Colombia. Spanish Journal of Sociology / Revista Española De Sociología, 29(3 - Sup2), 169-177. Available here.
Chipaike R, Marufu E. Chinese Construction Companies and the Question of Labour Rights in Zimbabwe. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 2020;55(8):1163-1175. Available here.
Acharya, A. (2020). The Myth of the “Civilization State”: Rising Powers and the Cultural Challenge to World Order. Ethics & International Affairs, 34(2), 139-156. Available here
Sally Matthews (2020) Reviewing the South African Political Studies Curriculum: Evaluating Responses to Calls for Decolonisation, Politikon.Available here.
Amitav, A and Plesch,D (2020) The United Nations: Managing and Reshaping a Changing World Order, (20) 221-235. Available here
Acharya,A, Estevadeordal,A, Goodman,LW (2019) Reshaping Global Order in the 21st Century:G-Plus Leadership in a Multiplex World. Available here.
Magadla, S. and Cornell, N. (2019) The foreign policy legacies of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Maite Nkoana-Mashabane: Institutionalising Pan-Africanist visions and economic diplomacy. South African Foreign Policy Review: Foreign Policy, Change and the Zuma Years Vol.3. Pretoria: African Institute of South Africa.
Jordaan, E. (2019) South Africa and Civil and Political Rights on the United Nations Human Rights Council. Global Governance, 25(1):171-197. Available here.
Jordaan, E. (2019) Elephants in the Room: Botswana and the United Nations Universal Period Review. Nordic Journal of Human Rights, 37(1): 42-62. Available here.
Chiwandire, D. and Vincent, L. (2019) Funding mechanisms to foster inclusion in higher education institutions for students with disabilities: a critical appraisal. African Journal of Disability 8:1-12. Available here.
Chipaike, R. and Bischoff, P. (2018) A Challenge to Conventional Wisdom: Locating Agency in Angola’s and Ghana’s Economic Engagements with China. Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol. 53(7) 1002–1017. Available here.
Matthews, S. (2018) Confronting the Colonial Library: Teaching Political Studies Amidst Calls for a Decolonised Curriculum, Politikon, 45:1, 48-65, DOI: 10.1080/02589346.2018.1418204. Available here.
Grace Ese-osa Idahosa & Louise Vincent (2018) Strategic competence and agency: individuals overcoming barriers to change in South African higher education, Third World Quarterly, DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2018.1535273. Available here.
Munyuki, C. and L. Vincent. 2018. Strangers "at Home": Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Students’ strategies for Resisting Heteronormativity in University Residence Life. South African Journal of Higher Education, 32(3):64-80. Available here.
Matthews, S. (2017) Colonised minds? Post-development theory and the desirability of development in Africa, Third World Quarterly, 38(12): 2650-2663. Available here.
Chiwandire, D and L. Vincent. 2017. ‘Wheelchair users, access and exclusion in South African higher education’. African Journal of Disability. 6(0), a353. Available here.
Jordaan, E. 2017. The emerging middle power concept: Time to say goodbye? South African Journal of International Affairs, 24(3): 395-412. Available here.
Magadla, S. 2016. Women combatants and the liberation movements in South Africa: Guerrilla girls, combative mothers and the in-betweeners. In Gender, Peace and Security in Africa, edited by R. Sigsworth and C. Hendricks. New York: Routledge.
Eun, Y.S., Acharya, A. and Thalang, C. (2021) Unpacking the dynamics of weak states? agency. The Pacific Review. 2021 (2021). p.1-17. Available here.
Frueh, J., Diehl, P.F., Xiaoting, L.I., Gokcek, G., Kalpakian, J., Vlcek, W., Bower, A., Espinoza, R.S., Carranco, S., De Matos-Ala, J., Behera, N.C. and Acharya, A. (2021) Forum on Pedagogy: The Introductory Course in International Relations: Regional Variations. International Studies Perspectives. 22 (2021). p.125-159. Available here
Diaz Pabon, F.A., Leibbrandt, M., Ranchhod, V. and Savage, M. (2021) Piketty comes to South Africa. British Journal of Sociology, The. 72 (1). p.106-124. Available here
Diaz Pabon, F.A. (2021) Right-wing populism and the mainstreaming of protests: The case of Colombia. Revista Espanola de Sociologia. 29 (3). p.169-177. Available here
Jordaan, E. (2021) Worthy of membership? Rwanda and South Africa on the United Nations Human Rights Council. African Human Rights Law Journal. 21 (2). p.907-937. Available here
Lock, E. (2021) The concept of 'Republic' in Francophone African states: origin and impact. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 39. p.246-260. Available here
Lock, E. (2021) The intellectual dimension of the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC 1977) and its relevance today. Canadian Journal of African Studies. 56 (1). p.37-55. Available here
Magadla, S. (2021) Bridging through ‘women’s work’: African women and men chasing the rise of China. International Feminist Journal of Politics. 23 (2). p.243-262. Available here
Magadla, S., Magoqwana, B. and Motsemme, N. (2021) Thirty years of Male Daughters, Female Husbands: revisiting Ifi Amadiume’s questions on gender, sex and political economy. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 39 (4). p.517-533. Available here
Magadla, S., Magoqwana, B., Motsemme, N. and Mohoto, L. (2021) Sex, gender and Uvalo/Letswalo centred spirituality: in conversation with Gogo Mapitsi Mohoto. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 39 (4). p.634-643. Available here
Matthews, S. (2021) Decolonising while white: confronting race in a South African classroom. Teaching in Higher Education. 26 (7/8). p.1113-1121. Available here
Mulu, N.N.T. and Mbanza, K. (2021) COVID-19 and its Effects on the Lives and Livelihoods of Congolese Female Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the City of Cape Town. African Human Mobility Review (AHMR). 7 (1). p.1-23. Available here
Ximba, U.M.S. (2021) Beyond the rainbow: creative approaches as dialogue for LGBTQIA+ intimate partner violence. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 39 (4). p.618-633. Available here