Books in the Routledge Contemporary Africa series

Offering a fresh perspective drawn from the hitherto largely unknown Japanese research on the subject, Rethinking African Agriculture argues that rural communities in Africa are still shaped by non-agrarian factors both in livelihood strategy and social formation.

The book reflects on the role of the creative economies in a range of African countries (namely Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda). Chapters explore how creative economies emerge and can be supported in African countries.

Using a range of case studies, the contributors assess the challenges of adopting digital technologies by the media. They pay particular attention to how social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp have been appropriated by Africa language media.

This book examines the relationship between inequalities and identities in relation to an unprecedented state advocacy of "ethnic rights" in post-civil war Ethiopia.

This book explains how projects can be designed that increase food security through subsistence production. Focusing on particular people and projects, it gives a sociological analysis of why this is so difficult to manage.

This book explores various aspects of intra-national elite football in Africa, drawing upon the expertise of notable scholars from across the world.

This book explores health and care of the older population in Africa, focusing on policy and programmatic responses, gaps and future challenges related to health and care across the continent.

This book brings together scholars from diverse backgrounds to provide interdisciplinary perspectives on national healing, integration and reconciliation in Zimbabwe. It will be of interest to scholars of African Studies, conflict and reconciliation, and development studies.

The book discusses the status and importance of decolonisation and "indigenous" knowledge in academic research, teaching and learning programmes and beyond.

This book examines the everyday lives of ordinary Zimbabweans in the context of national crises in post-2000 Zimbabwe.

This book explores the role and place of popular, traditional and digital media platforms in the mediatization, representation and performance of various conflicts and peacebuilding interventions in the African context.

This book uses the lens of African and diasporic literature and film to explore how the practice of gendered violence breaches the human rights of people, especially women, children and minority groups.

Africa and the Global System of Capital Accumulation offers a groundbreaking analysis of the strategic role Africa plays in the global capitalist economy.

In the context of a global biometric turn, this book investigates processes of legal identification in Africa "from below". Drawing on empirical research conducted across 14 countries, the book documents the processes, practices and meanings of legal identification in Africa from the 1950s.

This book brings together African and European experts from a variety of disciplines to examine the origins and current state of the East African Community (EAC). It will be of interest to researchers working on economic development, international relations, peace and security, and African studies.

Affirming the wealth and diversity of the region which continues to inspire creative artistic productions, this book examines the depiction of the Delta region of the Niger through literature and other cultural art forms.

This book charts the history and contemporary landscape of African regionalism, investigating how regional cooperation can be used to help to tackle security and development challenges in Africa.