Abstracts

Archaeology and Paleontology

0001. Abd El-Rahman, Y., & Serneels, V. (2022). Iron production in Ptolemaic Egypt: From the Abu Gerida specular hematite mines to the Hamama smelting workshop. Geoarchaeology, 37(2), 245–266. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21884

The bloomery iron smelting process in the Hamama workshop produced two types of slag: furnace slags and tapping slags.

0002. Antonites, A., Ashley, C., Coutu, A., O'Connor, S., & Tiley-Nel, S. (2022). Object biography of a decorated ivory artefact from Vryheid (MNR04), a Late Iron Age site in the Limpopo Valley of South Africa. South African Archaeological Bulletin, 77(216), 4–16.

The artifact could have been a pommel or decorative knob on the sheath of a ceremonial knife.

0003. Arnaiz-Villena, A., Palacio-Gruber, J., Ruiz-del Valle, V., Sanchez-Orta, A., . . . Suarez-Trujillo, F. (2022). Cumbres Mayores (Huelva, Spain): A new striking megalith complex and its incise Lineal Megalithic and Tartessian scripts. International Journal of Modern Anthropology, 2(17), 778–802. https://doi.org/10.4314/ijma.v2i17.4

Lineal Megalithic Scripts are present here on the rocks, the menhirs, which also contain figure engravings, and even extending to Algeria (Ti-m Missaou site).

0004. Bader, G.D., Sommer, C., Conard, N.J., & Wadley, L. (2022). The final MSA of eastern South Africa: a comparative study between Umbeli Belli and Sibhudu. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 57(2), 197–238. https://doi.org/10.1080/0067270X.2022.2078553

The final Middle Stone Age encompasses diachronic variability within relatively short time frames at Umbeli Belli.

0005. Best, J., Doherty, S., Armit, I., Boev, Z., . . . Sykes, N. (2022). Redefining the timing and circumstances of the chicken's introduction to Europe and north-west Africa. Antiquity, 96(388), 868–882. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.90

A time-lag between the introduction of chickens and their consumption by humans suggests that these animals were initially regarded as exotica.

0006. Bolin, A., & Nkusi, D. (2022). Rwandan solutions to Rwandan problems: Heritage decolonization and community engagement in Nyanza District, Rwanda. Journal of Social Archaeology, 22(1), 3–25. https://doi.org/10.1177/14696053211053974

Nyanza’s heritage stakeholders highly value heritage’s social and economic roles, but communities are also significantly alienated from heritage resources.

0007. Derara-Megenassa, W. (2022). The life history of coffee-related pottery traditions in Ethiopia: Ethnoarchaeology and formation processes of the archaeological record. Ethnoarchaeology, 14(2), 81–107. https://doi.org/10.1080/19442890.2022.2127269

Two traditions of brewing coffee are associated with two different pottery assemblages.

0008. Duval, M., Hoerlé, S., Namono, C., Ndlovu, N., . . . Filix, M. (2022). "Why is it not enough to have beautiful rock art sites to attract tourists?" Challenges facing cultural heritage tourism in a remote area, Limpopo Province, South Africa. South African Archaeological Bulletin, 77(216), 31–47.

We provide a synoptic and holistic assessment of the challenges facing tourist development projects in remote areas.

0009. Ehlert, M., Kim, J.Y., Sohn, J.K., Cendrowska, M., . . . Masojć, M. (2022). The Middle Stone Age in the Eastern Desert. EDAR 135 — a buried early MIS 5 horizon from Sudan. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 57(2), 155–196. https://doi.org/10.1080/0067270X.2022.2078561

There is a dominance of simple, non-predetermined core reduction strategies and expedient tool types, coupled with the lack of traces of Nubian Levallois technique.

0010. Foecke, K.K., Hammond, A.S., & Kelley, J. (2022). Portable x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy geochemical sourcing of Miocene primate fossils from Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution, 170, 103234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103234.

Confirmation of the accurate provenience of the specimens also facilitates taxonomic attribution and resulted in additions to the morphological characterizations of some species.

0011. Forssman, T., & Van Zyl, S. (2022). A preliminary analysis of the backed stone tool assemblage at Little Muck Shelter. South African Archaeological Bulletin, 77(216), 57-66.

The low frequency of backed tools and abundance of scrapers may underscore the site's function as a trade or exchange center.

0012. Herrerín, J., & Carmenate, M.M. (2022). Sexual dimorphism in crania belonging to the 1st century AD from the tomb of Mentuemhat (TT34), Luxor, Egypt. Anthropological Science, 130(2), 135–145. https://doi.org/10.1537/ase.220128

The width of the zygomatic arch, its robustness, and the resulting degree of sexual dimorphism may be due to dietary and/or cultural habits related to chewing and the use of the mouth as a tool.

0013. Holl, A.F.C. (2022). Emergent complexity and political economy of the Houlouf polity in North Central Africa (1900 BCE-1800 CE). International Journal of Modern Anthropology, 2(17), 669–718. https://doi.org/10.4314/ijma.v2i17.1

I examine the concomitant changes in site-location, flows, distribution, consumption of long-distance traded items, and patterns of craft specialization.

0014. Huffman, T.N. (2022). Harare burial pottery in north-east Zimbabwe. South African Archaeological Bulletin, 77(216), 17–30.

Harare pottery was made by Tavara, or Tavara-related people, who were either displaced or absorbed by incoming Karanga speakers.

0015. Mallen, L., Pearce, D., Arthur, C., & Mitchell, P. (2022). The rock arts of Metolong: Paintings, Archaeology and cultural resource management in western Lesotho. Journal of African Archaeology, 20(2), 176–201. https://doi.org/10.1163/21915784-bja10017

Contextual evidence suggests that the art relates to male identity and, in the case of ochre smears and handprints, specifically to male initiation rituals.

0016. Marks, L., Welc, F., Woronko, B., Krzymińska, J., . . .. Zalat, A. (2022). High-resolution insight into the Holocene environmental history of the Burullus Lagoon in northern Nile delta, Egypt. Quaternary Research, 107, 87–103. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2021.63

The Burullus Lagoon is environmentally diverse including salt marshes, mudflats, and sand plains, and separated from a sea by a sand barrier overtopped with high sand dunes.

0017. Proffitt, T., Bargalló, A., & de la Torre, I. (2022). The effect of raw material on the identification of knapping skill: A case study from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 29(1), 50–82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-021-09511-z

We suggest that raw material has a significant effect on identifying knapper skill variation.

0018. Reynard, J.P. (2022). Tracking occupational intensity using archaeo-faunal data: Case studies from the late Pleistocene in the Southern Cape of South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 29(1), 214–250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-021-09513-x

Anthropogenic bone surface modifications appear to be effective in tracking occupational patterns, with trampling a particularly useful indicator.

0019. Schoville, B.J., Brown, K.S., & Wilkins, J. (2022). A lithic provisioning model as a proxy for landscape mobility in the Southern and Middle Kalahari. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 29(1), 162–187. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-021-09507-9

Place provisioning strategies include logistic foraging, with evidence for increased occupation duration in areas closer to water.

0020. Toonen, W.H.J., Cortebeeck, K., Hendrickx, S., Bader, B., . . . Willems, H. (2022). The hydro-geomorphological setting of the Old Kingdom town of al-Ashmūnayn in the Egyptian Nile Valley. Geoarchaeology, 37(2), 267–283. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21894

The regional borehole survey demonstrates that major geomorphological reconfigurations of the fluvial landscape occurred throughout the late Holocene.

0021. Walz, J.R., & Kwekason, A.P. (2022). Ceramics, copal and coconut: Results of archaeological investigations at Mlongo, Mafia Island, Tanzania, AD 250-1000. South African Archaeological Bulletin, 77(216), 67–75.

Ceramic traditions found are Triangular Incised Ware-early Tana Tradition, Plain Ware, Swahili Ware, and Post-Swahili Ware.

0022. Wozniak, M.M., & Belka, Z. (2022). The provenance of ancient cotton and wool textiles from Nubia: Insights from technical textile analysis and strontium isotopes. Journal of African Archaeology, 20(2), 202–216. https://doi.org/10.1163/21915784-bja10019

We suggest that the kilim was woven by the Beni Ikrima people from local Nubian raw material.

0023. Zwane, B., & Bamford, M. (2022). Possible avenues for archaeological charcoal studies in Southern Africa: Preliminary studies using charcoal remains from Sibudu and Border caves. South African Archaeological Bulletin, 77(216), 48–56.

Our study can provide reliable additional data about palaeoenvironments and complements anthracology results.

Arts (Dance, folklore, graphic arts, music)

0024. Akwetteh, L. (2022). ‘The road is blocked’: Notions of sound and silence in the Ga Hɔmɔwɔ festival, a Teshie perspective. Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa, 19(1-2), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.2989/18121004.2022.2153449

I explore from a Teshie perspective the notions of the code and how it impacts the music performances of the Hɔmɔwɔ festival.

0025. Chamisa, V., & Machafa, I. (2021). The adaptation and development of jiti for popular music performance in Zimbabwe. Muziki, 18(1), 3–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/18125980.2021.1963314

We identified various adaptation strategies used by both the Bhundu Boys and Baba Harare to reconstitute jiti for popular music performance.

0026. Cochrane, T. (2022). The politics of literature in Malawi: Filemon Chirwa, Nthanu za Chitonga and the battle for the Atonga tribal council. Africa, 92(5), 819–838. https://doi.org/10.1017/S000197202200064X

Filemon Chirwa’s collection of stories is an astounding example of the deeply political role that folktale literature can play within colonial and (post)colonial Africa.

0027. Crigler, R.K. (2022). ‘Then . . . horror! horror!': Laughter, terror and rebellion in the unpublished plays of H.I.E. Dhlomo. African Studies, 81(2), 211–228. https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2022.2142763

These plays engage in some of the most radical social critiques found anywhere in pre-apartheid South African drama.

0028. de Villiers, A., & Rossouw, C. (2021). Church community music activities and the benefits for participants. Muziki, 18(1), 14–33. https://doi.org/10.1080/18125980.2021.1957001

The thematic analysis revealed that participation in community music activities had a positive effect on the participants.

0029. Dor, G.W.K. (2022). Honouring Christopher Kobla Dewornu. Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa, 19(1-2), 15–37. https://doi.org/10.2989/18121004.2022.2153446

Dewornu had to navigate his ethnic, professional, and religious identities to strategically shape his public musical life.

0030. Endong, F.P.C. (2022). The westernization of the African zombie in Nollywood films. International Journal of Modern Anthropology, 2(17), 720–750. https://doi.org/10.4314/ijma.v2i17.2

How are Western myths about zombies informing or reflected in selected Nollywood films?

0031. Englund, L. (2022). The implicated subject in four South African autobiographical texts. Journal of Southern African Studies, 48(5), 843–859. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2022.2100149

Since the end of apartheid, writers often seek to explore personal and collective implications and guilt.

0032. Gbagbo, D.K. (2022). Texts and contexts: The case of jàmá songs among the youth in Ghana. Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa, 19(1-2), 39–55. https://doi.org/10.2989/18121004.2022.2074483

I analyze selected jàmá songs, situate the song texts within their contexts, and illustrate the creative devices performers use.

0033. Ligeti, L. (2022). Artistic innovation through African concepts: Education for art music composers based on African traditions. Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa, 19(1-2), 57–73. https://doi.org/10.2989/18121004.2022.2134471

I address a curricular innovation in tertiary art music composition pedagogy: experimental music composition based on concepts from African music traditions.

0034. Lipenga, K.J. (2020). Lake lore: A study of lacustrine artistic representations in the Malawian imaginary. Journal of the African Literature Association, 14(3), 486–500. https://doi.org/10.1080/21674736.2020.1752000

The water stands as a life-giving force, and simultaneously a sign for hope from the poverty that has for a long time plagued the nation.

0035. Negedu, I., & Aihiokhai, S.A. (2022). African philosophy post 1994: In conversation with Alena Rettova. Modern Africa: Politics, History and Society, 10(2), 101–118. https://doi.org/10.26806/modafr.v10i2.421

We are intentional at being Rettová’s intellectual dialogical partner on the reading of African philosophy bearing in mind that the ideologies of apartheid and genocide are still active.

0036. Ngobili, C. (2021). Close to a century of popular music practices and experiences in Nigeria (1922–2020) and a brief history of their socio-political background. Muziki, 18(1), 34–58. https://doi.org/10.1080/18125980.2021.1958696

I found transnational heritages and memorial continuities that partly and presently characterize periods in history.

0037. Ojebuyi, B.R., & Fafowora, B.L. (2021). Contesting cultural imperialism: Hybridisation and re-enactment of indigenous cultural values in Nigerian hip-hop music. Muziki, 18(1), 59–81. https://doi.org/10.1080/18125980.2021.1945946

We found a high level of hybridization manifested as the blending of Yoruba cultural content into Nigerian hip-hop music.

0038. Osei-Owusu, E. (2022). Indigenisation of orchestral music in Ghana: The Pan-African Orchestra in perspective. Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa, 19(1-2), 75–90. https://doi.org/10.2989/18121004.2022.2140879

I investigate the indigenization of Western orchestral music in Ghana by focusing on the Pan-African Orchestra.

0039. Pinto de Almeida, F. (2022). The drive-in and the desegregation of cinemas in apartheid Cape Town. Journal of Southern African Studies, 48(5), 921–937. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2022.2110204

As spaces that contrasted with the homogeneity of walled cinemas and their urban audiences, the drive-in became a symbol of segregation.

0040. Sandler, F. (2022). Matters of notational practice in the works of Ephraim Amu (1899–1995). Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa, 19(1-2), 91–112. https://doi.org/10.2989/18121004.2022.2064612

I outline 215 newly engraved performance-ready scores, followed by a discussion of four problem areas encountered with music notation.

0041. Sone, E.M. (2021). Power, powerlessness and radical protest in contemporary Cameroonian popular music. Muziki, 18(1), 82–109. https://doi.org/10.1080/18125980.2021.1947154

Popular music is a vibrant and dynamic form of oral literature which is shaped by social, economic, and political forces in present-day Cameroon.

0042. Suhr-Sytsma, N. (2022). Forms of interreligious encounter in contemporary Nigerian fiction. African Studies Review, 65(3), 669–691. https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2022.78

Fiction raises fundamental questions not only about the relation of text to reality but also about the making and crossing of religious boundaries.

0043. Yende, S.J., & Mugovhani, G. (2021). Employability challenges facing vocal art graduates in South Africa: A case study of Tshwane University of Technology. Muziki, 18(1), 110–126. https://doi.org/10.1080/18125980.2021.1957002

The TUT curriculum has to be redesigned, restructured, and aligned with the continuously changing performing arts industry.

Ecology (Flora, fauna, primates)

0044. Ademola, O.J., Massawe, A.W., Mulungu, L.S., & Makundi, R.H. (2022). Dietary composition of rodents across different habitats in the Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology, 60(4), 958–968. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13042

The relatively low niche breadth observed in rodents caught in farms could be attributed to the major contribution of seed/grains to their diet.

0045. Adesida, O.A., Smart, M.O., Isola, J.O., & Kehinde, O.M. (2020). Methods of poultry manure application and its effect on growth and yield of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.). Journal of Research in Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, 12(1), 122–128.

Poultry manure is recommended to farmers for optimum growth and yield of okra.

0046. Ajayi, S.R., Ejidike, B.N., Popoola, Y., Osaguona, P.O., . . . Adeola, A.J. (2020). Assessment of minerals composition of natural salt licks, in Kainji Lake National Park, Nigeria. Journal of Research in Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, 12(1), 129–136.

Natural licks had higher levels of essential elements than the control samples.

0047. Chenge, I.B., Agbike, M.O., & Shomkegh, S.A. (2020). Forest structure analysis of Akopi Forest in Benue State, Nigeria. Journal of Research in Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, 12(1), 79–85.

Pielou evenness for all structural attributes and the mean structural diversity for the forest stand also revealed low structural diversity.

0048. Cuozzo, F.P., Linden, J., Sauther, M.L., Halajian, A., & Linden, B. (2022). Domestic dogs present a human-induced threat to thick-tailed bushbabies (Otolemur crassicaudatus). in Northern South Africa. African Primates 16, 59–64.

Domestic dogs are sentinels of unwanted activity (guarding people, livestock, and property) bringing them into conflict with nonhuman primates.

0049. Edgar, B.A., Matshidze, P.E., & Lee, K.S. (2022). Exploring Vhavenda indigenous methods of water conservation and management in Tshidzivhe Village, Limpopo Province, South Africa. South African Journal of Cultural History, 36(2), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.54272/sach.2022.v36n2a1

Cultural beliefs, taboos and understanding of the surrounding natural environment have influenced the promotion of African indigenous knowledge methods of water conservation.

0050. Fashae, O.A., Olusola, A., & Onyemaenu, V. (2023). Rainfall–runoff in conterminous tropical river basins of southwestern Nigeria. African Geographical Review, 42(1), 14–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2021.1996250

Wavelet coherence shows a strong significant association with phases between Yewa – Ikeja and Yewa – Abeokuta.

0051. Fundi, P., Mwangi, E., & Githaiga, J. (2022). Temporal variability in food choice and availability for the semi-captive critically endangered mountain bongo in the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy. African Journal of Ecology, 60(4), 908–916. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13018

The bongos included a large proportion of grass in their diet like other browsing herbivores that inhabit forest glades.

0052. Govender, A., Groeneveld, J.C., Singh, S.P., & Willows-Munro, A. (2022). Metabarcoding of zooplankton confirms southwards dispersal of decapod crustacean species in the western Indian Ocean. African Journal of Marine Science, 44(3), 279–289.

Metabarcoding of marine zooplankton communities to obtain species-level information advances high-resolution ecological research in pelagic ecosystems.

0053. Harris, L.R., Skowno, A.L., Sink, K.J., van Niekerk, L., . . . Majiedt, P. (2022). An indicator-based approach for cross-realm coastal biodiversity assessments. African Journal of Marine Science, 44(3), 239–253.

We compiled the first cross-realm national biodiversity assessment using three key indicators: ecological condition, ecosystem threat status, and ecosystem protection level of coastal ecosystem types.

0054. Jansen van Vuuren, A., Fritz, H., & Venter, J.A. (2022). Five small antelope species diets indicate different levels of anthrodependence in the Overberg Renosterveld, South Africa. African Journal of Ecology, 60(4), 917–925. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13030

All the species benefit from the resources offered by the altered landscape and that some species may be dependent on these resources.

0055. Kalema, J., Bukenya, A., Sande, E., & Olupot, W. (2022). Undocumented invasive exotic woody plants of Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda. African Journal of Ecology, 60(4), 1110–1119. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13028

Artocarpus heterophyllus is reported to be invasive in various countries, yet rarely quantitatively demonstrated outside the Brazilian Atlantic forests.

0056. Kassah, J.E., Blay, J., Okyere, I., & Lazar, N. (2022). Maturity length, fecundity and spawning season of Atlantic chub mackerel Scomber colias in the coastal waters of Ghana (west-central Gulf of Guinea). African Journal of Marine Science, 44(3), 291–298.

The gonadosomatic index and the proportion of fish with ripe gonads in the samples indicated the occurrence of spawning activities.

0057. Kolade, R.I., Olawuyi, E.B., Adejumo, A.A., & Akanni, O.F. (2020). Socio-economic impacts of timber harvesting in Ago’owu Forest Reserve and its environs In Local Government Area of Osun State, Nigeria. Journal of Research in Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, 12(1), 100–110.

Timber harvesting and trade in the Forest Reserve were found to have highly impacted the livelihood of the forest dwellers positively, although still confronted by some challenges.

0058. Kpossa, B., Zanvo, S., Djagoun, C.A.M.S., Ales, N., & Sogbohossou, E.A. (2022). Ecology, ethnozoology, and trade of the Senegal bushbaby in the Lama Forest Reserve, Benin, West Africa. African Primates 16, 19–30.

The Senegal bushbabies are a valuable species for local people, who use their body parts mainly for traditional religious practices.

0059. Kücklich, M., Jänig, S., Kulik, L., Birkemeyer, C., . . . Widdig, A. (2022). Towards an understanding of multimodal traits of female reproduction in chimpanzees. Primates, 63(4), 365–376. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-022-00995-1

The existence of an additional, olfactory, fertility trait may help males to fine-tune their sexual behavior.

0060. Lusambo, L.P. (2022). Households’ woodfuel consumption and deforestation in Morogoro and Songea Districts, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 91(1), 183–205.

Woodfuel contributes 49% of total deforestation. The cost of deforestation was US$6,252,012.

0061. Lyimo, P.J., & Mwatawala, M.W. (2022). Status of biological control as a management tool for Leucaena psyllid, Heteropsylla cubana Crawford (Homoptera: Psyllidae) in Eastern Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 91(1), 58–69.

Introduced biological control agents and indigenous predators play a vital role in controlling H. cubana.

0062. Maimela, L.T., Chimimba, C.T., & Zengeya, T.A. (2022). The effect of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) invasions on native fish communities in the subtropical Blyde River, Mpumalanga province, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 47(1), 78–87. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2021.1949260

Invasion-free areas have remnant populations of native fishes that appear to be largely intact.

0063. Marufu, L.T., Phiri, C., Barson, M., & Nhiwatiwa, T. (2022). Using the Kariba Invitation Tiger Fishing Tournament for monitoring an invasive crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 47(1), 123–125. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2021.1987184

This tournament has been useful in confirming changes in tigerfish diet following the introduction and establishment of non-native species.

0064. Matos, M.D.P., Fernandes, T.R.M., & Wright, P.C. (2022). Ecological flexibility of Propithecus edwardsi in two forest habitats with different logging histories in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. International Journal of Primatology, 43(5), 913–931. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-022-00308-9

Modifying their diet and behavior appears to enable sifakas to persist in anthropogenic habitats.

0065. Mauya, E.W., & Madundo, S. (2022). Modelling above ground biomass using Sentinel 2 and Planet Scope data in dense tropical montane forests of Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 91(1), 132–153.

Sentinel 2 and Planet Scope remotely sensed data can be used to develop cost-effective method for above ground biomass estimation.

0066. Mbouombouo Mfossa, D., Abwe, E.E., Whytock, R.C., Morgan, B.J., . . . Tchouamo, R.I. (2022). Distribution, habitat use and human disturbance of gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) in the Ebo forest, Littoral Region, Cameroon. African Journal of Ecology, 60(4), 895–907. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13052

Great apes are threatened by many factors including habitat loss, forest degradation, anthropogenic threats, and disease.

0067. Milton, S.J., Short, S., & Dean, W. R.J. (2022). Decline in whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii) density: Possible response to climate change in the Karoo, South Africa. African Journal of Ecology, 60(4), 969–979. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13063

Around their warrens, whistling rats had no influence on species richness of perennial plants but reduced vegetation cover.

0068. Nsien, I.B., Ufia, I.D., Akpan, U.F., & Eric, E.E. (2020). Leaf litter production of Diospyros crassiflora (Hiern–FWTA) in an agroforestry ecosystem in Okwuta-Ibeku, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria. Journal of Research in Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, 12(1), 92–99.

Much of the leaf litter was falling between the dry season months of November to March.

0069. Okon-Akan, O.A.B., Abiola, J.K.C., Olaoye, K.O., & Okanlawon, F.B. (2020). Efficacy of preservative potentials of Cola nitida and Musanga cecropiodes leaf extracts against brown rot fungus on gmelina arborea and Pinus carribaae wood samples. Journal of Research in Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, 12(1), 86–91.

We have demonstrated that the two plant extracts could be used as an effective bio preservative on wood.

0070. Owoyemi, J.M., Eniabiire, O.M., Emmanuel, U.O., & Fuwape, J.A. (2020). Efficacy of commonly used wood preservatives against subterranean termites in Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria. Journal of Research in Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, 12(1), 111–121.

The preservatives (Solignum, spent engine oil, and Timbguard™), were effective in protecting the three selected wood species.

0071. Péter, H., Zuberbühler, K. & Hobaiter, C. (2022). Well-digging in a community of forest-living wild East African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii). Primates 63(4), 355–364. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-022-00992-4

The limited spread of well-digging in the group may highlight the cognitive, rather than physical, challenges it presents in a rainforest environment.

0072. Pizzigalli, C., Diop, A.T., Sow, A.S., Dieng, H., . . . Brito, J.C. (2022). Updates on the Guinea baboon populations from the remote and arid areas of southern Mauritania. African Primates 16, 45–58.

We suggest that temporary rivers may contribute to the persistence of their social groups inhabiting areas surrounded by arid environments.

0073. Reniko, G. (2022). Integration of traditional ecological knowledge and western science in natural resources management in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Journal of African Studies and Development, 14(4), 141–153. https://doi.org/10.5897/JASD2021.0649

Formal education and religion significantly affected the utilization of traditional ecological knowledge in the management of resources.

0074. Renner, M.J., Nyiratuza, M., & Summerville, K.S. (2022). A risk-sensitivity model for mitigation of chimpanzee crop foraging in Gishwati Forest, Rwanda. African Primates 16, 1–8.

Foraging incidents will not occur outside areas from which an escape path to relative safety is visible.

0075. Rija, A.A. (2022). Assessing population performance of hunted impala and wildebeest in Simanjiro Plains, Northern Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 91(1), 154–168.

Improving habitats and reducing hunting could improve female breeding rates thus ensuring the long-term survival of the ungulates.

0076. Sauquet, T., & Riera, J. (2022). The COVID-19 shutdown: Short-term actions and lessons learned by ten African great ape sanctuaries. African Primates 16, 9–18.

Sanctuaries reacted to the crisis and the need for the creation of contingency plans to prevent the impact of future pandemics.

0077. Seike, T. (2022). Frequent predation on primates by crowned eagles (Stephanoaetus coronatus) in Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania. Primates 63(4), 327–333. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-022-00990-6

Although chimpanzees and leopards are also significant predators of monkeys, these two species prefer red colobus to red-tailed monkeys.

0078. Shivambu, T.C., Shivambu, N., & Downs, C.T. (2022). An assessment of avian species sold in the South African pet trade. African Journal of Ecology, 60(4), 980–995. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13029

The budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus, zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata, and Fischer's lovebird Agapornis fischeri were the most available species recorded.

0079. Tiller, L.N., King, L.E., Okita-Ouma, B., Lala, F., . . . Thouless, C.R. (2022). The behaviour and fate of translocated bull African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) into a novel environment. African Journal of Ecology, 60(4), 866–881. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13038

We recommend careful consideration of elephant social systems, elephant age, timing, release site, and proximity to human settlements.

0080. Tuyisingize, D., Eckardt, W., Caillaud, D., Ngabikwiye, M., & Kaplin, B.A. (2022). Forest landscape restoration contributes to the conservation of primates in the Gishwati-Mukura Landscape, Rwanda. International Journal of Primatology, 43(5), 867–884. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-022-00303-0

Chimpanzees and golden monkeys occurred in the restored forest, and only golden monkeys inhabited the exotic planted forest fragments.

0081. Wamiti, W., Gichuki, N., Sigana, D.A.O., Njoroge, P., . . . Rubalcaba, J.G. (2022). Nesting habits of grey crowned crane Balearica regulorum in Lake Ol’ Bolossat basin, Kenya. African Journal of Ecology, 60(4), 996–1006. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13051

The number and density of cranes in this study area show its importance in the recovery and survival of the species.

0082. Westra, S.A., Mol, R.R., Desjardins, R.B., Visser, M.D., . . . van Montfort, D. (2022). Results of a small terrestrial mammal survey in the remote Boé region of Guinea-Bissau, with discovery of two new shrew records for the country. African Journal of Ecology, 60(4), 946–957. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13044

The two new species recorded for the country are shrews, Crocidura lamottei and Crocidura crossei.

0083. Wotoko, V.O., Bokika, J.-C., Malekani, J., Cherel, J.P., & Punga, J. (2022). Local ecological knowledge: A tool for the conservation of an endangered species? The example of the bonobo (Pan paniscus). African Primates 16, 31–44.

Local ecological knowledge of the bonobo was consistent and complementary to scientific studies.

Economics (Theory, technology, political economy, colonialism, development)

0084. Adeyeye, D., Oluwadare, A., & Oluwatope, O. (2022). The role of external information sources in organizational innovation in Nigeria. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 14(1), 104–113. https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2020.1815944

We provide strong evidence of heterogeneity in firms’ information sources used in implementing organizational innovation practices.

0085. Agwu, O.P., Bakayoko, A., Jimoh, S.O., & Stefan, P. (2022). Perception on the causes and the impacts of climate change on ecosystem services provided by Cola nitida (Vent.) Schott & Endl in Nigeria. Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 91(1), 169–182.

Climate change will have a significant influence on the ecosystem services (productivity, supporting, cultural, and regulating) provided by this species.

0086. Agyei-Holmes, A., Ankrah, D.A., & Boakye, A.A. (2023). COVID-19 and Ghana’s agri-food system: An assessment of resilience. African Geographical Review, 42(1), 85–106. https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2021.1971096

Agricultural production remained fairly resilient but plagued with labor mobility challenges that delayed production.

0087. Ahouansou Montcho, S., Salako, K.V., Chadare, F.L., Gnansounou, S.C., . . . Assogbadjo, A.E. (2022). Characteristics and sociocultural impacts of small pelagic fishing by migrant fishers in Benin, West Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 44(3), 215–225.

Conflicts among migrant fishers in the sector in Benin are related to landing fees and fishing gears.

0088. Ajibola, W.G., Adeyemo, S.M., & Omafuvbe, B.O. (2020). Effect of starter culture fermentation of milk on the production, sensory attributes and storage of wara (a Nigerian unripened soft cheese). Ife Journal of Science, 22(3), 107–117.

During storage, the starter mediated wara had the lowest bacteria count and extended shelf-life.

0089. Ameyaw-Brobbey, T., & Amable, D.S. (2022). A micro-assessment of coronavirus disease 2019 realities on small-scale vendors in Ghana: China as a leveraging resource. Insight on Africa, 15(1), 23–45. https://doi.org/10.1177/09750878221114378

Small-scale vendors and entrepreneurs recognize leveraging the increasing Chinese global economic influence.

0090. Amoako, C., Doe, B., & Adamtey, R. (2023). Flood responses and attachment to place within low-income neighbourhoods in Kumasi, Ghana. African Geographical Review, 42(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2021.1968445

Local knowledge and residents' attachments to their neighborhoods should be mainstreamed into the design of community-based flood risk management frameworks.

0091. Amouzou, K., Fening, K.O., Hevi, W., Forchibe, E.E., & Billah, M.K. (2022). Efficacy of promising insecticides and lures for the management of insect pests of quarantine importance on ridged gourd (Luffa acutangula L.). West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 30(1), 97–108.

Acetamiprid, Indoxacarb, and Azadirachtin were the most effective insecticides in controlling these pests on turia.

0092. Andemariam, S.W. (2022). Modernisation in isolation: The nature and roots of Eritrea’s defining economic ideology. Critical African Studies, 14(3), 293–310. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2022.2145978

This new policy, rather than evidence of ideological vacuity, was consistent with a deeper set of ideological principles.

0093. Appiah-Opoku, S., McWhorter, W., & Weber, J. (2022). Health impacts of small-scale gold mining in Kenyasi, Ghana. Journal of African Studies and Development, 14(4), 130–140. https://doi.org/10.5897/JASD2022.0662

The miners seem unaware of safe operating procedures and the health implications of the mining processes.

0094. Asaniyan, E.K., & Akinduro, V.O. (2020). Haematology and serum biochemistry of broiler chickens offered extracts of dried Roselle plant (Hibiscus sabdariffa) calyx in drinking water. Ife Journal of Science, 22(3), 149–157.

Roselle plant aqueous extract maintained the hematological content of the blood.

0095. Asare, N.K., & Javier, J.L. (2022). Tidal influence on fish faunal occurrence and distribution in an estuarine mangrove system in Ghana. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 47(1), 88–99. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2021.1978380

Most species encountered were identified to be predominantly marine migrants with bentophagous feeding habit.

0096. Awinsong, M.D. (2022). The making of a nation: The Northern Territories and the colonial discourse of nationhood in the Gold Coast, 1897–1950. African Historical Review, 52(2), 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1080/17532523.2022.2122308

Gold Coast was a product of colonial discourse merging varying interests into a multicultural nation.

0097. Barreñada-Bajo, I. (2022). Autonomy and natural resources: The self-determination process in New Caledonia as a counter-lesson for western Sahara. The Journal of North African Studies, 27(6), 1255–1276. https://doi.org/10.1080/13629387.2021.1917126

Morocco has deployed an autonomist rhetoric and a new model of economic development in the south, but nothing has effectively materialized.

0098. Bentoumi, K. (2020). Rethinking the Algerian publishing “boom:” Perspectives of authors, booksellers, and publishers on transnational networks and local infrastructure. Journal of the African Literature Association, 14(3), 354–372. https://doi.org/10.1080/21674736.2020.1812204

“Independent” publishing in Algeria remains highly dependent on transnational publishing networks in the Middle East (for Arabic-language works).

0099. Berhe, H.T. (2022). Households’ nonfarm livelihood participation and agricultural inputs investment: Evidence from northern Ethiopia. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 14(1), 147–162. https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2020.1817261

Livestock holding, access to credit and male-headed households significantly increase nonfarm employment participation.

0100. Besharati, M., Palangi, V., Ghozalpour, V., Nemati, Z., & Ayaşan, T. (2021). Essential oil and apple pomace affect fermentation and aerobic stability of alfalfa silage. South African Journal of Animal Science, 51(3), 371–377.

Use of apple pomace as a source of fermentable carbohydrate in the preparation of high-quality alfalfa silage is recommended to offset its high buffering capacity.

0101. Bolacali, M., Irak, K., Tufan, T., & Küçük, M. (2021). Effects of gender and dietary date palm extract on performance, carcass traits, and antioxidant status of Japanese quail. South African Journal of Animal Science, 51(3), 387–398.

Birds fed 0.50% date palm extract grew faster, were more efficient, and had heavier live and carcass weights at 42 days than those fed the basal diet.

0102. Buri, M.M., Issaka, R.N., Zoromi, A., Adjei, E.O., & Wakatsuki, T. (2022). Improving soil productivity and increasing lowland rice yields through the integration of organic and inorganic fertilizers in the savannah and forest agro-ecological zones of La Cote d’Ívoire. West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 30(1), 35–47.

Resource poor farmers within the West African sub-region should therefore be encouraged to use organic amendments, which are available locally.

0103. Cassiman, A. (2022). Stitching womanhood in the zongo: Seamstress apprenticeship in Accra. African Studies Review, 65(3), 642–668. https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2022.59

Young seamstress apprentices carve out a platform from which they can exert specific forms of agency, by suspending marriage.

0104. Costa, H.H.A., Rogério, M.C.P., Pompeu, R.C.F.F., Lôbo, R.N.B., . . . Muir, J.P. (2021). Evaluation of high-concentrate diets that vary in physically effective neutral detergent fibre for finishing lambs. South African Journal of Animal Science, 51(3), 322–331

Santa Inês lambs were able to adapt to diets with low levels of peNDF by increasing rumination time.

0105. Dosso, M., Kleibrink, A., & Matusiak, M. (2022). Smart specialisation strategies in sub-Saharan Africa: Opportunities, challenges and initial mapping for Côte d’Ivoire. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 14(1), 121–134. https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2020.1816265

Pragmatic recommendations are drawn from these perspectives for more effective innovation-based local development strategies.

0106. Dye, B.J. (2022). Dam building by the illiberal modernisers: Ideological drivers for Rwanda and Tanzania’s megawatt mission. Critical African Studies, 14(3), 231–249. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2022.2074482

An assumption of technologies’ ability to linearly generate development is combined with contrasting ideas about sustainability and hydropower’s limitations.

0107. Dziki-Michalska, K., Tajchman, K., Kowalik, S., & Bogdaszewski, M. (2021). Relationship between plasma cortisol level and bodyweight and antler size in farmed fallow deer. South African Journal of Animal Science, 51(3), 355–361

Calmer animals with lower cortisol fluctuations should be selected for breeding, which would contribute to greater stability of weight gain.

0108. Echude, D., Ahmad, S.I., Egbeja, T.I., Egwu, L.S., . . . Mbah, C.E. (2022). Spatial and seasonal concentration of glyphosate, nitrate, and phosphate in Kuti Stream, Yaba, Abaji Area Council, FCT Abuja, Nigeria. West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 30(1), 48–57.

The high concentrations observed in the rainy season and station 2 were linked to runoff and riparian agriculture will increase and become harmful to aquatic and human lives.

0109. Eggers, J.M., Cochrane, K.L., & Sauer, W.H.H. (2022). Estimating the economic income and social contributions derived from the South African west coast rock lobster fishery. African Journal of Marine Science, 44(3), 255–269.

Recent ecologically necessary reductions in the total allowable catch had negative economic impacts on stakeholders.

0110. El-Tahawy, W.S., & Habashy, W.S. (2021). Genetic effects on growth and egg production traits in two-way crosses of Egyptian and commercial layer chickens. South African Journal of Animal Science, 51(3), 349–354.

Use of Lohmann Brown as a sire strain in conjunction with Sinai would increase egg production from the resulting hybrid chickens.

0111. Erasmus, L.J., Machpesh, G., Coertze, R.J., & du Toit, C.J.L. (2021). Effects of feeding system and pre-partum supplementation on the β-carotene status of South African Holstein cows. South African Journal of Animal Science, 51(3), 339–348.

The supplemented cows were in optimal β-carotene status until calving, with a minor carry-over effect until 10 days post partum.

0112. Evans, W., Downs, C.T., Burnett, M.J., & O’Brien, G.C. (2022). Assessing fish community response to water quality and habitat stressors in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 47(1), 47(1)-65. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2021.1952158

The presence of invasive fish species, abstraction, and industrial use all had negative impacts on the ecological state of the rivers.

0113. Fajobi, O.A., Emma-Okon, B.O., & Oyedapo, O.O. (2020). In vitro antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and thrombolytic properties of leaf extract and fractions of Pterocarpus mildbraedii harms. Ife Journal of Science, 22(3), 65–74.

The extract possessed bioactive components with beneficial effects in the management of oxidative, inflammatory, and heart-related conditions.

0114. Getnet, H., Mengistou, S., & Warkineh, B. (2022). Macroinvertebrate community structure and diversity in relation to environmental factors in wetlands of the lower Gilgel Abay River catchment, Ethiopia. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 47(1), 23–35. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2021.1946383

The families Chironomidae, Hirudinidae, and Libellulidae were positively correlated with biological oxygen demand, ammonium, and human disturbance.

0115. Goga, S., & Avenyo, E.K. (2022). Industrial policy, the manufacturing sector and Black empowerment in South Africa. Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa, 109, 80–111.

Why hasn't South Africa seen the emergence of a large, economically significant Black industrialist class that owns and controls economic assets and resources?

0116. Gotor, E., Di Cori, V., Pagnani, T., Kikulwe, E., . . . Caracciolo, F. (2022). Public and private investments for banana Xanthomonas Wilt control in Uganda: The economic feasibility for smallholder farmers. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 14(1), 135–146. https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2020.1816616

Our analysis reveals a high level of partial adoption of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt recommended practices, and just a third of farmers adopting a full control package.

0117. Guei, K.M., & Choga, I. (2022). Assessing the finance led growth hypothesis: Empirical evidence from sub-Saharan Africa. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 14(1), 114–120. https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2020.1815945

Credit to the private sector, on the other hand, contributed significantly to GDP growth.

0118. Houeland, C. (2022). The social contract and industrial citizenship: Nigerian trade unions’ role in the recurring fuel subsidy protests. Africa, 92(5), 860–879. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0001972022000523

Nigerian trade unions have kept their relevance for workers and beyond, despite eroded labor rights.

0119. Igbinosa, E.O., Beshiru, A., & Odjadjare, E.E.O. (2020). Diversity, antimicrobial characterization and biofilm formation of Enterococci isolated from aquaculture and slaughterhouse sources in Benin City, Nigeria. Ife Journal of Science, 22(3), 51–63.

Strains with the ability of forming biofilms have enhanced antimicrobial resistance.

0120. Ige, P.O., & Komolafe, O.O. (2022). Tree slenderness coefficient models for biodiversity conservation in International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Forest Ibadan, Nigeria. Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 91(1), 20–31.

The forest stands have good vigor and have the ability to withstand wind throw.

0121. Irwin, R.L. (2022). Terrains of legality and sovereignty: Adjudicating the ownership of Western Sahara’s phosphate in South Africa. The Journal of North African Studies, 27(6), 1137–1159. https://doi.org/10.1080/13629387.2021.1917121

We must attend to jurisdictional histories and contexts in order to consider the scope of new political possibilities for decolonisation struggles.

0122. Kabonga, I., & Zvokuomba, K. (2022). Challenges faced by community volunteers in community development: Voices from volunteers in Chegutu District, Zimbabwe. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 57(4), 743–759. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096211034536

Major challenges affecting community volunteers are poverty, vulnerability, burnout, too much work, and lack of community appreciation of volunteerism.

0123. Karupu, R.M., Mbeyale, G.E., & Lusambo, L.P. (2022). Socio-economic determinants of household dependency on forest resources in Masida Community Forest in Zambezi region, Namibia. Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 91(1), 32–44.

The forest’s provision of medicine natural ablution function and easy access are among the motives that influence people to depend on it.

0124. Khanyile, M.B. (2022). Development and value extraction of defence land assets in South Africa: Current paradigm revisited. African Security Review, 31(4), 367–382. https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2022.2125817

The military can alleviate the impact of budgetary constraints through a systematic and structured sweating of land assets under its control.

0125. Klubi, E., Addo, S., Appeaning-Addo, K., & Agyekum, K.A. (2022). Water quality status within the anchorage space of Tema Harbour, Ghana. West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 30(1), 82–96.

Relatively high levels of phytoplankton including harmful and toxic species suggested excess nutrient contamination.

0126. Kolo, J., Ukabiala, M.E., Osakwe, U.C., Parah, J.B., . . . Igwe, C.A. (2022). Overlooked influence of indian hemp (Cannabis sativa) cultivation on soil physicochemical fertility of humid tropical agroecosystems: lowland soils. West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 30(1), 68–81.

Continuous cultivation of Cannabis in humid tropical lowlands compacts the soil and drains soil nutrients except available phosphorus.

0127. Kusyama, S.L., Machuve, D., Kisangiri, M., & Mfanga, A. (2022). Analysis of effectiveness of channels for information gathering and dissemination: Case of fisheries stakeholders in Mwanza and Mara regions of Tanzania. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 14(1), 173–178. https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2020.1818374

There is a need to develop a multi-channel fisheries information system to enhance fisheries information gathering and dissemination.

0128. Li, H., Kopiński, D., & Taylor, I. (2022). China and the troubled prospects for Africa’s economic take-off: Linkage formation and spillover effects in Zambia. Journal of Southern African Studies, 48(5), 861–882. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2023.2146410

We provide empirical evidence showing that Chinese investment brings little in terms of linkage formation and spillover effects.

0129. López-Ruiz, S., & Grande-Gascón, M.L. (2022). Pension funds: Guarantors of international legality in Western Sahara? Evidence from Norway and Sweden. The Journal of North African Studies, 27(6), 1180–1203. https://doi.org/10.1080/13629387.2021.1917123

Investments that follow ethical trade guidelines play a key role in pressuring companies to modify objectionable behaviors.

0130. Makola, M.D., Motsei, L.E., Ajayi, T.O., & Yusuf, A.O. (2021). Dietary nano-dicalcium phosphate improves immune response and intestinal morphology of broiler chickens. South African Journal of Animal Science, 51(3), 362–370.

Birds fed 40% nano-dicalcium phosphate had the highest villi length, which signified improved absorption of minerals.

0131. Mantlana, N., & Jegede, A.O. (2022). Understanding the multilateral negotiations on climate change ahead of COP27: Priorities for the African region. South African Journal of International Affairs, 29(3), 255–270. https://doi.org/10.1080/10220461.2022.2134201

The slow pace of progress of these multilateral negotiations and the reasons responsible for such slow progress are discussed.

0132. Mapangisana, T., Mapfumo, P., Siziba, S., & Mtambanengwe, F. (2022). An analysis of factors affecting the speed of establishment of field-based farmer learning alliances: A case of Farmer Learning Centres (FLCs) in southern Zimbabwe. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 14(1), 187–196. https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2020.1819682

Learning alliances should be introduced through extension and local leaders as they are key information disseminators and custodians of local resources.

0133. Martínez-Navarro, D., Amate-Fortes, I., & Guarnido-Rueda, A. (2022). The Kuznets curve hypothesis checked out on up-to-date observations in African countries. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 57(4), 819–840. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096211038672

Kuznets’ curve hypothesis on inequality and development showed there is still a palpable heritage of European colonization.

0134. Mauya, E.W. (2022). Production rates of mechanized tree felling operations at Sao-Hill Forest Plantation, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 91(1), 45–57.

The average productive felling time was 0.7 minutes per tree and production rate was 32.6 m³/h.

0135. Mbeyale, G.E., & Mcharo, N. (2022). Institutional and land use dynamics of Chagga homegardens in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 91(1), 101-119.

We recommend that homegarden land use systems be identified, protected, and promoted to tap the rich indigenous knowledge and skills.

0136. Mghili, B., Analla, M., & Aksissou, M. (2022). Estimating the economic damage caused by jellyfish to fisheries in Morocco. African Journal of Marine Science, 44(3), 271–277.

The species mainly responsible for these losses were Pelagia noctiluca, followed by Rhizostoma pulmo and Chrysaora hysoscella.

0137. Mhando, D.G., Lusambo, L.P., & Nyanda, S.S. (2022). Dynamics of timber value chain in the southern highlands of Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 91(1), 1–19.

There is considerable variation in terms of seedlings quality, tending operations, timber harvesting age, transportation modes, and distance from the market.

0138. Nesbitt, W.A., Clarke, S.B., & Chapman, L.J. (2022). Comparison of calcium concentration in scales and vertebral column of a cyprinid from calcium-limited environments in the Lake Victoria Basin, Uganda. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 47(1), 115–122. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2021.1988888

Fish in Lake Nabugabo may remobilize calcium from their scales to maintain skeletal growth and development.

0139. Nsor, C.A., Acolatse, R., Mensah, J.N., Oppong, S.K., . . ., Addai-Wireko, L. (2022). Structural assemblages of plant species in the Owabi Ramsar Wetland in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 47(1), 100–114. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2021.1982671

We found an impact of the anthropogenic activities on the ecological integrity of the wetland and a need to institute conservation measures.

0140. Nyasapoh, J.B.A., Adiku, S.G.K., MacCarthy, D.S., & Yanore, S.A. (2022). Mode of biochar application to vertisols influences water balance components and water use efficiency of maize (Zea mays L.). West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 30(1), 1–12.

The application of biochar into cracks is an effective way of improving the water relations and upland crop productivity.

0141. Ojeda-García, R. (2022). The role of non-state actors in the exploitation of Western Sahara’s natural resources. The Journal of North African Studies, 27(6), 1229–1254. https://doi.org/10.1080/13629387.2021.1917125

I analyze the actions of non-state actors, the frames they employ, and the levels where they operate.

0142. Oke, A.E., Arowoiya, V.A., & Akomolafe, O.T. (2022). An empirical study on challenges to the adoption of the Internet of Things in the Nigerian construction industry. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 14(1), 179–186. https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2020.1819117

Power supply, cost, limited consumer demand, and challenges in online security and data volume are the major challenges that are faced by construction stakeholders.

0143. Oloyede, A.R., Oyelakin, O.O., & Ogunesan, S.O. (2022). Phenotypic and phylogenetic characterization of micro-symbionts nodulating winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus L. DC.) landraces. West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 30(1), 58–67.

Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the micro-symbionts were similar to strains of Rhizobium, Bradyrhizobium, and Mesorhizobium.

0144. Omotoso, A.B., Daud, S.A., Okojie, L., & Omotayo, A.O. (2022). Rural infrastructure and production efficiency of food crop farmers: Implication for rural development in Nigeria. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 14(1), 197–203. https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2020.1821441

Farm size, labor, and cost of planting materials were the major factors affecting food crop output, irrespective of the presence of infrastructural facilities.

0145. Osho, F.E., Omitoyin, B.O., & Ajani, E.K. (2020). Haematology, serum biochemistry and condition factor of the African snakehead fish, Parachanna obscura from Nigeria’s hydrologic areas. Ife Journal of Science, 22(3), 75–83.

Measured hematologic and serum biochemistry parameters as well as the condition factor were within normal reference values for P. obscura or similar tropical fish species.

0146. Osman, G.A. (2022). Greater horn of Africa's dilemma in achieving Sustainable Development Goals. Journal of African Studies and Development, 14(4), 160–169. https://doi.org/10.5897/JASD2022.0669

Job creation is failing to raise the living standards due to low family disposable incomes due to unemployment.

0147. Pradhan, R. (2022). Natural resources and violent conflicts: Water and energy in Kyrgyzstan. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 57(4), 650–666. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096211035166

The impoverished upstream countries are attempting resource nationalism to accrue benefits using the precious waters.

0148. Santoso, B., Widayati, T.W., Hariadi, B.T., & Lekitoo, M.N. (2021). Addition of cellulolytic bacteria in complete feed block based on agro-industrial by-products for Kacang goats. South African Journal of Animal Science, 51(3), 378–386.

A combination of lactic acid bacteria, yeast and cellulolytic bacteria in the complete feed block could modify fermentation in the rumen and increase the use of nitrogen in goats.

0149. Shaibu, A.N., & Audu, A.A. (2020). Valuation of levels of some carcinogenic metals in the water and incidences of cancer along Hadejia-Jama'are River Basin areas. Ife Journal of Science, 22(3), 183–192.

Arsenic, chromium, and cadmium may be the major contributors to cancer incidences along the basin.

0150. Shemwetta, B.D., Rotich, D., & Kibe, J. (2022). The effectiveness of customer-centric approach in understanding tourist behaviour: Selected tour companies in Arusha, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 91(1), 89–100.

We recommend automation of tour operators’ business practices focusing on understanding and addressing new tourist expectations.

0151. Shumi, A.A., Bayou, T.Y., & Utallo, A.U. (2023). Intraregional resettlement scheme and livelihood perspectives in southwestern Ethiopia: Challenges and prospects. African Geographical Review, 42(1), 29–45. https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2021.1997610

The resettlement scheme had brought substantial positive changes on livelihoods in the resettled communities.

0152. Sirima, A. (2022). Local institutions and forest management: A case of Enguserosambu Community Forest, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 91(1), 120–131.

Local institutions still play a strong role in the community by creating awareness and capacity building.

0153. Soka, G.E., & Ritchie, M.E. (2022). Effects of fire, grazing and agriculture on carbon stocks and biodiversity in the Ruaha-Katavi Landscape. Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 91(1), 70–88.

We may justify feasible interventions to slow down conversion of woodlands into croplands to achieve climate-related benefits.

0154. Strand, M. (2022). Coloniality and othering in DFID’s development partnership with South Africa. South African Journal of International Affairs, 29(3), 365–386. https://doi.org/10.1080/10220461.2022.2127871

I suggest increased scrutiny of dehistoricized and decontextualized development narratives, and clearly stating national and political interests in bilateral partnerships.

0155. Tay, C.K., Doamekpor, L.K., Mohammed, S., Dartey, G., . . . Mawuena, M. (2022). Health risk assessment and source identification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in commercially available singed cowhide within the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 30(1), 13–34.

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon sources in singed cowhide is predominantly from pyrolitic rather than petrogenic origins.

0156. Tesfaye, H., & Warkineh, B. (2022). Macrophyte species diversity and distribution in relation to water quality of the Cheleleka Wetland in Ethiopia. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 47(1), 36–46. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2021.1940823

The spatial and temporal variation of macrophyte diversity and abundance are affected by water quality, and poor water quality has resulted in poor ecological conditions.

0157. Tilumanywa, V.T. (2022). Mountain farmers and ecosystems: Changing land use and livelihoods in Mount Rungwe, Tanzania. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 16(2), 309–334. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2022.2143435

The changes in land use through cropping patterns and reforestation took advantage of opportunities from population increases and access to markets.

0158. Uzodigwe, A.A., Obi, K.O., Egwuatu, R.C., & Unegbu, P.I. (2022). Economic distance and cross-country spillovers among African economies: Implication for growth and development. Journal of African Studies and Development, 14(4), 108–129. https://doi.org/10.5897/JASD2022.0660

We follow Says law that increasing production will naturally result in proportionate increase in demand.

0159. Valentim, J.K., Mendes, J.P., Caldara, F.R., Pietramale, R.T.R., & Garcia, R.G. (2021). Meta-analysis of relationship between weaning age and daily weight gain of piglets in the farrowing and nursery phases. South African Journal of Animal Science, 51(3), 332–338.

We confirmed the disadvantages of early weaning and the benefits of weaning at around 28 days old.

0160. Wingfield, M. (2022). “Working time” in environmental activism: Engaging “slow violence” in the Philippi Horticultural Area. Anthropology Southern Africa, 45(4), 219–230. https://doi.org/10.1080/23323256.2022.2141810

I apply Ahmann’s concept of “working time” to the activist landscape and examine how organizations can mobilize how a crisis is framed to their benefit.

0161. Ya'aba, Y., Mohammed, S.B., Adamu, A.S., Abdullahi, S.R., . . . Japhet, Y.G. (2020). Multidrug resistant Escherichia coli among patients with gastrointestinal tract infections seeking health care services at Lafia, Nigeria. Ife Journal of Science, 22(3), 203–210.

E. coli was more resistant to ampicillin, followed by amoxycillin/clavulanic acid, and was least resistant to imipenems.

Ethnohistory

0162. Alvarado, C. (2022). Mau Mau as method. History in Africa, 49, 9–37. https://doi.org/10.1017/hia.2022.12

I contend that Mau Mau exists as a historical method in itself, rather than simply as a phenomenon subjected to the analytical frameworks of historians.

0163. Anderson, S. (2022). From Algiers to Timbuktu: Multi-local research in colonial history across the Saharan divide. History in Africa, 49, 277–299. https://doi.org/10.1017/hia.2021.22

The so-called “Saharan Divide” separating sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa into distinct fields has a long and complicated history.

0164. Angelo, A. (2022). Presidential powers in postcolonial Africa deserve historical attention. History in Africa, 49, 185–206. https://doi.org/10.1017/hia.2021.18

We must trace the origins of presidential powers, to depart from narratives of colonial legacies and exaggerated archetypes of African presidents.

0165. Bishi, G., & Muchefa, L. (2022). Zimbabwe’s economic decline, archives access regimes, professionalism, and their impact on researcher-archivist relations at the National Archives of Zimbabwe. History in Africa, 49, 367–388. https://doi.org/10.1017/hia.2022.4

The issues I discuss are pertinent to professional archivists as well as local and foreign researchers.

0166. Cross, H. (2022). The 1958 cotton crisis and the advent of military rule in Sudan. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 16(2), 289–308. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2022.2143436

Religious elites in Sudan had renewed and expanded their influence within the corporate business structures created by the colonial economy.

0167. El Guabli, B. (2022). Rethinking archives, rewriting history: Other-archives and the interdisciplinary approaches to Moroccan history of the “years of lead”. History in Africa, 49, 207–234. https://doi.org/10.1017/hia.2022.6

Morocco’s postcolonial history challenges Western notions of archives and begs for a conceptualization of “other-archives” to resist authoritarian amnesia.

0168. Hamilton, C., & McNulty, G. (2022). Refiguring the archive for eras before writing: Digital interventions, affordances and research futures. History in Africa, 49, 131–157. https://doi.org/10.1017/hia.2021.19

With colonialism, much knowledge about the remote past was stitched into imperial and colonial knowledge systems and recording practices.

0169. Henriet, B. (2022). Decolonizing African history: Authenticité, cosmopolitanism and knowledge production in Zaire, 1971–1975. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 16(2), 335–354. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2022.2135245

I contribute to our limited knowledge of everyday life under Mobutu and of vernacular experiences of Authenticité.

0170. Kayode, A.E. (2022). The cultural context of naming systems amongst the Yoruba of south west Nigeria. South African Journal of Cultural History, 36(2), 23–34. https://doi.org/10.54272/sach.2022.v36n2a2

The name may have its origin in the seasons, important days, critical historical events, and occupation of the child’s relatives.

0171. Krautwald, F. (2022). Genocide and the politics of memory in the decolonisation of Namibia. Journal of Southern African Studies, 48(5), 805–823. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2022.2127587

I demonstrate the ways in which remembering the first colonial occupation shaped the emergence of modern Namibian political discourse.

0172. Kumalo, V. (2022). Obliterating history through undesired monuments, contestations, and the post-apartheid national unity: The case of the General Barry Hertzog Memorial in Bloemfontein. South African Journal of Cultural History, 36(2), 164–185. https://doi.org/10.54272/sach.2022.v36n2a8

If we continue to ignore our apartheid heritage, we will have an incomplete comprehension of the forces that shaped South African history.

0173. Mbah, N. (2022). “Wives wishing to join their husbands”: Colonial forgery, gender legibility, and labor migration in West Africa. History in Africa, 49, 235–275. https://doi.org/10.1017/hia.2022.3

I focus on the diverse documentary strategies women developed to evade colonial surveillance, including photographs to manufacture kinship.

0174. Mills, D., & Branford, A. (2022). Getting by in a bibliometric economy: Scholarly publishing and academic credibility in the Nigerian academy. Africa, 92(5), 839-859. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0001972022000481

We discuss the impact of colonial histories, global discourses, and bibliometric infrastructures on African research publishing cultures.

0175. Mudiwa, R. (2022). Timing as tactic: The wildcat strikes during the transition from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe, March 1980. Journal of Southern African Studies, 48(5), 901–919. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2022.2116840

Reconciliation centered on gradualism and moderation, while transformation emphasized the rapid change of extant colonial institutions.

0176. Musandu, P. (2022). The elephant in the room: The implications of information and communication technology (ICT) proliferation in Kenya for archiving and historical research. History in Africa, 49, 159–183. https://doi.org/10.1017/hia.2022.10

I examine the slow efforts to digitize traditional records and the issues of preserving born digital records.

0177. Nobili, M. (2022). West Africa seen from Moroccan manuscript archives. History in Africa, 49, 301–330. https://doi.org/10.1017/hia.2022.9

Recent works on trans-Saharan connections are a testimony of the potential of studying African history across the Sahara.

0178. Parker, J. (2022). Ecologies of development: Ecophilosophies and indigenous action on the Tana River. History in Africa, 49, 65 –96. https://doi.org/10.1017/hia.2022.11

Environmental justice-oriented histories of economic development elevate the subjectivities, cosmologies, and experiences of rural Kenyan populations

0179. Pinto de Almeida, F., & Erasmus, A. (2022). Cinema and the idea of fieldwork in Sol Plaatje’s journeys. History in Africa, 49, 39–63. https://doi.org/10.1017/hia.2022.8

Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje toured the South African countryside showing films he brought from the Tuskegee Institute in the United States.

0180. Rabe, L. (2022). The Augustson manuscript, microhistory, memoir, and memory. South African Journal of Cultural History, 36(2), 35–62. https://doi.org/10.54272/sach.2022.v36n2a3

Augustson’s memoir is read from a composite metatheoretical construct consisting of aspects of microhistory combined with the French Annales movement.

0181. Teska, W. (2022). Dead-end scandal in M'Pésoba: Local politics and colonial justice in French West Africa, 1913–18. The Journal of African History, 63(3), 384-399. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853722000512

To maintain their precarious grip on power, colonial administrators had to simultaneously appease their superiors, economic interests, and powerful African actors.

0182. van Eeden, E.S., & Motumi, K.T. (2022). Valuing memory and legacy in and around the Parys (Fezile Dabi) Region: A broadened historical and community perspective. South African Journal of Cultural History, 36(2), 135–163. https://doi.org/10.54272/sach.2022.v36n2a7

Exploring the local and regional experience of these communities also slots seamlessly into South Africa’s master narrative.

0183. van Vollenhoven, A.C. (2022). An investigation of an Anglo-Boer War site in Barberton, Mpumalanga. South African Journal of Cultural History, 36(2), 84–107. https://doi.org/10.54272/sach.2022.v36n2a5

Cultural artifacts were found at a British blockhouse from the Anglo-Boer War.

0184. van Zÿl, J., Oelofse, M., & Wessels, A. (2022). Bethulie concentration camp, 1901–1902: New child deaths’ statistics. South African Journal of Cultural History, 36(2), 108–134. https://doi.org/10.54272/sach.2022.v36n2a6

We pay attention to the establishment and relocation of the camp, origin of diseases, causes of deaths, and their impact on children and families.

0185. van Zyl-Hermann, D., & Verbuyst, R. (2022). ‘The real history of the country’? Expropriation without compensation and competing master narratives about land (dis)possession in South Africa. Journal of Southern African Studies, 48(5), 825–842. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2022.2127565

The Afrikaner interest group AfriForum deploys discourses of expertise, rationality, and impartiality to legitimize their representations of the past.

0186. Venter, L., & Wessels, A. (2022). British soldiers’ Anglo-Boer War experiences as recorded in their diaries. South African Journal of Cultural History, 36(2), 63–83. https://doi.org/10.54272/sach.2022.v36n2a4

The recorded off-duty experiences included leisure, sport, and hunting activities, and their impressions of medical care, and food and drink.

Kinship (Family organization, marriage)

0187. Batyra, E., & Kohler, H.-P. (2022). Unequal transitions to adulthood: Widening disparities in age at first union, sex, and birth in many low- and middle-income countries. Studies in Family Planning, 53(3), 549–565. https://doi.org/10.1111/sifp.12211

Variation in the timing of first union, birth, and sex generally increases as the median ages at these events increase.

0188. Carter, S., Moncrieff, I.S., Akilimali, P.Z., Kazadi, D.M., & Grépin, K.A. (2022). Understanding the broader impacts of COVID-19 on Women and Girls in the DRC through integrated outbreak analytics to reinforce evidence for rapid operational decision-making. Anthropology in Action, 29(1), 47–59. https://doi.org/10.3167/aia.2022.290106

School closures put girls at increased risk of adolescent pregnancy, sexual violence, and early marriage.

0189. Frelier, J.A. (2020). Dear dad: An homage to Laila Lalami and her Moroccan American Dream. Journal of the African Literature Association, 14(3), 373–390. https://doi.org/10.1080/21674736.2020.1812205

The role of the Moroccan American Dream among Moroccan youth is apparent, as well as the intergenerational differences that exist between youth and their fathers.

0190. Gutsa, I. (2022). Making ends meet: Experiences of older women heading households in rural Domboshava, Zimbabwe. African Studies, 81(2), 170–187. https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2022.2095616

These older adult women’s historical and present experiences have led to the visible reversals in the remittance flows, poor social networks, and changing gender relations.

0191. Hlalele, D., & Matsumunyane, K. (2022). Sexual diversity: Peer and family rejection or acceptance in Lesotho? Journal of Asian and African Studies, 57(4), 635–649. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096211024674

We reveal peers and parental support as key to living positively as LGBTQI.

0192. Konishi, T., & Yamauchi, T. (2022). The impact of oral contact and alloparenting on infant diarrhea in a hunter-gatherer society in Cameroon. Anthropological Science, 130(2), 161–169. https://doi.org/10.1537/ase.210926.

Alloparenting may play a significant role in reducing the risks of infant diarrhea and infection by oral contact behavior.

0193. Lorist, J., Mbabazi, M.T., & Moyer, E. (2022). The fluidity of patriarchy: Kinship, tradition and the prevention of gendered violence in Lugbaraland, Uganda. African Studies, 81(2), 229–246. https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2022.2103791

Domestic violence is best handled through male-controlled kinship structures that centered on bride price and land rights.

0194. Magalona, S., Byrne, M., OlaOlorun, F.M., Mosso, R., . . . Bell, S.O. (2022). Contraceptive use before and after abortion: A cross-sectional study from Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire. Studies in Family Planning, 53(3), 433–453. https://doi.org/10.1111/sifp.12208

Talking to someone about contraception post-abortion was associated with increased adoption.

0195. Malesa, K.J. (2022). Married men’s perceptions of their wives’ sexual and reproductive health rights: A study conducted in the rural area of Waterberg District, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Women's Reproductive Health, 9(2), 143–160. https://doi.org/10.1080/23293691.2021.2016136

Rural married women are at risk due to their socioeconomic status, religion, and sociocultural influences to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights.

0196. Mavodza, C.V., Bernays, S., Mackworth-Young, C.R.S., Nyamwanza, R., . . . Busza, J. (2022). Interrupted access to and use of family planning among youth in a community-based service in Zimbabwe during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Studies in Family Planning, 53(3), 393–415. https://doi.org/10.1111/sifp.12203

Health providers and clients say the first year of the pandemic affected access to and use of contraceptives.

0197. Rich, J. (2022). Unsteady is the cross: Catholic missionaries, marriage, and Fang Communities in the Gabon Estuary, ca. 1914–1945. African Historical Review, 52(2), 62–83. https://doi.org/10.1080/17532523.2022.2135879

Male catechists often violated the marital ideals of the missionaries, but they also successfully promoted Catholic conversions.

0198. Sarnak, D.O., & Gemmill, A. (2022). Perceptions of partners’ fertility preferences and women's covert contraceptive use in eight Sub-Saharan African countries. Studies in Family Planning, 53(3), 527–548. https://doi.org/10.1111/sifp.12206

Efforts to increase partner engagement to align couple's fertility preferences may encourage overt use.

0199. Uzuegbu, C.N., & Nnenna, U.O. (2022). Awareness and knowledge of family life education services among Nigerian youth: Implications for social work. African Journal of Social Work, 12(3), 72–80.

For effective and sustainable development, the Social Welfare department helps to provide family life education for the youth.

Linguistics

0200. Abdelrahim, A.A.M. (2022). Developing EFL learners’ syntactic complexity in writing: The role of eTandem communication. African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 40(3), 337–352. https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2022.2064316.

I used successfully eTandem communication to improve learners’ syntactic complexity in writing.

0201. Akinlotan, M. (2022). Wetin una dey yan: Variation in the use of copula dey in Nigerian Pidgin English. African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 40(3), 288–305. https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2022.2058568

I identify and classify five contextual scenarios showing creative movement and placement of the copula.

0202. Akumbu, P.W., & Wills, J. (2022). Remnants of nasal prefixes in Western Grassfields Bantu. Africana Linguistica, 28, 3–23.

Babanki and other Western Grassfields Bantu languages display remnants of nasal prefixes of various lexical items.

0203. Álvarez-Mosquera, P., & Coetzee, F. (2022). “A name that recognises you”: Local analysis of semiotic dynamics in semi-informal markets in South Africa. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa, 53(3), 112–132. https://doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2022.2143873

We draw on the notions of emplacement, spatial scope, and assemblages of semiotics to discuss the significance of mobile phone numbers.

0204. Andrason, A. (2022). Conative animal calls in Xhosa: Testing the prototype. Africana Linguistica, 28, 25–54.

I corroborate the typological validity of the prototype of Conative Animal Calls, although certain refinements seem necessary.

0205. Bernander, R., Bloom Ström, E.-M., & Gibson, H. (2022). Post-verbal negative particles in southern Tanzania: Form, distribution and historical development. Africana Linguistica, 28, 55–113.

We found a preponderance of the use of post-verbal negative particles as the primary strategy for encoding standard negation.

0206. Chikaipa, V. (2022). Riding on slogans and mottos: Bicycle taxis as mobile bodies of meaning in Malawi. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa, 53(3), 133-153. https://doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2022.2141829

The operators use them to express their innermost feelings and ideologically link their identities to specific cultures.

0207. Chimbunde, P., & Kgari-Masondo, M. (2022). The decolonisation of African Languages: Insights from Southern Africa. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa, 53(3), 5–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2022.2138957

We seek to identify, describe, and evaluate what has been done in Southern African countries to answer the decolonial call.

0208. du Plessis, T. (2022). The officialisation of South African Sign Language—What is there to gain? Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa, 53(3), 47–71. https://doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2022.2126582

I propose a strategy to overcome the structural limitations regarding language officialization in South Africa.

0209. Ebrahimi, S.F., & Mohsenzadeh, A. (2022). Functional analysis of stance nouns in English Language Teaching research articles. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 40(4), 430–440. https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2022.2075903

Our findings could act as a guideline to include stance nouns in the syllabus for teaching research article writing in English Language Teaching and relevant disciplines.

0210. El Hadari, T. (2022). An optimality-theoretic account of the acquisition of English tenses: The case of Moroccan EFL learners. African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 40(3), 306–324. https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2022.2063146

The learners reach an intermediate phase in the interlanguage before eventually learning the correct tense form.

0211. Faaß, G. (2022). Applied corpus linguistics for lexicography: Sepedi negation as a case in point. Lexikos, 32(2), 82–104. https://doi.org/10.5788/32-2-1698

Exploring the quality of available Sepedi part-of-speech taggers concerning verbs, negation morphemes and subject concords may be a positive side result.

0212. Hemmig, C. (2020). “Jokko Sa faami” (“get onboard if you understand”): Language, online media, and political consciousness within Mauritania’s Halpulaar community. Journal of the African Literature Association, 14(3), 391–406. https://doi.org/10.1080/21674736.2020.1812206

I focus on the Halpulaar community, examining the stakes of mother tongue usage within a national context where Arabic and French predominate.

0213. Hyman, L.M., & Namara, D. (2022). Consecutive verb marking in Runyankore. Africana Linguistica, 28, 115–146.

We present the different verb forms used in sequential consecutives as well as in simultaneous and anterior clauses.

0214. Khumalo, L., & Nkomo, D. (2022). The intellectualization of African languages through terminology and lexicography: methodological reflections with special reference to lexicographic products of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Lexikos, 32(2), 133–157. https://doi.org/10.5788/32-2-1700

The limited availability of specialized texts in African languages hampers the development and deployment of advanced electronic corpora.

0215. Letsholo-Tafila, R., & Ramaeba, G.N. (2022). Attitudes of University of Botswana humanities students to mother tongue education. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 40(4), 413–429. https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2022.2075902

Botswana’s language practices hold English in high regard at the expense of indigenous languages.

0216. Madlome, S., & Hlungwani, C. (2022). Phonological and semantic variations in Tsonga spoken in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa, 53(3), 154–170. https://doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2022.2127855

We highlight phonological processes such as labialization versus palatalization, velarization versus labialization, and nasalization versus non-nasalization.

0217. Makinde, P.O., & Aniekwe, S.O. (2022). The use of adverbs in Obeledu dialect and standard Igbo: A contrastive analysis. International Journal of Language & Linguistics, 10(4), 260–269.

Adverbs function as adverbial clause elements and modifiers of adjectives, prepositions, pronouns, determiners, numerals, and noun phrases.

0218. Marlo, M.R., Nabirye, M., & De Schryver, G.-M. (2022). Reduplication in Lusoga. Africana Linguistica, 28, 147–197.

The reduplication of quantifiers, numerals, and adverbs differ from verbs and nouns in generally involving whole-word doubling.

0219. Mavoungou, P. A., Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, H. S., Ompoussa, V., & Nyingone Assam, B. (2022). Towards a comprehensive dictionary of Gabonese French. Lexikos, 32(2), 177–202. https://doi.org/10.5788/32-2-1702

We deal with two key aspects of the dictionary conceptualization plan, i.e., lexicographic processes and the dictionary basis.

0220. Mberwa, O.J., & Tibategeza, E.R. (2022). Factors influencing cattle naming in Haya speech community. International Journal of Language & Linguistics, 10(4), 228–238.

Bestowing names to cattle, among other benefits, helps cattle owners to identify their cattle and it increases animal-human relationship.

0221. Menete, S.N. (2022). Motion events in Changana spoken narrative. African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 40(3), 251–274. https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2022.2058037

Changana falls into the domain of verb-framed languages (or Path languages), a typology that is shared by most languages across Africa.

0222. Mumpande, I., & Barnes, L. (2022). Obstacles and challenges confronting Tonga revitalisation in Zimbabwe. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa, 53(3), 25–46. https://doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2022.2125553

Endangered speech communities are intricate heterogeneous entities in which competing interests may jeopardize the revitalization process.

0223. Ngidi, P., Cekiso, M., & Mandende, P. (2022). A critical discourse analysis of former President Nelson Mandela's two state of the nation addresses (1994 and 1999). Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa, 53(3), 72–90. https://doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2022.2113912

Former President Mandela used the restoration of human dignity for all South Africans, freedom of the individual, and taking care of the poor.

0224. Raksachat, M. (2022). Final vowel alternation in Herero. Africana Linguistica, 28, 199–229.

Function(s) of final vowel in Herero tense/aspect/mood/polarity inflection is better understood in terms of a holistic pattern or a morphological template.

0225. Raphael, R., & Tibategeza, E.R. (2022). Perceptions and perspectives of stakeholders on mother tongue education in Tanzania. International Journal of Language & Linguistics, 10(4), 220–227.

Serious measures need to be taken by language planners and policy makers to include home languages at lower levels of education.

0226. Simungala, G., Ndalama, D., & Jimaima, H. (2022). Communicative practices from the margins: The multilingual and multicultural repertoires on university spaces. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 57(4), 712–724. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096211035416

We show the emergence of (new) lexical items through the (re-)invention and disinvention of communicative resources.

0227. Uwen, G., & Mensah, E. (2022). Tomorrow may not be yours: Military slang and jargon as linguistic performance in Nigeria. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa, 53(3), 91–111. https://doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2022.2122540

Situated language practices provide a site for linguistic creativity and the enactment of style that sustain meaningful relationships among personnel in the army.

0228. Wang, W., & Wu, X. (2022). A corpus-based analysis of the concessive construction just because X doesn’t mean Y. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 40(4), 381–396. https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2022.2070509

We provide a systemic discussion about JB-X DM-Y and hope to provide a basic structure for the future analysis of JB-X DM-Y.

0229. Zaini, A. (2022). Co-text and critical reading for international postgraduates in Australia. African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 40(3), 353–372. https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2022.2064318

Teachers should explicitly instruct students on the workings of co-text when reading texts critically.

0230. Zhang, C. (2022). Multidimensional interaction of L2 writing fluency and cohesion: A complexity theory perspective. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 40(4), 397–412. https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2022.2075773

L2 writing fluency and cohesion involve five indicators in the three subdimensions of referential cohesion, connective, and unit length.

Medical Studies (Fertility, diet, disease, genetics, adaptation)

0231. Ahmed, I., Tegenu, K., Tilahun, D., & Awel, S. (2022). Health- related quality of life among patient with chronic diseases during COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study. Pan African Medical Journal, 43(2). https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2022.43.2.33592

Patients with pre-existing chronic diseases have worse outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

0232. Ashaba, S., Tumuhimbise, M., Beebwa, E., Oriokot, F., . . . Kabakyenga, J. (2022). Factors impacting sustainability of community health worker programming in rural Uganda: a qualitative study. African Health Sciences, 22(2), 668–677. https://doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v22i2.76

The program needs availability of supplies, medicines, services, worker training, facility health providers, and community acceptance.

0233. Balu, D., Krishnan, V., Krishnamoorthy, V., Singh, R.B.S., & Narayanasamy, S. (2022). Does serum kidney injury molecule-1 predict early diabetic nephropathy: A comparative study with microalbuminuria. Annals of African Medicine, 21(2), 136–139. https://doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_92_20

Serum Kidney injury molecule-1 may be used as an early diagnostic marker to predict nephropathy among diabetes in our population.

0234. Casale, D., & Shepherd, D. (2022). The gendered effects of the Covid-19 crisis in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM waves 1–5. Development Southern Africa, 39(5), 644–663. https://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2022.2036105

Gender inequality in South Africa has risen, undoing some of the gains of the last two decades.

0235. Daniels, R.C., & Casale, D. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 in South Africa during the first year of the crisis: Evidence from the NIDS-CRAM survey. Development Southern Africa, 39(5), 605–622. https://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2022.2116408

We discuss employment, income support, hunger, schooling, early childhood development, mental health, and vaccine hesitancy.

0236. Daniels, R.C., Ingle, K., & Brophy, T.S.L. (2022). Employment uncertainty in the era of COVID-19: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM and the QLFS. Development Southern Africa, 39(5), 623–643. https://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X2022.2089635

We find that much of the differences in estimates of labor force states including employment, unemployment, and not economically active, are due to different initial conditions.

0237. Dhage, P.P., & Wadhokar, O.C. (2022). Brittle bone disease (osteogenesis imperfecta): a rare condition. Pan African Medical Journal, 43(11). https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2022.43.11.35300

Clinical features of the disease include hearing loss, blue sclera, white eyes, and short stature.

0238. Dumedah, G., Arthur, J., Kokroko, J.S., Ampofo, S.T., . . . Kodua, E.T. (2023). Characterizing the geography of potential healthcare accessibility in informal settlements in the Greater Kumasi area of Ghana. African Geographical Review, 42(1), 46–71. https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2021.1991811

The facilities have favorable geography: high number, detailed coverage, and proximity, but plagued with low numbers of physicians and high demand.

0239. Enabulele, J., Omo, J., & Ibhawoh, L. (2022). Knowledge and attitude to dental implant placement amongst a group of Nigerian dentists. African Health Sciences, 22(2), 678–689. https://doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v22i2.77

The exposure and experience with dental implants was low among dentists responding.

0240. Enria, L., & Lees, S. (2022). Negotiating the role of anthropological evidence in medical research during health emergencies towards a critically embedded approach. Anthropology in Action, 29(1), 12–22. https://doi.org/10.3167/aia.2022.290103

We highlight the importance of foregrounding participants’ and communities’ voices, and confront what gets lost in translation.

0241. Espi-Sanchis, G., Leibbrandt, M., & Ranchhod, V. (2022). Age, employment and labour force participation outcomes in COVID-era South Africa. Development Southern Africa, 39(5), 664–688. https://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2022.2051439

Youth experienced the largest employment-to-population ratio increase, while older adults suffered the largest decrease in employment.

0242. Idé, H.A., Yanogo, P.K., Barry, D., Togola, O.B., . . . Meda, N. (2022). Epidemiological profile of measles in Niger: Analysis of measles case-based surveillance data from 2010 to 2019. Pan African Medical Journal, 43(18). https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2022.43.18.33443

The baseline analysis allowed us to find that all regions recorded cases and deaths with a low vaccination rate of 28.3%.

0243. Kalinda, C., Phiri, M., Chimpinde, K., Ishimwe, M.C.S., & Simona, S.J. (2022). Trends and socio-demographic components of modern contraceptive use among sexually active women in Rwanda: A multivariate decomposition analysis. Reproductive Health, 19, 226. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-022-01545-0

A change in the behavior of women towards contraceptive use is key to improving modern contraceptive use among sexually active women.

0244. Kang'Ethe, S.M. (2022). Coping opportunities and deficits displayed by people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Alice region, Eastern Cape, South Africa: Social work implications. African Journal of Social Work, 12(3), 123–132.

Education on positive coping is critical for people living with HIV/AIDS so that they can reduce the chances of HIV/AIDS morbidity.

0245. Keuler, N., Johnson, Y., & Coetzee, R. (2022). Treating urinary tract infections in public sector primary healthcare facilities in Cape Town, South Africa: A pharmaceutical perspective. The South African Medical Journal, 112(7), 487–493.

Managing urinary tract infections appropriately in primary care can combat antibiotic resistance.

0246. Köhler, T., & Hill, R. (2022). Wage subsidies and COVID-19: The distribution and dynamics of South Africa’s TERS policy. Development Southern Africa, 39(5), 689–721. https://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2022.2057927

We find evidence of a significant, positive relationship between Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme receipt and job retention.

0247. Lorente, V.-P.-F., van Rensburg, R., Moolla, M.S., McCaul, M., . . . Decloedt, E.H. (2022). Bleeding and thrombosis outcomes in hospitalised COVID-19 patients on low-molecular-weight heparin and antiplatelet therapy. The South African Medical Journal, 112(7), 472–477.

The bleeding risk in COVID-19 patients receiving both low-molecular-weight heparin and antiplatelet therapy was not significantly increased.

0248. Mohanty, V., Pathania, M., & Bhasi, A. (2022). Effect of vitamin supplementation in patients of congestive heart failure deficient in vitamin D: A study at a tertiary care center of North India. Annals of African Medicine, 21(2), 107–112. https://doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_70_20

Patients with heart failure taking Vitamin D had a significant reduction in cardiac biomarkers and improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction.

0249. Mwamba, B., Mayers, P., & Shea, J. (2022). Sexual and reproductive health knowledge of postgraduate students at the University of Cape Town, in South Africa. Reproductive Health, 19, 225. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-022-01507-6

Students were knowledgeable about selected aspects of sexual reproductive health and obtained their information from university sources.

0250. Nattrass, N., & Seekings, J. (2022). High modernist hubris and its subversion in South Africa’s Covid–19 vaccination roll-out. Journal of Southern African Studies, 48(5), 765–785. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2022.2108249

The objective of the vaccination roll-out ‘plan’ was not simply to vaccinate people, but to build key foundations of the proposed ‘national health insurance’ system.

0251. Ngene, N.C. (2022). Renal cyst mimicking hydronephrosis after uterine artery ligation for postpartum haemorrhage. African Health Sciences, 22(2), 690–694. https://doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v22i2.78

Conventional ultrasonography was performed to exclude ureteric injury after surgery suggested left hydronephrosis, but it was actually a simple left renal cyst.

0252. Obioha, E., & Mugari, I. (2022). Policing COVID-19 restrictive regulations in Zimbabwe: The shifting crime trends and the human rights implications. African Security Review, 31(4), 415–428. https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2022.2132872

The COVID-19 era has altered the criminal environment, focusing on criminal activities by both the public and the law enforcement agents.

0253. Patel, M.L., Shyam, R., Atam, V., Bharti, H., . . . Parihar, A. (2022). Clinical profile, etiology, and outcome of acute pancreatitis: Experience at a tertiary care center. Annals of African Medicine, 21(2), 118–123. https://doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_83_20

Alcohol and gallstones were the most common etiological factors of acute pancreatitis, whereas hematocrit, C-reactive protein, and body mass index were the useful predictors of severe pancreatitis.

0254. Prinsloo, M., Hunter, K., Matzopoulos, R., Millett, E., . . . Peden, M.M. (2022). Non-fatal injuries among boys and girls presenting to Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. The South African Medical Journal, 112(7), 465–471.

Road traffic injuries, homicides, and burns are the leading causes of injury-related deaths among children.

0255. Rangari, G.M., Sharma, S., Bhaisare, R.G., Madhavrao, C., & Misra, A.K. (2022). Prophylactic use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQS) in COVID-19: A questionnaire-based study in health care professionals. Annals of African Medicine, 21(2), 113–117. https://doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_82_20

Hydroxychloroquine is well tolerated by participants, and there was no reported serious adverse effect and cardiac-related side effects among them.

0256. Rencken, G., Govender, P., & Uys, C.J.E. (2022). Maternal mental health and caregiver competence of HIV-positive and negative women caring for their singleton newborns in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The South African Medical Journal, 112(7), 494–501.

The adverse effects of maternal depression on the offspring throughout infancy, childhood, and adolescence are well documented.

0257. Shepherd, D., & Mohohlwane, N. (2022). A generational catastrophe: COVID-19 and children’s access to education and food in South Africa. Development Southern Africa, 39(5), 762–780. https://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2021.2017855

Household hunger combined with a lack of access to free school meals is indicated to contribute to significantly greater levels of caregiver anxiety.

0258. Turok, I., & Visagie, J. (2022). The divergent pathways of the pandemic within South African cities. Development Southern Africa, 39(5), 738–761. https://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2022.2098089

Communities that were already the most vulnerable have been hit hardest by the pandemic, triggering hardship, hunger, and social unrest.

0259. Ugwumba, F.O., & Nnabugwu, I.I. (2022). Prostate cancer characteristics: A descriptive analysis of clinical features at presentation in the last decade in a black African community. Annals of African Medicine, 21(2), 153–157. https://doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_101_20

Late presentation appears to persist despite higher incidence rates and instituted awareness programs.

0260. van der Berg, S., Patel, L., & Bridgman, G. (2022). Food insecurity in South Africa: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM wave 5. Development Southern Africa, 39(5), 722–737. https://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2022.2062299

Strict lockdown regulations also reduced employment and income from informal economic activities.

0261. Wills, G., & Kika-Mistry, J. (2022). Early childhood care and education access in South Africa during COVID-19: Evidence from NIDS-CRAM. Development Southern Africa, 39(5), 781–799. https://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2022.2028607

Early childhood care and education attendance ranged from just before (39%) to during (7%) the COVID-19 pandemic.

Political Structure (Process, law)

0262. Adebiyi, O.M., & Oludare Olowa, J. (2022). The politics of the Electoral Act Amendment and the 2019 general elections in Nigeria. Modern Africa: Politics, History and Society, 10(2), 33–57. https://doi.org/10.26806/modafr.v10i2.363

The electoral amendment bill may not after all be in the interest of a credible election as each political party tried to manipulate it.

0263. Adeniyi, E. (2022). ‘We're now the walking dead’: Predatory policing, youth agency and framing in Nigeria’s #EndSARS social activism. African Studies, 81(2), 149–169. https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2022.2141686

The protesters enacted frames through discursive strategies to express ideological views and achieve specific purposes.

0264. Amoh, E. (2022). The dilemma of diasporic Africans: Adger Emerson Player and anti-Americanism in Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana. African Studies Review, 65(3), 544–567. https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2022.54

Adger Emerson Player, an African American, rescued the United States flag from a Ghanaian anti-American demonstration.

0265. Ansoms, A., Aoun, E., Chemouni, B., Niyonkuru, R.-C., & Williams, T.P. (2022). The politics of policymaking in Rwanda: adaptation and reform in agriculture, energy, and education. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 16(2), 205–227. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2022.2143468

We discuss the conditions for policy adaptation, analyzsing whether, when, how, and from whom criticism is taken on board.

0266. Arendse, D.E. (2022). Safe and optimistic: Experiences of military members after the first repatriation of South Africans during the Covid-19 pandemic. Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies, 50(2), 155–176.

Military members involved in the return and quarantine of repatriated South Africans were mostly positive and supportive of virus containment measures and lockdown practices.

0267. Assamah, D., & Yuan, S. (2022). Can smaller powers have grand strategies? The case of Rwanda. Insight on Africa, 15(1), 108–127. https://doi.org/10.1177/09750878221135074

We discuss the national pathologies that drive Rwanda’s grand strategy and decision-making process.

0268. Babcock, D. (2020). The Bildung of the professional class: Development’s narrative genres in Mary Karooro Okurut’s The Invisible Weevil. Journal of the African Literature Association, 14(3), 454–471. https://doi.org/10.1080/21674736.2019.1700326

The novel situates the Museveni government against the violent dictatorships that plagued the country since its independence.

0269. Bentahar, Z., & Twohig, E. (2020). Beyond the Francophone Maghreb. Journal of the African Literature Association, 14(3), 347–353. https://doi.org/10.1080/21674736.2020.1812265

How do individual North African works and writers problematize monolithic definitions of nationalism and regional identities?

0270. Besenyő, J., & Sinkó, G. (2022). Combating piracy strategically: Analysing the successes and challenges of NATO and EU interventions off the Somali coast. South African Journal of International Affairs, 29(3), 295–309. https://doi.org/10.1080/10220461.2022.2125064

Piracy can only be eliminated if multilateral coordination at sea and ashore is enhanced, and law enforcement becomes more effective.

0271. Bester, P., & O’Neil, J. (2022). The modern military leader as sensemaker on the battlefield. Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies, 50(2), 37–64.

They coined ‘social constructivism in complexity’ where the military leader acts as a guide for soldiers through a sensemaking process.

0272. Boakye, B.A.P. (2022). Understanding party factionalism and fragmentation: The case of two Nkrumahist parties in Ghana. South African Journal of International Affairs, 29(3), 327–342. https://doi.org/10.1080/10220461.2022.2127870

There is a need for the parties to build robust party structures, tone down excessive personalization of party leadership, and minimize political opportunism.

0273. Burden, M. (2022). The dream of building a South African nation: Abandoned or alive? South African Journal of Cultural History, 36(2), 186–189. https://doi.org/10.54272/sach.2022.v36n2a9

A large variety of cultures, ethnicities, and languages forms the nation, because they share citizenship.

0274. Chavula, H.K. (2022). Malawi’s Third Republic: Towards a democratic developmental state? Journal of Asian and African Studies, 57(4), 773–793. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096211037040

Despite experiencing some episodes of high growth rates, the country has been marred by autocratic tendencies, rampant corruption and nepotism.

0275. Cocodia, J. (2022). Local women and building the peace: Narratives from Africa. Insight on Africa, 15(1), 71–87. https://doi.org/10.1177/09750878221114377

The absence of women from peace initiatives conjures a vital missing link in achieving stability.

0276. De Bruin, E., & Karabatak, Z. (2022). Militarized policing in the Middle East and North Africa. The Journal of the Middle East and Africa, 13(1), 93–110. https://doi.org/10.1080/21520844.2021.1996816

We distinguish between the use of militarized riot squads and tactical units embedded within otherwise civilian police and more-extensively militarized “paramilitary” police.

0277. de Coning, C., Tchie, A.EY., & Grand, A.O. (2022). Ad-hoc Security Initiatives, an African response to insecurity. African Security Review, 31(4), 383–398. https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2022.2134810

We trace the emergence of a new type of Ad-hoc Security Initiatives, examine how they fill an essential gap, and analyze why the African Standby Force was not able to meet this need.

0278. Everatt, D., & Pieterse, M. (2022). Outsourcing governance: Local government and the future of democracy in South Africa. Journal of Southern African Studies, 48(5), 787–804. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2022.2119749

At a political level, however, the future of local government is treacherous, given the loss of faith among voters.

0279. Frossard de Saugy, Y. (2022). “We are not gays”: Regime preservation and the politicization of identity in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe. African Studies Review, 65(3), 591–614. https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2022.55

Politicized homophobia deployed by the Robert Mugabe regime was connected to hegemonic masculinity and the liberation war.

0280. Grobbelaar, A. (2022). Media and terrorism in Africa: Al-Shabaab’s evolution from militant group to media mogul. Insight on Africa, 15(1), 7–22. https://doi.org/10.1177/09750878221114375

I explore the evolution of Al-Shabaab in terms of their media usage and presence from a local insurgency using magazines and radio stations to social media.

0281. Häefele, B. (2022). The poaching of rhino and elephant as a facilitator of organised crime in the greater Kruger National Park environment. Acta Criminologica, 35(1), 1–24.

Rhino and elephant poaching are facilitators for other organized crimes in and around the Kruger National Park.

0282. Harmse, A., O’Neil, S., & Strasheim, A. (2022). Organisational support to overcome the challenges of extended absences of officers in the SANDF. Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies, 50(2), 89–126.

Little support is provided by the organization, especially during reintegration after deployment, and especially in the case of absences due to training.

0283. Hungwe, J.P. (2022). Guns, truncheons and the virus: An analysis of liberation war ideology in the Covid-19 pandemic response in Zimbabwe. African Studies, 81(1), 117–132. https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2022.2045184

Liberation war ideology is premised on the assumption that the state authority has the sole mandate to actively deploy weaponry.

0284. Idrissi, H., Takky, S., & Idrissi, H. (2022). Citizenship attitudes and social inequality among Moroccan university students. African Studies, 81(2), 188–210. https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2022.2088472

We learn about the extent to which citizenship is perceived as a legal status as opposed to membership in a political community.

0285. Kibreab, G., & Cole, G. (2022). Cuba’s involvement in and against the Eritrean liberation struggle: A history and historiography. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 16(2), 181–204. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2022.2149915

Havana’s denial of Cuba’s involvement in suppressing the struggle contributed to the sense of betrayal and distrust still haunting Eritrean politics and its leadership.

0286. Koko, S. (2022). A further look at rebel-to-party transformation in the Democratic Republic of Congo: The case of the CNDP. South African Journal of International Affairs, 29(3), 343–364. https://doi.org/10.1080/10220461.2022.2130970

I analyze the failed transformation of the National Congress for the Defence of the People, the rebel group behind the Third Congo War (2006-2009).

0287. Lamidi, K.O. (2022). Conflict analysis in peacebuilding: A review. African Security Review, 31(4), 399–414. https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2022.2131448

Conflict analysis exposes complementary problems resulting in the limitations of peacebuilding.

0288. Loqani, A., & Magadze, T.O. (2022). Exploratory analysis of the underlying factors contributing towards mob justice: A case study of Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Acta Criminologica, 35(1), 25–48

High levels of crime, caused by the incompetence of the police and the justice system, greatly influence the eruption of mob justice.

0289. Makau, K.L., & Liebenberg, I. (2022). Revolutionary ideals, mass action, concrete realities, and transition to democracy: Theoretical notes on the mass democratic movement (MDM) during the last phase of the struggle for liberation in South Africa. African Historical Review, 52(2), 31–61. https://doi.org/10.1080/17532523.2022.2114673

Maoist and other revolutionary theories explore the role of the MDM within the contemporary political context.

0290. Misrak, Y., Genet, Y., & Muluye, K. (2022). The demands and contests of constitutional amendment in Ethiopia: Analysis on the 1995 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) constitution. Insight on Africa, 15(1), 88–107. https://doi.org/10.1177/09750878221114384

Political insecurity and declining of constitutional legitimacy are major effects of the un-amendable aspects of the FDRE constitution.

0291. Mlambo, M.S. (2022). Governance and traditional rulership in northern Nigeria. South African Journal of International Affairs, 29(3), 311–326. https://doi.org/10.1080/10220461.2022.2122547

I provide a Global South reading of governance, specifically focusing on traditional rulership in northern Nigeria.

0292. Modise, J.M., & Raga, R. (2022). Policing protests (riots): An investigation and analysis of crowd management strategies. Acta Criminologica, 35(1), 49–60.

The studies are narrative analyses of protest events and are not grounded in any hypothetical ideals.

0293. Mphaphuli, L.N. (2022). Discharge, resettlement and aftercare: The life of protected witnesses after the Witness Protection Programme. Acta Criminologica, 35(1), 61–77.

Challenges include personal safety concerns; inability to sustain themselves outside of the program; and lack of accommodation away from their homes.

0294. Naili, M. (2022). Defeating illegal trade in Western Sahara: Corporations under pressure from NGOs. The Journal of North African Studies, 27(6), 1204–1228. https://doi.org/10.1080/13629387.2021.1917124

Civil society and various solidarity movements outside the country have vowed to prevent the king and his government from trading away peace.

0295. Ndjio, B. (2022). Garçons Manqués and Femmes Fortes: Two ambivalent figures of butch lesbianism in women’s football in Cameroon. African Studies Review, 65(3), 568–590. https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2022.19

Cameroon’s government strategically amalgamates both heteronationalism and homonationalism in the interest of national pride.

0296. Njelezi, M.T. (2022). Insurgency and subversion: An analysis of the modes of operation for understanding the attacks in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. African Security Review, 31(4), 353–366. https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2022.2054719

The conflict was initiated by a minority of individuals subordinate to a radical religious ideology and the objective of its operationalization.

0297. O’Neil, J., & O’Neil, S. (2022). Sensemaking training in preparation for effective mission command in the African battlespace. Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies, 50(2), 65–88.

Sensemaking is an important cognitive skill that should form an integral part of the psychological preparation and training of commanders.

0298. Obodo, E., Odoh, G.C., Udeh, K., Odoh, N.S., . . . Onuora, C. (2022). Measuring the impact of visual multimedia on awareness, alertness and behavioural intention towards kidnapping prevention measures among young secondary school students in Nigeria. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 57(4), 678–692. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096211034529

Respondents in the visual multimedia group did not significantly differ from their counterparts in the non-visual multimedia group on security awareness.

0299. Omeni, A. (2022). Framing injustice: Special anti-robbery squads (SARS) in Nigeria and the #EndSARS protest response from a social movement theory perspective. Modern Africa: Politics, History and Society, 10(2), 9–32. https://doi.org/10.26806/modafr.v10i2.409

I show #EndSARS employed diagnostic, prognostic and motivational frames, within “injustice” master frames, towards collective action mobilization.

0300. Puddu, L. (2022). A pragmatic high modernism? Rural development and state building in the Ethiopian lowlands, c. 1960–2019. Critical African Studies, 14(3), 311–329. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2022.2076705

We trace Eritrea’s history of adherence to international self-reliance and societal dominance through the long years of insurgent struggle.

0301. Semon, H. (2022). Identity and dissent in Ethiopian football fandom (2012–2019). Journal of Eastern African Studies, 16(2), 228–247. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2022.2150281

The stadium is a space where fans express their concerns about socio-political injustices and the ethics of the media and police.

0302. Terrefe, B. (2022). Infrastructures of Renaissance: Tangible discourses in the EPRDF’s Ethiopia. Critical African Studies, 14(3), 250-273. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2022.2039731

The party strategically deployed posters, images, and speeches centered around infrastructure to directly respond to protestors' grievances.

0303. Tornius, K. (2022). Staying with the culture struggle: The African Union and eliminating violence against women. African Studies Review, 65(3), 615-641. https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2022.68

Articulating gendered violence through undefined ahistorical and apolitical notions of “culture” has real life adverse effects for women through ineffective policy.

0304. Tshuma, B.B., Tshuma, L.A., & Ndlovu, M. (2022). Twitter and political discourses: How supporters of Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU PF party use Twitter for political engagement. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 16(2), 269–288. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2022.2076385

We employ rhetorical argumentation to analyze how these Twitter propagandists are defending and promoting the interests of the Mnangagwa regime.

0305. Visagie, N., du Toit, R.A., Joubert, S., Schoeman, D., & Zungu, D. (2022). Comparing deployment experiences of South African National Defence Force personnel during peace support missions: Sudan vs Democratic Republic of Congo. Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies, 50(2), 127–154.

The psychological impact was categorized in terms of the sphere of functioning (organizational, family, and clinical) from the deployment experience.

0306. Woldearegay, A.G. (2022). Interstate media wars: The experience of the Ethiopian Federation. Modern Africa: Politics, History and Society, 10(2), 59–100. https://doi.org/10.26806/modafr.v10i2.345

Facebook was used as their major platform to express an open political hostility relating to their ethnoterritorial disputes.

0307. Yasun, S. (2022). Bureaucrat-local politician relations and hierarchical local governance in emerging democracies: A case study of Tunisia. The Journal of the Middle East and Africa, 13(1), 67–92. https://doi.org/10.1080/21520844.2021.1993682

Municipal governance becomes less transparent when a governor shares a political background similar to the ideological position of the mayor’s party.

0308. Zenn, J. (2022). Rebel rivals: Reinterrogating the movement for unity and jihad in West Africa and the roots of Al-Qaeda-Islamic State infighting in the Sahel. The Journal of North African Studies, 27(6), 1277–1301. https://doi.org/10.1080/13629387.2021.1949298

Local conditions and international alliances affected ISGS and JNIM’s conduct of their insurgencies and dialogue with both each other and state actors.

Psychological Studies

0309. Barnes, B.R. (2022). Racism, climate activism, and the politics of apology: The image exclusion of Black youth activists. South African Journal of Psychology, 52(4), 522–532. https://doi.org/10.1177/00812463221131213

I discuss the importance of apology expectations for climate change from countries in the global North towards the global South.

0310. Barnwell, G., & Wood, N. (2022). Climate justice is central to addressing the climate emergency’s psychological consequences in the Global South: a narrative review. South African Journal of Psychology, 52(4), 486–497. https://doi.org/10.1177/00812463211073384

We see socio-historical barriers to adaptations and institutional betrayal that complicates the experience of psychological distress.

0311. Dey, N.E.Y., Oti-Boadi, M., Malm, E., Selormey, R.K., & Ansah, K.O. (2022). Fear of COVID-19, perceived academic stress, future anxiety, and psychological distress of Ghanaian university students: A serial mediation examination. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 32(5), 423–430. https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2022.2120703

High psychological distress is associated with increased fear of COVID-19 and perceived academic stress.

0312. Emmanuel, S., Jephias, M., John, B., Tendai, S., & Manford, G. (2022). In their own voices- understanding GBV in Zimbabwe: Evidence from a survivor’s perspective. Journal of African Studies and Development, 14(4), 154–159. https://doi.org/10.5897/JASD2022.0665

Gender based violence against women is a prevalent public health challenge that poses a serious threat to women’s physical, social, and mental health.

0313. Gouws, J.J. (2022). Military psychology: Time to embrace a front-line diplomatic role. Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies, 50(2), 1–36.

Alternatives to engagement in ill-advised military options must involve the strategic deployment of Military Psychology in a front-line capacity.

0314. Lawal, A.M., Idemudia, E.S., Karing, C., & Bello, B.M. (2022). COVID-19 context and job insecurity among casual employees: The predictive value of education, financial stress, and coping ability. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 32(5), 440–446. https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2022.2121053

Gender, age, and number of years of work experience of casual employees had no effect on their perceptions of job insecurity.

0315. Liao, J., Sun, X., Mai, X., Du, Y., & Li, F. (2022). Mindfulness and mental health in medical staff in the COVID-19 period: Mediating role of perceived social support and sense of security. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 32(5), 447–453. https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2022.2121055

More humanistic care and material resources should be provided to medical staff in high-risk departments.

0316. Mason, H.D., Craven, A., & Fredericks, M. (2022). Learning and studying during the pandemic: A comparison between students' learning and study strategy orientations before and during the COVID-19 period. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 32(5), 436–439. https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2022.2121039

Student development services should provide targeted support interventions addressing these learning and study strategy risks to students.

0317. Peters, F. (2022). The role of critical methodologies in climate psychology scholarship: themes, gaps, and futures. South African Journal of Psychology, 52(4), 510–521. https://doi.org/10.1177/00812463221130158

Climate psychology scholars in the selected articles actively addressed social justice and represented marginalized peoples’ voices through participatory action research.

0318. Rehling, J.T.C. (2022). Conceptualising eco-anxiety using an existential framework. South African Journal of Psychology, 52(4), 472–485. https://doi.org/10.1177/00812463221130898

Climate change was equated with death or loss and associated with guilt, anger, isolation, powerlessness, and chronic uncertainty about what to do.

0319. Sifelani, I., Matsikure, M., Songo, S., Kwembeya, M., & Kudejira, D. (2022). Cyclone Idai–related losses and the coping strategies of adolescent survivors in the Odzi community of Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe. South African Journal of Psychology, 52(4), 423–435. https://doi.org/10.1177/00812463221077608

The impact of disaster-related losses had a toll on adolescents’ psychological, social, and physical well-being.

0320. Snyman, A.M. (2022). Predictors of staff retention satisfaction: The role of the psychological contract and job satisfaction. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 32(5), 459–465. https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2022.2121047

Black African, females, employed as academic personnel, and those with shorter tenure were significantly more satisfied with their psychological contracts and the organization's retention practices,

0321. Toros, E., Maslakçı, A., & Sürücü, L. (2022). Fear of COVID-19 and job insecurity among hospitality industry employees: The mediating role of happiness. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 32(5), 431–435. https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2022.2121054

Work happiness played a mediating role in this relationship, lowering levels of fear and insecurity.

0322. Ujoatuonu, I.V.N., Kanu, G.C., Okafor, C.O., & Okeke, C.S. (2022). Work method control of Nigerian armed forces personnel: Roles of psychological detachment and conscientiousness. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 32(5),454–458. https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2022.2121051

Conscientiousness, rather than work detachment, explained the military organization's sense of work method control.

0323. Undie, C.-C., & Birungi, H. (2022). What to expect when girls are expecting: Psychosocial support challenges and opportunities in the context and aftermath of teenage pregnancy in Kenya. Reproductive Health, 19, 228. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-022-01544-1

Pregnant and parenting girls need support including mental health care to deal with the trauma of sexual violence (and other issues).

0324. Wagner, C., & Gibberd, J. (2022). Reducing students’ ecological footprints through self-developed interventions. South African Journal of Psychology, 52(4), 533–544. https://doi.org/10.1177/00812463221130196

We found relational, environment, financial, and self-efficacy themes embedded in their reflections on the intervention process.

0325. Wright, C.Y., Wernecke, B., Kapwata, T., Kunene, Z., . . . Theron, L. (2022). Perceptions of thermal comfort and coping mechanisms related to indoor and outdoor temperatures among participants living in rural villages in Limpopo province, South Africa. South African Journal of Psychology, 52(4), 449–459. https://doi.org/10.1177/00812463221129363

Education campaigns, climate-proofed housing, access to basic services, and financial considerations will help support resilient coping.

0326. Zhou, J. (2022). Correlates of lived career calling: The role of perceived calling and organisational cultural identity among police cadets. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 32(5), 466–473. https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2022.2121042

College reputation, employment opportunity, and self-improvement negatively predicted perceived calling.

Social Organization (Culture contact, migration, modernization)

0327. Alamu, O.I. (2022). Challenges of social work in Nigeria: A policy agenda. African Journal of Social Work, 12(3), 116–122.

The professional body overseeing the social workers should be strengthened, and the level of training of social workers ought to be raised to global standards.

0328. Amanu, N.D., & Aredo, T.D. (2022). Social work field education in Wallaga University, Ethiopia: Challenges and opportunities from the perspectives of students, faculty liaisons and agency supervisors. African Journal of Social Work, 12(3), 108–115.

Challenges include a shortage of allotted time; inconsistent supervision/guidance; school management negligence; and faculty liaisons job overload.

0329. Kuah, A. (2022). Aspiring to citizenship: African immigrant youth and civic participation in Cape Town, South Africa. Anthropology Southern Africa, 45(4), 231–243. https://doi.org/10.1080/23323256.2022.2147090

Civic participation through community engagement allows African immigrant youth to dream and access citizenship.

0330. Kunz, S. (2022). Provincializing “immigrant integration”: privileged migration to Nairobi and the problem of integration. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 45(1), 1896–1917. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2021.1980222

I suggest “provincializing” integration as a way forward: (re)visiting “integration discourse” from its constitutive objects, others, and silences.

0331. Mabvurira, V., & Machimbidza, D. (2022). Cyberbullying among high school learners in Zimbabwe: Motives and effects. African Journal of Social Work, 12(3), 98–107.

Motives for cyberbullying among high school learners included differences, peer pressure, exposure to violent media, intimate relationships, fun, and boredom.

0332. Meere, M., & Tulchin, S.D. (2020). Filling in the gaps: identity, exile, and performance in 1962 and Babel Taxi by Mohamed Kacimi. Journal of the African Literature Association, 14(3), 435–453. https://doi.org/10.1080/21674736.2020.1812209

Performing the past can facilitate connection and offer solace from the confusion of exile, but it can just as easily sow discord in the present.

0333. Mpofu, B.S. (2022). Missio-pastoral and theological implications for migration and increased demagoguing in South Africa. Missionalia, 50, 56–72. https://doi.org/10.7832/50-0-234

Compassion fatigue and complex challenges presented by COVID-19 have eroded traditional roles that ensured hospitality to strangers.

0334. Nayak, A. (2020). From essay to novel: Echoes of Hospitalité française in Le mariage de plaisir. Journal of the African Literature Association, 14(3), 420–434. https://doi.org/10.1080/21674736.2020.1812208

Tahar Ben Jelloun reflects upon the notion of hospitality in the context of French immigration policy and attitudes of the French towards immigrants from the Maghreb.

0335. Peter Yikwab, Y., & Tade, O. (2022). How farming communities cope with displacement arising from farmer-herder conflict in north central Nigeria. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 57(4), 667–677. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096211034882

Reported coping strategies included job switching, relocation to a safer place, formation of a vigilance group, and trusting in God.

0336. Plank, F. (2022). Interregional forum shopping in Africa–EU relations: Regional groups and the evolving security-development-migration nexus. South African Journal of International Affairs, 29(3), 271–293. https://doi.org/10.1080/10220461.2022.2119161

The European Union’s emphasis on the security-development-migration nexus overrides rational forum shopping logic.

0337. Rai, A. (2022). Chasing the ghosts: Stories of people left behind on the frontline of climate and ecological crisis. South African Journal of Psychology, 52(4), 460-471. https://doi.org/10.1177/00812463221130902

Loss of a place and its community life can have severe implications on the well-being of the people.

Symbol Systems (Religion, ritual, world view)

0338. Arnaiz-Villena, A., Palacio-Gruber, J., Ruiz-del-Valle, V., Heras-Garcia, A., . . . Suarez-Trujillo, F. (2022). The Iberian-Tartessian semi-syllabary: Possible evolution from Lineal Megalithic/Paleolithic Scripts and the Mother Goddess Religion. International Journal of Modern Anthropology, 2(17), 820–841. https://doi.org/10.4314/ijma.v2i17.6

Iberians, North Africans, and Canary Islanders are genetically close supporting prehistorical contacts also sustained by Sahara Desert rapid desiccation followed by people migration.

0339. Balogun, A. (2022). The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN) since 1954: Education, Muslim–Christian encounters and regional variation. Africa, 92(5), 699–717. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0001972022000596

Despite envisioning the same notion of Islam for all Muslim students in Nigeria, the MSSN’s activities do not produce a monolithic Islam.

0340. Basedau, M., Gobien, S., & Hoffmann, L. (2022). Identity threats and ideas of superiority as drivers of religious violence? Evidence from a survey experiment in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Journal of Peace Research, 59(3), 395–408. https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433211035234

Appeals by leaders to threats by others and intolerance toward other faiths can contribute to more conflict.

0341. Chinyena, E. (2022). Religious faith traditions tussle with rampant corruption toward sustainable development: Search for the missing links in light of ubuntu. Acta Theologica, 42(1), 15–27.

I analyze how the church can influence the state apparatus in the fight against corruption.

0342. Dube, E.E.N. (2022). South Africa General Mission (SAGM) missionaries and the Ndau people of Chimanimani, Zimbabwe. Missionalia, 50, 73–101. https://doi.org/10.7832/50-0-444

SAGM missionaries, like missionaries elsewhere, had a paternalistic attitude towards the Ndau people.

0343. Furiasse, A. (2022). Madagascar's green gold: Nature religion, biotechnology, and the global race against Covid-19. Journal of Africana Religions 10(2), 212–236.

This government garnered international media attention for their herbal remedy to COVID-19, made from the Artemisia plant, called "Covid-Organics."

0344. Ibrahim, M. (2022). Sunni and Shia Muslim and Christian encounters in northern Nigeria. Africa, 92(5), 678–698. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0001972022000614

These dynamics add to the understanding that the concept of ‘tolerance’ is not sophisticated enough to capture all forms of religious coexistence.

0345. Kabongo, K.L.T. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 on the vulnerable in households: a missional reflection from the township of Soshanguve. Missionalia, 50, 102–115. https://doi.org/10.7832/50-0-467

The church has a critical role to play in empowering households to be the center of good quality of life.

0346. Louw, L. (2022). St Cuthbert’s Mission Station: Fragments of living heritage, the archive and documentary filmmaking – ‘the future of the past.’ Missionalia, 50, 23–35. https://doi.org/10.7832/50-0-321

I stress the importance of constantly adding to existing archival collections of historical records by recording the lived experiences of relevant individuals.

0347. Magaya, A.T. (2022). “Change within continuity”: Sacred and holy spaces and socialization in Bocha, Zimbabwe, ca. 1910–1960s. The Journal of the Middle East and Africa, 13(1), 31–47. https://doi.org/10.1080/21520844.2021.1984175

I point to the persistence of pre-Christian culture within an increasingly Bocha Christian community in the first half of the twentieth century.

0348. Mashau, T.D. (2022). Siphefumula ngenxeba Rethinking a transformative missional ecclesiology as standing in the gap in the context of pandemics like COVID-19 and GBV. Missionalia, 50, 116–133. https://doi.org/10.7832/50-0-466

I affirm that pandemics are either a creation of humanity and/or a creation of God.

0349. McCain, C. (2022). Censorship, citizenship and cosmopolitan unity in Muslim and Christian creative responses to repression in northern Nigeria. Africa, 92(5), 739–758. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0001972022000651

Some Hausa-language artists present a vision of cosmopolitan unity across ethnicity and religion, as an alternative to the repressive force of state censorship.

0350. McConnell, B., & Jallow, S. (2022). Climate change adaptation in The Gambia: The role of kanyeleng communication and performance. African Studies Review, 65(3), 692–716. https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2022.67

Understandings of climate change in The Gambia intersect with broader concerns about loss of traditional and religious values.

0351. Mwale, N. (2022). Sustaining the Mission of the Church in Education A Narrative of Christian Higher Education in Post-1990 Zambia. Missionalia, 50, 134–151. https://doi.org/10.7832/50-0-403

I contribute to missiological scholarship by applying the self-sustaining principle of Venn to Christian universities as providers of education.

0352. Naidoo, M., & Hughes, J.L. (2022). The influence of the missionary legacy on the practice of discipleship in the Anglican Church of Uganda. Missionalia, 50, 152–167. https://doi.org/10.7832/50-0-442

How African church leaders define discipleship and execute it in churches is an important task for the growth of the church.

0353. Ndereba, K.M. (2022). The relevance of covenant theology to fatherlessness in Kenya: A youth and family ministry perspective. Acta Theologica, 42(1), 84–97.

Reformed covenant theology offers a robust theology that can anchor practical interventions within the scope of the church’s ministry to its young people as well as its families.

0354. Ogunnaike, O. (2022). From theory to Theoria and back again and beyond: Decolonizing the study of Africana religions. Journal of Africana Religions 10(2), 174–211.

I explore how best to represent, translate, and teach Sufism and Ifá in the context of undergraduate and graduate education in "Western" academia.

0355. Seepheephe, N. (2022). Stigmatisation through metaphors borrowed from religious discourse in the early coverage of HIV and AIDS by the Sesotho press. African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 40(3), 325–336. https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2022.2064315

Journey metaphors portrayed people living with HIV as sinners who followed ‘a wrong way or path.’

0356. Shelley, B.S.K. (2022). Catholic missionary work and “political” support: The Tokombéré Youth Centre since 1974. Africa Spectrum, 57(3), 282–300. https://doi.org/10.1177/00020397221112437

They foster the values of citizenship through activities like Youth Weeks, Kirditude days, amateur journalistic writing, and film screenings.

0357. Wessels, W. (2022). Towards struggle as lived experience: Contemplation on homiletic research for a (post-)pandemic world. Acta Theologica, 42(1), 158–173.

I propose the post-colonial idea of a lived experience of struggle, along with the appreciation for critical engagement with the practice of preaching.

Urban Studies

0358. Agbèdè, A.G. (2022). Pentecost of the city: Towards an African urban migratory theology. Missionalia, 50, 6–22. https://doi.org/10.7832/50-0-390

I will explain the concept of ‘Pentecost of the city’ by elaborating arguments for an African Urban migratory theology.

0359. Ayeni, A.O., & Aborisade, A.G. (2022). An assessment of ecosystem degradation and poverty: A case study of Obafemi-Owode local government area, Ogun State, Nigeria. Environment and Urbanization, 34(1), 52–75. https://doi.org/10.1177/09562478221080456

The major activities cited as causing environmental degradation were lumbering and land clearing, which were perceived to be deepening poverty.

0360. Batsani-Ncube, I. (2022). Whose building? Tracing the politics of the Chinese government-funded parliament building in Lesotho. Journal of Southern African Studies, 48(5), 883–900. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2022.2122385

China used the parliament building project to generate a sustained presence in Lesotho’s political and diplomatic orbits.

0361. Boakye, K.A., Iyanda, A.E., & Oppong, J.R. (2023). Urban greenness and hypertension among Ghanaian adults. African Geographical Review, 42(1), 72–84. https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2021.1970596

There should be a prioritization of green spaces by policymakers in areas rapidly undergoing urbanization.

0362. Buire, C. (2022). Crumbling modernisms: Luanda architectonic utopias after the boom. Critical African Studies, 14(3), 274–292. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2022.2074484

The unsustainability of a utopian suburban life eventually triggers new political subjectivities and directly challenges the modernist ideology.

0363. Ezeh, A., Anyawie, M., & Cleland, J. (2022). Contraceptive use in urban Africa: Examining trends in rich–poor gaps. Studies in Family Planning, 53(3), 515–526. https://doi.org/10.1111/sifp.12205

Countries in Central and Western Africa, however, continue to have significant gaps in contraceptive use between rich and poor women, with urban poor women experiencing only a modest improvement.

0364. Gishe, G., Hailu, T., Aman, R., & Dango, S. (2022). The perceptions of community members about coronavirus pandemic: A case study of Robe and Shashemene towns, Oromia Ethiopia. African Journal of Social Work, 12(3), 91–97.

The coronavirus pandemic protocols like wearing face masks, physical distancing, and all similar rules became relaxed.

0365. Ibrahim, M. (2022). The clash of sound, image and light: Inter- and intra-religious entanglements and contestations during Mawlūd celebrations in the city of Jos, Nigeria. Africa, 92(5), 759–779. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0001972022000663

The Sufis have transformed the Mawlūd celebrations into a mechanism to counterbalance Izala’s dominance of the public sphere and to reassert their presence in the city.

0366. Khanyile, S., & Fatti, C.C. (2022). Interrogating park access and equity in Johannesburg, South Africa. Environment and Urbanization, 34(1), 10–31. https://doi.org/10.1177/09562478221083891

We offer an opportunity for an improved understanding of local environmental justice to inform more equitable park planning.

0367. Mazorodze, W., & Ndawana, E. (2022). State monopoly on urban transport system and human (in)security in Harare during the COVID-19 pandemic. African Security Review, 31(4), 429–451. https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2022.2114375

The Zimbabwean government lacks the capacity to provide services in the urban transport sector, akin to nearly every sector in the country.

0368. Ngqula, Z.N. (2022). uMama wekhaya: Local subjectivities, water infrastructures and grounded perceptions of development in Agnes Rest, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Anthropology Southern Africa, 45(4), 208–218. https://doi.org/10.1080/23323256.2022.2118136

I analyze how points of water infrastructure are generative sites of engagement that connect and differentiate people and construct social spaces.

0369. Pankhurst, A., Araya, M., Tiumelissan, A., & Birhanu, K. (2022). ‘A dream come true’? Adolescents’ perspectives on urban relocation and life in condominiums in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 16(2), 248–268. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2022.2135246

There were gender differences in decision-making, leisure activities, and spending, with girls having less freedom.

0370. Purwins, S. (2022). Same same, but different: Ghana’s Sinohydro deal as evolved “Angola Model”? Insight on Africa, 15(1), 46–70. https://doi.org/10.1177/09750878221114381

I examine the plans to develop an integrated bauxite–aluminum industry within Ghana.

0371. Ramelelle, M.J., & Xweso, M. (2022). Vulnerability, risks and coping: A case study of female street waste pickers in Mashaeng, Free State, South Africa. African Journal of Social Work, 12(3), 133–141.

Street waste pickers are subjected to risks at work, and they lack the skills to enable them to secure better employment.

0372. Spocter, M. (2022). A comparison of security in city and small-town gated developments in the Western Cape province, South Africa. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 57(2), 165–181. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096211006749

Small-town gated developments reveals high security levels in towns where tourism is the mainstay of the local economy.

0373. Squire, J.N.T., & Nkurunziza, J. (2022). Urban waste management in post-genocide Rwanda: An empirical survey of the City of Kigali. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 57(4), 760–772. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096211035430

The absence of effective minimization strategies, coupled with a lack of safe treatment and disposal facilities, militate against sustainable waste management.

0374. Ugwu, U.T. (2022). “It makes me work strong”: Cannabis and cannabis use persistency in a Nigerian city. International Journal of Modern Anthropology, 2(17), 804–818. https://doi.org/10.4314/ijma.v2i17.5

Cannabis is seen as a boost to strength among users, especially those who do jobs that demand sustained physical energy.

0375. van Deventer, R., Morris, C.D., Hill, T.R., & Rivers-Moore, N.A. (2022). Use of biological and water quality indices to evaluate conditions of the Upper uMngeni Catchment, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 47(1), 11–22. https://doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2021.1941743

The cumulative effects of current land use activities, urban development, and agriculture on Midmar Dam’s water quality should be viewed with concern.