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Publishes leading research concerning the history, economics, politics, sociology, demography and anthropology of Southern Africa
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Joined October 2016
New article alert!! Michael Eastman and Harvey M Feinberg examine the extent to which Black South Africans were able to get impartial hearings in the courts in the 1920s and 30s, as well as the factors that made this possible .
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During the 1920s and 1930s, black South Africans were subjected to a large number of discriminatory laws. African leaders of the time decried both this and the iniquities Africans faced when dealin...
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Congratulations to Sam Farrell for winning the 2025 Terence Ranger prize. The prize is awarded to the best article by a first-time author in the Journal of Southern African Studies in the previous year. Please click the link below to access the article
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The distribution of cash, resources and campaign materials is a characteristic feature of elections in Malawi and across Africa. Scholars, commentators and international bodies often describe these...
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Applications are now open for the 2025 Colin Murray Award. Deadline: 30 September 2025. The award supports post-doctoral researchers to carry out original ‘engaged field research’ in Southern Africa. Please see the link below for more details
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Publishes leading research concerning the history, economics, sociology, demography and anthropology of Southern Africa.
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The JSAS editors were sad to learn of the sudden death of Martin L. Boston aged only 41. Boston was Assistant Professor at California State University & editor in chief of the journal African and Black Diaspora @ABD_Journal. Our condolences to his family - may he rest in peace.
In this new article, Martin L. Boston explores how the South African edition of Drum magazine covered the South African singer, Miriam Makeba, prior to and as she left South Africa for the world’s stage in 1959, and into the mid-1960s.
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In this new article, Liam James Kingsley examines the health services and infrastructure in SWAPO exile camps and analyses the significance of international aid in the provision of medical care, as well as the process by which it was procured
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Beginning in 1974, the South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) of Namibia set up camps in exile in the neighbouring states of Zambia and Angola. While they trained and organised soldiers to...
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JSAS board member Deborah James pays tribute to James Ferguson whose writing was 'both prolific & deeply considered': his view of development as an 'anti-politics machine' in #Lesotho, & disillusionment after 'expectations of modernity' on the #Copperbelt.
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James Ferguson’s death in February 2025, at the age of 65, came as a shock. The writings of Jim were both prolific and deeply considered. He had many more innovative contributions to make, writes...
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New article alert!! C. Cramer & J. Sender analyse evidence on the effects of investments in high-value agricultural exports, in this specific case, the production of blueberries, on the well-being of poor women in Bojanala District, South Africa.
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We discuss scoping research carried out over a short period of time in Majakaneng in Bojanala District in the platinum belt in South Africa. The research aims to gather and analyse evidence on the ...
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In this new article, Martin L. Boston explores how the South African edition of Drum magazine covered the South African singer, Miriam Makeba, prior to and as she left South Africa for the world’s stage in 1959, and into the mid-1960s.
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Based on archival research conducted at the Bailey’s African History Archive (BAHA) in Johannesburg, this article explores how the South African edition of Drum magazine covered the South African a...
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New article alert!! Luvuyo Wotshela's study outlines the trials that faced the Ciskei homeland in the democratic transition through to the first decade of its reintegration into the ‘new’ South Africa and its incorporation into the Eastern Cape Province.
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Studying the end years of South Africa’s black homelands and their enduring legacies is essential to grasping some of the governance challenges and socio-political obstacles that have characterised...
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RT @RaberRichard: Delighted to share the publication my article "Fallen Heroes and First Peoples: Memory Composition Among Two Ex-Military….
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The apartheid-era South African Defence Force’s most notorious units, 31 Battalion and 32 Battalion, were composed of African troops. With the onset of Namibia’s 1990 independence, these soldiers a...
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RT @owusu_nsiah: Happy to share that my review of Deborah James’ monograph, Money from nothing: indebtedness and aspiration in South Afric….
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Published in Journal of Southern African Studies (Vol. 51, No. 1, 2025)
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RT @drjustinpearce: Conference in Lisbon on '50 years of independence of the Portuguese colonies in Africa'. Speaking again on my forthcomi….
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RT @ljameskingsley: Delighted to share that @JSAS_Editors just published my article "Aid and Extraversion: Medical Governance in SWAPO Exil….
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Beginning in 1974, the South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) of Namibia set up camps in exile in the neighbouring states of Zambia and Angola. While they trained and organised soldiers to...
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RT @mininghistory: Nice detail from Khumisho Moguerane about the very different experiences of colonialism in Southern Africa. Her article….
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This article explores how moral communities that emerged along frontiers of settlement in southern Africa mediated colonial categories of difference. The existing literature’s emphasis on assimilat...
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New article alert!! In this study, Rebekah Lee uses ‘crash narratives’ to shed light on the wider historicised and contested dynamics around the nature and meaning of road danger and accidental death in South Africa.
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This article considers the implications of historicising road safety in contemporary South Africa. It offers a critical interrogation of the ‘epidemiological turn’ evident in recent global road saf...
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If you're at #ecas2025 in Prague & have a Southern Africa paper you'd like to publish, senior editor @drjustinpearce & chair Rebekah Lee are here. We'll be at the Meet the Editors event Friday 17.30-19.00, Arts Faculty 3rd floor. Or contact us via ECAS website. @TandF_Africa.
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New article alert!! In this article, Franziska Rueedi examines the Hostel Peace Initiative in the greater Johannesburg areas during the final years of Apartheid and uses it to shed new light on the democratic transition in South Africa.
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In August 1992, one of the most remarkable peace initiatives was launched in South Africa when two warring migrant worker hostels began negotiating for a truce. The residents of the African Nationa...
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New article alert!! In this article, Khumisho Moguerane uses Noni Jabavu’s ethnographic writing to explore how moral communities that emerged along frontiers of settlement in southern Africa mediated colonial categories of difference.
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This article explores how moral communities that emerged along frontiers of settlement in southern Africa mediated colonial categories of difference. The existing literature’s emphasis on assimilat...
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New article alert!! In this article, James Musonda draws on ethnographic research on the Zambian Copperbelt to explore load shedding from 3 angles: people’s everyday experiences; gender implications; and load shedding as a moral critique of the government
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The overdependence of Zambia’s energy sector on hydroelectricity exposes the country to significant vulnerabilities in times of drought brought about by climate change. People often experience thes...
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New Article alert!! In this article, Matteo Grilli examines the transnational connections of the Basutoland Congress Party from 1952 to 70. He reveals the pragmatic approach of BCP leader, Ntsu Mokhehle, to the different political models and ideologies
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This article contributes to the literature on international and transnational connections of liberation movements in southern Africa. It examines the understudied history of the Basutoland Congress...
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