ALMA-Review

Hundreds of years of colonisation and decades of neo-colonialism have fundamentally altered what it means to be an African. Are Africans in the midst of an identity crisis? Lena Diakite reviews an article by Saheed Anuoluwapo Agunbiade.

From Occupation of Land to Occupation of Being: Ernest Chetachukwu Anudu reviews an article on the stages of colonialism in Africa.

In her article “Appropriation, re-appropriation, offloading, offsetting”, Soumaya Mestiri argues that decolonial feminism should aim at de-centring modern and liberal thought, ideologies and identities. Alessandra Bonci reviews an article that offers a Tunisian philosopher's perspective. 

Global demand versus social and environmental damage: Rafael Hernández Westpfahl reviews a book that deals with lithium extraction in Latin America.

Richard Legay reviews a book that showcases the importance of research on the culture of remembrance as applied to peace and development.

Guy Eyre reviews a work that seeks to explain the evolution of clandestine Islamism from an anti-system praxis to loyalist and legalist Islamism.

Sophie Klischat kicks off the ALMA Blog in 2023. She reviews an article by Josephine Ahikire that gives an introduction to the subject of African feminism.

In the latest ALMA Blog, Viviana García Pinzón reviews a book on the drug economy from the perspective of rural producers.

What might a counter-hegemonic, integrative rethinking of climate science look like? Solveig Degen and Ann Philipp have reviewed a chapter on this.

Guy Eyre has read a forthcoming article that looks at "retraitiste", or "withdrawn" forms of Salafism.