Khaled  Hadji Ibrahim

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Igoe, Jim. “Becoming Indigenous Peoples: Difference, Inequality, and the Globalization of East African Identity Politics.” African Affairs (London) 105, no. 420 (2006): 399–420. https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adi127.

Although the term ‘indigenous’ implies a state preceding that which is foreign or acquired, indigenous movements in Africa are a recent phenomenon. Drawing from the author’s research of the Tanzanian indigenous peoples’ movement in the 1990s, this article argues that indigenous identity in Tanzania does not represent miraculously preserved pre-colonial traditions or even a special sort of marginalization. Rather, it reflects the convergence of existing identity categories with shifting global structures of development and governance. Specifically, it reflects a combination of ‘cultural distinctiveness’ and effective strategies of extraversion in the context of economic and political liberalization. The Maasai, who are ‘culturally distinct’, and who have a long tradition of enrolling outsiders in their cause, naturally dominate this movement.

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Igwe, Paul Agu, Robert Newbery, Nihar Amoncar, Gareth R.T White, and Nnamdi O Madichie. “Keeping It in the Family: Exploring Igbo Ethnic Entrepreneurial Behaviour in Nigeria.” International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research 26, no. 1 (2020): 34–53. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-12-2017-0492.

The purpose of this paper is to examine the attributes of the Igbos in Eastern Nigeria and the underlying factors influencing their entrepreneurial behaviour. More specifically, the study highlights the links between family, culture, institution and entrepreneurial behaviour in the African context. This paper is based on a qualitative research method by interviewing 50 entrepreneurs and community leaders of the Igbo nation. Igbos have been described as “naturally enterprising and ingenious” and can be found throughout Nigeria and West Africa. Understanding the vagaries of ethnic entrepreneurship can arguably only be achieved through research that is undertaken within these socio-historically rich, traditional and cultural contexts. Linked to the social learning theory, Igbo families provide an entrepreneurial leadership platform which influences youths through role models, providing mastery experiences and socialisation. The extended family provides a safe environment for risk taking, creativity and innovation. Also, an informal apprenticeship system provides entrepreneurial learning that prepares the younger generation to take to business as a way of life.

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Iheduru, Okechukwu C. "Black Economic Power and Nation-building in Post-apartheid South Africa." The Journal of Modern African Studies 42, no. 1 (2004): 1-30. doi:10.1017/S0022278X03004452.

This paper evaluates the evolution and the implementation of the ANC government's commitment to fostering a black capitalist class or black economic empowerment (BEE) as a non-racial nation-building strategy. A substantial black bourgeois i.e. and other middle classes begun to emerge over the last decade, contrary to popular perceptions. The legitimating role assigned to the emergent black bourgeoisie by the ANC and the government is, however, threatens to turn the strategy into a nepotistic accumulation. This development is paradoxically threatening to re-racialise the country, widening black inequality gaps, and precluding the rise of a black bourgeoisie with a nurture capitalist agenda. Other equally powerful social groups have begun to challenge the prevailing strategy, compelling the government to explore a more accommodating strategy exemplified by the recent introduction by the government of ‘broad-based economic empowerment’. Should a less patrimonial, less racially and ethnically divisive BEE strategy emerge from this quasi-pluralist power play, such a change holds prospects for the creation of a ‘growth coalition’ capable of sustainable capitalist development and true empowerment of the black majority. That would be a positive development in terms of establishing and consolidating democracy in South Africa.

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Imbiza Journal

Journal for African Writing and publishing

South Africa

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The journal has a mission to create a regular publishing platform for creative writers, critics and academics in Africa and the Diaspora.

Imbizo: International Journal of African Literary and Comparative Studies

Bi-annual, Peer reviewed journal

South Africa

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Imbizo: International Journal of African Literary and Comparative Studies is a scholarly and peer-reviewed journal of the Department of English Studies at the University of South Africa. The journal aims to foster critical debates on African literary theory, cultural studies, history and popular culture. The journal publishes original research articles, review articles and important conference proceedings on theoretical and practical perspectives that expand knowledge on discourses on the Africanization of the processes of Africa's literary creations.

Initiative for Public Policy Analysis (IPPA)

Public Policy Think-Tank

Location: Nigeria

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The Initiative for Public Policy Analysis (IPPA) is Nigeria's public policy research institute or think tank. IPPA engages in research and analysis on topical policy issues and always aim at bridging the evidence gap in policy debate in Africa and Nigeria. It aims to inform evidence based policies.

Institute for Security Studies

Non-Governmental Organization
Pretoria,  South Africa

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ISS publishes original analysis of current events in Africa, ranging from military defense to climate change.