African & Asia Studies

Migration, Asylum and Diaspora

Edited by B Camminga, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa & John Marnell, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Drawing on diverse cases studies from the length and breadth of Africa, this collection offers the first in-depth investigation of LGBTIQ+ migration on, from and to the African continent, and in doing so challenges notions about how and why LGBTIQ+ Africans are on the move.

UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 256 pages PB 9780755638994 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9780755638987 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9780755639007 • £19.79 / $26.05 ePdf 9780755639014 • £19.79 / $26.05 Zed Books Stephen Marr, Malmö University, Sweden & Patience Mususa, Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden Does DIY urbanism present a form of resistance, or merely an acquiescence, to the inequalities that make it necessary? Via an examination of Africa’s urban residents' experimentations living amidst crisis, this book seeks to explore and understand responses to diminishing state presence and social marginalization in distressed cities across the world.

UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 256 pages PB 9781786999023 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781786999016 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781786999061 • £19.79 / $26.05 ePdf 9781786999030 • £19.79 / $26.05 Series: Africa Now • Zed Books

The Agonistic City?

State-Society Strife in Johannesburg

Li Pernegger, South Africa An exploration of Johannesburg’s post-apartheid's city administration's governance of conflict from 1996 to the current day, in the case of service delivery protests and shifts in city policy. Li Pernegger focuses in-depth on the water wars in Orange Farm, insurgent informal traders in the inner city, and the billing battle fought by the middle class. Pernegger considers what the practical prospects of agonism might be for the local government to regard city strife in its practices of governance as a constructive – rather than destructive – force for change, and the realisation of democratic ideals for its ordinary citizens.

UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 224 pages PB 9781786999108 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781786999092 ePub 9781786999054 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781786999085 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Politics and Society in Urban Africa • Zed Books

Economic Diversification in Nigeria

The Politics of Building a Post-Oil Economy

Zainab Usman, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C, USA Unravels the governance challenges preventing Nigeria from diversifying its economy away from oil. Through analysis drawing on economic data, policy documents and interviews, the book argues that Nigeria’s challenge of economic diversification is situated within a political setting of an unstable distribution of power among individual, group and institutional actors.

UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 288 pages HB 9781786993946 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePub 9781786993977 • £81.00 / $106.83 ePdf 9781786993960 • £81.00 / $106.83 Series: Politics and Development in Contemporary Africa • Zed Books

Malawi

Economy, Society and Political Affairs

Edited by Matthias Rompel, Giessen University, Germany & Reimer Gronemeyer, Giessen University, Germany Subsistence agriculture remains at the very heart of Malawi's social fabric, and also lies at the root of its tremendous poverty. Yet while it is among the worst performers in terms of per capita income and infant mortality, it is also a surprising leader in other areas (such as freedom of the press), has enjoyed over fifty years of relative stability since independence, and still holds great potential for economic development. Bringing together some of the leading experts on the country, this collection offers a comprehensive introduction to contemporary Malawi, encompassing its economy, culture, and politics.

UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 216 pages PB 9781786995872 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781786995865 ePub 9781786995896 • £63.00 / $83.38 ePdf 9781786995889 • £63.00 / $83.38 Series: Politics and Development in Contemporary Africa • Zed Books

Weibo Feminism

Expression, Activism, and Social Media in China

Aviva Xue, Wuxi Li Ren Public High School, China & Kate Rose, Northern Arizona University, USA

Weibo Feminism is the first book to explore indepth the connections and forms of resistance that feminists in China are making online despite increasing crackdowns on free speech and the lessons they offer for feminists around the world. Weibo Feminism explores the many forms of contemporary feminism in China, from campaigns against sexual harassment and domestic violence through to online Feminist Reading groups and subversive online novels published on social media. The book includes an in-depth case study of support networks for overwhelmingly female frontline medical staff that have sprung up on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic.

UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 256 pages PB 9781350231481 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350231498 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781350231504 • £19.79 / $26.05 ePdf 9781350231511 • £19.79 / $26.05 Bloomsbury Academic