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This book surveys the landscape of supermarket retailing in Africa, showing how this expanding part of the retail sector is changing consumerism on the continent. It will be of interest to scholars and students of the retail sector and retail management in Africa.

This book examines the types, discourse modes, and effects of sex jokes in different African contexts, in a range of different cultural forms, from the internet, to music, books, films, advertising, and images; thus filling the existing void in literature on the subject.

This book is an interdisciplinary reading of justice in literary texts and memoirs, films, and social anthropological texts in postcolonial Africa. This book will be of interest to scholars of African literature and films, literature and human rights, literature and the environment.

This book explores health and care of the older population in Africa, focusing on policy and programmatic responses, gaps and future challenges related to health and care across the continent.

Based on extensive original fieldwork, this book examines the complex and diverse livelihoods of Zimbabwe's Tonga people as they have developed over time, including in the wake of the country's post-2000 political and economic crises.

Based on extensive original fieldwork, this book examines the complex and diverse livelihoods of Zimbabwe's Tonga people as they have developed over time, including in the wake of the country's post-2000 political and economic crises.

This book argues that strengthening policing, and the rule of law is pivotal to promoting human rights, equity, access to justice and accountability in sub-Saharan Africa. It considers the principles of accountability, just laws, open government, and accessible and impartial dispute resolution.

The book delves into media ownership in Africa. It starts from a much-needed historical perspective then covers contemporary digital developments and the Chinese strategic involvement in the continent. It will be of interest to students and scholars of media and communications in Africa, as well as ethnic and African Studies.

The book explores quality assessment and enhancement in higher education in Africa to illustrate the need to develop quality practices in measuring effective education and search for permanent improvement. It illustrates why quality assessment and enhancement should be embraced in all aspects in educational settings.

Coming together from across several disciplines, the contributors to this book reflect on the considerable problem of inequality in Zambia, comparing it with other countries both in the region and more broadly. It investigates key issues around poverty, healthcare, income, law, disability, and power inequalities.

This book examines the ways in which political discourses of crisis and `newness¿ are (re)produced, circulated, naturalised, received and contested in Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe. It will be of interest to scholars of African Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Language/Discourse Studies, African politics and culture.

This book explores various aspects of intra-national elite football in Africa, drawing upon the expertise of notable scholars from across the world.

This book surveys the landscape of supermarket retailing in Africa, showing how this expanding part of the retail sector is changing consumerism on the continent. It will be of interest to scholars and students of the retail sector and retail management in Africa.

This book investigates transformations in Nigeria's booming communication industry. Robust in its theoretical and methodological underpinnings, this book will be an important reference for researchers of Media and Communication Studies, and those working on Africa specifically.

This book investigates how culture is used to reflect on change in Zimbabwe, focusing predominantly on Mnangagwäs 2017 coup, but also uncovering deeper roots for how renewal and transition are conceived in the country.

This book explores Nigeriäs progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, presenting key country-specific lessons, as well as providing innovative solutions and practices which are transferrable to other emerging economies.