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In this piece, Ismail Abukar provides in-depth details on how Somalia’s elective political positions, from parliamentary seats right up to the presidency, are sold and bought by a select few, rather than be subjected to the will of the people. roape.net/2026/10/21/bought-…

Against the backdrop of a neoliberal order, in which resource extraction, sovereignty, labour, ownership and other economic questions continue to be depoliticised, Nishant Upadhyay asserts that developments in Burkina Faso have instead facilitated a repoliticisation of political economy, including everyday life, through mass mobilisation. roape.net/2026/08/05/burkina…

Offering his reflections on the first chapter of ‘The Big Conservation Lie’, James Mulei raises questions of symbolic power in the domain of wildlife conservation roape.net/2026/07/16/of-hero…

In this piece, ROAPE announces the 2026 winner of the Ruth First Prize, Zimbabwean scholar and activist Antonater Tafadzwa Choto roape.net/2026/06/29/roape-r…

In this book review published in ROAPE’s journal issue No.187, Pascal Bianchini provides a glimpse into Fanny Pigeaud and Ndongo Samba Sylla’s volume titled De la démocratie en Françafrique – Une histoire de l’impérialisme electoral. roape.net/2026/06/18/french-…

In our latest blog, Heike Becker introduces a new edited volume for Voices of Liberation @HSRCPress, which covers the militant life and legacy of Namibian liberation leader Andimba Toivo ya Toivo (1924-2017). roape.net/2026/05/22/andimba…

In this piece, Sarah Cotte explores the political economy of the Gulf involvement in Africa, looking specifically at land investments, stressing that the Gulf states in their new ‘scramble for Africa’ should be categorised as sub-imperialist. roape.net/2026/02/20/food-la…

In this piece, Abdoulie Kurang offers a postcolonial critique of so-called modernity, which positions the West as the ‘civilised’ and ‘civilising’ entity - and the African elite who feeds (on) it. roape.net/2026/01/28/the-bel…

In Neoliberalism and Race, Lars Cornelissen argues that race is the organising principle of neoliberal ideology. He shows that racial motifs have always shaped neoliberal thought—and cannot be removed without rendering it incoherent. roape.net/2026/01/30/neolibe…

The people of Guinea-Bissau elected their leaders last November, but the military had other plans. In this interview, Branwen Gruffydd Jones speaks to the UK Guinea-Bissau Community on the country’s post-election crisis roape.net/2025/12/06/guinea-…

“We are nothing on earth if we are not first of all slaves to a cause — the cause of the people, the cause of justice and freedom.” — Frantz Fanon, who died on this day in 1961. 🚨 🎉 Keep a lookout: ROAPE’s special issue Fanon at 100 drops in the next 10 days 🚨 🔥 #Fanon100

ROAPE’s Reginald Cline-Cole introduces Volume 55 Issue 185 of the journal, with an editorial: Revisiting cracks and crises in capitalism’s edifice 🔥 🔥 🔥 buff.ly/eKa6BYU

In this piece, ROAPE’s Ray Bush reflects on the recent 4th World Congress on Marxism held in Beijing, China, highlighting its relevance for Africa roape.net/2025/11/24/the-4th…

roape.net/2025/10/22/borrowi… Fikir Haile highlights ways the current government of Ethiopia differs with its predecessor in their engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and explains how the previous government resisted the neoliberal pressure.

Longstanding ROAPE editor Colin Stoneman recalls his impressions of #Zimbabwe under colonial occupation, the country’s liberation struggle and its leading unionist & political figures, including Morgan Tsvangiri. roape.net/2025/09/03/colin-s…