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Africa's "Post-Curse" Resource Era Book Panel: Home

Research guide to accompany the book panel for professor of International Relations, Dr. Angela Zivo Gapa's publication, The Politics of New African Resource Discoveries in the Post-Curse Era

Join Meriam Library for the launch of Dr. Angela Zivo Gapa's new book The Politics of New African Resource Discoveries in the Post-Curse Era. The book explores the "resource curse", African political economy, and the need for a nuanced understanding of resource flows in the global context. Dr. Gapa together with two contributing authors, Dr. Michael Ohene Aboagye and Dr. Cliff Ubba Kodero will offer case studies on the post-curse era in Mozambique, Ghana, and Uganda, respectively.

  • Participants will learn about the resource curse in the African continental context and gain insight into how African political leaders and African civil society have responded to new resource discoveries.
  • Participants will gain an understanding of the complexities and challenges African countries face in leveraging natural resources for economic growth within the constraints of the global political economy. 

Panelists

Dr. Angela Zivo Gapa is an Associate Professor of International Relations at CSU-Chico. Dr. Gapa is the book's editor and contributing author to two case studies about Mozambique and Cameroon.

Dr. Michael Ohene Aboagye is a Correspondence Advisor for the Deputy Minister of Alberta’s Public Service Commission in Canada and a contributing author of the chapter, Ghana’s Petroleum Management Regime: Challenges and Opportunities, with Michael Ogbe.

Dr. Cliff Ubba Kodero is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at Morgan State University and a contributing author of the chapter, Uganda's Oil Discovery: The Double-Edged Sword of Development and Resource Curse

Green Economy Journal. (2022, March 10). The resource curse explained. https://greeneconomyjournal.com/explainer/the-resource-curse-explained-super-int-infographic/

 

Al Jazeera. (2022, February 10). Mapping Africa’s natural resources. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/2/20/mapping-africas-natural-resources

 

resource curse

The idea that, rather than being a boon, the presence of natural resources is a curse because it leads to negative political and economic consequences... Relatedly, natural resources have often been linked with poor economic management, either because they lead to corruption or because the wealth that they generate engenders complacency, encouraging governments to invest in costly high-risk projects that rarely repay the initial investment.

Cheeseman, N., Bertrand, E., & Husaini, S. resource curse. In A Dictionary of African Politics. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 13 Aug. 2024, from https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780191828836.001.0001/acref-9780191828836-e-286.

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