Journal of
African Studies and Development

  • Abbreviation: J. Afr. Stud. Dev
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2189
  • DOI: 10.5897/JASD
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 234

Small-scale mining and child labour in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo

October-December - Vol 15 Num. 4

Child labour is a critical issue in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The case of Kolwezi in Lualaba is of interest because the area is known as the capital of cobalt, a strategic mineral for the transition to a low-carbon economy. Since 2017, global demand for cobalt has been...

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Small-scale mining and child labour in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo

October-December

Godelive Kusimwa Batano, Martin Doevenspeck and Nene Morisho Mwana Biningo  

Tragedy of urban green spaces depletion in selected sub-Sahara African major cities

July-September 2023

Seth Appiah-Opoku, Kwaku Karikari Manu, Michael Osei Asibey and Owusu Amponsah

Leadership characteristics in a volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) environment, a case study of Zimbabwe hospitality industry during Covid 19 era

July-September 2023

Judith Mwenje and Francis Manyanga

Access to credit and financial services on marketing of farm produce in Benue State, Nigeria

April-June 2023

Kuma S. Shima, Umoh D. Boniface, Asogwa T. Henry, Uzochukwu Amakom, Ezebuilo R. Ukwueze, Asogwa K. Angela and Azu Benedict

Effectiveness of transitional justice processes in peacebuilding in Zimbabwe: The case of national peace and reconciliation commission

April-June 2023

Bazel Coster Chinyonga and Jeffrey Kurebwa

October 2014

Nigeria and the crisis of cultural identity in the era of globalization

Dons Eze

October 2014

Integration policies as structures of disintegration: the political economy of nationhood and resource control in Nigeria.

Chukwuemeka Eze Malachy and Fidelia O. Nwobi

October 2014

The impact of Plan Ghana’s microfinance scheme on poverty reduction among women in Lower Manya Krobo

John-Engelbert Seddoh

September 2014

The practice of Almajiri: Prospect and socio-medical challenges in Northern part of Nigeria

Zakir, A., Abubakar, U., Lawal, U. S., Imrana, H., Habibu, I. T., Hassan, I. H. and Harande, M. M.

December 2013

Semiotic translation and the expression of African thoughts and cultural values in English

P. A. Ezema

April 2010

Upscaling community-arranged preparedness for preventing maternal mortality in Ghana: A case study of Keta and Akatsi districts of the Volta Region

J. Chuks Mba and K. Irene Aboh

April 2011

Art and societal dialectics in sub-Saharan Africa: A critique of Wa Thiong’o and Osofisan as dramatists

Samuel Okoronkwo Chukwu-Okoronkwo

December 2009

An advocacy coalition approach to water policy change in Ghana: A look at belief systems and policy oriented learning

Kweku Ainuson

October-December

Small-scale mining and child labour in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo

Godelive Kusimwa Batano, Martin Doevenspeck and Nene Morisho Mwana Biningo  

December 2010

The changing philosophy of African marriage: The relevance of the Shona customary marriage practice of Kukumbira

Munyaradzi Mawere and Annastacia Mbindi Mawere