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Divorce is as common in Niger as in Norway
DIVORCE: Despite variations in bride prices, getting married in Niger can be costly, and women are obligated to repay the bride price in the event of a divorce.
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Democracy in French-speaking Africa
AFRICA: France has strangely managed to preserve hegemony over its former colonies, including the dissemination of knowledge. This book is a much-needed exception, providing the background for understanding the recent coup in Mali.
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Raw, naked, and masculine
AFRICA: Before, it was the Baroque that seduced Achille Mbembe, now it's brutalism – used as an analytical breakthrough to understand Africa and its relationship to Europe.
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Flashy Norwegian-supported consumption in Africa
CORRUPTION: We haven't heard much about Luanda Leaks in Norway. Perhaps because it is embarrassing that Statoil paid NOK 420 million to a non-existent research centre owned by Angola's state oil company Sonangol, where Isabel dos Santos was the director until she was fired in November 2017?
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Italy’s fifth mafia
MAFIA: The Nigerian mafia smuggles both people and drugs, while threats, violence and voodoo rituals are used to force girls into prostitution.
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Crises are good business
AFRICA: A considerable number of consultants and commissioned researchers have profited from the crises in the African belt. Sahel has emerged as a crucial area for not only Norway but also for the EU and the USA.
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Freedom of expression, extremism, and the role of the media
INEQUALITY: An anthology that addresses important topics such as freedom of expression, globalisation, extremism, minorities, and inequality in the world, but many of the authors try to tackle too much.
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A politically correct porn book on French oppression
SEX: Middle-class porn or a welcome new perspective on sexual relationships during colonial times?
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Decolonise feminism!
FEMINISM: The message in the new and well-written book by the French political scientist Françoise Vergès is that Western feminists must lift their gaze and see that, through their own struggles, they are keeping their fellow sisters down.