Angela Zivo Gapa – författare

Over the past three decades, Africa's resource landscape has undergone significant shifts, with new mineral, oil, and natural gas discoveries coinciding with the increase in global demand for mineral and hydrocarbon resources, and advancements in green technology. In The Politics of New African Resource Discoveries in the Post-Curse Era, edited by Angela Zivo Gapa, scholars and practitioners delve into the intricate dynamics of jackpot resource discoveries in Africa, providing insight into how African governments have managed these discoveries in the post-resource-curse era. Through a series of African case studies, this book critically examines whether Africa stands on the cusp of a post-resource-curse era or if historical patterns of the resource paradox will continue to persist. The contributors explore interventions ranging from citizen feedback mechanisms to institutional restructuring to determine whether recent resource discoveries hold the promise of economic growth and poverty alleviation or if they remain constrained by the global political economy. This book is a collaborative effort to deepen the understanding of global natural resource politics and promote African agency in managing substantial resource windfalls.

This handbook advances an interdisciplinary framework for understanding Africa’s resource endowments—human, natural, ideological, theological, and philanthropic—and their synergistic roles in sustainable development. Integrating perspectives from political economy, development studies, anthropology, theology, philosophy, geography, law, and public policy, it interrogates prevailing extractivist paradigms and proposes analytically rigorous alternatives. Chapters combine comparative case studies, mixed-methods analyses, and critical theory to examine institutional dynamics, governance architectures, value chains, civic and faith-based mobilizations, and Africa’s engagements with external actors. By mapping the co-production of resources and development outcomes, the volume offers methodological depth and policy-relevant insights. It will appeal to scholars, advanced students and policymakers in African studies, Development Studies, Economics, and Political Science.