Oil-Age Africa: Critical Reflections on Oil Politics, Resource Economies and Extractive Communities - Paperback

by Jannik Schritt (Volume Editor), Annika Witte (Volume Editor)

Following a wave of oil discoveries in Africa, Oil-Age Africa offers new perspectives and critical reflections on the prevalent academic discourses on oil in Africa. This collection brings together researchers from the social sciences to challenge simplified readings of the complex realities of oil politics, economies and societies through theoretical critique and 'on the ground' ethnographic methods.

Climate change highlights the need to understand the intricate ways societies are built on and for oil energy. Oil-Age Africa analyses the effects of oil production and the global energy structure, offering relevant insights and avenues for future research on oil.

Contributors
Helmut Asche, Joseph N. Mangarella, Immo Eulenberger, Harouna Abdoutan, Monica Skaten, Yorbana Seign-Goura, Laura Smith, James Van Alstine, Geertrui Vannoppen, Mahamidou Aboubacar Attahirou, Salissou Oubandoma, Jannik Schritt.

Author Biography

Dr Jannik Schritt is a postdoctoral anthropologist (TU Berlin) who publishes on oil and governmentality, resource assemblages and oil-related protests in Niger.

Dr Annika Witte is a social anthropologist who publishes on Uganda's transition to an oil state, including the monograph An Uncertain Future - Anticipating Oil in Uganda.