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Download top 10 - 2012

Article	Downloads	Views
The Boko Haram Uprising and Islamic Revivalism in Nigeria	4603	362
The Growing Influence of Al-Qaeda on the African Continent	784	189
Cold War in Southern Africa	715	121
Introduction: Power-Sharing in Africa	568	61
Ethiopian Nationalism: An Ideology to Transcend All Odds	548	92
The Ethnic Politics of Coup Avoidance: Evidence from Zambia and Uganda	508	137
The Prevalence of Power-Sharing: Exploring the Patterns of Post-Election Peace	442	33
Competing Claims and Contested Boundaries: Legitimating Land Rights in Isiolo District, Northern Kenya	432	72
Something Mightier: Marginalization, Occult Imaginations and the Youth Conflict in the Oil-Rich Niger Delta	420	135
Property and Citizenship: Conceptually Connecting Land Rights and Belonging in Africa	377	125

Download top 10 - 2011

Article	Downloads	Views
The Boko Haram Uprising and Islamic Revivalism in Nigeria	2623	506
Continuities, Dislocations and Transformations: 50 Years of Independence in Africa	1343	295
The Prevalence of Power-Sharing: Exploring the Patterns of Post-Election Peace	923	92
Contested Inclusions: Pitfalls of NGO Peace-Building Activities in Liberia	879	223
Ethiopian Nationalism: An Ideology to Transcend All Odds	879	292
Power-Sharing, Conflict and Transition in Burundi: Twenty Years of Trial and Error	801	81
Introduction: Power-Sharing in Africa	761	184
Urban Languages in Africa	732	189
Policy Challenges Related to Biofuel Development in Tanzania	688	150
“Indépendance Cha Cha”: African Pop Music since the Independence Era	681	83

Download top 10 - 2010

Article	Downloads	Views
The Ethiopian Second Republic and the Fragile “Social Contract”	1377	275
Introduction: Power-Sharing in Africa	1143	362
Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa: Reflections Inspired by Studies of Xenophobia in Cameroon and South Africa	789	241
Voting Behaviour in the 2009 South African Election	765	115
The Prevalence of Power-Sharing: Exploring the Patterns of Post-Election Peace	710	127
Ethiopian Nationalism: An Ideology to Transcend All Odds	705	134
Africa for Africans or Africa for “Natives” Only? “New Nationalism” and Nativism in Zimbabwe and South Africa	646	120
And They Are Still Targeting: Assessing the Effectiveness of Targeted Sanctions against Zimbabwe	626	243
Power-Sharing, Conflict and Transition in Burundi: Twenty Years of Trial and Error	617	142
Beyond Polarity: Negotiating a Hybrid State in Somaliland	585	141

Download top 10 - 2009

Article	Downloads	Views
New Nationalism and Xenophobia in Africa – A New Inclination?	943	226
Ethiopian Nationalism: An Ideology to Transcend All Odds	724	115
Africa for Africans or Africa for “Natives” Only? “New Nationalism” and Nativism in Zimbabwe and South Africa	690	105
Who to Blame and What’s to Gain? Reflections on Space, State, and Violence in Kenya and South Africa	609	104
“New” Nationalism and Autochthony – Tales of Origin as Political Cleavage	485	120
From the Editors’ Desk	477	169
New Nationalism and Development in Africa	417	139
Discrimination, Despoliation and Irreconcilable Difference: Host-Immigrant Tensions in Brazzaville, Congo	357	77
Buchbesprechung: Wolbert G. C. Smidt, Kinfe Abraham (Hrsg.): Discussing Conflict in Ethiopia. Conflict Management and Resolution (2007) (Review: Wolbert G. C. Smidt, Kinfe Abraham (eds.): Discussing Conflict in Ethiopia. Conflict Management and Resolution (2007))	171	48
Buchbesprechung: Manfred Schulz (Hrsg.): Entwicklungsträger in der DR Kongo. Entwicklungen in Politik, Wirtschaft, Religion, Zivilgesellschaft und Kultur (2007) (Review: Manfred Schulz (ed.): Entwicklungsträger in der DR Kongo. Entwicklungen in Politik, Wirtschaft, Religion, Zivilgesellschaft und Kultur (2007))	167	55