Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research

Achille Mbembe at the New School

Submitted by Sarah Emily Duff on 10 February, 2016 - 11:32

Achille Mbembe will present 'The Planetary Turn of the African Predicament' at the New School (Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang College. 65 West 11th Street Room B500, New York, NY), on Wednesday, 10 February at 6pm.

African corporate lawyering and globalization

Submitted by Jonathan Klaaren on 8 February, 2016 - 14:26

Klaaren, Jonathan. "African corporate lawyering and globalization." International Journal of the Legal Profession 22 (2015): 226-242.

Ellison Tjirera on Namibia's Dried Peas Control Ordinance

Submitted by Sarah Emily Duff on 5 February, 2016 - 09:25

WiSER PhD student Ellison Tjirera writes for Insight Namibia (Dec 2015/Jan 2016) on the Dried Peas Control Ordinance and the politics of drinking under apartheid.

The South African ‘Secrecy Act’: Democracy Put to the Test

Submitted by Jonathan Klaaren on 4 February, 2016 - 14:01

Klaaren, Jonathan. "The South African ‘Secrecy Act’: Democracy Put to the Test." Verfassung und Recht in Übersee VRÜ 48 (2015): 284-303.

Hlonipha Mokoena on the Politics of Doeks, Headscarves, and Turbans

Submitted by Sarah Emily Duff on 4 February, 2016 - 10:08

Hlonipha Mokoena has been quoted in an article by Rea Khoabane for the Sunday Times on the politics of wearing doeks, headscarves, and turbans.

Goa, the Internal ‘Exotic’ in South Asia: Discourses of Colonialism and Tourism

Submitted by Sarah Emily Duff on 3 February, 2016 - 12:17

Gupta, Pamila. "Goa, the Internal ‘Exotic’ in South Asia: Discourses of Colonialism and Tourism." In Reading the Exotic: South Asia and its Others. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2009.

Frozen Vodka and White Skin in Tourist Goa

Submitted by Sarah Emily Duff on 3 February, 2016 - 12:13

Gupta, Pamila. "Frozen Vodka and White Skin in Tourist Goa." In Tourism and the Power of Otherness: Seductions of Difference. Bristol: Channel View Publications, 2014.

Decolonization and (Dis)Possession in Lusophone Africa

Submitted by Sarah Emily Duff on 3 February, 2016 - 12:09

Gupta, Pamila. "Decolonization and (Dis)Possession in Lusophone Africa." In Mobility Makes States: Migration and Power in Africa. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015.

An Unsuitable Girl

Submitted by Sarah Emily Duff on 3 February, 2016 - 12:05

Gupta, Pamila. "An Unsuitable Girl." In Load Shedding. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2008.

Some (Not So) Lost Aquatic Traditions: Goans Going Fishing in the Indian Ocean

Submitted by Sarah Emily Duff on 3 February, 2016 - 12:02

Gupta, Pamila. "Some (Not So) Lost Aquatic Traditions: Goans Going Fishing in the Indian Ocean." Interventions 16, no. 6 (2014): 854-876.