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The Economy of Affection and Local Enterprises in Africa: Empirical Evidence from a Network Study in Burkina Faso and Senegal

by Tomomi Tokuori  Abstract This paper, based on the results of a quantitative and qualitative survey, investigates the role that networks play in the construction sector in Burkina Faso and Senegal. The aim of this study is to uncover the effects of the economy of affection among African owned-enterprises through a comparative study of networks. […]

The Changing Practices of Kibarua Employment: A Case Study of the Sagara, Tanzania

by Kazuhiko Sugimura Abstract This article analyzes the process in which the “economy of affection” in rural Africa transforms the nature of wage labor and thereby induces a phenomenon we may call “communal sharing of cash” among African peasants, through a case study of Sagara society in Tanzania. In Sagara society, which is now deeply involved in […]