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  1. Lesotho

    Article • September 2025, De Gruyter

    Professor Roger J Southall

  2. Lesotho

    Article • September 2024, De Gruyter

    Professor Roger J Southall

  3. Lesotho

    Article • September 2023, De Gruyter

    Professor Roger J Southall

  4. If only: missed opportunity or inevitable fate in Rhodesia?

    Article • Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  5. The Decolonisation of the Political Science Curriculum in East Africa: A Reply to Mngomezulu and Sakhile Hadebe

    Article • Politikon, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  6. Polarization in South Africa: Toward Democratic Deepening or Democratic Decay?

    Article • The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, December 2018, SAGE Publications

    Professor Roger J Southall

  7. Presidential transitions and generational change in Southern African liberation movements

    Article • Review of African Political Economy, December 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  8. Bob's Out, the Croc is In: Continuity or Change in Zimbabwe?

    Article • Africa Spectrum, December 2017, SAGE Publications

    Professor Roger J Southall

  9. Another Country: Everyday Social Restitution

    Article • Politikon, October 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  10. Book Review

    Article • Africa Spectrum, August 2016, SAGE Publications

    Professor Roger J Southall

  11. The black middle class and democracy in South Africa

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, November 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  12. The African Middle Class in South Africa 1910–1994

    Article • Economic History of Developing Regions, July 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  13. Zuma: party leadership as electoral liability

    Article • Review of African Political Economy, April 2014, Review of African Political Economy

    Professor Roger J Southall

  14. Friend or Foe? Dominant Party Systems in Southern Africa: Insights from the Developing World

    Article • Politikon, January 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  15. Party Politics and Economic Reform in Africa's Democracies by M. AnnePitcher, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012, xviii + 305 pp.

    Article • The Developing Economies, November 2013, Wiley

    Professor Roger J Southall

  16. The stubborn past: NP questions about ANC rule

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, September 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  17. Kenya's Independence Constitution: constitution-making and end of empire

    Article • Journal of Contemporary African Studies, April 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  18. Self-reflections: the development of JCAS as reflecting trends in African publishing

    Article • Journal of Contemporary African Studies, April 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  19. Lesotho

    Article • January 2012, De Gruyter

    Professor Roger J Southall

  20. Young Mandela Nelson Mandela, conversations with myself

    Article • Journal of Contemporary African Studies, July 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  21. Family and favour at the court of Jacob Zuma

    Article • Review of African Political Economy, January 2011, Review of African Political Economy

    Professor Roger J Southall

  22. The ANC Underground in South Africa, 1950–1976 by Raymond Suttner Boulder, CO and London: First Forum Press, 2009. Pp. x+199, £44.50 (hbk).

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, May 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  23. Book reviews

    Article • Journal of Contemporary African Studies, October 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  24. Understanding the ‘Zuma Tsunami’

    Article • Review of African Political Economy, September 2009, Review of African Political Economy

    Professor Roger J Southall

  25. Preface

    Article • Journal of Contemporary African Studies, July 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  26. Introduction: Kenya – A democracy in retreat?

    Article • Journal of Contemporary African Studies, July 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  27. THE CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE: CHALLENGES FOR SOUTH AFRICAN DEMOCRACY

    Article • Representation, July 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  28. Alternatives for electoral reform in Kenya: Lessons from southern Africa

    Article • Journal of Contemporary African Studies, July 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  29. Book Reviews

    Article • Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, April 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  30. Book reviews

    Article • Journal of Contemporary African Studies, April 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  31. The Politics of Black Economic Empowerment in South Africa

    Article • Journal of Southern African Studies, September 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  32. The ANC for Sale? Money, Morality & Business in South Africa

    Article • Review of African Political Economy, June 2008, Review of African Political Economy

    Professor Roger J Southall

  33. Doing business in Africa

    Article • Journal of Contemporary African Studies, April 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  34. Ten Propositions about Black Economic Empowerment in South Africa

    Article • Review of African Political Economy, March 2007, Review of African Political Economy

    Professor Roger J Southall

  35. Does South Africa have a 'racial bargain'?: a comparative perspective

    Article • Transformation Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa, January 2007, Project Muse

    Professor Roger J Southall

  36. Legacies of Power: Leadership Change and Former Presidents in African Politics

    Article • Foreign Affairs, January 2006, JSTOR

    Professor Roger J Southall

  37. The general election in Lesotho, May 2002: adapting to MMP

    Article • Electoral Studies, September 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Roger J Southall

  38. The ANC & black capitalism in South Africa

    Article • Review of African Political Economy, September 2004, Review of African Political Economy

    Professor Roger J Southall

  39. A Note on Political Institutions and Democracy in Africa

    Article • Africa Insight, June 2004, African Journals Online (AJOL)

    Professor Roger J Southall

  40. Popular attitudes toward the South African electoral system

    Article • Democratization, February 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  41. Political Change and the Black Middle Class in Democratic South Africa

    Article • Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, January 2004, JSTOR

    Professor Roger J Southall

  42. Between Competing Paradigms: Post-Colonial Legitimacy in Lesotho

    Article • Journal of Contemporary African Studies, July 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  43. Democracy in Southern Africa: Moving Beyond a Difficult Legacy

    Article • Review of African Political Economy, June 2003, Review of African Political Economy

    Professor Roger J Southall

  44. An unlikely success: South Africa and Lesotho's election of 2002

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, May 2003, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  45. International Solidarity and Labour in South Africa1

    Article • February 2003, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  46. Containing the Chiefs: The ANC and Traditional Leaders in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

    Article • Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, January 2003, JSTOR

    Professor Roger J Southall

  47. The UDF: a history of the United Democratic Front in South Africa 1983–1991 by JEREMY SEEKINGS. Claremont, South Africa: David Philip; Oxford: James Currey; Athens, OH: Ohio University Press. 2000. Pp. xiii+371. £15.95 (pbk).

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, March 2002, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  48. From racial liberalism to corporate authoritarianism: The shell affair and the assault on academic freedom in South Africa

    Article • Social Dynamics, December 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  49. Conclusion: Emergent Perspectives on Opposition in South Africa

    Article • Democratization, March 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  50. "Beyond Our Wildest Dreams": The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa

    Article • Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, January 2001, JSTOR

    Professor Roger J Southall

  51. The state of democracy in South Africa

    Article • Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, November 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  52. Book reviews

    Article • Democratization, September 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  53. Dilemmas of the Kenyan succession

    Article • Review of African Political Economy, June 2000, Review of African Political Economy

    Professor Roger J Southall

  54. Lesotho's general election of 1998: rigged or de rigeur?

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, December 1999, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  55. The struggle for a place called home: the ANC versus the UDM in the Eastern Cape

    Article • Politikon, November 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  56. Re‐forming the state? Kleptocracy & the political transition in Kenya

    Article • Review of African Political Economy, March 1999, Review of African Political Economy

    Professor Roger J Southall

  57. South Africa 1999: The ANC and Democratic Consolidation

    Article • Issue, January 1999, JSTOR

    Professor Roger J Southall

  58. Moi's flawed mandate: the crisis continues in Kenya

    Article • Review of African Political Economy, March 1998, Review of African Political Economy

    Professor Roger J Southall

  59. Book reviews

    Article • The Journal of Development Studies, December 1997, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  60. The Military in the Making of Modern South Africa by Annette Seegers. London, I.B. Tauris Academic Studies, 1996. Pp. viii+356. £34.50.

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, September 1997, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  61. Party dominance and development: South Africa's prospects in the light of Malaysia's experience

    Article • The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, July 1997, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  62. Reviews

    Article • Journal of Contemporary African Studies, January 1997, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  63. Traditional Leaders in South Africa’s New Democracy

    Article • The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, January 1996, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  64. Reviews

    Article • Journal of Contemporary African Studies, January 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  65. The South African Elections of 1994: the Remaking of a Dominant-Party State

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, December 1994, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  66. The development and delivery of ‘northern’ worker solidarity to South African trade unions in the 1970s and 1980s

    Article • The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, July 1994, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  67. The 1993 Lesotho election

    Article • Review of African Political Economy, March 1994, Review of African Political Economy

    Professor Roger J Southall

  68. The New South Africa in the New World Order: Beyond the double whammy

    Article • Third World Quarterly, March 1994, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  69. Reviews

    Article • Journal of Contemporary African Studies, January 1993, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  70. Books reviewed

    Article • Journal of Southern African Studies, December 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  71. Freedom! From Below: the struggle for trade unions in South Africa by Lacom Braamfontein, Skotaville Publishers, 1989 revised edn.; distributed by African Books Collective, Oxford. Pp. 278. £12·00/$21·50 paperback.

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, December 1992, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  72. Introduction: Rethinking Transkei politics

    Article • Journal of Contemporary African Studies, January 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  73. Transkei beyond the transition: Towards good government or back to the frontier?

    Article • Journal of Contemporary African Studies, January 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  74. Reviews

    Article • Journal of Contemporary African Studies, January 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  75. Negotiations and Social Democracy in South Africa

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, September 1990, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  76. Labour and Unions in Asia and Africa: contemporary issues edited by Roger Southall Basingstoke and London, Macmillan, 1988. Pp. x + 258. £29.50 paperback.

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, December 1989, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  77. Trade Unions and the New Industrialization of the Third World

    Article • Labour / Le Travail, January 1989, JSTOR

    Professor Roger J Southall

  78. Apartheid and the case for sanctions

    Article • The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, March 1988, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  79. Post-Apartheid South Africa: Constraints on Socialism

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, June 1987, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  80. Reviews

    Article • Review of African Political Economy, January 1987, Review of African Political Economy

    Professor Roger J Southall

  81. The Diplomacy of Isolation: South African foreign policy making by Deon Geldenhuys Johannesburg, Macmillan South Africa, 1984. Pp. iii+295. R19.95.

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, December 1986, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  82. Reviews

    Article • The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, November 1986, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  83. Botswana: Liberal Democracy and the Labor Reserve in Southern Africa

    Article • Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, January 1985, JSTOR

    Professor Roger J Southall

  84. Labour Regulation and Black Workers' Struggles in South Africa

    Article • Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, January 1984, JSTOR

    Professor Roger J Southall

  85. Third World Trade Unionism: Equity and Democratization in the Changing International Division of Labour

    Article • Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement, January 1984, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  86. Changing South Africa: political considerations by Sam C. Nolutshungu Manchester University Press; New York, Africana Publishing Company; 1982. Pp. xvii + 219. £19.50. £6.50, $12.50 paperback.

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, June 1983, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  87. Consociationalism in South Africa: the Buthelezi Commission and Beyond

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, March 1983, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  88. Economic Imperialism in Theory and Practice: the case of South African gold mining finance, 1886–1914 by Robert V. Kubicek Durham, N.C., Duke University Press, 1979. Pp. xii and 239. $12.75.

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, June 1981, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  89. African capitalism in contemporary South Africa

    Article • Journal of Southern African Studies, October 1980, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  90. British Business and Ghanaian Independence by Josephine F. Milburn London, Hurst, Pp. x + 156. £8.00.

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, March 1980, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  91. GHANA'S RÔLE IN THE WORLD ECONOMY - Colonialism and Underdevelopment in Ghana by Rhoda Howard London, Croom Helm, 1978. Pp. 244. £8.95.

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, March 1979, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  92. The Black Homelands of South Africa: the political and economic development of Bophutatswana and Kwazulu by Jeffrey Butler, Robert I. Rotberg, and John Adams Berkeley, University of California Press, 1977. Pp. x + 250. $12.50.

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, September 1978, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  93. Farmers, Traders and Brokers in the Gold Coast Cocoa Economy

    Article • Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, January 1978, JSTOR

    Professor Roger J Southall

  94. Book Reviews

    Article • The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, January 1978, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Roger J Southall

  95. The Beneficiaries of Transkeian ‘Independence’

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, March 1977, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  96. Organising the Farmers: cocoa politics and national development in Ghana by Björn Beckman Uppsala, Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 1976. Pp. 299. Sw. Kr. 40.00.

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, December 1976, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  97. Change in Contemporary South Africa edited by Leonard Thompson and Jeffrey Butler Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1975. Pp. xv + 7. £10.75. £3.75 paperback.

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, September 1976, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  98. The Kingdom of Toro in Uganda by Kenneth Ingham London, Methuen, 1974. Pp. xiii+ 86. £4.00. - Party and Locality in Northern Uganda, 1945–1962 by Cherry Gertzel London, The Athlone Press, Pp. xii + 100. £1.25 paperback.

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, September 1975, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  99. The Lion and the Unicorn in Africa: a history of the origins of the United Africa Company, 1787–1931 by Frederick Pedler London, Heinemann, 1974. Pp. xv+ 343. £8.50.

    Article • The Journal of Modern African Studies, June 1975, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roger J Southall

  100. Converging Models of University Development: Ghana and East Africa

    Article • Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, January 1974, JSTOR

    Professor Roger J Southall

  101. The politics of medical higher education in East Africa

    Article • Social Science & Medicine (1967), June 1972, Elsevier

    Professor Roger J Southall