The Politics of New African Resource Discoveries in the Post-Curse Era

Angela Zivo Gapa is associate professor of international relations at California State University, Chico.

Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Introduction and Overview Introduction: Africa's Resource Renaissance: New Discoveries in A Post-Curse Era by Angela Zivo Gapa Part II: The Politics of Jackpot Resources in Newly Resource-Rich States Chapter 1: Uganda's Oil Discovery: The Double-Edged Sword of Development and Resource Curse by Cliff Ubba Kodero Chapter 2: Beyond Resource Curse: How Tanzania Avoided the Resource Curse in the Natural Gas Sector by William John Walwa Chapter 3: The Political Economy of Mining Resources in Burundi by Arcade Ndoricimpa and Esther Leah Achandi Chapter 4: Ghana's Petroleum Management Regime: Challenges and Opportunities by Michael Ohene Aboagye and Michael Ogbe Chapter 5: Gas Curse or Gas Compliment? The Politics of Mozambique's Jackpot Natural Gas Discoveries by Angela Zivo Gapa and Antonetta Hamandishe Chapter 6: The Political Economy of Oil Discovery in Turkana, Kenya: Prospects and Challenges by Babere Kerata Chacha, Kenneth O. Nyangena and Charles Okongo Imbiakha Chapter 7: Cameroon's Extractive Revival: The New Policy on Mineral Exploitation by Fernand Guevara Mekongo-Mballa, Parfait Oumba and Angela Zivo Gapa Part III: Old Money: New Resource Discoveries in Traditional Resource States Chapter 8: A Political Settlement Analysis of Extractive Governance Practices in Zimbabwe by Tinashe Sithole Chapter 9: Seeing Like Taxpayers: Fiscal Policy and Tax Morale in Sudan (1999-2019) by Jacopo Resti and Hassan Bashir Mohamed Nour Chapter 10: Political Power Versus Economic Power? The Case of Zambia's Mining Sector by Edward Lange Chapter 11: New Resource Discoveries, Old Patterns of Accumulation, Politics, and Development in Nigeria by Dung Pam Sha Part IV: The Way Forward Conclusion: Resource Futures: African Strategies for a New Era in Resource Politics by Angela Zivo Gapa About the Contributors

This book provides a critical assessment of lessons learned from Africa's missteps in the natural resource sector and offers a crucial compilation of knowledge for policymakers, academics, and even ordinary Africans concerned about the impact of the green technology revolution on Africa's development. -- John Taden, Pepperdine University This book provides a fresh take on the possibilities for resource-based development in Africa, centering African perspectives and strategies on the politics and policy debates regarding the "resource curse", artisanal and small-scale mining, and the coming boom in green technology and rare earth minerals. -- Jesse Ovadia, University of Windsor