Austerity: An Economy of Words? – Pt. 1
By Keith Hart This essay starts with a personal account of the near starvation of Europe after the Second World …
Author: Neil Turner
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – Civil Rights Leader or Pan Africanist?
By Jehron Muhammad Every year, including 2023 we in the United States celebrate the life and legacy of civil rights …
Signing of the Sudanese Framework Agreement by Zakia Muhammad Sadeeg
The Future Sudan Campaign reviewed the published details of the signing of the so-called framework agreement between General Abdel Fattah …
Female African warriors and their brave fight against the African slave trade by Jehron Muhammad
The film “The Woman King,” directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and starring award-winning actress Viola Davis, though receiving much acclaim, has …
Brazil’s Pendulum of Politics
“There’s a struggle that repeats itself throughouthistory, over and over again – the oppressorsagainst the oppressed.”—Simon Bolívar Interestingly, when Simon …
Dakar’s Museum Celebrates Blackness by Mohamadou Cisse
The Museum of Black Civilizations, dubbed the world’s largest dedicated to Black Art, Culture and History, is an impressive building …
Sudan’s political and leadership turmoil continues by Jehron Muhammad
Understanding Sudanese politics is like a long-distance relationship. You never fully appreciate the relationship until you are living with the … More
The anthropology of debt by Keith Hart
(Editor’s note: This article is published in its entirety with the permission of the author) The limits of naïvety I … More
The collapse of national capitalism — a Sophoclean tragedy – Part 2 – by Keith Hart
After 1971 World economy has reverted since the break-up of the Bretton Woods system of fixed parity exchange rates to … More
The collapse of national capitalism — a Sophoclean tragedy – Part 1 – by Keith Hart
Abstract The global economic crisis is not merely financial, a moment in the historical cycle of credit and debt. The … More
Interview with Keith Hart on Nationalism
by Nika Dubrovsky Keith Hart was then International Director of the Human Economy Programme, University of Pretoria and Professor of … More
South Africa’s two-tier economy (2012-2022) by Keith Hart
This analysis is based on the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report for 2011-2012. It identifies twelve “pillars” of sustainable … More
SPECIAL EDITION: The Wages of War
Unlike any other war, the United States ever took part in, the Vietnam War was a major turning point. It … More
Sudan’s kleptocratic military system won’t stop the people’s movement from rising by Jehron Muhammad
Anti-military coup, pro-democracy marches occurring in Sudan with growing numbers and increasing frequency since October show there is a renewed, … More
Liberal Revolutions and the African Future: An Interview with Keith Hart
Economic anthropologist Keith Hart (KH), one of the leading figures in African studies, spoke to Social Transformations editor Lisandro Claudio … More
Africa 2021: Perplexing, horrendous, dramatic and inspiring by Jehron Muhammad
Africa’s year 2021 was perplexing, horrendous, dramatic but also inspirational. It can be summed in the “two-ness” of the sojourn … More
Informality and international trade: The case for an African Customs Union Part 2 by Keith Hart
(Keynote address for a World Customs Organization/World Bank conference on ‘Informality, international trade and customs’, Brussels, 3-4 June 2013) It … More
Informality and international trade: The case for an African Customs Union by Keith Hart
(Keynote address for a World Customs Organization/World Bank conference on ‘Informality, international trade and customs’, Brussels, 3-4 June 2013) In … More
Sudan: Its diversity, economics and history
by Jehron Muhammad KHARTOUM, Sudan—Nothing says diversity like Sudan. Once Africa’s largest country, now divided by neocolonial and neoliberal machinations … More
Gypsy Economy: The Promise and Limitations of Ethnography – Part 3
by Keith Hart Why Study Gypsy Economy? Looking at the contributions to this volume, I would pick out four themes: … More
Gypsy Economy: The Promise and Limitations of Ethnography – Part 2
by Keith Hart Heads or tails? Martin Fotta referred to a lecture of mine on money, “Heads or tails? Two … More
Gypsy Economy: the Promise and Limitations of Ethnography
By Keith Hart The Promise and Limits of Ethnography I am usually rather concerned when I observe how unreflectingly my … More
How Political Corruption Impacts Culture
How Political Corruption Impacts Culture From a traditional perspective, when people think of South America, many think of a group … More
An Unlawful Form of Democracy
What do we mean by an unlawful form of democracy? In the context of discussing the events of January 6, … More