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Call for Papers: African Resources in the World Economy, 10/06





Call for Papers - African Resources in the World Economy

ACAS Bulletin #74 [Association of Concerned Africa Scholars]

Contact: Jesse Benjamin, editor, jbenjam2@kennesaw.edu

Deadline: October 15th, 2006


Overview: This issue will contribute to a better understanding of how the continent with the greatest natural resource wealth also suffers from some of the greatest concentrations of human poverty in the world. As we document the place of specific resources and how they function in the world economy, often being exploited by the corporate West and its African allies, we hope to provide useful information for scholars, policy-makers, teachers and activists alike. As such, we are collecting critical pieces that address our subject matter in the broadest sense, particularly those that relate these issues to matters of US foreign policy in Africa. Our subject for this issue is Africa's Resources, broadly conceived. We start with the obvious natural resources that occur in abundance in some parts of the continent, such as gold, diamonds, petroleum, uranium, natural gas, coltan, and other minerals. We are also interested in agricultural resources, major crops and domesticates!
, flora and fauna, in as much as these can be understood as resources in the world economy. Labor, intellectual property, culture, knowledge and other less physical resources will also be considered. Theoretical pieces that address underdevelopment, global trade balances and trade agreements or related matters are also welcome, particularly if they address the role of the United States and its Africa policies.


As discussed at the ACAS meetings during last year's African Studies Association Meetings, ACAS intends to develop a website space that will include shorter "Fact Sheet" versions of the published essays, for wider electronic use and distribution throughout the world. We ask authors for this issue to consider writing regular scholarly or review essays for us, and in addition, shorter Fact Sheets that contain the main points and issues as bullets, as well as websites and books for further information, organizational information that might be relevant, key dates and decisions, passage of relevant legal statutes, etc. For example, we hope to have fact sheets on Conflict Diamonds and the global Coltan Trade ready for our website in the near future.



We look forward to receiving your abstract proposals, finished drafts, and inquiries. Please send emails in Word format, and submissions of no more than about 3000 words [body of text], plus notes and/or references. Guidelines for Fact Sheets can be worked out in email dialogue with the editor.



Please share this Call with interested colleagues and students.



Founded in 1977, the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars (ACAS) is a group of scholars and students of Africa dedicated to:

* formulating alternative analyses of Africa and U.S. government policy,

*opening doors for the study of Africa to an ever-wider, progressive community,

*developing communication and action networks between the peoples and scholars of Africa and the United States, and

* mobilizing support in the United States on critical, current issues related to Africa.



Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:59:38 -0500
From: Jesse Benjamin, Kennesaw State University

jbenjam2@kennesaw.edu







Page Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D.

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