The Program on African Social Research (https://www.pasiri.org/) The Program on African Social Research (PASR) was founded to center African knowledge production within social science research globally. We do this by creating opportunities for junior scholars based in Africa. By providing access to international networks and building networks across the African continent, we work to help junior scholars improve and disseminate their research, and to create opportunities for mentoring and meaningful collaborative possibilities. PASR is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. It is based at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, Baruch College, City University of New York.
The Lusaka Contemporary Art Centre (LuCAC), established in 2020, began operations in 2022 and was officially inaugurated in 2023. It is a private, non-profit, public-facing institution dedicated to artistic research, exhibitions, and resource development. LuCAC promotes ongoing decolonization, fostering both formal and informal artistic research and experimentation. Through its programs, LuCAC amplifies the voices of artists and communities, enabling them to express themselves, participate in public life, and challenge structures of power. With a commitment to innovation and inclusivity, LuCAC operates at the intersection of art, culture, and research, recognizing the evolving nature of societies shaped by migration and globalization. By providing a platform for radical knowledge production and artistic exploration, the Centre strengthens the visibility of Zambian contemporary art while fostering a culture of accountability, representation, and transformative engagement in the creative sector.
African Social Research is an open access publication. Authors retain all rights to their contributions. To cite: The Political Economy of Inequality in Africa, African Social Research 6 (Spring 2025).
Chapters
Please read the individual chapters below by clicking on the title of the chapter(s):
Chapter 1
New Directions in the Study of Inequality in Africa
Grieve Chelwa
Associate Professor of Political Economy
The Africa Institute
Sharjah, UAE
Chapter 2
Why women earn less: The role of occupational segregation in Kenya’s gender pay differential
Author: Wycliffe Obwori Alwago
Doctoral School in Economics
University of Szeged, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Chapter 3
Fadzai Chipato
Great Zimbabwe University,
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Chapter 4
Feminine Intra-inequalities: The meeting and Divergent Points of Lagos Women Plastic Collectors.
Nnanwube Ebere Florence
Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Ibadan,
Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria
Chapter 5
Mellisa Kaliofasi
Doctoral Candidate
Department of History
University of Basel
Chapter 6
Mehdi Kharibouch
PhD Candidate
Ibn Tofaïl University Morocco
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Bisimwa Timothee Makanishe
PhD in Economic History and Development Studies,
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Chapter 9
Colette Mborera
University of Zimbabwe
Chapter 10
Stashed Abroad:Estimating the Impact of Capital Flight on Wealth Inequality in Africa
Francisco Pérez
University of Utah
Chapter 11
From Empire to Aid
Analysing the persistence of colonial legacies in foreign aid to Africa
By Swetha Ramachandran
PhD Candidate
The Graduate Institute, Geneva (IHEID)
Chapter 12
Margins of the Marginalized: The Occupationally Casted Women Potters of Horn of Africa.
Tirsit Yetbarek Seme
PhD Student and Head of Somaliland Centre for African Studies
Chapter 13
Chikwava Sigauke
University of Zimbabwe, Department of History, Heritage, and Knowledge Systems
Email: sigachikwava@gmail.com
Chapter 14
Takesure Taringana
University of Zimbabwe
Chapter 15
Legal Homophobia on Sexual Minorities: The Illegality of Common Law
Tawonga Kayira, LLM/MPhil in Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Africa (SRRA),
University of Pretoria
PASR:
The Program on African Social Research aims to provide opportunities for feedback, networking, mentoring, and meaningful collaborative possibilities between junior scholars based in Africa and established scholars based both within and outside of the continent, especially those with diasporic and other ties to African countries. PASR is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. It is based at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, Baruch College, City University of New York.