Publications

Direitos Humanos, Económicos e Sociais em São Tomé e Príncipe

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The 2024 report on Economic and Social Human Rights in São Tomé and Príncipe, developed within the scope of the projects “Observatory of Policies and Governance in São Tomé and Príncipe” and “Better Governance, More Rights, More Citizenship”, presents a detailed analysis of the Santomean population’s access to basic rights such as housing, health, education, food, water, and justice.

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Sangreman, C. et al (2024). Direitos Humanos, Económicos e Sociais em São Tomé e Príncipe. Lisboa: ACEP.

Working Paper 205/2025: Obstacles to US Pension Fund Investment in Africa

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Pathways for Black Studies in Portugal. A New Field of Knowledge and Research

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Reflecting on contemporary epistemologies of European Blackness
Long absent from research in the humanities and social sciences, Black people in continental Europe have become the focus of a growing body of literature in the past two decades that addresses their unique history and social positioning. Black Studies in Europe: An Anthology of Soil and Seeds brings together essays and case studies by a collective of scholars, writers, and activists to offer a critical overview of the emerging field of Black European studies and a vital reflection on contemporary epistemologies of European Blackness. This collection addresses key questions: What is Blackness from a European standpoint? Which epistemologies and theoretical tools have been used to offer a better understanding of Black experiences in Europe? How is this knowledge being produced and by whom? Can we define a common European conceptual framework for Black studies? Related to this work is an even more urgent enterprise: forging an epistemological distinction between the study of Black people and “Black studies” as an emancipatory project.

Women’s Agricultural Production in Guinea-Bissau as a Means of Strengthening Their Identity

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This article was developed from the study done for the Swiss Cooperation in Guinea-Bissau on women horticulturists. The data were obtained by surveys and interviews in the regions of Bissau, Biombo, Bafatá and Oio, with the producers (which also include a limited number of male producers) of leguminous agricultural products, in a sample of 160/1063 people chosen at random. To better understand the results, it must be said that this business model is not very profitable, but it is an activity that gives a greater independence of women in relation to men in the family space, combating the existing male authoritarianism, since decisions about the use of profits belong to the women producers. It also has a potential environment of action for the affirmation of the social (and not just family) identity of women that should not be despised although, as far as we can see, this is expressed for now only in the organization of associations of producers. The data matrix and the qualitative observations file are the property of SWISSAID, but the tables obtained from it can be provided to researchers who request them.

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Sangreman, C., & Melo, M. (2024). WOMEN’S AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN GUINEA-BISSAU AS A MEANS OF STRENGTHENING THEIR IDENTITY. Ars Educandi, 21. https://doi.org/10.26881/ae.2024.21.05

African agency in geopolitical times: playing with EU and Chinese ontological security

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In 2021 the European Union (EU) launched Global Gateway (GG). This new €300 billion European strategy is intended to boost the EU’s involvement in areas such as transport infrastructure, green energy, and digitalisation in developing countries. The African continent is expected to benefit with half of the expected figures. Much of the debate in the past few years has attempted to dissect the (geo)political, financial and economic dimensions of GG from the perspective of Brussels and EU Member States’ policymakers. However, very little has been discussed on how African policymakers have perceived GG. This paper will thus focus on African agency in the context of GG and the broader framework of Africa–EU relations. Moreover, it will compare this agency with that which has been displayed in the past decade of relations between Africa and China. Drawing on an ontological security analytical framework, the paper seeks to understand the new dynamics and contestations of African agency in the continent’s relations with the EU and China that have been ignored in both mainstream and critical approaches to EU foreign policy studies.

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Duggan, N., Haastrup, T., Hogan, J. J., Mah, L., & Bernardo, L. (2025). African agency in geopolitical times: playing with EU and Chinese ontological security. Third World Quarterly, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2025.2551134

Circuitos de Comercialização Informal de Produtos Agrícolas na Guiné-Bissau: Relatório de Análise

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This book examines the informal circuits of agricultural product marketing in Guinea-Bissau, based on field research conducted across all regions of the country. Drawing on both quantitative and qualitative data, the study reveals the strategies, challenges, and operational logics adopted by vendors — particularly women — who ensure urban supply and the livelihood of thousands of families. Focusing on the female informal economy, it highlights practices of resistance, community solidarity, and exclusion. The book also offers recommendations for public policies that acknowledge and value this vital sector.

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Sangreman, C., & Vaz, J. (2025, agosto). Circuitos de comercialização informal de produtos agrícolas na Guiné-Bissau: Relatório de análise. Lisboa: CEsA/ISEG Research/ISEG. ISBN 978-989-54687-7-5

Mozambique, 50 years (1975–2025): Does the struggle continue?

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This article revisits Samora Machel’s famous slogan ‘A luta continua’ (‘The struggle continues’) to analyse the 50 years of Mozambican independence (1975-2025). It argues that the initial anticolonial struggle has transformed into a series of protracted internal conflicts. Drawing on historical analysis and long-term ethnographic insight, the article traces a sequence of challenges: from FRELIMO’s postindependence turn to Marxism-Leninism and the devastating civil war with RENAMO, to the contemporary pressures of extractive capitalism and the recent jihadist insurgency in Cabo Delgado. The article analyses this latest conflict as a complex manifestation of local grievances articulated through a religious idiom. It concludes that in the face of these persistent crises and a flawed 2024 election, Machel’s revolutionary slogan now functions as a poignant interrogation of Mozambique’s unresolved contemporary dilemmas.

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Macagno, L. (2025), Mozambique, 50 years (1975–2025): Does the struggle continue?. Anthropology Today, 41: 21-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8322.70006

Claude Meillassoux dans la Révolution Mozambicaine

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This article stems from a project entitled “Sources for the History of Economic Anthropology: Claude Meillassoux in Mozambique”, which, between January and March 2023, was funded by the programme “Visiting Senior Professor Abroad” (Capes-Print-Ufpr – Capes 88887.757020/2022-00, Brazil). Several people and institutions collaborated in this research over its three-month duration. I am grateful to my French colleagues who, at one point or another in their careers, were close to Claude Meillassoux and provided me with valuable advice and information. My thanks go to Michel Cahen, Jacques Marchand, Antoine Bouillon, Ingolf Diener, Jean Copans, Michel Samuel, Jean-Loup Amselle and Christine Verschuur. Needless to say, any shortcomings in this article are my sole responsibility.

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Lorenzo Macagno, « Claude Meillassoux dans la révolution mozambicaine », L’Homme [En ligne], 253 | 2025, mis en ligne le 01 avril 2025, consulté le 18 août 2025. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/lhomme/51517 ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/13olg

Mundo Crítico No 12: Desafios actuais do financiamento

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Over the past few months, we have been witnessing profound changes in what is known as Development Aid. The reduction of ODA by several countries, including the USA and the United Kingdom, is opening up new scenarios at a time when a more multipolar world vision is emerging—one that increasingly favours a “blended growth” model, where diverse types of financing and approaches combine the public and private sectors. Another element to consider is the growing importance of large-scale philanthropic actors in Development Cooperation. The “Conversa Imperfeita” that opens this edition of “Mundo Crítico”, bringing together Ana Fernandes and Ndongo Samba Sylla, reflects on the tensions running through this new ODA context, highlighting longstanding structural issues while also attempting to outline the new challenges posed by this present moment and the near future.

In the same vein, the contributions in this edition reflect on the so-called ODA crisis from various perspectives, following the evolution of this mechanism and moving towards an outlook capable of engaging with the emerging world order, as well as the financial implications that come with it. Alongside these more analytical texts, we have chosen to publish the Portuguese versions of pieces that point towards concrete proposals aimed at a fairer reform of resource allocation, and consequently, the distribution of wealth. To help foster alternative thinking, we also offer a reflection on the Participatory Budget in Uzbekistan, as a case study in development financing through public participation.

The “Modos de Ver” section features part of a report on the international e-waste trade, carried out in Ghana by journalists Paula Borges and Djibril Mandjam, the result of a journalism grant from an ACEP initiative in partnership with Eurodad. The same issue is at the heart of one of the “Narrativas”, while another provides an insider’s account of the drastic funding cuts from USAID.

The theme of the “Ecos Gráficos” section is the exploitation of creative labour. This edition concludes with a review of Carlos Lopes’s book The Self-Deception Trap.

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ACEP & CEsA (2025). “Desafios actuais do financiamento”. ISEG/CEsA – Centro de Estudos sobre África e Desenvolvimento. Revista Mundo Crítico nº 12 (Jul 2025). ISSN 2184-1926

A Framework on Eudaimonic Well-Being in Destination Competitiveness

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This research proposes a framework for Eudaimonic well-being in destination competitiveness. This framework is based on the theoretical Ritchie and Crouch’s model (1993, 2000, 2003) and the recent theoretical notion that a travel trip may influence life satisfaction through tourists’ experiences. We conducted a qualitative study based on 34 in-depth interviews with key tourism stakeholders in Cape Verde, a small island developing country (SIDS) dependent on the tourism sector. The findings contribute to identifying specific sources of positive and negative effects that may affect the tourists’ and residents’ overall sense of well-being and thus affect the overall destination competitiveness.

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Sarmento, E. M., Loureiro, S., Mendes, Z., Monteiro, J. M., & Fernandes, S. (2025). A Framework on Eudaimonic Well-Being in Destination Competitiveness. Tourism and Hospitality, 6(3), 135. https://doi.org/10.3390/tourhosp6030135