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The Thinker (a pan-African quarterly) publishes peer reviewed articles with well-constructed opinion pieces. We welcome Africa-centred articles from diverse perspectives.

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View Vol. 100 No. 3 (2024): Quarter 3 - 2024 / Volume 100

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Foreword

Foreword

Anna-Mart van Wyk, Luc-André Brunet, Eirini Karamouzi

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Peer Review

The ANC and Apartheid South Africa’s Nuclear Weapons Program

Jo-Ansie van Wyk, Anna-Mart van Wyk

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Britain’s Safety Arguments: French Nuclear Testing in Algeria duringNigerian Decolonisation (1959-60)

Chloë Mayoux

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Democratising Nuclear Governance: The Role of African Civil Society in the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)

Michaelan Sinnett, Joelien Pretorius

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Reviewing South Africa’s Non-Proliferation Policy and Strategic Trade Controls

Melanie Reddiar

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Opinion

African Activism Through Pugwash

Nola Dippenaar, Joelien Pretorius

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The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty: A Reflection on the Role of Activism

Noël Stott

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‘Fission Chips’: An Activist’s View on Anti-Nuclear Activism in South Africa from the 1980s to the 21st Century

Mike Kantey

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Nuclear Policy and the Changing Dynamics of Decision-Making

Keith Gottschalk

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Interview

Excerpts from a Conversation with Renfrew Christie and Rodney Wilkinson, during the Conference on ‘Anti-Nuclear Activism in Africa: A Historical Perspective’, held at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, 3 April 2023.

Jo-Ansie van Wyk

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Conversation with Ambassador Abdul S. Minty, during a Conference on ‘Anti-Nuclear Activism in Africa: A Historical Perspective’, held at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, 3 April 2023

Anna-Mart van Wyk

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Books

Decolonial Dreaming in the Sauútiverse

Nedine Moonsamy

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