By focussing specifically on diamonds and oil, and drawing on examples from Angola, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Botswana, this paper explores how useful is the ‘resource curse’ thesis in understanding the politics of natural resources in... more
By focussing specifically on diamonds and oil, and drawing on examples from Angola, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Botswana, this paper explores how useful is the ‘resource curse’ thesis in understanding the politics of natural resources in Africa.