Beyond the Limpopo
Geography and the worlding of South(ern) Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8963433 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maano Ramutsindela (0000-0003-0918-5892, Department of Environmental & Geographical Science University of Cape Town Cape Town South Africa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-2754 • E-ISSN: 1475-5661 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/tran.70028 |
| OpenAlex | W4414218513 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 36 |
This paper contributes to the discussion on the relationship between geography and area studies and the proposed reorientation of the critical geography of ‘area’ by situating the production of geographical knowledge in South Africa in national and regional contexts. It argues that Southern Africa provides a useful entry point for geography‐African studies dialogue because of the region's shared histories and struggles, and the changing roles played by South Africa in the region. This regional context is useful for illuminating the convergence of the study of area and nationalism, and why and how geography became disconnected from African studies. The paper attributes this disconnect to parochialism and the prevailing negative views of Africa as a place of lack. It concludes that deconstructing Africa as ‘a disaster area’ and reorientating the South African Geographical Journal as a platform for African geographies are critical for bridging the geography‐African studies gap
Bridging (networking · Context (archaeology · Convergence (economics · Critical geography · Historical geography · Human geography · Parochialism · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought · Philippine History and Culture · South African History and Culture
Decolonizing African Knowledge
Ten challenges in reconfiguring African Studies
African Studies, or How to Make the Canon Apocryphal
Cold War in Southern Africa
Capitalist crisis and uneven development applied in Southern Africa
The creation of ‘real’ spaces
The pattern of diplomatic sanctions against South Africa 1948–1994
Geography, area studies and Chinese world-writing
Difference as practice
Decolonizing the Human Geography of Southern Africa
Namibia in Southern Africa
Geography and area studies as critical bedfellows? The view from Singapore
Worlding geography, area studies and the study of area
Egypt's geographical tradition
Whispered in corridors’
The changing meanings of South Africa's internal boundaries
Pretoria's Southern African Strategy
Total strategy in Southern Africa
The kingdom, the Volkstaat and the New South Africa
Africa Is Coming to the Cape
Decolonising African Studies
Southern Africa in transition
Land Use in Natal
The Southern African Pleasure Periphery, 1966-83
South Africa in Southern Africa
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |