Uneasy Entanglements: Solar Energy Development in Zanzibar
The future of energy independence promised by solar development is complicated by a legacy of political conflict and new relationships of dependence and inequality.
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The future of energy independence promised by solar development is complicated by a legacy of political conflict and new relationships of dependence and inequality.
Using the example of the Bodo community in Ogoniland, where local youths operate refineries constructed with local materials and technology, I show that such refineries represent an emergent form of energy capture that transforms the creeks of the Niger Delta into islands of carbon sale and challenges state and corporate power.
This article, based on ethnographic fieldwork in 2016–2019, examines methane extraction operations in Lake Kivu on the Rwanda/DRC border as a lens into understanding how energy futures in Africa are imagined and enacted within national projects of post-war reconstruction.
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