African Labour Studies: Empirical Realities and Conceptual Shifts

This volume brings together established scholars and early-career researchers to foreground African contributions to labour studies. Spanning historical and contemporary developments, it examines youth employment, gendered labour, migration, informality, labour politics and emerging forms of work across the continent.

Through rich case studies and comparative analysis, contributors interrogate how concepts such as class, labour market segmentation, power resources and worker agency have been deployed and contested in African contexts. In doing so, the book demonstrates how African empirical realities invite a rethinking of labour studies and its theoretical foundations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529257336
• ISBN13: 9781529257335
• Release Date: December 2026
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Length: 304 Pages