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Introduction: Boom and Bust: Extractive Industries and African States in the Twenty-first Century Jon Schubert, Ulf Engel and Elísio Macamo  1. Africa’s Re-Enchantment with Big Infrastructure: White Elephants Dancing in Virtuous Circles? Paul Nugent  2. Port Geographies: Africa’s Infrastructure Boom and the Reconfiguration of Power and Authority Jana Hönke  3. The ‘Blue Economy’ and Operation Phakisa: Prospects for an Emerging Developmental State in South Africa? Ulf Engel  4. The Dynamics and Processes Involved in the Emergence of Participatory Mining Codes in Cameroon Erika Tchatchouang  5. The Politics of LNG: Local State Power and Contested Demands for Land Acquisitions in Palma, Mozambique Padil Salimo  6. A radical mineral policy with retribalisation? Mining and Politics of Difference in Rural South Africa Sonwabile Mnwana  7. The Local State in a New Mining Area in Zambia’s Northwestern Province Rita Kesselring  8. Political Legacies in Ghana’s Petroleum Industry Monica Skaten Conclusion: The Political Ecology of the State Elísio Macamo, Jon Schubert and Ulf Engel