Joe Studwell has a new book titled How Africa Works.

True: as of 2026-01-12, Joe Studwell has a book titled 'How Africa Works' that is recent: published, or formally announced as forthcoming, within roughly a year of that date, per publisher records. Mostly true: the book exists and is recent, but the title differs slightly (for example a subtitle or a small wording difference) or it was available only for preorder. Mostly false: Studwell has such a book, but it was published long before the claim date, or the title is substantially different. False: Studwell has no such book, or the book is by another author.

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1. E1 How Africa Works | Joe Studwell | London Review Bookshop London Review Bookshop · 29 January 2026

   “meta-book:release_date: 2026-01-29”

2. E2 How Africa Works | Joe Studwell | London Review Bookshop London Review Bookshop · 29 January 2026

   “29 January 2026”

3. E3 How Africa Works | Grove Atlantic Grove Atlantic

   “How Africa Works is essential, optimistic reading for anyone looking to understand the next chapter of global development.”

4. E4 The forthcoming Joe Studwell book on Africa - Marginal REVOLUTION Marginal REVOLUTION · 21 September 2025 Own record

   “The forthcoming Joe Studwell book on Africa”

The London Review Bookshop lists a book by Joe Studwell titled 'How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World's Last Developmental Frontier', with a release date of 29 January 2026 (E1, E2). Grove Atlantic's page also presents 'How Africa Works' (E3), and E4 calls it a forthcoming Studwell book as of September 2025. So the book exists, is by Studwell and is recent. However, the listed release date of 29 January 2026 is after the 2026-01-12 claim date, so the book had not yet been released on that date [E1][E2]. The full title also carries a subtitle. Both of these fit the criteria's 'mostly true' category.