Africa In The Twenty First Century

Author : Dorothy Hodgson,Judith Byfield
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520962514

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Global Africa by Dorothy Hodgson,Judith Byfield Pdf

Global Africa is a striking, original volume that disrupts the dominant narratives that continue to frame our discussion of Africa, complicating conventional views of the region as a place of violence, despair, and victimhood. The volume documents the significant global connections, circulations, and contributions that African people, ideas, and goods have made throughout the world—from the United States and South Asia to Latin America, Europe, and elsewhere. Through succinct and engaging pieces by scholars, policy makers, activists, and journalists, the volume provides a wholly original view of a continent at the center of global historical processes rather than on the periphery. Global Africa offers fresh, complex, and insightful visions of a continent in flux.

Author : Ama Mazama
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-21
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781135906580

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Africa in the 21st Century by Ama Mazama Pdf

Africa in the 21st Century: Toward a New Future brings together some of the finest Pan African and Afrocentric intellectuals to discuss the possibilities of a new future where the continent claims its own agency in response to the economic, social, political, and cultural problems which are found in every nation. The volume is structured around four sections: I. African Unity and Consciousness: Assets and Challenges; II. Language, Information, and Education; III. African Women, Children and Families; and IV. Political and Economic Future of the African World. In original essays, the authors raise the level of discourse around the questions of integration, pluralism, families, a federative state, and good governance. Each writer sees in the continent the potential for greatness and therefore articulates a theoretical and philosophical approach to Africa that constructs a victorious consciousness from hard concrete facts. This book will interest students and scholars of the history and politics of Africa as well as professional Africanists, Africologists, and international studies scholars who are inclined toward Africa.

Author : Olayiwola Abegunrin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230623903

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Africa in Global Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Olayiwola Abegunrin Pdf

In the twenty-first century, Africa has become an important source of US energy imports and the world's natural resources. It has also become the epicentre of the world's deadly health epidemic, HIV/AIDS, and one of the battlegrounds in the fight against terrorism. Africa is now a major player in global affairs.

Author : S. Cornelissen,F. Cheru,T. Shaw
Publisher : Springer
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230355743

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Africa and International Relations in the 21st Century by S. Cornelissen,F. Cheru,T. Shaw Pdf

This book examines key emergent trends related to aspects of power, sovereignty, conflict, peace, development, and changing social dynamics in the African context. It challenges conventional IR precepts of authority, politics and society, which have proven to be so inadequate in explaining African processes. Rather, this edited collection analyses the significance of many of the uncharted dimensions of Africa's international relations, such as the respatialisation of African societies through migration, and the impacts this process has had on state power; the various ways in which both formal and informal authority and economies are practised; and the dynamics and impacts of new transnational social movements on African politics. Finally, attention is paid to Africa's place in a shifting global order, and the implications for African international relations of the emergence of new world powers and/or alliances. This edition includes a new preface by the editors, which brings the findings of the book up-to-date, and analyses the changes that are likely to impact upon global governance and human development in policy and practice in Africa and the wider world post-2015.

Author : Danielle Beswick,Jonathan Fisher,Stephen R. Hurt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1526160331

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Britain and Africa in the Twenty-First Century by Danielle Beswick,Jonathan Fisher,Stephen R. Hurt Pdf

Britain and Africa in the twenty-first century offers the first book-length study of how Britain's relationship with Africa has fared since the fall of the 1997-2010 New Labour government.

Author : Emmanuel Matambo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781793645326

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Interrogating Xenophobia and Nativism in Twenty-First-Century Africa by Emmanuel Matambo Pdf

Interrogating Xenophobia and Nativism in Twenty-First-Century Africa interrogates xenophobia and nativism in Africa and how they hamper the realisation of Pan-Africanism. The contributors examine migration in Africa, immigration policies and politics, and the social impacts and history of xenophobia and nativism in African life and culture. Through their analyses, the contributors explore how xenophobia and nativism have impacted the Pan-Africanism movement. The book also offers suggestions for reducing xenophobia and nativism in Africa, including bettering immigration policies and creating socioeconomic structures that would enrich the public and help prevent the pervasive belief that immigrants usurp limited opportunities for the poor in the countries they immigrate to.

Author : Alan H. Gelb
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821344951

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Can Africa Claim the 21st Century? by Alan H. Gelb Pdf

Africa in the 21st Century offers a comprehensive review of development prospects in each of the major development sectors.

Author : Olayiwola Abegunrin
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739193525

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Africa in the New World Order by Olayiwola Abegunrin Pdf

This book examines the role of the emerging African nations in the new international order of the twenty-first century. Since the end of the Cold War, little significance has been placed on the African continent in the security and political considerations of the Western world. However, post-9/11 international security has been redefined, and new challenges have been identified. Thus, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, Africa is facing a variety of new security challenges. Africa has become an increasingly important battleground in the fight against terrorism. Since the beginning of 2011, the new revolutions, now known as the Arab Spring, that swept through North Africa have created new challenges for the African continent and are compounding the African peoples’ struggles for poverty alleviation, state stability, security, socio-political and socio-economic development, democracy, and good governance. In addition to these crises of civil war, ethnic conflict, state insecurity, and rampant corruption at all levels, the HIV/AIDS pandemic has ravaged the continent for the past four decades. The only major pan-African organization—the African Union—is unable to lead and defend the continent effectively. At this crucial period when the continent is confronted with these myriad of security challenges, it needs effective, strong leadership that possesses both human and natural resources to play a leadership role in Africa and lead the continent in the new global order of the twenty-first century. The contributors to this volume analyze many of these issues and place them in the wider context of global security.

Author : Sall, Ebrima
Publisher : CODESRIA
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9782869786011

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Africa and the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century by Sall, Ebrima Pdf

The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, CODESRIA, held its 13th General Assembly, 5-9 December 2011, in Rabat Morocco. The theme of the scientific conference was: “Africa and the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century”. Some of the reasons that influenced the choice of this theme were to do with how Africa should position itself in the new global political and economic order in the context of an increasingly complex neoliberal globalisation. Changes in intercultural relations at the global level, climate change, poverty, rapid urbanisation, the ICTs revolution, the emergence of a multi-polar world and the phenomenon of emerging powers of the South are some of the realities of our world that are widely and extensively discussed by both academics and policy-makers. This book contains the statutory lectures of the 13th General Assembly. Each one speaks to major challenges that Africa and the Global South are facing in this second decade of the Twenty first Century: neoliberal globalisation, capital flight, the land question, gender relations, with a particular focus on matriarchy; and universalism.

Author : Mel Bunce,Suzanne Franks,Chris Paterson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317334286

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Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century by Mel Bunce,Suzanne Franks,Chris Paterson Pdf

Africa’s Media Image in the 21st Century is the first book in over twenty years to examine the international media’s coverage of sub-Saharan Africa. It brings together leading researchers and prominent journalists to explore representation of the continent, and the production of that image, especially by international news media. The book highlights factors that have transformed the global media system, changing whose perspectives are told and the forms of media that empower new voices. Case studies consider questions such as: how has new media changed whose views are represented? Does Chinese or diaspora media offer alternative perspectives for viewing the continent? How do foreign correspondents interact with their audiences in a social media age? What is the contemporary role of charity groups and PR firms in shaping news content? They also examine how recent high profile events and issues been covered by the international media, from the Ebola crisis, and Boko Haram to debates surrounding the "Africa Rising" narrative and neo-imperialism. The book makes a substantial contribution by moving the academic discussion beyond the traditional critiques of journalistic stereotyping, Afro-pessimism, and ‘darkest Africa’ news coverage. It explores the news outlets, international power dynamics, and technologies that shape and reshape the contemporary image of Africa and Africans in journalism and global culture.

Author : Brandon D. Lundy,Solomon Negash
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780253008299

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Teaching Africa by Brandon D. Lundy,Solomon Negash Pdf

“A valuable resource [with] useful ideas about how to . . . enhance student engagement with the continent, and expand Africa’s presence within the curriculum.” —Stephen Volz, Kenyon College Teaching Africa introduces innovative strategies for teaching about Africa. The contributors address misperceptions about Africa and Africans, incorporate the latest technologies of teaching and learning, and give practical advice for creating successful lesson plans, classroom activities, and study abroad programs. Teachers in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences will find helpful hints and tips on how to bridge the knowledge gap and motivate understanding of Africa in a globalizing world.

Author : Olusegun Oladipo
Publisher : Hope Publishing Company (IL)
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105073026853

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Remaking Africa by Olusegun Oladipo Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190942557

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Things Come Together by Anonim Pdf

For decades, Africa was falling apart. But now it is coming together, and Africans are achieving greatness. Despite the advances, though, the twenty-first century brings challenges to match each and every major opportunity. In Things Come Together, Robert Rotberg brings all of contemporary Africa into a single volume, extolling the successes and explaining the struggles. Rotberg is one of the world's foremost authorities on African politics and society, and in this book he synthesizes his knowledge of the continent into a concise overview of the current state of Africa and where it is likely headed. To that end, Rotberg considers Africa's myriad peoples. The continent is currently experiencing explosive population growth and rapid urbanization. How well are African states managing this epochal shift? He looks at how Africa's nations are governed, ranging from states with autocratic kleptocrats to democratized regimes that have made progress in achieving economic growth and battling corruption. He then turns to African economies, looking at growth levels, productivity, and persistent corruption. He concludes by filling in the picture, covering the effects of war, health care, wildlife management, varieties of religious belief, education, technology diffusion, and the character of both city and village life in this ever-evolving region. Throughout this sweeping work, Rotberg deftly moves readers across the continent, from Nigeria to South Africa, from Kenya to Senegal, to name a few. While there are undeniable cross-continental commonalities related to governance, demographics, and economic performance, he shows the unique variations of who and what is African. For anyone interested in reading a comprehensive yet pithy synthesis of a vast region possessing the world's fastest-growing population, this book is the ideal introduction.

Author : Gashawbeza Bekele,Adebayo Oyebade
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498564526

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Africa in the Twenty-First Century by Gashawbeza Bekele,Adebayo Oyebade Pdf

This book interrogates contemporary debates, controversies, achievements, challenges, and future prospects of African development and democratization from varied theoretical perspectives. The diverse issues and sub-themes addressed in this volume include tenets of democracy such as democratization, democratic institutions, good governance, term limits, minority rights, and women’s political participation; and dynamics of development such as economic growth, liberalization, development strategies and models, Millennium Development Goals, uneven regional development,sustainable development challenges, transport development and management, and health and development. Featuring established and emerging scholars, this book is a vital resource for scholars, policy makers, and students interested in African politics and development.

Author : Obianuju Ekeocha
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781642295306

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Target Africa by Obianuju Ekeocha Pdf

Since the end of colonization Africa has struggled with socio-economic and political problems. These challanges have attracted wealthy donors from Western nations and organizations that have assumed the roles of helper and deliverer. While some donors have good intentions, others seek to impose their ideology of sexual liberation. These are the ideological neocolonial masters of the twenty-first century who aggressively push their agenda of radical feminism, population control, sexualisation of children, and homosexuality. The author, a native of Nigeria, shows how these donors are masterful at exploiting some of the heaviest burdens and afflictions of Africa such as maternal mortality,unplanned pregnancies, HIV/AIDS pandemic, child marriage,and persistent poverty. This exploitation has put many African nations in the vulnerable position of receiving funding tied firmly to ideological solutions that are opposed tothe cultural views and values of their people. Thus many African nations are put back into the protectorate positions of dependency as new cultural standards conceived in the West are made into core policies in African capitals. This book reveals the recolonization of Africa that is rarely talked about. Drawing from a broad array of well-sourced materials and documents, it tells the story of foreign aid with strings attached, the story of Africa targeted and recolonized by wealthy, powerful donors.