The Elusive African Renaissance

Author : George Klay Kieh, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781476635255

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Africa faces several major development challenges that have adversely affected the political and material well being of the majority of the people living there. This collection of new essays rigorously analyzes those frontier development issues--including democracy, leadership, the economy, poverty alleviation through microfinance schemes, food security, education, health and political instability--and offers prescriptions that differ from the dominant neoliberal solutions.

Author : George Klay Kieh, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781476667744

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The Elusive African Renaissance by George Klay Kieh, Jr. Pdf

Africa faces several major development challenges that have adversely affected the political and material well being of the majority of the people living there. This collection of new essays rigorously analyzes those frontier development issues--including democracy, leadership, the economy, poverty alleviation through microfinance schemes, food security, education, health and political instability--and offers prescriptions that differ from the dominant neoliberal solutions.

Author : Washington A. Jalango Okumu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1592210120

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The African Renaissance by Washington A. Jalango Okumu Pdf

Author : Washington A. Jalango Okumu
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1592210139

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The African Renaissance by Washington A. Jalango Okumu Pdf

An intellectual tour de force, this bold, imaginative and provocative analysis of Africa's striving for political stability and economic growth demonstrates the potential for an African Renaissance today. One of Africa's leading intellectuals, Okumu analyses new initiatives such as NEPAD and discusses their potential role in Africa's economic welfare and future, while putting forward his own practical, policy oriented programme for an African Renaissance.

Author : Peter Magubane,Sandra Klopper
Publisher : Struik Publishers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015053538255

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African Renaissance by Peter Magubane,Sandra Klopper Pdf

The term African Renaissance, first used by liberation leaders in the early 1960's, has been revived by South Africa's new president, Thabo Mbeki, as a rallying call for the re-birth of pride and prosperity on the continent. With the flowering of democracy in South Africa, there is an awakening sense of pride in being African, in all it's dimensions. African Renaissance, from the camera of renowned photographer Peter Magubane, celebrates something of what it means to be African. His insightful eye explores not only fast-disappearing traditional cultures, but also the developing customs of modern Africa, an amalgam of the ancient and the contemporary. The guide is arranged by theme, covering subjects such as dress and adornment, rites of passage and homesteads. The section on dress and adornment examines beadwork, headgear and traditional dress, while the section on rites of passage takes a look at various initiation ceremonies, and at traditional and modern weddings.

Author : Emmanuel O. Oritsejafor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781793615091

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Indigenous Knowledge by Emmanuel O. Oritsejafor Pdf

Indigenous food systems have been neglected in regards to current global food security challenges. The author argues that use of indigenous methods will reduce the vulnerabilities of food insecure households in Africa.

Author : Albena Azmanova,James Chamberlain
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783031084072

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Capitalism, Democracy, Socialism: Critical Debates by Albena Azmanova,James Chamberlain Pdf

This book critically analyzes the current historical conjuncture of neoliberal capitalism with an eye to its emergent alternatives. Can democracy and capitalism thrive together? Is socialism a viable and a desirable alternative? What are the forms of emancipatory action and critical thought that can effectively chart a way forward? Focusing on nine “critical debates” it provides a uniquely comprehensive overview of the tensions, contradictions, and latent emancipatory potential of contemporary global capitalism. The specific debates are as follows: capitalism’s relationship with democracy; privatization and governance of the commons; the financialization of capitalism; technology and the future of work; varieties of neoliberal capitalism; cosmopolitanism, international development, and human rights; feminist theory and social solidarity; sustainability and climate change; and theories of capitalist crisis.

Author : Cheikh Anta Diop
Publisher : Red Sea Press(NJ)
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070744300

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Towards the African Renaissance by Cheikh Anta Diop Pdf

Author : M Okediji
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-15
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015055911815

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African Renaissance by M Okediji Pdf

African Renaissance: New Forms, Old Images in Yoruba Art describes, analyzes, and interprets the historical and cultural contexts of an African art renaissance using the twentieth- and twenty-first-century transformation of ancient Yoruba artistic heritage. Juxtaposing ancient and contemporary Yoruba art, Moyo Okediji defines this art history through the lens of colonialism, an experience that served to both destroy ancient art traditions and revive Yoruba art in the twentieth century. With vivid reproductions of paintings, prints, and drawings, Okediji describes how Yoruba art has replenished and redefined itself. Okediji groups the text into several broadly overlapping periods that intricately detail the journey of Yoruba art and artists: first through oppression by European colonialism, then the attainment of Nigeria’s independence and the new nation’s subsequent military coup, and ending with present-day native Yoruban artists fleeing their homeland.

Author : Charles Villa-Vicencio,Erik Doxtader,Ebrahim Moosa
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781626161979

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The African Renaissance and the Afro-Arab Spring by Charles Villa-Vicencio,Erik Doxtader,Ebrahim Moosa Pdf

The hope and despair surrounding the Afro-Arab Spring in North Africa has only begun to be played out in regional and global politics. And the call for an African renaissance that followed the miraculous political transition in South Africa is, twenty years later, viewed with similar ambiguity. What is clear is that current developments in Africa, north and south, promise something markedly different from what has prevailed at any point since the dawn of the African independence movements of the 1950s and 60s. But the continent's own identity remains unresolved, posing the question whether and how its multiple and divergent experiences can be understood and perhaps woven into a basis for unity. Contributors to this volume explore whether or not events north of the Sahara and on the southern tip of Africa can be catalysts for change in other parts of the continent. Chapters assesses the nature of political resistance, revolution, and transition in North and Southern Africa, addressing critical factors--economics, culture, gender, theology--that reveal the promises and perils of African reform. Includes a foreword by former South African president Thabo Mbeki.

Author : Veronica Federico,Carlo Fusaro
Publisher : Firenze University Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : 9788884534019

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Constitutionalism and Democratic Transitions by Veronica Federico,Carlo Fusaro Pdf

"The book - as the outcome of a research performed by the University of Florence and the United States Institute of Peace of Washington - explores the role of law in the process of democratic transition in South Africa. More specifically it emphasize how constitutional law may contribute to "civilize" apparently reconcilable conflicts, a part from laying down the foundations of the new legal order and institutions. The book - as the outcome of a research performed by the University of Florence and the United States Institute of Peace of Washington - explores the role of law in the process of democratic transition in South Africa. More specifically it emphasize how constitutional law may contribute to "civilize" apparently reconcilable conflicts, a part from laying down the foundations of the new legal order and institutions"--Publisher's description

Author : Francis Onditi,Gilad Ben-Nun,Cristina D'Alessandro,Zack Levey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498598118

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Contemporary Africa and the Foreseeable World Order by Francis Onditi,Gilad Ben-Nun,Cristina D'Alessandro,Zack Levey Pdf

Contemporary Africa and the Foreseeable World Order brings together rich and diverse contributions from seasoned scholars from around the globe. Anchored in a wide array of disciplinary perspectives, the contributors explore the interesting and complex dynamics at play in Africa’s interactions with the rest of the world.

Author : Marilyn Naidoo
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780992236007

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Contested Issues in Training Ministers in South Africa by Marilyn Naidoo Pdf

The purpose of this book is to engage challenging issues that are called into question during ministerial training. This is a volume presenting eleven contested issues that attend to concerns related to structures, processes, knowledge and practices within theological education. Contributors offer keen insights about how to think differently and more complexly about these matters within a changing South Africa. It is an affirmation of the multiple voices, locations, identities and positions within South African theological education, as a starting point for transformative theological education. It is hoped that these reflections can enable future ministers to confront the question of how to be in the world with the required competence, integrity and professional identity to meet the needs of church and society.

Author : Malegapuru William Makgoba
Publisher : Mafube - Tafelberg
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015055118395

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African Renaissance by Malegapuru William Makgoba Pdf

Contains 30 essays based on papers and speeches delivered at the African Renaissance Conference in Johannesburg in 1998. The subject matter ranges from overviews of Africa's history to moral renewal, culture and education, political and economic transformation, science and technology, and the role of the media and telecommunications. All the contributions have one thing in common: a strong African focus and a commitment to attain prosperity for the continent in the new millennium.

Author : Arlene B. Tickner,David L. Blaney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136473814

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Thinking International Relations Differently by Arlene B. Tickner,David L. Blaney Pdf

A host of voices has risen to challenge Western core dominance of the field of International Relations (IR), and yet, intellectual production about world politics continues to be highly skewed. This book is the second volume in a trilogy of titles that tries to put the "international" back into IR by showing how knowledge is actually produced around the world. The book examines how concepts that are central to the analysis of international relations are conceived in diverse parts of the world, both within the disciplinary boundaries of IR and beyond them. Adopting a thematic structure, scholars from around the world issues that include security, the state, authority and sovereignty, globalization, secularism and religion, and the "international" - an idea that is central to discourses about world politics but which, in given geocultural locations, does not necessarily look the same. By mapping global variation in the concepts used by scholars to think about international relations, the work brings to light important differences in non-Western approaches and the potential implications of such differences for the IR discipline and the study of world politics in general. This is essential reading for anyone who is concerned about the history, development and future of International Relations.