The Invisible Challenges And Prospects For Africa

Author : Cavine Onyango Oguta
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781546298045

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The Invisible Challenges and Prospects for Africa by Cavine Onyango Oguta Pdf

Over fifty-five years of independence, African countries continue to suffer from the precolonial challenges and confusions. Notably, the African dream has been abandoned, and the pursuits of which have been kidnapped by a gang of destiny robbers hopping about as messiahs without direct appointment by the African people. These groups of opportunistic and materially possessed misguiders claiming to be leaders of Africa have defiled all odds and continue to enjoy the top cream at the expense of starving population. Yet the African people are squarely responsible for every misfortune they are suffering from. For so many years, Africans have been offered opportunities to elect leadership based on quality and the content of their brains, but a majority of them prefer to go for other qualities which are completely unjustifiable and misguided. A factor that has contributed to the mass breeding of ineffective and insensible cadre of misleaders the continent continues to suffer from. The African continent is featured as a wealthy continent with numerous natural resources. The irony remains that the resources from the bellies of Africa are not utilized for the benefit of the African people, despite benefiting many other continents outside Africa. Africans are implored in this book to wake up and reposition themselves in the rightful places before the world. The writer utilizes rare evidences within the African context to narrate the story of the unfortunate perpetual underdevelopment of the African continent, which for the rest of the time has been surviving at the mercies of generosity of other tax payers in most of her sustenance, but even so, management of the generously acquired support is lacking with several accounts of theft and looting of public resources reported every day in the continent. Life gets harder by the day and for many years, Africans have been moving away into other civilizations to seek “greener pastures” which seem not to be greener anymore. The rest of the world, just like Africa are beginning to feel the pinch of economic hardships and service provision to citizens is taken into focus. Meanwhile, the continued elopement scheme of the African masses into other continents is depriving her of her only vital resource it needs to jump start her journey to economic freedom and power. It is only through erection of effective and astute leadership that the Africa dreams will be secured and realized.

Author : Cavine Oguta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1983108111

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The Invisible Challenges and Foresights of Africa by Cavine Oguta Pdf

Over 55 years if independence and self-rule, African countries continue to suffer from the pre-colonial challenges and confusions. Notably, the African dream has been abandoned and the pursuits of which has been kidnapped by a gang of destiny robbers hopping about as messiahs without direct appointment by the African people. These group of opportunistic and materially possessed mis-guiders claiming to be leaders of Africa have defiled all odds and continues to enjoy the top cream at the expense of starving population. Yet the African people are squarely responsible for every dint they are suffering of. For so many years, Africans have been offered opportunity to elect leadership based on quality and the content of their brain, but a majority of them prefer to go for other qualities. a factor that has contributed to the mass breeding of ineffective and insensible cadre of misleaders the continent continues to suffer from.The African continent is featured as a wealthy continent with numerous natural resources. The irony remains that the resources from the bellies of Africa are not utilized for the benefit of the African people, despite benefiting many other continents outside Africa. Africans are implored in this book to wake up and reposition themselves in the rightful places before the world. The writer utilizes rare evidences within the African context to narrate the story of the unfortunate perpetual underdevelopment of the African continent, which for the rest of the time has been surviving at the mercies of generosity of other tax payers in most of her sustenance, but even so, management of the generously acquired support is lacking with several accounts of theft and looting of public resources reported everyday in the continent. Life gets harder by the day and since the many years, Africans have been moving away into other civilizations to seek "greener pastures" which seem no to be greener anymore. The rest of the world, just like Africa are beginning to feel the pinch of economic hardship and service provision to citizens is taken into focus. Meanwhile, the continued elopement scheme of the African masses is depriving her of her only vital resource it needs to jump start her journey to economic freedom and power. It is only through erection of the effective leadership that the Africa dreams will be secured.The exodus has left Africa with acute shortage of skilled workforce and innovations cannot be at peak. Gainful employment opportunities are limited and communities still suffer from lack of basic services. However, the mere fact that there are no jobs is not seen as an ex cathedral justification to seek for alternative elsewhere. The African youths are taken into special focus and advised on the need to stay in Africa and make their contributions count for the continent. It remains the onus of the African masses to choose which leadership they would wish to have. A fair, just and democratic society or a den of robbers where the poor are used as critical stepping emblem for the rich. Accounts of success stories in the African continent are faintly elucidated with a view to offer the African population a sense of victory. Good leaders from the continent are also mentioned to emphasize the fact that there are no shortages of good men and women in African who are capable of leading Africa into the promised paradise. Electoral management within the African context is viewed with an aim to contextualize major electoral malpractices several African countries have faced since independence. A new dawn for Africa is declared. But this new phase must have the full involvement of the African people.

Author : Aderanti Adepoju
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780595364640

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African Families in the Twenty-first Century by Aderanti Adepoju Pdf

African Families in the Twenty-First Century explores the idea that the family is the basic unit of society and an enduring multifunctional institution in Africa. The functions and structures of African families, as well as the multiple roles played by Africa's women, are undergoing structural changes. The ways in which education, employment, and current economic conditions reshape these complex roles are immense. The challenges facing African families and their members-such as globalization, war, poverty, economic restructuring, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, harmful traditional practices, aging, and care and support of the elderly-have magnified due to a series of economic, social, political, religious, ecological, and other related factors. Author Aderanti Adepoju explores the vulnerability and resilience of African families in the face of these crises and challenges. He also looks at the opportunities facing African families in the new millennium. Because of the importance of African families to the development process, African Families in the Twenty-First Century is essential reading for planners, policy makers, activists, academics, and students.

Author : P. Thandika Mkandawire,Charles Chukwuma Soludo
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781552502044

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Our Continent, Our Future by P. Thandika Mkandawire,Charles Chukwuma Soludo Pdf

Our Continent, Our Future presents the emerging African perspective on this complex issue. The authors use as background their own extensive experience and a collection of 30 individual studies, 25 of which were from African economists, to summarize this African perspective and articulate a path for the future. They underscore the need to be sensitive to each country's unique history and current condition. They argue for a broader policy agenda and for a much more active role for the state within what is largely a market economy. Finally, they stress that Africa must, and can, compete in an increasingly globalized world and, perhaps most importantly, that Africans must assume the leading role in defining the continent's development agenda.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004464018

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Mediating Learning in Higher Education in Africa by Anonim Pdf

This book enters the discourse of the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education in Africa. The book provides critical insights comprising topical themes from transformation, citizenship and gender, researching to ethical perspectives of teaching and learning.

Author : Eddy Maloka,Elizabeth Le Roux
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Africa
ISBN : OCLC:654815963

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Africa in the New Millennium by Eddy Maloka,Elizabeth Le Roux Pdf

Author : Khalid Mustafa Medani
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781009257718

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Black Markets and Militants by Khalid Mustafa Medani Pdf

Understanding the political and socio-economic factors which give rise to youth recruitment into militant organizations is central to grasping some of the most important issues that affect the contemporary Middle East and Africa. In this book, Khalid Mustafa Medani explains why youth are attracted to militant organizations, examining the specific role economic globalization plays in determining how and why militant activists emerge. Based on extensive fieldwork, Medani offers an in-depth analysis of the impact of globalization, neoliberal reforms and informal economic networks on the rise and evolution of moderate and militant Islamist movements. In an original contribution to the study of Islamist and ethnic politics, he shows the importance of understanding when and under what conditions religious rather than other forms of identity become politically salient. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Author : K. Dunn,T. Shaw
Publisher : Springer
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2001-02-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780333977538

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Africa's Challenge to International Relations Theory by K. Dunn,T. Shaw Pdf

Africa has been noticeably absent in international relations theory. This new collection of essays by contemporary Africanists convincingly demonstrates the importance of the continent to every theoretical approach in international relations. This collection breaks new ground in how we think about both international relations and Africa, re-examining such foundational concepts as sovereignty, the state, and power; critically investigating the salience of realism, neo-liberalism, liberalism in Africa, and providing new thinking about regionalism, security and identity.

Author : Nana Poku,Jim Whitman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351542449

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The Millennium Development Goals: Challenges, Prospects and Opportunities by Nana Poku,Jim Whitman Pdf

As the 15-year Millennium Development Goals approach their conclusion, we can now measure their larger successes and failures in more than snapshot fashion; and we can begin to consider how best to shape the international development agenda for the coming decades based on what we have learned. But the performance and outlook for the MDGs can neither be reduced to the sum of its eight goals, nor be divorced from international dynamics - the hard interests of states and other actors, and the global dynamics that impact on both. For that reason, this volume balances contextual analysis, the role of formative and constraining forces, the importance of normative considerations and illuminating case studies to deliver a study of the MDGs which has depth and nuance as well as breadth. Poised between judging the recent performance and the future promise of the MDGs, this book is substantial, provocative and timely.This book was published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly.

Author : Gekonge, Christopher O.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781466645714

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Emerging Business Opportunities in Africa: Market Entry, Competitive Strategy, and the Promotion of Foreign Direct Investments by Gekonge, Christopher O. Pdf

Despite its often mismanaged economy, Africa remains the third largest continent in land mass and population. It continues to offer unexploited business opportunities for entrepreneurs, global corporations, and institutions. Emerging Business Opportunities in Africa: Market Entry, Competitive Strategy, and the Promotion of Foreign Direct Investments presents the basic business modeling for developing appropriate strategies in exploiting these business opportunities in the emerging economy in Africa. This book offers insight into the challenges and successes aiming to encourage researchers and students of business in creating a value for doing business in Africa.

Author : Dan Wadada Nabudere
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Africa
ISBN : 0798302437

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The United States of Africa by Dan Wadada Nabudere Pdf

Author : Cherryl Walker
Publisher : New Africa Books
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0864861702

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Women and Resistance in South Africa by Cherryl Walker Pdf

Author : Ross Anthony,Kevin Bloom,Daouda Cissé,Martyn Davies,Maxime Lauzon-Lacroix,Garth le Pere,Thaddeus Metz,Richard Poplak,Gauhar Raza,Yongjun Zhao,Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA)
Publisher : Real African Publishers Pty Ltd.
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781920655938

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Rise and Decline and Rise of China by Ross Anthony,Kevin Bloom,Daouda Cissé,Martyn Davies,Maxime Lauzon-Lacroix,Garth le Pere,Thaddeus Metz,Richard Poplak,Gauhar Raza,Yongjun Zhao,Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) Pdf

Running like a red thread through this book are the manifestations of Sino-African relations dating back many centuries. In this way, The Rise and Decline and Rise of China: Searching for an Organising Philosophy takes forward the work MISTRA conducted on the Mapungubwe society, one of the advanced states that existed in southern Africa some 800 years ago. What makes this research report unique, though, is that the treatment of these issues has been undertaken primarily from an African perspective.

Author : Janice M. Rasheed,Mikal N. Rasheed
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1999-02-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781452263489

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Social Work Practice With African American Men by Janice M. Rasheed,Mikal N. Rasheed Pdf

"Janice M. Rasheed and Mikal N. Rasheed have produced a well-written and informative work that proposes a variety of innovative and practical strategies. . . A well-documented book, including excellent clinical case studies." --from the Foreword by Jewelle Taylor, Gibbs, Zellerbach Family Fund Professor, University of California, Berkeley "The need for theory related to social work practice with African American men is long overdue. . . . In addressing a broad spectrum of issues, including program development and public policy implications for African American men, Janice M. Rasheed and Mikal N. Rasheed...suggest that men are key to successful interventions with African American families. . . .Uniquely, this book provides detailed clinical counseling methods for practice with African American males that have not previously been demonstrated in social work literature. . . .Rasheed and Rasheed have taken a major step to fill this void by offering a theoretical framework for social work practice intervention that puts African American men at the center of analysis. This book represents a significant breakthrough in social work knowledge. Social Work Practice with African American Men will help bring a visible presence to African American men and their plight in social work literature and practices." --Lawrence E. Gary, Howard University, Washington, DC "The authors′ conceptualization, integrating the ecological, critical constructionist, and cultural perspectives in the service of empowerment, liberation, and social justice in practice with African American men is an outstanding contribution to social work and is on the cutting edge of theory and practice development. . . .A rich, innovative, and fascinating book that may well bridge the gap between the profession and this neglected, misunderstood, and often denigrated population." --Ann Hartman, D.S.W., Dean and Professor Emerita, Smith College "The authors of this useful text provide a lens through which social work practice might more effectively serve African American men. This work is a rich blend of conceptual perspectives, practice guidelines, and processes that the practitioner should find beneficial for enhancing the practice effectiveness with African American men." --Bogart R. Leashore, Dean and Professor, Hunter College Authors Janice M. Rasheed and Mikal N. Rasheed have developed a comprehensive, holistic approach to practice with African American men and their families. Social Work Practice with African American Men is a groundbreaking and long overdue book that proposes a variety of innovative and practical strategies to address relevant issues for African American men in micropractice approaches, such as individual, couple, family, and group treatment issues as well as macropractice approaches, such as policy formulation, program development, and community practice. This well-documented book is enriched with the authors′ years of qualitative research and their considerable clinical experience with African American men. The Rasheeds sensitively apply a multidisciplinary conceptual framework that integrates ecological, Africentric, and critical constructionist theoretical perspectives in their multilayered analysis of the various psychological, social, and economic issues confronted by African men and their families. These perspectives are skillfully applied to the life experiences of African American men with results that reflect their diversity, vulnerability, victimization, perseverance, adaptability, resilience, and strength. Excellent clinical case studies are used to illustrate the application of the multidimensional model of assessment and treatment. Professionals and students in social work, human services, family studies, ethnic studies, and multicultural counseling will find Social Work Practice with African American Men a reliable resource.

Author : Mahir Şaul,Patrick Royer
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780821441183

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West African Challenge to Empire by Mahir Şaul,Patrick Royer Pdf

West African Challenge to Empire examines the anticolonial war in the Volta and Bani region in 1915–16. It was the largest challenge that the French ever faced in their West African colonial empire, and one of the largest armed oppositions to colonialism anywhere in Africa. How such a movement could be organized in the face of European technological superiority despite the fact that this region is generally described as having consisted of rival villages and descent groups is a puzzle. In this jointly written book the two authors provide a detailed political and military history of this event based on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork. Using cultural and sociological analysis, it probes the origins of the movement, its internal organization, its strategy, and the reasons for its initial success and why it spread. In 2001 the authors of West African Challenge to Empire were awarded the Amaury Talbot Prize for African Anthropology by the Royal Anthropological Institute.