Africa and Globalization: Novel Multidisciplinary Perspectives

by Kelebogile T. Setiloane (Editor), Abdul Karim Bangura (Editor)

Overview

This edited volume examines the challenges of globalization in light of the need to revisit and reconceptualize the notion of Pan-Africanism. The first part of the book examines globalization and Africa's socioeconomic and political development in this century by using the Diopian Pluridisciplinary Methodology. This approach is imperative because the challenges faced by Africa vis-à-vis globalization and socioeconomic development are so multiplexed that no single disciplinary approach can adequately analyze them and yield substantive policy recommendations. The chapters in the second part analyze the imperatives for Africa's global knowledge production, development, and economic transformation in the face of the pressures of globalization. Part two demonstrates an urgent need for Africa's significant participation in the global knowledge economy in order to meet the continent's modern transformation and development aspirations. The final part examines lessons from old and newPan-Africanism and how they can be utilized to deal with the challenges emanating from the forces of modern globalization. With its multidisciplinary approach to a wide range of pressing, modern issues for the African content, this book is essential reading for scholars across the social sciences interested in where Africa is now and where it should go in this increasingly globalized world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030553531
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	10/24/2020
Edition description:	1st ed. 2020
Pages:	362
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Abdul Karim Bangura is Researcher-In-Residence of Abrahamic Connections and Islamic Peace Studies at the Center for Global Peace in the School of International Service at American University, USA. He is also the director of The African Institution, a visiting graduate professor of Regional Integration at the University of Cabo, a senior doctoral dissertations mentor of the CODESRIA College of Mentors, and the international director and adviser of the Centro Cultural Guanin in the Dominican Republic.

Kelebogile T. Setiloane is Associate Professor of Nutrition in the Department of Behavioral Health and Nutrition and Director of the African Studies program at the University of Delaware, USA. Her work concentrates on international public health with a focus on the nutrition and livelihoods of low-income women and children in Africa and the United States. She is a recipient of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship, a senior mentor of the CODESRIA College of Mentors, and has been a visiting scholar at several universities in Africa, including Obafemi Owolowo University, University of Pretoria Postgraduate School of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.

Table of Contents

Part I: Diopian Pluridisciplinary Treatises on Globalization and Africa’s Socioeconomic and Political Development in the 21st Century.- Chapter 1: Why It Is Okay for Africans to Be Who They Are in a Globalized World that Has Become Inhumane.- Chapter 2: The Effects of the Politics of Globalization on Politics in Africa: How African Countries Can Achieve Significant Political Stability and Equality in International Multilateral Political Institutions.- Chapter 3: Engeli yokulya oluwombo: Social Media and the Transformation of African and Black Diasporic Forms of Communication.- Chapter 4: Self-Governance, Political Uniformity and the Significance of Policy Alignment for Education and Training Programs.- Chapter 5: The Impact of Globalization on African Languages and Linguistics: A Systematic Analysis Using the Theorem of Accelerated Language Deaths.- Part II: Global Knowledge Production, Development, and Economic Transformation in the Era of Globalization.- Chapter 6: Re-Africanizing Breast Feeding as Africa’s Gift to Global Health in this Era of Globalization.- Chapter 7: The Challenges of the Increasing Consumerism in Africa in the Era of Globalization: A Systematic Analysis Employing Consumerism Theory.- Chapter 8: The Continuing Impact of HIV/AIDS on Development in Africa: A Systematic Analysis Using the Political Systems and Contagious Disease Theories.- Chapter 9: The Impact of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on African Sustainability and Growth in the Era of Globalization.- Chapter 10: Combining Rehk Methodology and Cheikh Anta Diop’s Postulates as a Systematic Approach for Assessing the Substantiveness of Indigenous Knowledge Production Systems in Africa.- Part III: Lessons from Old and New Pan-Africanism for Dealing with the Challenges of Globalization in Africa.- Chapter 11: Old and New Pan-Africanism vis-à-vis Regional Integration: Lessons for Dealing with the Challenges of Globalization.- Chapter 12: Pan-Africanism and Regional Integration in Africa in the Era of Globalization: A Systematic Analysis Utilizing Consciencist Methodology.- Chapter 13: Lessons from Martin Robinson Delany’s Tenets on Pan-Africanism and How They Can Be Employed to Combat the Encroachment of Globalization in Africa.- Chapter 14: Hrārā/S-tut/Qeṭ: Re-conceptualizing Pan-African Studies in the Era of Globalization Using a Mixture of Ancient Egyptian, Diopian, Mazruiana, Mbitian, and Asanteian Perspectives.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“In this powerful, must-read book, Setiloane and Bangura have assembled a masterpiece that focuses on the understated consequences of globalization ranging from social media changing the landscape of in-person communication to the accelerated deaths of African languages. It also focuses on globalization’s insidious impact on infant mortality—a preference for the ‘modern’ infant formula over traditional breastmilk—and promotion of consumerism. The book closes on a hopeful note: by weakening boundaries of statehood, globalization can lead to the resurgence of a powerful and effective Pan-Africanism for the betterment of African peoples.”
-James T. Gire, Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology, Virginia Military Institute

“Much of the literature on globalization concentrates on rapidly growing countries in selected regions of interest to state planners. Examples are Asian countries such as Taiwan, Singapore and South Korean. Large Latin American states as well as the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) are also frequently discussed. This anthology edited by Setiloane and Bangura fills a void in the literature by chapters entirely on the effects of globalization in Africa.”

-Walter W. Hill, Professor and former Chair of the Political Science Department and founder of the African and African Diaspora Studies Program, St. Mary’s College of Maryland

“At the hands of two experienced and respected editors, the connections between Africa and globalization attain intellectual prominence and critical visibility. The excellent book avoids well-beaten topics to speak to newer ones of families, languages, values, togetherness, and leadership. Pan-Africanism is alive, the book proclaims without any apology. Rich chapters reveal the complex interplay of power and marginalities, hegemony and subsidiarity, human sacrifices and hope. This book reminds us of an ongoing prudential conversation in a new world that is undergoing stress and tensions.” -Toyin Falola, Honorary Professor, University of Cape Town