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Analyzes the challenges of globalization in light of Pan-Africanism
Examines Africa's socioeconomic and political development using the Diopian Pluridisciplinary Methodology
Argues that there is a need for Africa's significant participation in the global knowledge economy
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Diopian Pluridisciplinary Treatises on Globalization and Africa’s Socioeconomic and Political Development in the 21st Century
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Global Knowledge Production, Development, and Economic Transformation in the Era of Globalization
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Lessons from Old and New Pan-Africanism for Dealing with the Challenges of Globalization in Africa
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About this book
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 new Pan-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.
Reviews
“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
Editors and Affiliations
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Behavioral Health & Nutrition, University of Delaware, Newark, USA
Kelebogile T. Setiloane
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Center for Global Peace, American University, Washington, USA
Abdul Karim Bangura
About the editors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Africa and Globalization
Book Subtitle: Novel Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Editors: Kelebogile T. Setiloane, Abdul Karim Bangura
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55351-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55350-0Published: 25 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55353-1Published: 26 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-55351-7Published: 24 October 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 362
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Development Economics, Globalization, Economic Growth, African Politics, African Culture