Contextualizing Africans and Globalization
Expressions in Sociopolitical and Religious Contents and Discontents
Contributions by Olatunji Abdulganiy, Raji Abdulateef, Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe, Julius Adesina, Joseph Nnaemeka Agbo, Tayo Julius Ajayi, Lydia Bosede Akande, Taofeek K. Aliyu, Jonathan Okeke Chimakonam, Abiola Theresa Dopamu, Abdulmajeed Bolade Hassan-Bello, Sherifat Hussain-Abubakar, Moshood Issah, Kwaku Nti, Rotimi Williams Omotoye, Olaolu S. Opadere, Sarwuan Daniel Shishima, Muhammed A. Yinusa, Noah Yusuf Edited by Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe, Rotimi Williams Omotoye, Lydia Bosede Akande
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Publication date:
21 November 2016Length of book:
232 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksISBN-13: 9781498533188
This book consciously interrogates the varieties of opinions with regards to the socio-political and religious dynamics of Africans in the African continent as well as in the diaspora in the context of globalization. It highlights the significance and the consequences of globalization on these areas with regards to the African world views. Through the multi and interdisciplinary discourse in this volume, the diversity of opinions necessary for grappling with the complexity and plurality of global dynamics on various African ways of life are captured. These should give credence to the conviction that answers to questions about globalization of Africa in the past, the present, and projected future can only be provided by Africans and Africanists with the interest of Africa as the sole motivation of content and discontent debates. This volume contributes to such efforts in searching for viable answers to the challenges of globalization in Africa.
This timely, academic, diverse, and deeply researched collection of articles presents a synthesis of opinions on its subject matters through the eagle eyes and critical engagements of scholars with clear understanding of the history of globalization, engaging the issues as its concerns Africa and its diaspora in the present and projecting into the future of Africans in the face of globalization. The authors contributed to the ongoing conversations on contents and discontents of globalization especially for a continent like Africa. It further evaluates the dynamics of globalization and how this impugns African social, political, as well as religious realities. The evidences are deep and the analysis as presented here posits a clear understanding of the gains and values of globalization as well as the challenges it brings to Africans.