The African intelligentsia : domestic decline and global ascent / by Ali A. Mazrui, Jomo Kenyatta and Amadu Jacky Kaba.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mazrui, Ali AlʼAmin, author.

Kenyatta, Jomo, author.

Kaba, Amadu Jacky, 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectuals--Africa.

Intellectuals.

AIDS (Disease)--Economic aspects.

AIDS (Disease).

Emigration and immigration.

Brain drain.

Intellectual life.

Africa--Intellectual life.

Africa.

Brain drain--Africa.

Africa--Emigration and immigration.

African diaspora.

AIDS (Disease)--Economic aspects--Africa.

Physical Description:

xiv, 202 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Trenton, New Jersey : Africa World Press, 2016.

Summary:

This book explores the multi-faceted effects of globalization-both positive and negative-on Africans and people of African descent. It also offers a perspective on the rise, decline and revival of intellectualism, and the origin and development or pan-Africanism in the twentieth century. Touching upon the issue of Female empowerment and dynastic elements in African political culture, the book additionally takes on one of the major sets of themes that have animated and dominated the discourse among African intellectuals which is about the relationship between economic and cultural dependency, the forms dependency takes, and how to overcome it. The book also carefully scrutinizes the emigration of highly educated Africans to developed countries, leaving the continent of almost 1.2 billion people with a substantial shortage of skilled workers needed for development - the African Brain Drain. While Africa continues to struggle to attain its development goals, people of African descent outside of Africa are among the most influential individuals in the world. Furthermore the book highlights the negative impact of HIV/AIDS in Africa as a second form of the continents dual brain drain-terminal brain drain. HIV/AIDS is causing serious problems in regions and countries on the continent that have relatively high numbers of educated people and strong economies. Eastern, Middle and Southern Africa are the regions impacted the most by the terminal brain drain, while South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Botswana and Zimbabwe are among the countries impacted the most. The book presents the factors that are contributing to Africa's emigration brain drain, the implications of it on the continent, some benefits of it, and offers suggestions for managing this phenomenon. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Section I. The Making of an Intelligentsia: Chapter I. Pan-Africanism and the intellectuals : rise, decline and revival / Ali A. Mazrui; Chapter II. The rise and decline of African universities / Ali A. Mazrui; Chapter III. Fewer heroes and more martyrs in post-colonial Africa / Ali A. Mazrui

Section II. The Brain Drain and the African Diaspora: Chapter IV. From the slave trade to the modern skill exodus : two phases of West Africa's brain drain / Amadu Jacky Kaba; Chapter V. Between the brain drain and the brain bonus : the African diaspora as a nation afloat / Ali A. Mazrui and Amadu Jacky Kaba

Section III. The Brain Drain and Effects of Globalization: Chapter VI. Africa's terminal brain drain : HIV/AIDS / Amadu Jacky Kaba; Chapter VII. Renewable energy and departing skills : the brain drain and Africa's fuel crisis / Ali A. Mazrui and Amadu Jacky Kaba; Chapter VIII. Can reverse migration compensate for HIV losses? : an East African case study / Ali A. Mazrui and Amadu Jacky Kaba

Conclusion: Chapter IX. From sacred to secular intelligentsia / Ali A. Mazrui.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781569024447

1569024448

9781569024454

1569024456

OCLC:

939245010