Contextualizing Africans and globalization : expressions in sociopolitical and religious contents and discontents / edited by Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe, Rotimi Williams Omotoye, and Lydia Bosede Akande.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aderibigbe, Gbola, editor, author.

Omotoye, Rotimi Williams, editor, author.

Akande, Lydia Bosede, editor, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Social aspects--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Globalization.

African diaspora.

Social conditions.

Globalization--Social aspects.

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social conditions--21st century.

Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Nigeria--Social conditions--21st century.

Nigeria.

Nigeria--Religious life and customs.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Physical Description:

xiv, 217 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]

Contents:

Introduction / Aderibigbe Ibigbolade Simon, Omotoye Williams Rotimi and Akande Lydia Bosede

Globalization and entrepreneurial development in Nigeria: the challenges and the opportunities / Olatunji Abdulganiy, Yinusa Muhammed A., and Raji Abdulateef

Globalization, family system, and challenges of socio-political stability in Africa / Yusuf Noah, Aliyu Taofeek K. and Issah Moshood

The African returnees from Brazil and the politics of post-slavery migration / Ajayi Tayo Julius

The dynamics of revenue and relations: contents and discontents in historic African diaspora experiences in Ghana / Nti Kwaku

The nemesis of individualistic ontology of globalization to the practice of liberal democracy in the post-colonial Africa / Chimakonam Jonathan Okeke and Agbo Joseph Nnaemeka

The seventh century African slaves and descendants identity empowerment through religious rituals: the Americas experience / Aderibigbe Ibigbolade Simon

The dynamics and challenges of social networks on the moral and religious development of Nigerian youth / Adesina Julius

The role of religion, ethics, proverbs, and poetry in shaping lives in Africa: the journey so far / Dopamu Abiola Theresa

African traditional medicine and globalization: the Nigerian experience / Shishima Sarwuan Daniel

The use of African traditional medicine, western medicine, and Christian faith healing in Yorùbáland, southwestern Nigeria / Omotoye Williams Rotimi

The practice of African religion, Islam, and Christianity in a globalized Nigerian society: points of cordiality / Akande Lydia Bosede

Interrogating the Islamic approach to family and societal problems in contemporary Nigeria / Hassan-Bello Bolade

Domestic violence in the contemporary Muslim community of Ilorin, Nigeria: the Islamic perspective / Hussain-Abubakar Sherifat

Biblical and judicial laws: the search for marital and societal stability in Nigeria / Opadere Olaolu S. and Akande Lydia Bosede.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781498533171

1498533175

OCLC:

958422265