Africa and globalization : challenges of governance and creativity / Toyin Falola, Kenneth Kalu, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Falola, Toyin, editor.

Kalu, Kenneth, editor.

Series:

African histories and modernities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic conditions.

Africa--Economic conditions--21st century.

Africa.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

xi, 258 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

Contents:

1. Introduction: Africa in a globalized world / Kenneth Kalu and Toyin Falola.

part I. Africa's adaptation to globalization. 2. The rediscovery of Africa / Melike Yilmaz and Fatima Momodu

3. Globalization and the creative space in Africa : implications for governance and development / N. Oluwafemi Mimiko and Funmilola Olorunfemi

4. Postcolonial Africa's development trajectories / Mesut Yilmaz and Chigozie Enwere

5. Collective social action : enlightenment ethic and the rise of modern individualism / Enoch Olujide Gbadegesin

6. Same migrants, two business models : culture-centered and non-traditional businesses established by Ethiopians and Eritreans in Washington DC / Mussa Idris

7. Making sense of South Africa's soft power : projections, prospects, and possibilities / Olusola Ogunnubi and Dorcas Ettang.

part II. Governance and creativity.

8. Developmental strategies and cultural dynamics in rural Nigeria / Harriet Omokiniovo Efanodor

9. The impossible craft of nation-building in postcolonial Cameroon / Ramon A. Fonkoué

10. Creativity and new technologies : piracy, politics, and the business of cultural production in Nigeria / Charles E. Nwadigwe

11. Igbo community policing and its relevance for contemporary Nigeria / Ernest Toochi Aniche

12. "Come and chop" : representations of the parliamentarian in Ola Rotimi's If and Emeka Nwabueze's A Parliament of Vultures / Bosede Funke Afolayan

13. Conclusion / Kenneth Kalu and Toyin Falola.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Africa and globalization.

ISBN:

3319749048

9783319749044

OCLC:

1017962490