The diaspora's role in Africa : transculturalism, challenges, and development / Stella-Monica N. Mpande.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mpande, Stella-Monica N., author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Series:

Rethinking development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Social aspects--Africa.

Economic development.

African diaspora--Economic aspects.

African diaspora.

Entrepreneurship--Africa.

Entrepreneurship.

Emigration and immigration.

Economic development--Social aspects.

Africa--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (some color).

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2022]

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Stella-Monica N. Mpande is an award-winning multifaceted business and media professional, entrepreneur, and critical communications, cultural, and media scholar. Born in English-speaking Uganda, raised in French-speaking C̥te d'Ivoire, prior to relocating to the United States, Dr Mpande's transcultural upbringing influences her works and personal experiences. Dr Mpande has taught at Howard University, where she earned her PhD, and at Johns Hopkins University as full-time faculty and a program coordinator. Her research in African development, diasporic affairs, diversity and inclusion, communications, and relationship management has been published in several articles and books. Dr Mpande's versatile professional experiences in broadcast journalism, public relations, global marketing communications and advertising, the performance arts, ethics, and compliance have led to her global career with Fortune 500 companies, as well as international development and multilateral development organizations. Currently, she is an Ethics Officer at the World Bank Group.

Contents:

Foreword / by Chuka Onwumechili

Foreword / by Paul Orajiaka

Diaspora's identity "crises" : war of the paradigms

The African diaspora, the African personality, and an African human development paradigm : exploring their nexus

The African diaspora community cultural wealth model (ADCCWM)

Migration postulates : brain drain, brain gain, brain circulation

An overview of growth sectors and industries in Africa part I : exploring industrialization

An overview of growth sectors and industries in Africa part II : exploring infrastructure

An overview of growth sectors and industries in Africa part III : exploring the creative & cultural economy

An overview of growth sectors and industries in Africa part IV : exploring leisure & hospitality

Managing cultural conundra 101 : cultural shifts, cultural contracts, cultural clash!

The miseducation of the African diaspora by Western media

It's not just politics ... or is it? Engaging the African diaspora in Africa's political affairs

Relationship status : "it's complicated" : addressing relational dynamics between the African diaspora and citizen-residents in Africa

Relationship-management theory : harnessing relationships between the African diaspora and key stakeholders to motivate the diaspora to invest in, or contribute towards their nations' development

Guidelines & recommendations to foster African diaspora engagement with their African homelands

A critical road ahead in Africa's development : reflexive highlights and a call for pan-Africanism?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 23, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Mpande, Stella-Monica N. Diaspora's role in Africa

ISBN:

9781351031660

135103166X

9781351031646

1351031643

9781351031653

1351031651

9781351031639

1351031635

Publisher Number:

99989135454

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