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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aderibigbe, Gbola, editor.

Omotoye, Rotimi Williams, editor.

Akande, Lydia Bosede, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Globalization.

African diaspora.

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

Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Nigeria--Social conditions--21st century.

Nigeria.

Nigeria--Religious life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2016.

Summary:

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.

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 index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4985-3318-3

OCLC:

961911857