Africa and the Disruptions of the Twenty-first Century Paul Tiyambe Zeleza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Africa.

Education, Higher.

Politics and government.

Race relations.

Social conditions.

Africa--History--21st century.

Africa.

Africa--Social conditions--21st century.

Africa--Politics and government--21st century.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource. 1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : CODESRIA, 2021.

Summary:

This collection of essays interrogates the repositioning of Africa and its diasporas in the unfolding disruptive transformations of the early twenty-first century. It is divided into five parts focusing on America's racial dysfunctions, navigating global turbulence, Africa's political dramas, the continent's persistent mythologisation and disruptions in higher education. It closes with tributes to two towering African public intellectuals, Ali Mazrui and Thandika Mkandawire, who have since joined the ancestors.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

List of Abbreviations

About the Author

Introduction

I. America's Racial Dysfunctions

1. America's Enduring Racial Sin

2. Republicans, Racists andthe Obama Derangement Syndrome

3. The Tragedy and Farce that is Trump's America

4. Reckoning with 400 Years

5. The American Uprising of 2020: Black Lives Matter Gains Traction

II. Navigating Global Turbulence

6. Brexit: From Empire via Europe to Little England

7. The Western Alliance in Disarray and the Political Economy of Hegemonic Shifts

8. The Turbulent 2010s: A Historical Draft

9. The Coronavirus: The Political Economy of a Pathogen

10. Mobilising the Diaspora for Sustainable Development

III. Africa's Political Dramas

11. Mandela's Long Walk with African History

12. The Zuma Saga and the Postcolonial Reckoning of South Africa

13. Zimbabwe's Political Crisis: A Tale of Failed Transitions

14. Kenya's Election Watershed and the Promise of African Democracy

15. Malawi's Political Earthquakes

IV. Africa's Persistent Mythologisation

16. Why I was Afraid of the African Disease of Ebola

17. Trump's Shithole Africa: The Homogenisationa nd Dehumanisation of a Continent

18. Black Panther and the Persistence of the Colonial Gaze

19. The Decolonisation of African Knowledges

20. Reckoning with the Pasts and Reimagining the Futures of African Studies for the Twenty-first Century

V. Disruptions in Higher Education

21. The Six Capacity Challenges ofAfrican Universities

22. Rethinking the Value Proposition of University Education: The Challenge of Employability

23. Africa, Internationalisation and the Global Context

24. The Challenges and Opportunities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution for African Universities.

25. Money Matters: The Financial Crises Facing Universities, from the USA to Kenya

Epilogue: In Memory of Two Intellectual Icons

Ali Mazrui: A Tribute to an Intellectual Griot

Thandika Mkandawire: In Memory of an Intellectual Giant

References

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9782382340233

2382340231

9782382340226

2382340223

OCLC:

1241448082