Africa in the 21st Century: Toward a New Future

by Mazama; Ama

• ISBN13: 9780415957731
• ISBN10: 0415957737
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-05-14
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Africa in the 21 st Century: Toward a New Future brings together some of the finest Pan African and Afrocentric intellectuals to discuss the possibilities of a new future where the continent claims its own agency in response to the economic, social, political, and cultural problems which are found in every nation. The volume is structured around four sections: I. African Unity and Consciousness: Assets and Challenges; II. Language, Information, and Education; III. African Women, Children and Families; and IV. Political and Economic Future of the African World. In original essays, the authors raise the level of discourse around the questions of integration, pluralism, families, a federative state, and good governance. Each writer sees in the continent the potential for greatness and therefore articulates a theoretical and philosophical approach to Africa that constructs a victorious consciousness from hard concrete facts. This book will interest students and scholars of the history and politics ofAfrica as well as professional Africanists, Africologists, and international studies scholars who are inclined toward Africa.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
African Unity and Consciousness: Assets and Challenges
The Resurgence of the African World in the 21st Century	p. 3
Kwame Nkrumah's Continental Africa: A Dream Deferred but Not Forgotten	p. 17
The Philosophical Challenges for Africans in the 21st Century	p. 33
Neo-Pan-Africanism and Presidents William Clinton and George W. Bush's Images in the Nigerian Press	p. 51
Language, Information, and Education
African Betrayals and African Recovery for a New Future	p. 71
The Legacy of Colonialism on Language in 21st Century Africa	p. 79
Thinking and Responding to Difference: Pedagogical Challenges for African Education	p. 99
African Women, Children, and Families
African Women: Re-centering the Issues in the 21st Century	p. 133
African Mothers: A Case Study of Northern Ghanaian Women	p. 155
Political and Economic Future of the African World
Stuffing Old Wine in New Bottles: The Case of the Africa Union	p. 191
Globalization, Development, and the Nation State in Africa	p. 211
NEPAD and the Politics of Globalization: Redefining Local Space, Group Dynamics, and Economic Development	p. 221
On Governance, Personal and Military Power in Post-Independent Africa	p. 257
African Reparations: Dealing with a Unique and Unprecedented Debt	p. 263
Contributors' Bios	p. 273
Index	p. 275
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