This volume is the first text to provide a comprehensive account of the great books across the academic disciplines written by Africans born in the continent and those who became naturalized citizens of African countries. These great books are those that have had a powerful, important or affecting influence on the author of a chapter in this book, as an individual, and on society. The books included here are mostly of the storytelling type and, thus, not representative of most of the academic disciplines. This volume allows each contributor to write a chapter on a discipline showcasing five great books written by African authors. Each selection is appraised and suggestions made by other experts in a discipline, while every chapter entails an introduction to the topic, a conceptual discussion of the discipline, a book-by-book review of the five books, and a conclusion and recommendations for research using the selected books.
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ISBN
9781527585768
Publisert
2022-07-06
Utgiver
Cambridge Scholars Publishing; Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Høyde
212 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Antall sider
545

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Emmanuel D. Babatunde is Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Sociology and Criminal Justice Department at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. He earned his DPhil in Social Anthropology at Oxford University and PhD in Comparative Education at London University. He is the author of three books and more than 100 book chapters and scholarly articles. He has served as a Fulbright Senior Program Specialist to Nigeria and Mozambique and as a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow to the Federal University of Agriculture in Abeokuta, Nigeria.Abdul Karim Bangura is the Director and Senior Mentor of the CODESRIA College of Mentors Institute and a Researcher-in-Residence at American University's Center for Global Peace. He holds five PhDs in Political Science, Development Economics, Linguistics, Computer Science, and Mathematics. He is the author of 97 books, the editor and co-editor of seven other books, the author of 708 scholarly articles, and the winner of more than 50 prestigious scholarly and community service awards.