Africa and Navigating the Current Global Crisis
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Emmanuel D. Babatunde is Full Professor of Anthropology and Education at Lincoln University, USA. He also served as the Director of Honors Program for Talented Students from 1993 to 2006. He is a Fulbright Senior Program Specialist, with expertise in globalization and the marginalization of Africa South of the Sahara.
Kelebogile T. Setiloane is Full Professor of Nutrition in the Department of Behavioral Health and Nutrition and Director of the African Studies program at the University of Delaware, USA. Her work concentrates on international public health with a focus on the nutrition and livelihoods of low-income women and children in Africa and the United States. She is a recipient of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship, a senior mentor of the CODESRIA College of Mentors, and has been a visiting scholar at a number of universities in Africa.
In 2022, UN Secretary-General António Guterres established the UN Global Crisis Response Group on Food, Energy and Finance (GCRG) to respond to the unprecedented and interconnected food, energy and finance crises in the world. Africa and Navigating the Current Global Crisis is the first comprehensive book on how Africa and its Diaspora have been affected by, and in turn have responded to, this current global crisis.
Featuring chapters written by contributors from around the globe and various disciplines, authors share their current research on the pertinent issues surrounding the current global crisis as they relate to African people in the African continent and Diaspora. The volume features topics such as Women and Gender, Health, Politics, Education, Economics, Business and Trade, Social, Technology, Religion, the Environment in relation to Global Warming and Climate Change, as well as Peace and Security.
Dealing with real world issues that impact people at all levels, this powerful interdisciplinary collection makes important connections between ideas and concepts across different disciplines, providing readers with a comprehensive overview of how Africa and its Diaspora have been navigating the current global crisis.
Dealing with real world issues that impact people at all levels, this powerful interdisciplinary collection makes important connections between ideas and concepts across different disciplines, providing readers with a comprehensive overview of how Africa and its Diaspora have been navigating the current global crisis.
Chapter 1. General Introduction; Emmanuel D. Babatunde and Kelebogile T. Setiloane
Part I. Continental
Chapter 2. Organ Trafficking and Youth Unemployment in Africa: The Nexus; Cecy Edijala Balogun and Yetunde Adebunmi Aluko
Chapter 3. Multilateralism and the Re-emergence of Competitive Bilateral Alliances in Emerging Democracies: The Case of Africa South of the Sahara; Emmanuel Vincent Nelson Kallon
Chapter 4. A Crisis of the Uptake and Implementation of Public-Private Partnerships for Educational Infrastructure Development in Zimbabwe’s State Universities; Charles Massimo
Chapter 5. Corrupted Gender Identities: Which Way Africa?; Pamela Anyango Oloo
Chapter 6. Afro Hip Hop Culture and Youth Resistance of Gerontocracy in Africa; Jeremiah Oluwadara Omotayo
Chapter 7. Rethinking Democratic Practices in Africa: A Panacea to Political Insecurity; Francis Tazoacha
Chapter 8. Towards a Decent Nation during the Current Global Crisis: Lessons from the Political and Social Contestations over Dress in Malawi, 1964-1994; Chifundo Terrisa-Kamba
Chapter 9. Bini and Yoruba Characteristics of the Human under Pressure: The 1918 and 2023 Pandemics Compared; Emmanuel D. Babatunde and Kelebogile T. Setiloane
Chapter 10. The Balanced Score Card Management Model as a Tool for Private Healthcare Service Providers in Nigeria to Improve Profits and Healthcare Outcomes for Patients; Matthew Uzukwu
Part II. Diaspora and Global
Chapter 11. Afro-Brazilian Women and Memories of Displacement; Ana Alakija
Chapter 12. Sab-khenti-Seshesh in the Caribbean: E-clustering for Dealing with the Current Global Economic Crisis; Abdul Karim Bangura
Chapter 13. The Problem with Pedagogy: A Situational Analysis; Anitra Butler-Ngugi
Chapter 14. Analysis of Pre- and Post-departure Experiences of Returnee Ugandan Migrant Domestic Workers from Saudi Arabia; Florence Munyonyo Asiimwe and Denis Musinguzi
Chapter 15. Ubuntu Feminism: Philosophizing Universal Gender Justice into Women’s Equality and Empowerment; Simon Gisege Omare
Chapter 16. Enhancing Cybersecurity in the Face of the Current Global Crisis: Empowering Africa and Its Diaspora; Emmanuel Kange
Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Emmanuel D. Babatunde is Full Professor of Anthropology and Education at Lincoln University, USA. He also served as the Director of Honors Program for Talented Students from 1993 to 2006. He is a Fulbright Senior Program Specialist, with expertise in globalization and the marginalization of Africa South of the Sahara.
Kelebogile T. Setiloane is Full Professor of Nutrition in the Department of Behavioral Health and Nutrition and Director of the African Studies program at the University of Delaware, USA. Her work concentrates on international public health with a focus on the nutrition and livelihoods of low-income women and children in Africa and the United States. She is a recipient of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship, a senior mentor of the CODESRIA College of Mentors, and has been a visiting scholar at a number of universities in Africa.