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Africa in contemporary perspective : a textbook for undergraduate students /
An important feature of Ghanaian tertiary education is the foundational African Studies Programme which was initiated in the early 1960s. Unfortunately few texts exist which bring together a body of knowledge on the themes, issues and debates which inform and animate research and teaching in African...
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Ghana :
Sub-Saharan Publishers,
2013.
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| 520 | |a An important feature of Ghanaian tertiary education is the foundational African Studies Programme which was initiated in the early 1960s. Unfortunately few texts exist which bring together a body of knowledge on the themes, issues and debates which inform and animate research and teaching in African Studies - particularly on the African continent. This becomes even more important when we consider the need for knowledge of Africa that is not Eurocentric or sensationalised, but driven from internal understandings of life and prospects in Africa. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF MAPS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- Institutional Foundations -- Knowledge Production for Africa -- Africa in Contemporary Perspective- Themes and Approaches -- Resources for studying Africa -- Conclusion -- References -- Endnotes -- SECTION 1: AFRICA-GEOGRAPHY, POPULATION & LANGUAGE -- CHAPTER 1. GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA -- Introduction -- Southern Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Central Africa -- West Africa -- North Africa -- Conclusion -- References -- CHAPTER 2. THE POPULATION OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- Introduction -- Population Patterns and Dynamics -- Population, Environment and Development -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- CHAPTER 3. LANGUAGE AND AFRICA -- Language, Society, and Language in African Society -- The Many Languages of Africa -- The Languages of Africa: an Overview -- African Multilingualism -- Language, Writing and Education -- References and Suggested Further Reading -- SECTION 2: CULTURAL, SOCIAL & POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS -- CHAPTER 4. GENDER AND SOCIETY IN AFRICA- AN INTRODUCTION -- Introduction -- What is Gender? -- The Concept of Gender: 'Female Husbands' and Men who become Women -- Historicising the Gender Paradigm -- Women and Men in Africa -- Leadership, Politics and Citizenship -- Gender Issues in Contemporary Africa -- References -- Suggested Reading -- Useful Internet Reference Sites -- Endnotes -- CHAPTER 5. AFRICA AND ITS DIASPORAS -- The African Diaspora -- The scale and extent of the trade -- The Pan-African Movement -- Negritude -- Conclusion -- Suggested Readings -- Endnotes -- CHAPTER 6. THE CULTURAL FRAMEWORK OF DEVELOPMENT -- Introduction -- Culture as an Artefact -- Culture, Society and the Individual -- Culture as a Legacy -- Culture, Tradition and Modernity. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Culture is Dynamic -- Development and Culture -- The Encompassing Character of Development -- Culture, Development and Leadership -- Culture, Development and Religious Beliefs -- Culture, Development and Health -- Culture, Development and Performance Arts -- Culture, Development and Education -- Culture, Development and Environments -- The Outmoded -- Conclusion -- Suggested Readings -- Endnotes -- CHAPTER 7. AFRICAN WORLDVIEWS -- Introduction -- Signifcance of Worldviews -- Religious worldviews -- Viewing creation through myths -- The Divinities -- Ancestral Veneration -- Moral Values -- Conclusion -- Suggested Reading -- Endnotes -- CHAPTER 8. ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY IN AFRICA -- Introduction -- History and Origins of Islam -- Islam in West Africa -- Islam in East and Central Africa -- Christianity in Africa -- The Encounter between Christianity and Traditional Culture -- Conclusion -- References -- Endnotes -- CHAPTER 9. TRADITIONAL AND MODERN LEADERSHIP IN AFRICA -- Introduction -- Defining leadership -- Defining traditional leadership -- Defining modern leadership -- Features and role of traditional leadership in Africa -- Features and role of modern leadership -- Traditional and modern leadership compared -- Conclusions: Promoting the development of a politically elastic leadership in Africa -- Suggested Reading -- Endnotes -- SECTION 3: ECONOMY, LIVELIHOODS & SECURITY -- CHAPTER 10. DEVELOPMENT THEORY AND AFRICAN SOCIETY: AN INTRODUCTION -- An Introduction -- Defining and Measuring Development -- Limitations of growth -- Human rights, entitlements, and capabilities -- Modernisation theory and economic growth -- Dependency theory and the problem of history -- Urban bias -- Agricultural Markets and the State -- The impact of neoliberal policies on African agriculture -- The role of civil society and popular participation. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Top-down approaches and community participation -- The question of gender -- Conclusion -- References -- CHAPTER 11. AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA -- Introduction -- The Meaning and Scope of Agriculture -- History of Agricultural Development -- Importance of agriculture to African economies -- Food production -- Livestock -- Employment -- Source of Income -- Contribution to Gross Domestic Product -- Agriculture and Poverty Reduction -- 4.1 Characteristics of Agricultural Development -- Food security -- Causes of food insecurity -- 4.3 The role of women in food security: -- Goal and Objectives of Agricultural Development -- Major Constraints to Agricultural Development in Africa -- Critical Strategic Thrusts for Agricultural Development in Africa -- Efficient nancial services delivery -- Sources of finance -- Development and Adoption of Appropriate Technology -- Infrastructural development -- Improved access to markets -- Product development and processing -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 12. HUMAN SECURITY IN AFRICA -- Understanding the Scope, Nature, and Dimension of HumanSecurity -- From Economic Boom to Crisis -- Perspective on the African Economic Crisis and Human Insecurity -- Health, Human Security and the HIV and AIDS Pandemic -- Food Security -- Environmental Security -- Political Liberalisation-Human Security Nexus -- Con ict, Human Security and Development -- Displacement, Refugee Flows and Child Soldiers -- Destruction of Social and Infrastructural Facilities -- Gender and Human Security -- Responses to Human Insecurity in Africa- The African Union and NEPAD -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- References -- CHAPTER 13. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY OUTCOMES IN POSTCOLONIAL AFRICA -- Introduction -- Africa and the challenge of postcolonial development. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Structural adjustment as international responses to the Africa's 'crisis' -- Africa and the new global development agenda -- Rethinking African development in the new millennium -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Suggested Readings -- SECTION 4: HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY -- CHAPTER 14. IN SEARCH OF HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IN AFRICA -- Introduction -- Concepts of Health and Well-being -- Health as the absence of disease -- Health care as the domain of doctors -- Health as functional normality -- Health as adaptive strategy -- Positive Health and Health Utopia -- Social Reproduction as Health -- Anthropology and African Therapeutics -- The Cultural Context of Health and Well-being -- Individual versus Collective Well-being -- Modus Vivendi -- Allopathic Facilities -- Interface Facilities -- The Indigenous Domain -- Herbalists -- Islamic Healers -- Neo-herbalists -- Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) -- Circumcisionists -- Diviners/Soothsayers -- Shrine Devotees -- Orthopaedics and Physiotherapists -- Faith Healing -- Patterns of Prosperity and Health-seeking Behaviour -- Conclusion -- References -- Suggested Reading -- Endnotes -- CHAPTER 15. ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- Introduction -- Salient Characteristics of Sub-Saharan Africa -- The Context of Environment and Development in SSA -- Environment and Development Correlates in SSA -- Population and Urbanisation as a Setback to Development inSSA -- Poor Urban Waste Management and Decline in Urban Agriculture -- Energy as a Development Constraint in SSA -- Gender and the Environment -- Conclusion- Appropriate technologies for environmentaldevelopment -- References -- Endnotes -- CHAPTER 16. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR AFRICA -- Introduction -- A. What are the Challenges? -- B. Which countries seem to be doing well? -- C. What should be done? | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 1. Science, technology and innovation for achieving the UnitedNations Millennium Development Goals -- 2. The Inter-Academy Council -- 3. The Nelson Mandela Institute (NMI) -- 4. AU/ NEPAD -- 5. Funding -- References -- SECTION 5: ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND PERFORMANCE IN AFRICA -- CHAPTER 17. THE HERITAGE OF LITERARY ARTS IN AFRICA -- Introduction -- Defining the Literary Arts -- Proverbial Language -- The Signi cance of a Literary Perspective -- The Power of the Word -- Society and the Literary Arts -- Poetic Forms -- Narrative -- The Written Heritage -- Drama in African Society -- African Popular Theatre -- Written Drama -- Performance and Development -- Summary of Dominant Concerns -- Conclusion -- Suggested Readings -- Endnotes -- CHAPTER 18. AN EXPLORATION OF AFRICAN ART -- Introduction -- Art of the African Continent -- Art and the Dynamics of Change -- Contemporary African Art -- New Interpretations and Innovations of African Art in theDiaspora -- References -- Endnote -- CHAPTER 19. DANCE SYMBOLISM IN AFRICA -- The Interrelationship of Dance and the Other Arts -- Valorizing the Arts -- Dance -- beyond Tradition -- References -- Recommended Reading -- Endnote -- CHAPTER 20. MUSIC IN AFRICAN COMMUNITIES -- Introduction -- Domestic and Economic Activities -- Music and Politics -- Religion -- Instrumental Resources -- Song Texts -- Performing Groups and their Music -- Social Control -- Ghana's Musical Traditions -- Conclusion -- References -- Endnote -- CHAPTER 21. A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- Introduction -- European Military Bands -- Freed Slaves -- Sailors and Stevedores -- The Mission-Educated African Elites -- Visiting Minstrel Shows, Records and Early Film -- Islamic Influences -- The Impact of the Second World War -- The Postwar Emergence of New Popular Music and Entertainment Styles. | |
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