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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Manuh, Takyiwaa (Editor ), Sutherland-Addy, Esi (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ghana : Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2013.
Temas:
Ghana.
HISTORY / Africa / General.
Education, Higher
Africa > History > Study and teaching (Higher)
Africa
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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?
  • 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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