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Regenerating Africa : bringing African solutions to African problems /

It has been long overdue to address the principal problems that Africa continues to have. How to bring real African solutions to these problems remains unresolved. Palaeontologists have discovered that Africa is the origin of humanity. Africa has also experienced the commodification of its humanity...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Oloruntoba, Samuel (Editor ), Muchie, Mammo (Editor ), Gumede, Vusi (Editor ), Check, Nicasius Achu (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pretoria, SA : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword; About the Contributors; About the Editors; Introduction
  • The African Journey to Provide African Solutions to African Problems; Chapter 1
  • The African Renaissance as Pan-African Agency. Some Conceptual Implications of an African Solutions Doctrine; Introduction; the African Renaissance: yesterday, today and tomorrow; the African Renaissance according to Prince Mbeki; what does the African Renaissance mean today?; conclusion; notes and references.
  • Chapter 2
  • Regional Hegemons as Catalyst for Continental Integration. Nigeria and South Africa in Africa's Integration and Development. Introduction; Africa agenda for continental integration: Between optimism and reality; Regional hegemons and regional integration; Nigeria and South Africa as regional hegemons in Africa; African integration: what roles for Nigeria and South Africa?; Conclusion; Notes And References; Chapter 3
  • Youth Unemployment and Social Development; Introduction; Unemployment; Poverty; Social Development; The Afrocentric Approach To Problem-Solving. A radical shift in policy formulation and implementation; why is there no tangible infrastructure development?; case study: Ethiopia; the desirability of African solutions to African problems; the Ubuntu perspective; speaking with one voice; there is money in Africa; African policies and statistics; focus on small and medium-size enterprise (SME) development; conclusion; notes and references
  • Chapter 4
  • The Construction of the Person and Personality in Africa; Introduction. The individual in society; some limitations; the construction of the person and personality in Kemet. Notes and references. Chapter 5
  • Away from the Brink. The AU Intervention in the Crisis of Democratic Institutionalisation in Post-Arab Spring Egypt; Introduction; theoretical framework; overview of political and economic developments in pre-Arab Spring Egypt; challenges of democratic institutionalisation in post-Arab spring Egypt; the imperative for African union intervention; issues for African union intervention in Egypt; concluding remarks; notes and references; Chapter 6
  • War on Terror in Africa from Below. Challenges and Prospects of People's Participation; Introduction. Of terrorism, counter-terrorism and security some links/trends in the War on Terror in Africa; conditions necessitating the involvement of militias and vigilantes in the War on Terror; profile and trends of militia and vigilante groups' involvement in the War on Terror; challenges and prospects for militia and vigilante involvement in the war on terror; conclusion; notes and references;Chapter 7
  • Zimbabwe's Gukurahundi Genocide. Beyond the Forgetfulness and Silences of Coloniality; Introduction; Decolonial thought. A theoretical and interpretative framework. Insights into genocide in Africa and Gukurahundi in Zimbabwe.