Addiction in South and East Africa: Interdisciplinary Approaches

ISBN-13: 9783030135959 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 312 str.

Yamikani Ndasauka; Grivas Muchineripi Kayange

Spis treści

Acknowledgements

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction: Making a Case for Addition in Africa

Part A: Conceptualisation of Addiction

Chapter 2. Addiction in the Light of African Values: Undermining Vitality and Community

Chapter 3. Cannabis Use and Addiction in African Communities as a Value or a Vice?

Chapter 4. The Moral Question of Addiction: An African Philosophical Perspective

Chapter 5. An Ubuntu Approach to Addiction: Response Framework in Malawi Schools

Part B. Addiction in Literature and Popular Culture

Chapter 6. Oral Traditions: A Tool for Understanding Alcohol and Drug Addiction in Swaziland

Chapter 7. Sex Addiction in Contemporary African Fiction: An Analysis of Selected Works of Short Fiction

Chapter 8. Popular Culture and Representations of Addiction: Understanding Malawi Urban Music in the Narratives of Drugs and Sex

Chapter 9. Semiotic Creativity and Innovation: Offshoots of Social Media Addiction

Chapter 10. Macho Rhetoric in Alcohol Addiction: The Narratives of Masculinities Among Malawian Youths

Part C. Neurobiology and Neurochemistry of Addiction

Chapter 11. Neurochemistry and Pharmacology of Addictions: An African Perspective

Chapter 12. Neurobiology of Substance and Behavioural Addiction in Africa

Part D. Substance and Non-Substance Addiction

Chapter 13. Prevalence of Alcohol Addiction in Africa

Chapter 14. Drug Use and Addiction Amongst Women with Disabilities Who Are Commercial Sex Workers in Zimbabwe

Chapter 15. Drug Addiction Among Youths in Zimbabwe: Social Work Perspective

Chapter 16. Internet Addiction and Mental Health Among College Students in Malawi

Chapter 17. Curbing Tobacco Addiction in Kenya: Ethical and Legal Challenges Arising

Chapter 18. Conclusion: Defining the Future of Addiction Research in South and East Africa

Index

O autorze

Yamikani Ndasauka, PhD, is Senior Lecturer and Head-Department of Philosophy at Chancellor College in the University of Malawi. He has 9 years of teaching and research experience in Philosophy, Psychology, and Ethics. He has published in international journals such as Frontiers in Psychology, Computers in Human Behaviour, and PlosOne.

Grivas Muchineripi Kayange, PhD, is Senior Lecture and Dean-Faculty of Humanities at Chancellor College in the University of Malawi. His recent publications include Meaning and Truth in African Philosophy (Springer, 2018) and Rediscovering Individual-based Values in Ubuntu Virtue Ethics: Transforming Corporate Entities in Post-colonial Africa (ISAP, Book chapter, 2018).

Blurb

This book explores both the existence and prevalence of addiction in South and East Africa, departing from traditional assumptions about addiction in the region. The authors employ an interdisciplinary approach to understand the actual prevalence of addiction and the forms it takes in South and East Africa. The book also addresses the perceptions and conceptualisation of addiction in the region, in addition to discussing specific issues related to drug and alcohol abuse and addiction, social media addiction, and sex addiction.