Oppression and Resistance in Africa and the Diaspora

ISBN-13: 9780367732028 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 234 str.

Kenneth Kalu; Toyin Falola

Opis

The mode of Africa’s encounters with the rest of the world have in several ways, shaped and continue to shape the continent’s social, political and economic development trajectories. Essays in this volume have addressed different aspects of these phases of encounters and resistance by Africa and the African Diaspora.

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Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Phases of Oppression and Resistance

Kenneth Kalu and Toyin Falola

Section A: Reflections and Mediation on the African Condition

Chapter 1: Emerging African Women Writing the Diaspora

Delphine Fongang

Chapter 2: Acts of Culture: Similarities between Amílcar Cabral's Unity and Struggle and Walter Rodney's The Groundings with my Brothers

Michael Sharp

Chapter 3: Ali Mazrui’s Analytical Penchant for the Dialectics: Intellectual Creativity and the Explanatory Potency of Mazruiana

Wanjala S. Nasong’o

Chapter 4: Heroes Are Usually Honored: Hip Hop’s Revival of Dedan Kimathi

Mickie Mwanzia Koster

Section B: Faces of Oppression and Resistance

Chapter 5: The Lasting Cultural Impact of the Haitian Revolution in the Spanish Caribbean

Ann Albuyeh

Chapter 6: Emerging Trajectories in the Niger Delta Struggle

Olawari D.J Egbe and Temitope B. Oriola

Chapter 7: Kabyle Resistance & Berber Oppression

Céline A. Jacquemin

Chapter 8: From Gun to Guitar: The Performance of Tuareg Nationalism

Bonnie Bates

Section C: Conflicts and Conflict Resolution

Chapter 9: African Reconstruction (or Reinvention) in Confederate and Neo-colonial Landscapes of the Twenty-First Century

Rev. Monica M. Esparza

Chapter 10: Transcending Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo through Art

Thérèse De Raedt

Chapter 11: Faith-Based and African Traditional Perspectives in Conflict Transformation and Resolution

Daniel Njoroge Karanja

Chapter 12: African "Communal" Ritual as Tool for Conflict Transformation

Oluwagbemiga T. Dasylva

Conclusion

Kenneth Kalu and Toyin Falola

O autorze

Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair Professor in the Humanities and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at The University of Texas at Austin. A celebrated scholar of global stature, Prof. Falola has published numerous books and essays in diverse areas. He has received various awards and honors, including the Jean Holloway Award for Teaching Excellence, the Texas Exes Teaching Award and seven honorary doctorates. He is the Series Editor of "Carolina Studies on Africa and the Black World", among several others.

Kenneth Kalu is Assistant Professor at Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. He received his PhD from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Kalu’s research interests revolve around Africa’s political economy. He is particularly interested in examining the nature, evolution and interactions of economic and political institutions, and how these institutions shape the business environment and economic growth in Africa. His essays have appeared in several academic journals and edited volumes. Kenneth has held senior executive positions in the public and private sectors in Nigeria and Canada.