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This book highlights the significance and consequences of globalization in the sociopolitical and religious experience with African worldviews, both nationally and throughout its diaspora. Through a multi- and interdisciplinary discourse, the diversity of opinions captures the complexity and plurality of global dynamics on African globalization.
List of contents
Introduction, Aderibigbe Ibigbolade Simon, Omotoye Williams Rotimi and Akande Lydia Bosede
Chapter One: Globalization and Entrepreneurial Development in Nigeria: The Challenges and the Opportunities, Olatunji Abdulganiy, Yinusa Muhammed A., and Raji Abdulateef
Chapter Two: Globalization, Family System, and Challenges of Socio-Political Stability in Africa, Yusuf Noah, Aliyu Taofeek K. and Issah Moshood
Chapter Three: The African Returnees from Brazil and the Politics of Post-Slavery Migration, Ajayi Tayo Julius
Chapter Four: The Dynamics of Revenue and Relations: Contents and Discontents in Historic African Diaspora Experiences in Ghana, Nti Kwaku
Chapter Five: The Nemesis of Individualistic Ontology of Globalization to the Practice of Liberal Democracy in the Post-Colonial Africa, Chimakonam Jonathan Okeke and Agbo Joseph Nnaemeka
Chapter Six: The Seventh Century African Slaves and Descendants Identity Empowerment through Religious Rituals: The Americas Experience, Aderibigbe Ibigbolade Simon
Chapter Seven: The Dynamics and Challenges of Social Networks on the Moral and Religious Development of Nigerian Youth, Adesina Julius
Chapter Eight: The Role of Religion, Ethics, Proverbs, and Poetry in Shaping Lives in Africa: The Journey So Far, Dopamu Abiola Theresa
Chapter Nine: African Traditional Medicine and Globalization: The Nigerian Experience, Shishima Sarwuan Daniel
Chapter Ten: The Use of African Traditional Medicine, Western Medicine, and Christian Faith Healing in Yorùbáland, Southwestern, Nigeria, Omotoye Williams Rotimi
Chapter Eleven: The Practice of African Religion, Islam, and Christianity in a Globalized Nigerian Society: Points of Cordiality, Akande Lydia Bosede
Chapter Twelve: Interrogating the Islamic Approach to Family and Societal Problems in Contemporary Nigeria, Hassan-Bello Bolade
Chapter Thirteen: Domestic Violence in the Contemporary Muslim Community of Ilorin, Nigeria: The Islamic Perspective, Hussain-Abubakar Sherifat
Chapter Fourteen: Biblical and Judicial Laws: The Search for Marital and Societal Stability in Nigeria, Opadere Olaolu S. and Akande Lydia Bosede
About the author
Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe is associate professor of religion and African studies at the University of Georgia.
Rotimi Williams Omotoye is professor of church history at the University of Ilorin in Nigeria.
Lydia Bosede Akande is a senior lecturer in the Department of Religions at the University of Ilorin in Nigeria.
Summary
This book highlights the significance and consequences of globalization in the sociopolitical and religious experience with African worldviews, both nationally and throughout its diaspora. Through a multi- and interdisciplinary discourse, the diversity of opinions captures the complexity and plurality of global dynamics on African globalization.
