Narrative of Africa Rising - Changing Perspectives

This book evaluates discourses on "Africa Rising" through various case studies, measures Africa's complex and uneven development over time, looks at how Africans utilize indigenous socio-political economic processes in the face of neocolonialism, and highlights African societal institutions that benefit Africans in the face of global competition.

List of contents

List of Figures
Introduction: Is Africa Rising: Competing Narratives
- Darlingtina K Esiaka
Chapter 1: DR Congo Rising? A Case Study Exploring the Africa Rising Narrative
- Ashley E Leinweber
Chapter 2: Parliamentary Power in a New East Africa
- Ryan Gibb
Chapter 3: Terrorism and Ethnic Violence in Northwest Africa: Recent Developments along the Mali-Libya Axis
- Stephen Harmon
Chapter 4: The Evolution of the Political Influence of the Buganda Muslim Community, 1844?1900
- Brenda McCollum
Chapter 5: Enacting Feminine Respectability: Unpacking a Wardrobe of Malinké, Islamic and Western Styles in Guinea
- Erin Kenny
Chapter 6: Exploring Intergenerational Perceptions and Negotiations of Social Support in Nigeria
- Kafayat Mahmoud
Chapter 7: Abe J. B. Desmore at Teachers College, Columbia University, 1935?1936: Catalyst to Political Eclipse and Exile, Research in Progress
- Richard S. Glotzer
Conclusion: Reflections on Africa: Rising or Falling
- Jamaine Abidogun

About the Editors and Contributors

About the author

Darlingtina K. Esiaka is assistant professor in the Center for Health Equity Transformation and Department of Behavioral Sciences at the University of Kentucky. Jamaine Abidogun is professor emeritus in the History Department at Missouri State University.

Product details

• Authors: Darlingtina K Abidogun Esiaka, Darlingtina K. Abidogun Esiaka
• Assisted by: Jamaine Abidogun (Editor), Abidogun Jamaine (Editor), Darlingtina K Esiaka (Editor), Darlingtina K. Esiaka (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2024
• EAN: 9781666958515
• ISBN: 978-1-66695-851-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Africa: Past, Present & Prospects
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Politics & government, Political Economy, Politics and government