Africans and Globalization: Linguistic, Literary, and Technological Contents and Discontents considers the substance and dissatisfactions of globalization on Africa and its Diaspora. Although variously framed across disciplines, globalization has generally entailed non-milieu bound interactions, which alters the existence of its participants. The concerns about the impact of globalization have been raised in relation to Africa and have related to the helpful and deleterious effects. Increasingly, industrialization (without consideration of environmental impacts) and westernization (including erosion of indigenous values) are perceived as synonymous with globalization. This multidisciplinary collection contends that in theory, globalization linked Africa with the world through trade and information sharing, thereby increasing development. This collection provides reflections based on contemporary research within the linguistic, literary, and technological areas of study. It illustrates that globalization is not a single process but rather a complex set of processes that seemingly operate in an oppositional manner. The collected works make for exciting appraisal as they highlight some of the contents and discontents of globalization across multiple areas of human endeavor in Africa and its diaspora.
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This is a feast of ideas on how Africans are living with, domesticating, and expanding the frontiers of globalization. This work is a succinct exploration of the many roads Africans are taking to culturally translate their global experiences through the arts, language, literature, pedagogy, and technology. Written by men and women who are actually living the experience, it promises to be an excellent book to teach with on any topic dealing with culture and globalization in the global south. -- Akin Ogundiran, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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2 BW Illustrations, 8 Tables
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Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 157 mm
Dicke: 17 mm
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978-1-4985-3430-7 (9781498534307)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Akinloye Ojo is associate professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the African Studies Institute, University of Georgia.
Karim Traore is associate professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the African Studies Institute, University of Georgia.
Oyinlola Longe is lecturer in the Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University.
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Contents and Discontents of Globalization on the African Continent and its Diaspora: An Introduction
Akinloye Ojo, Oyinlola Longe, and Karim Traore
Part I: Language and Culture
Chapter 1: The Linguistic Interpretation of the Tiv Ethics of "Ya Na Anngbian," Eat and Give Your Brother: A Synergy for Enduring Democratic Leadership in Nigeria
Jija Terseer
Chapter 2: The Wealth of English in Spite of the Death of its Idioms: The Nigerian Experience Oluwaseun Rachael Bello
Chapter 3: Globalization and Tertiary Institutions Students' Sexual Discourse: The Case of University Students in Lagos, Nigeria
Olawunmi Oni-Buraimoh
Part II: Literature
Chapter 4: Teaching African Literature in the Internet Age
S. A. Ogunpitan
Chapter 5: Local Moods, Global Modes in Ben Okri's The Famished Road Trilogy
Abdelkader Ben Rhit
Chapter 6: The State and Aesthetics in Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel
Ojo O. Olorunleke
Part III: Performance Arts
Chapter 7: Ambiforms-the Unsaid with the Said: A Dialectical Approach to Theatric Performances
Adeleke Yinka Ogunfeyimi
Chapter 8: Nigerians and Globalization: Contents and Discontents of Western Education, Culture, and Film Influence
Adebukunola A. Atolagbe
Chapter 9: Mirroring the Message of Some Nigerian Hip-Hop Music: Show of Discontent
Olufunmilola Temitayo Oladipo
Chapter 10: Exhibition of Content and Discontent in a Nigerian Television Drama
Oyinlola Longe
Part IV: Education, Pedagogy, and Technology
Chapter 11: Pedagogy and Cultural Engagement as an Antidote to Diaspora Estrangement
Segun Oyeleke Oyewo
Chapter 12: Extent of ICT Adoption among Secondary School Teachers in Nigeria: Influencing and Inhibiting Factors
Silas Eniola Egbowon
Part V: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Housing
Chapter 13: Empowerment of People through Agriculture in Northern Nigeria, 1991-2012: The Kebbi State Example
Atiku Abubakar Udulu
Chapter 14: Nutrition and Women's Empowerment for Human Capital Development in Mali
Jack E. Houston, Helena Huguley, and Alex K. Anderson
Chapter 15: A Synthesis to Housing Provision in Nigeria
Mohammed O. Lawal
Conclusion: A Final Word on Contentment and Restlessness Regarding Globalization in Africa and its Diaspora
Akinloye Ojo, Oyinlola Longe, and Karim Traore
