Identity Transformation and Politicization in Africa

Shifting Mobilization

Toyin Falola, Céline A. Jacquemin (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

334 Seiten

2024
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781666917949 (ISBN)

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Identity Transformation and Politicization in Africa: Shifting Mobilization, edited by Toyin Falola and Céline A. Jacquemin, questions whether identity is providing and sustaining power for elites, or fueling oppression and conflicts, being mobilized for exclusionary movements versus inclusive societal changes, or educating in ways that foster progress and development. Do aspects of African identities and the challenges they present also hold prospects for more inclusive and peaceful democratic and representative futures? The contributors cover a wide spectrum of expertise on different African countries (Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, Morocco, and Libya). They come from diverse disciplines (History, Political Science, Public Administration, Philosophy, Economics and Finance, Cultural Studies, Music, and International Relations), and use various methods and approaches in their research. Some contributors belong to the groups whose identity is being scrutinized and are participants in the efforts to politicize and mobilize, while others remain outside observers, who share some traits or interests with the African identities examined and provide different kinds of insights. Several chapters explore how innovative pedagogical projects studying African history and identity—facilitated by the internet and new social media—transform and connect with the African continent. Each author provides important insights on how mobilization around identity issues has been shifting with the internet and social media.

Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin. Céline A. Jacquemin is professor of international relations and political science at St Mary’s University.

Introduction
Céline A. Jacquemin and Toyin Falola
Part I: Interrogating the Trends, Ethics, and Political, Economic, & Cultural Elements of Identity
Chapter 1: Politics of Being and its Contemporary Implications in Africa: Positive or Negative Trends?
Olanrewaju Atanda Orija
Chapter 2: ‘Ubuntu’ Dialogic Ethics: Towards a Liberal Theory of Virtue and Transformation of Identities in Africa
Jude Chinwuba Asike and Patricia Ogugua Anwuluorah
Chapter 3: Interrogating Identity Politics in Nigeria
Soj Ojo
Chapter 4: Monetary Sovereignty, Sovereign Identities, Monetary Identities in Ghana and Nigeria in the Late 1950’s to Early 1960’s
Bamidélé Aly
Chapter 5: Music as a Tool for Sustainable Development in Nigerian Society
Maureen Ada Uche
Part II: Identity and Ethnic Conflict, Transformation, Reconciliation, and Empowerment
Chapter 6: Ethnicity, Peacebuilding, and Conflict Transformation in Nigeria: The Case of Herder-Farmer Conflict
Kialee Nyiayaana
Chapter 7: How Rwanda Transformed Identity Post-Ge

Erscheinungsdatum	17.01.2024
Reihe/Serie	Africa: Past, Present & Prospects
Co-Autor	Victor Adesiyan, Bamidélé Aly, Patricia Ogugua Anwuluorah
Zusatzinfo	2 b/w illustrations; 4 tables;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	458 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9781666917949 / 9781666917949
Zustand	Neuware