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Contemporary Africa challenges and opportunities /

60 years after independence, African nations still find it difficult to face a number of challenges, from establishing meaningful democratic institutions to establish social structures centered on the advancement of gender equality. This volume approaches these contemporary African challenges while...

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Group Author: Falola, Toyin; Mbah, Emmanuel
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: African histories and modernities
Subjects:
Poverty > Africa
Postcolonialism > Africa
African history > 21st century > c 2010 to c 2020
History
Africa > Social conditions > 21st century
Africa > Economic conditions > 21st century
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137444134
Summary: 60 years after independence, African nations still find it difficult to face a number of challenges, from establishing meaningful democratic institutions to establish social structures centered on the advancement of gender equality. This volume approaches these contemporary African challenges while combating a reflexive and facile Afro-Pessimism.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137438911.
Carrier Form: 280 p.
ISBN: 9781137444134 :
1137444134 :
CLC: D066
Contents: Introduction: Change and Continuity in Contemporary Africa-- Toyin Falola and Emmanuel M. Mbah PART I: COLONIAL AND NEOCOLONIAL LEGACIES 1. Mau Mau Inventions and Reinventions-- Mickie Mwanzia Koster 2. Race and Social Islands in Kenya's Urban Spaces-- Brillian Besi Muhonja 3. The Second World War and Africa's Socio-Economic Infrastructures: a Case Study of the Nigerian Railroad System-- Tokunbo A. Ayoola 4. The Cold War and the Emergence of Economic Divergences: Africa and Asia Compared-- S. U. Fwatshak PART II: TRANSFORMATIONAL MOMENTS IN ECONOMIES AND CULTURES 5. Africa's Debt Burden and

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