Culture and Development in Africa and the Diaspora

Ahmad Shehu Abdussalam, Ibigbolade Simon Aderibigbe, Sola Timothy Babatunde, Olutola Opeyemi Akindipe, Ahmad Shehu Abdussalam, Ibigbolade Simon Aderibigbe, Sola Timothy Babatunde, Olutola Opeyemi Akindipe

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9780367625856
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000203202
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Education General
• Index: Social Sciences

This book examines the intersection between cultural identities and development in African and the Diaspora from multidisciplinary perspectives.

Starting with the premise that culture is one of the most significant factors in development, the book examines diverse topics such as the migrations of musical forms, social media, bilingualism and religion. Foregrounding the work of Africa based scholars, the book presents strategies for identifying solutions to the challenges facing African culture and development.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of African Studies and African Culture and Society.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Bios of Contributors
• Introduction: Culture and development in Africa and its diaspora
• 1 Socioeconomic and political issues in Helon Habila’s Oil on Water: An ecocritical study
• 2 The impact of globalization on the economic security of African countries
• 3 Bilingualism and education in Nigeria: A model-based approach
• 4 Brain drain: The relationship between strikes, educational funding and educational migration in Nigeria
• 5 Exploring the Igbomina trado-medic and pharmaceutical values
• 6 Forced migration: A cause to syncretism of African musical forms, identities and cultural meanings
• 7 Intersections of popular culture and Nigerian gospel music
• 8 Trans-sociological hybridity: Conceptualizing African contemporary dance identity
• 9 Originality of concepts of reincarnation and immortality of soul with Yorùbá beliefs: Insights from Ifá and Ère-Ìbejì paraphernalia
• 10 The paradox of religions and governance in contemporary Nigeria’s political experience
• 11 Religion, politics and state: Implications of religiosity and leadership in governance for African political leaders
• 12 Social media as a tool for conflict resolution: A review of the “Ghana Must Go” conflict
• 13 Religious impact on character and morality: Its implications for good governance in Nigeria
• 14 The practice of Yoruba religion in the diaspora: Some emerging challenges
• 15 The Yoruba language as a catalyst for the early development of Christianity in Yorubaland, Nigeria
• 16 Translation feat underexploited: Appraising Yoruba-English bilinguals’ utilization of Yoruba version of Google Search Engine
• 17 Schematic structure and pragmatic texture of humorous metaphors in Nigerian stand-up comedies: An example from Lagos @50
• 18 Negative aspects of bargaining as identity indicator of Africans in America
• Index