Identity Transformation and Politicization in Africa

Shifting Mobilization

Toyin Falola, Céline A. Jacquemin

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2022
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781978795105
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: African Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• ‌‌Introduction
• Interrogating the Trends, Ethics, and Political, Economic, and Cultural Elements of Identity
• Politics of Being and I‌‌ts Contemporary Implications in Africa
• ‘Ubuntu’ Dialogic Ethics
• Interrogating Identity Politics in Nigeria
• Monetary Sovereignty, Sovereign Identities, and Monetary Identities in Ghana and Nigeria in the L
• Music as a Tool for Sustainable Development in Nigerian Society
• Identity and Ethnic Conflict, Transformation, Reconciliation, and Empowerment
• Ethnicity, Peacebuilding, and Conflict Transformation in Nigeria‌‌
• How Rwanda Transformed Identity Post-Genocide
• African Bureaucracies and the Implementation of Women Empowerment Programs
• Internet and Social Media Foster Identity Change, Exploration, and Mobilization
• Building Global Citizenship through the African Digital Public Humanities
• Mobilizing Student Interest in African Identity
• Institutional Change and Identity‌‌
• Tracking Political and Religious Mobilization Against Queer Men in Senegal
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Editors and Contributors