Identity Transformation and Politicization in Africa
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Identity Transformation and Politicization in Africa

Shifting Mobilization

  1. 335 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Identity Transformation and Politicization in Africa

Shifting Mobilization

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. ‌‌Introduction
  4. Interrogating the Trends, Ethics, and Political, Economic, and Cultural Elements of Identity
  5. Politics of Being and I‌‌ts Contemporary Implications in Africa
  6. ‘Ubuntu’ Dialogic Ethics
  7. Interrogating Identity Politics in Nigeria
  8. Monetary Sovereignty, Sovereign Identities, and Monetary Identities in Ghana and Nigeria in the L
  9. Music as a Tool for Sustainable Development in Nigerian Society
  10. Identity and Ethnic Conflict, Transformation, Reconciliation, and Empowerment
  11. Ethnicity, Peacebuilding, and Conflict Transformation in Nigeria‌‌
  12. How Rwanda Transformed Identity Post-Genocide
  13. African Bureaucracies and the Implementation of Women Empowerment Programs
  14. Internet and Social Media Foster Identity Change, Exploration, and Mobilization
  15. Building Global Citizenship through the African Digital Public Humanities
  16. Mobilizing Student Interest in African Identity
  17. Institutional Change and Identity‌‌
  18. Tracking Political and Religious Mobilization Against Queer Men in Senegal
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index
  21. About the Editors and Contributors