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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Dorothy Hodgson , Judith ByfieldPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Volume: 2 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9780520287365ISBN 10: 0520287363 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 01 August 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments 0.1 * Why Global Africa? Dorothy L. Hodgson and Judith A. Byfield PART I. ENTANGLED HISTORIES 1.1 * PROFILE: Ibn Khaldun: The Father of the Social Sciences Oludamini Ogunnaike 1.2 * Trade and Travel in Africa's Global Golden Age (AD 700-1500) Francois-Xavier Fauvelle 1.3 * Three Women of the Sahara: Fatma, Odette, and Sophie E. Ann McDougall 1.4 * Afro-Iberians in the Early Spanish Empire, ca. 1550-1600 Leo J. Garofalo 1.5 * From the Land of Angola : Slavery, Marriage, and African Diasporic Identities in Mexico City before 1650 Frank Trey Proctor III 1.6 * Ethiopia Shall Stretch from America to Africa: The Pan-African Crusade of Charles Morris Benedict Carton and Robert Trent Vinson 1.7 * Africans in India, Past and Present Renu Modi PART II. POWER AND ITS CHALLENGES 2.1 * PROFILE: Leymah Gbowee: Speaking Truth to Power Pamela Scully 2.2 * Pan-Africanism: An Ideology and a Movement Hakim Adi 2.3 * Mwalimu Nyerere as Global Conscience Chambi Chachage 2.4 * Power, Conflict, and Justice in Africa: An Uncertain March Stephen Mogaka and Stephen Ndegwa 2.5 * Where Truth, Lies, and Privilege Meet Poverty . . . What Is Hope? Reflecting on the Gains and Pains of South Africa's TRC Sarah Malotane Henkeman and Undine Whande 2.6 * Commerce, Crime, and Corruption: Illicit Financial Flows from Africa Masimba Tafirenyika 2.7 * Working History: China, Africa, and Globalization Jamie Monson, Tang Xiaoyang, and Liu Shaonan 2.8 * The Radicalization of Environmental Justice in South Africa Jacklyn Cock PART III. CIRCULATIONS OF COMMUNITIES AND CULTURES 3.1 * PROFILE: A Taste of Africa in Harlem: Red Rooster Judith A. Byfield 3.2 * Networks of Threads: Africa, Textiles, and Routes of Exchange Victoria Rovine 3.3 * Sending Forth the Best: African Missions in China Heidi Ostbo Haugen 3.4 * PHOTO ESSAY: Baohan Street: An African Community in Guangzhou, China Michaela Pelican and Li Dong 3.5 * The African Literary Tradition: Interview with Ngugi wa Thiong'o Mukoma Wa Ngugi 3.6 * African Soccer's Global Story Peter Alegi 3.7 * Art, Identity, and Autobiography: Senzeni Marasela and Lalla Essaydi Christa Clarke 3.8 * Rai and Rap: Globalization and the Soundtrack of Youth Resistance in Northern Africa Zakia Salime PART IV. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND HEALTH 4.1 * PROFILE: A Conversation with Microbiologist Dr. Sara Eyangoh Tamara Giles-Vernick 4.2 * The Politics, Perils, and Possibilities of Epidemics in Africa Douglas Webb 4.3 * Generative Technologies from Africa Ron Eglash 4.4 * Money in Your Hand : M-PESA and Mobile Money in Kenya Dillon Mahoney 4.5 * What's in Your Cell Phone? James H. Smith 4.6 * Bioprospecting: Moving beyond Benefit Sharing Rachel Wynberg 4.7 * Of Waste and Revolutions: Environmental Legacies of Authoritarianism in Tunisia Siad Darwish PART V. AFRICA IN THE WORLD TODAY 5.1 * PROFILE: Africa Calling: A Conversation with Mo Ibrahim Stuart Reid 5.2 * From Lesotho to the United Nations: The Journey of a Gender Justice Advocate Keiso Matashane-Marite 5.3 * Meschac Gaba: Museum of Contemporary African Art Kerryn Greenberg 5.4 * Africa in Nollywood, Nollywood in Africa Onookome Okome 5.5 * Globalizing African Islam from Below: West African Sufi Masters in the United States Cheikh Anta Babou 5.6 * Afropolitanism and Its Discontents Obadias Ndaba 5.7 * PHOTO ESSAY: Awra Amba: A Model Utopian Community in Ethiopia Salem Mekuria About the Editors IndexReviewsThis book serves as an invaluable resource for geographers, historians, and all social scientists, as well as any members of the public interested in learning more about this complicated and fascinating continent. * Polymath * Challenging popular perceptions of Africa as a place of despair and violence, this volume describes the contributions that African people, ideas and goods have made throughout the world - contributions which, according to the editors, demonstrate that Africa occupies a central position in global historical processes. * Survival: Global Politics and Strategy * In the collection of essays Global Africa Into the Twenty-First Century, editors Dorothy Hodgson and Judith Byfield tackle the challenge V.Y. Mudimbe identified as 'the idea of Africa.' Their aim is to push readers to think deeply about and grapple with the dynamic nature of Africa as a geographic space, situating Africa at the center of global processes by demonstrating the pivotal roles Africans have played in producing and circulating ideas and initiating 'transformations throughout the world'. * African Studies Review * This book serves as an invaluable resource for geographers, historians, and all social scientists, as well as any members of the public interested in learning more about this complicated and fascinating continent. * Polymath * Author InformationDorothy L. Hodgson is Professor of Anthropology and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the Graduate School - New Brunswick at Rutgers University. Judith A. Byfield is Associate Professor of History and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Cornell University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |