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Contemporary Africa

Challenges and Opportunities

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  • © 2014

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  1. Toyin Falola
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  2. Emmanuel M. Mbah
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Part of the book series: African Histories and Modernities (AHAM)

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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.

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: Change and Continuity in Contemporary Africa

    1. Introduction: Change and Continuity in Contemporary Africa

      • Toyin Falola, Emmanuel M. Mbah
      Pages 1-19

  4. Transformational Moments in Economies and Cultures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Africa’s Debt Burden and the HIPC Initiative: Cameroon, from Challenges to Opportunity

      • Augustine E. Ayuk
      Pages 129-153

    3. The Effects of Family Size on Socioeconomic Status in Cameroon: A Critical Analysis

      • Consoler Teboh
      Pages 155-174

    4. Music and the Politics of Culture in a South African Zulu HIV/AIDS Experience: Implications for “Post-Apartheid” Discourse

      • Austin C. Okigbo
      Pages 175-190

    5. Land and Conflict in Kenya’s Rift Valley: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

      • Martin Shanguhyia, Mickie Mwanzia Koster
      Pages 191-223

    6. The Migration of Professionals from Africa: Assessing the Impact of the “Brain Drain” from the Continent

      • J. K. Mapulanga-Hulston
      Pages 225-244

    7. Conclusion: Africa that Works

      • Toyin Falola, Emmanuel M. Mbah
      Pages 245-251

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 253-261
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About the authors

Tokunbo Aderemi Ayoola, University of Manchester, UK Augustine E. Ayuk, Clayton State University, USA S. U. Fwatshak, University of Jos, Nigeria Myra Ann Houser , Howard University, USA Jackie Mapulanga-Hulston, Curtin Law School, Australia Besi Brillian Muhonja, James Madison University, USA Mickie Mwanzia Koster, University of Texas at Tyler, USA Austin C. Okigbo, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA Consoler T. Teboh, Saint Cloud State University, USA

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