Identity Transformation and Politicization in Africa

Toyin Falola; Céline A. Jacquemin

doi:10.5771/9781666917932

Summary

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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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-1792-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-1793-2
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 326
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
‌‌Introduction No access Pages 1 - 20
1. Politics of Being and I‌‌ts Contemporary Implications in Africa No access
2. ‘Ubuntu’ Dialogic Ethics No access
3. Interrogating Identity Politics in Nigeria No access
4. Monetary Sovereignty, Sovereign Identities, and Monetary Identities in Ghana and Nigeria in the L No access
5. Music as a Tool for Sustainable Development in Nigerian Society No access
1. Ethnicity, Peacebuilding, and Conflict Transformation in Nigeria‌‌ No access
2. How Rwanda Transformed Identity Post-Genocide No access
3. African Bureaucracies and the Implementation of Women Empowerment Programs No access
1. Building Global Citizenship through the African Digital Public Humanities No access
2. Mobilizing Student Interest in African Identity No access
3. Institutional Change and Identity‌‌ No access
4. Tracking Political and Religious Mobilization Against Queer Men in Senegal No access
Bibliography No access Pages 265 - 312
Index No access Pages 313 - 318
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 319 - 326