Global Africa : into the twenty-first century

Author(s)

• Hodgson, Dorothy Louise
• Byfield, Judith A. (Judith Ann-Marie)

Bibliographic Information

Global Africa : into the twenty-first century

edited by Dorothy L. Hodgson and Judith A. Byfield

（Global square / edited by Matthew Gutmann, Jeffrey Lesser, 2）

University of California Press, c2017

• : cloth

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Global Africais a striking, original volume that disrupts the dominant narratives that continue to frame our discussion of Africa, complicating conventional views of the region as a place of violence, despair, and victimhood. The volume documents the significant global connections, circulations, and contributions that African people, ideas, and goods have made throughout the world-from the United States and South Asia to Latin America, Europe, and elsewhere. Through succinct and engaging pieces by scholars, policy makers, activists, and journalists, the volume provides a wholly original view of a continent at the center of global historical processes rather than on the periphery. Global Africa offers fresh, complex, and insightful visions of a continent in flux.

Table of Contents

List 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 Index

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Details

• NCID: BC12772392
• ISBN:
  • 9780520287358
• LCCN: 2016059240
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oakland, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 397 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HC800
  • DC23 : 303.4826
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Globalization -- Africa -- 21st century
  • LCSH : Africa -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
  • LCSH : Africa -- Social conditions -- 21st century
  • LCSH : Africa -- Politics and government -- 21st century
  • LCSH : Africa -- Foreign relations -- 21st century
  • LCSH : National characteristics, African
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB25706440