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Author(s): Takyiwaa Manuh; Esi Sutherland-Addy
ISBN(s): 9789988647490, 9988647492
Edition: 1
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Year: 2013
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 9988647492

ISBN 13: 9789988647490

Author: Takyiwaa Manuh; Esi Sutherland-Addy

An important feature of Ghanaian tertiary education is the foundational African Studies Programme which was initiated in the early 1960s. Unfortunately hardly any readers exist which bring together a body of knowledge on the themes, issues and debates which inform and animate research and teaching in African Studies particularly on the African continent. This becomes even more important when we consider the need for knowledge on Africa that is not Eurocentric or sensationalised, but driven from internal understandings of life and prospects in Africa. Dominant representations and perceptions of Africa usually depict a continent in crisis. Rather than buying into external representations of Africa, with its ‘lacks’ and aspirations for Western modernities, we insist that African scholars in particular should be in the forefront of promoting understanding of the pluri-lingual, overlapping, and dense reality of life and developments on the continent, to produce relevant and usable knowledge. Continuing and renewed interest in Africa’s resources, including the land mass, economy, minerals, visual arts and performance cultures, as well as bio-medical knowledge and products, by old and new geopolitical players, obliges African scholars to transcend disciplinary boundaries and to work with each other to advance knowledge and uses of those resources in the interests of Africa’s people.

Table of contents:

Section 1: Africa – Geography, Population & Language
Chapter 1 Geography of Africa
Chapter 2 The Population of Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 3 Language and Africa

Section 2: Cultural, Social & Political Institutions
Chapter 4 Gender and Society in Africa: An Introduction
Chapter 5 Africa and Its Diasporas
Chapter 6 The Cultural Framework of Development
Chapter 7 African Worldviews
Chapter 8 Islam and Christianity in Africa
Chapter 9 Traditional and Modern Leadership in Africa

Section 3: Economy, Livelihoods & Security
Chapter 10 Development Theory and African Society: An Introduction
Chapter 11 Agricultural Development in Africa
Chapter 12 Human Security in Africa
Chapter 13 Political Economy of Development and Policy Outcomes in Postcolonial Africa

Section 4: Health, Environment, Science & Technology
Chapter 14 In Search of Health and Well-being in Africa
Chapter 15 Environment and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 16 Science and Technology for Africa

Section 5: Artistic Expression and Performance in Africa
Chapter 17 The Heritage of Literary Arts in Africa
Chapter 18 An Exploration of African Art
Chapter 19 Dance Symbolism in Africa
Chapter 20 Music in African Communities
Chapter 21 A Historical Review of Popular Entertainment in Sub-Saharan Africa

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