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Africaâs Radicalisms and Conservatisms
Volume II: Pop Culture, Environment, Colonialism and Migration
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Volume II of Africa's Radicalisms and Conservatisms continues the broad themes of radicalisms and conservatisms that were examined in volume I. Like volume I, the essays examine why the two âismsâ of radicalisms and conservatisms should not be viewed as mere irreconcilable conceptual tools with which to categorize or structure knowledge. The volume demonstrates that these concepts are intertwined, have multiple and diverse meanings as perceived and understood from different disciplinary vantage points, hence, the deliberate pluralization of the terms. The twenty-two essays in the volume show what happens when one juxtaposes the two concepts and when different peoplesâ lived experiences of politics, pop culture, democracy, liberalism, the environment, colonialism, migration, identities, and knowledge, etc. across the length and breadth of Africa are brought to bear on our understandings of these two particularisms.
Contributors are: Adesoji Oni, Admire M. Nyamwanza, Akin Tella, Akinpelu Ayokunnu Oyekunle, Bamidele Omotunde Alabi, Charles Nkem Okolie, Craig Calhoun, Diana Ekor Ofana, Edwin Etieyibo, Folusho Ayodeji, Gabriel Akinbode, Godwin Oboh, Joseph C. A. Agbakoba, Julius Niringiyimana, Lucky Uchenna Ogbonnaya, Maxwell Mudhara, Muchaparara Musemwa, Nathan Osareme Odiase, Obvious Katsaura, Okpowhoavotu Dan Ekere, Olaniran Olakunle Lateef, Omolara V. Akinyemi, Owen Mafongoya, Paramu Mafongoya, Philip Onyekachukwu Egbule, Rutanga Murindwa, Sandra Bhatasara, Takesure Taringana, Tunde A. Abioro, Victor Clement Nweke, William Muhumuza, and Zainab M. Olaitan.
Contributors are: Adesoji Oni, Admire M. Nyamwanza, Akin Tella, Akinpelu Ayokunnu Oyekunle, Bamidele Omotunde Alabi, Charles Nkem Okolie, Craig Calhoun, Diana Ekor Ofana, Edwin Etieyibo, Folusho Ayodeji, Gabriel Akinbode, Godwin Oboh, Joseph C. A. Agbakoba, Julius Niringiyimana, Lucky Uchenna Ogbonnaya, Maxwell Mudhara, Muchaparara Musemwa, Nathan Osareme Odiase, Obvious Katsaura, Okpowhoavotu Dan Ekere, Olaniran Olakunle Lateef, Omolara V. Akinyemi, Owen Mafongoya, Paramu Mafongoya, Philip Onyekachukwu Egbule, Rutanga Murindwa, Sandra Bhatasara, Takesure Taringana, Tunde A. Abioro, Victor Clement Nweke, William Muhumuza, and Zainab M. Olaitan.
Edwin Etieyibo, PhD (2009), University of Alberta, is Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Witwatersrand. His most recent works include Decolonisation, Africanisation and the Philosophy Curriculum; Method, Substance and the Future of African Philosophy; Africaâs Radicalisms and Conservatisms I: Politics, Poverty, Marginalization and Education and African Philosophy in an Intercultural Perspective.
Obvious Katsaura, PhD (2013), University of the Witwatersrand, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand. His research interests are at the intersections of the fields of transnational urbanism, transnational religiosity, religious urbanism, urban politics and urban violence.
Muchaparara Musemwa, PhD (2003), University of MinnesotaâTwin Cities, is Professor of History and Head of the School of Social Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand. He is the author of Water, History and Politics in Zimbabwe: Bulawayoâs Struggles with the Environment, 1894-2008 (Trenton: Africa World Press, 2014).
Obvious Katsaura, PhD (2013), University of the Witwatersrand, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand. His research interests are at the intersections of the fields of transnational urbanism, transnational religiosity, religious urbanism, urban politics and urban violence.
Muchaparara Musemwa, PhD (2003), University of MinnesotaâTwin Cities, is Professor of History and Head of the School of Social Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand. He is the author of Water, History and Politics in Zimbabwe: Bulawayoâs Struggles with the Environment, 1894-2008 (Trenton: Africa World Press, 2014).
Preface
List of Boxes, Maps and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
âEdwin Etieyibo, Obvious Katsaura and Muchaparara Musemwa
1 Knowledge and Social Transformations in Africa
âCraig Calhoun
2 Belongingness and Obligation to the Community: Rethinking the Foundation for Human Flourishing in the 21st Century
âVictor Clement Nweke and Charles Nkem Okolie
3 Democracy, Politics, and the Media in Nigeria
âEdwin Etieyibo and Godwin Ehiarekhian Oboh
4 Implications of Ubuntu for Ordinary Encounters in South Africa: A Philosophical Enquiry
âDiana Ekor Ofana
5 Axiological Proximisation and Discourse Strategies in Fela Anikulapo-Kutiâs Anti-establishment Songs
âAkin Tella
6 Multiple Social Identities: A Theoretical Review of the Complexities of Conflicting Social Identities
âAyodeji Folusho, Akinbode A. Gabriel and Nathan Osareme Odiase
7 Discourse on Restructuring in Nigeria
âEdwin Etieyibo
8 Ezi nâulo as an African Paradigm for Eco-conservation
âLucky Uchenna Ogbonnaya
9 âDe-Epistemicidingâ Knowledge in the Quest for Environmental Justice in Post-colonial Africa
âAkinpelu Ayokunnu Oyekunle
10 Climate Injustice and the Role of Climate Justice Movements in Africa: The Case of Zimbabwe
âSandra Bhatasara and Admire M. Nyamwanza
11 The Role of Local Institutions in Building Smallholder Farmersâ Adaptive Capacity against Climate Change Impacts in Bikita, Zimbabwe
âOwen Mafongoya, Paramu Mafongoya and Maxwell Mudhara
12 The Anti-colonial Revolution Converse: Limitations of Nationalism and the Demands of Positive Freedom and Positive Justice
âJoseph C. A. Agbakoba
13 Developing Nations and the Imperatives of Globalization
âPhilip Onyekachukwu Egbule
14 Racism, Colonialism and African Philosophy
âEdwin Etieyibo
15 Global Oil Capital and the Alienation of Women Land Rights in Ugandaâs Oil Village Communities(OVC s)
âJulius Niringiyimana, William Muhumuza and Rutanga Murindwa
16 Enclavism and Dependency: Coffee Production and Illusive Development in Zimbabwe
âTakesure Taringana
17 Enlightenment Ideas and Colonialism
âZainab Monisola Olaitan
18 Mental Decolonization: Towards a Self-reliant Africa
âOkpowhoavotu Dan Ekere
19 A Liberal World With or Without Borders
âEdwin Etieyibo
20 Trafficking and Migration Crises in West Africa: The Case of Nigeria and Benin Republic Border
âTunde A. Abioro and Omolara Victoria Akinyemi
21 Dialectics of Migration as a Vital Household Investment Strategy in Nigeria and a Major Source for Libyaâs âSlaveâ Market
âBamidele Omotunde Alabi
22 Unemployment, Youth Restiveness and Skills Development in Nigeria
âAdesoji A. Oni and Olakunle Lateef Olaniran
Index
List of Boxes, Maps and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
âEdwin Etieyibo, Obvious Katsaura and Muchaparara Musemwa
PART 1: Pop-Culture, Identities, Knowledge, and Politics
1 Knowledge and Social Transformations in Africa
âCraig Calhoun
2 Belongingness and Obligation to the Community: Rethinking the Foundation for Human Flourishing in the 21st Century
âVictor Clement Nweke and Charles Nkem Okolie
3 Democracy, Politics, and the Media in Nigeria
âEdwin Etieyibo and Godwin Ehiarekhian Oboh
4 Implications of Ubuntu for Ordinary Encounters in South Africa: A Philosophical Enquiry
âDiana Ekor Ofana
5 Axiological Proximisation and Discourse Strategies in Fela Anikulapo-Kutiâs Anti-establishment Songs
âAkin Tella
6 Multiple Social Identities: A Theoretical Review of the Complexities of Conflicting Social Identities
âAyodeji Folusho, Akinbode A. Gabriel and Nathan Osareme Odiase
7 Discourse on Restructuring in Nigeria
âEdwin Etieyibo
PART 2: Environment, Climate Change and Justice
8 Ezi nâulo as an African Paradigm for Eco-conservation
âLucky Uchenna Ogbonnaya
9 âDe-Epistemicidingâ Knowledge in the Quest for Environmental Justice in Post-colonial Africa
âAkinpelu Ayokunnu Oyekunle
10 Climate Injustice and the Role of Climate Justice Movements in Africa: The Case of Zimbabwe
âSandra Bhatasara and Admire M. Nyamwanza
11 The Role of Local Institutions in Building Smallholder Farmersâ Adaptive Capacity against Climate Change Impacts in Bikita, Zimbabwe
âOwen Mafongoya, Paramu Mafongoya and Maxwell Mudhara
PART 3: Colonialism and Globalization
12 The Anti-colonial Revolution Converse: Limitations of Nationalism and the Demands of Positive Freedom and Positive Justice
âJoseph C. A. Agbakoba
13 Developing Nations and the Imperatives of Globalization
âPhilip Onyekachukwu Egbule
14 Racism, Colonialism and African Philosophy
âEdwin Etieyibo
15 Global Oil Capital and the Alienation of Women Land Rights in Ugandaâs Oil Village Communities
âJulius Niringiyimana, William Muhumuza and Rutanga Murindwa
16 Enclavism and Dependency: Coffee Production and Illusive Development in Zimbabwe
âTakesure Taringana
17 Enlightenment Ideas and Colonialism
âZainab Monisola Olaitan
18 Mental Decolonization: Towards a Self-reliant Africa
âOkpowhoavotu Dan Ekere
PART 4: Migration and Economy
19 A Liberal World With or Without Borders
âEdwin Etieyibo
20 Trafficking and Migration Crises in West Africa: The Case of Nigeria and Benin Republic Border
âTunde A. Abioro and Omolara Victoria Akinyemi
21 Dialectics of Migration as a Vital Household Investment Strategy in Nigeria and a Major Source for Libyaâs âSlaveâ Market
âBamidele Omotunde Alabi
22 Unemployment, Youth Restiveness and Skills Development in Nigeria
âAdesoji A. Oni and Olakunle Lateef Olaniran
Index
All interested in the issues around politics, pop-culture, democracy, liberalism, the environment, colonialism, migration, identities, and knowledge in Africa as they relate to radicalisms and conservatisms.