Education, Creativity, and Economic Empowerment in Africa [electronic resource] /
Falola, T.editor.
Abidogun, J.editor.
Education and the arts offer multiple, mutually clarifying lenses through which to examine and understand issues of poverty and empowerment. Here, both are combined in a fascinating look at how these two often overlooked elements promote social equality and cultivate personal agency across Africa's diverse political-economic landscapes.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Education and the arts offer multiple, mutually clarifying lenses through which to examine and understand issues of poverty and empowerment. Here, both are combined in a fascinating look at how these two often overlooked elements promote social equality and cultivate personal agency across Africa's diverse political-economic landscapes.
Machine generated contents note: -- PART I: EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT: ENFORCING RIGHTS AND BUILDING COMMUNITIES1. Advancing the Anti-Poverty Crusade through the Enforcement of the Fundamental Right to Education under Nigerian Law; Eteete Michael Adam2. Social-Economic Inequality and Progress towards Achieving Education for All by 2015 in Nigeria; Roselyn Jumai Musa and Nathaniel Umukoro3. Women and Poverty Eradication Efforts in Uganda: Why Is Ending Gendered Poverty Still Far-Fetched?; Sarah Hasaba4. Empowering the Poor in Nigeria through Adult and Community Education: Implications for Educational Policy Reform; Joshua Olusola Akande and Adeola Bosede Ogunrin5. Combating the Scourge of Poverty in Nigeria through Rural Community Education; Bolanle Clara Simeon-Fayomi and Joshua Olusola AkandePART II: LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND EMPOWERMENT6. Poverty, Endangered Languages, and Creoles: Two Case Studies from Southern Africa and the Greater Caribbean; Ann Albuyeh7. Poverty Eradication for Sustainable Growth in Africa: Insights from Ben Okri's In Arcadia; Ezinwanyi E. Adam8. Between the Sublime and the Subliminal: Economic Modernity, Desire and Political Fictions in Cameroon; Olivier J. TchouaffePART III: ART AND EMPOWERMENT9. Arts Management as a Strategy for Rapid Development of the Arts in Nigeria; Bojor Enamhe10. The Changing Images and Representations of Adire Technology in Nigerian Politics; Omotayo I. OwoeyePART IV: MUSIC AND EMPOWERMENT11. 'Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow': Fela's Prophetic Lyrics in the Light of 21st Century Realities; Albert Oikelome12. Deconstructing African Poverty against the Backdrop of a 'Rich' Musical Heritage; David Akombo13. From the Street to Stardom: The Socio-Economic Empowerment of Nigerian Youth through Music; Stephen O. Olusoji14. Popular Music as an Economic Tool for Nigerian Youth; Sunday O. Babalola.
Ethnology—Africa.
Sociology.
Education—History.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
Philosophy and social sciences.
African Culture.
Sociology, general.
History of Education.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Philosophy of Education.