Reframing Contemporary Africa: Politics, Economics, and Culture in the Global Era
A much-needed, momentous, and remarkable contribution to interdisciplinary studies on Africa. The authors are learned and knowledgeable in their fields and demonstrate mastery of the various disciplines that they represent in this volume, having consulted, referenced, and critically assessed a broad array of scholarly works.Reframing Contemporary Africareveals deep and broad exploration of the enduring and contemporary issues in African studies. --- Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome, Brooklyn College, CUNYThe selections that compriseReframing Contemporary Africaare well written with historically-based and culturally complex arguments. The readings deal with topics and issues that intellectually challenge the authors to be critical in locating Africa in the world system--taking into account both the past, the present, and the future histories and ideologies. I also appreciate that the authors come from various interdisciplinary analytical and/or methodological perspectives. With solid methodological and theoretical issues, this book provides analytical skills and concrete knowledge needed in any undergraduate course. --- Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo, Wells College and Suffolk UniversityPerhaps what is most instructive aboutReframing Contemporary Africais that it goes beyond the traditional geographic divisions of Africa into Sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa as well as the traditional narratives on colonialism, post-independence interest group, and ethnic group politics. Equally compelling is the firm theoretical basis on which the book is built. Its theoretical foundation goes beyond the orthodoxy as it contests and interrogates the latter and in the process provides a more nuanced understanding of contemporary Africa in all its majesty and contradictions. I am convinced that it will be a major hit because a text of its type does not exist yet. --- Abdoulaye Saine, Miami University of Ohio