Africa and the disruptions of the twenty-first century
By: Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
Series: Codesria book series
Publisher: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Senegal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9782869789975
Subjects: History; Social conditions; Politics and government; Race relations; Higher Education
Description: This collection of essays interrogates the repositioning of Africa and its diasporas in the unfolding disruptive transformations of the early twenty-first century. It is divided into five parts focusing on America's racial dysfunctions, navigating global turbulence, Africa's political dramas, the continent's persistent mythologisation and disruptions in higher education. It closes with tributes to two towering African public intellectuals, Ali Mazrui and Thandika Mkandawire, who have since joined the ancestors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-346) and index.