Description
Book SynopsisAfricans and Globalization: Linguistic, Literary, and Technological Contents and Discontents considers the substance and dissatisfactions of globalization on Africa and its Diaspora. Although variously framed across disciplines, globalization has generally entailed non-milieu bound interactions, which alters the existence of its participants. The concerns about the impact of globalization have been raised in relation to Africa and have related to the helpful and deleterious effects. Increasingly, industrialization (without consideration of environmental impacts) and westernization (including erosion of indigenous values) are perceived as synonymous with globalization. This multidisciplinary collection contends that in theory, globalization linked Africa with the world through trade and information sharing, thereby increasing development. This collection provides reflections based on contemporary research within the linguistic, literary, and technological areas of study. It illustrates
Trade ReviewThis is a feast of ideas on how Africans are living with, domesticating, and expanding the frontiers of globalization. This work is a succinct exploration of the many roads Africans are taking to culturally translate their global experiences through the arts, language, literature, pedagogy, and technology. Written by men and women who are actually living the experience, it promises to be an excellent book to teach with on any topic dealing with culture and globalization in the global south. -- Akin Ogundiran, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Table of ContentsContents and Discontents of Globalization on the African Continent and its Diaspora: An Introduction Akinloye Ojo, Oyinlola Longe, and Karim Traore Part I: Language and Culture Chapter 1: The Linguistic Interpretation of the Tiv Ethics of “Ya Na Anngbian,” Eat and Give Your Brother: A Synergy for Enduring Democratic Leadership in Nigeria Jija Terseer Chapter 2: The Wealth of English in Spite of the Death of its Idioms: The Nigerian Experience Oluwaseun Rachael Bello Chapter 3: Globalization and Tertiary Institutions Students’ Sexual Discourse: The Case of University Students in Lagos, Nigeria Olawunmi Oni-Buraimoh Part II: Literature Chapter 4: Teaching African Literature in the Internet Age S. A. Ogunpitan Chapter 5: Local Moods, Global Modes in Ben Okri’s The Famished Road Trilogy Abdelkader Ben Rhit Chapter 6: The State and Aesthetics in Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Infidel Ojo O. Olorunleke Part III: Performance Arts Chapter 7: Ambiforms—the Unsaid with the Said: A Dialectical Approach to Theatric Performances Adeleke Yinka Ogunfeyimi Chapter 8: Nigerians and Globalization: Contents and Discontents of Western Education, Culture, and Film Influence Adebukunola A. Atolagbe Chapter 9: Mirroring the Message of Some Nigerian Hip-Hop Music: Show of Discontent Olufunmilola Temitayo Oladipo Chapter 10: Exhibition of Content and Discontent in a Nigerian Television Drama Oyinlola Longe Part IV: Education, Pedagogy, and Technology Chapter 11: Pedagogy and Cultural Engagement as an Antidote to Diaspora Estrangement Segun Oyeleke Oyewo Chapter 12: Extent of ICT Adoption among Secondary School Teachers in Nigeria: Influencing and Inhibiting Factors Silas Eniola Egbowon Part V: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Housing Chapter 13: Empowerment of People through Agriculture in Northern Nigeria, 1991—2012: The Kebbi State Example Atiku Abubakar Udulu Chapter 14: Nutrition and Women’s Empowerment for Human Capital Development in Mali Jack E. Houston, Helena Huguley, and Alex K. Anderson Chapter 15: A Synthesis to Housing Provision in Nigeria Mohammed O. Lawal Conclusion: A Final Word on Contentment and Restlessness Regarding Globalization in Africa and its Diaspora Akinloye Ojo, Oyinlola Longe, and Karim Traore
