Description
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Africa presents to a broad readership an accessible, comprehensive, up to date, and topical comparative analysis of sociological thinking in Africa. Sociological discourse about African societies has been challenging and difficult, due to a lack of both comprehensive analyses and holistic sociological evidence that covers Africa from past to present times. This Handbook brings together latest analyses of sociological phenomena from the best scholars working on numerous thematic areas. It provides contributions that locates African sociological thinking in historical context and takes a critical look at its current manifestations across the continent. This collection builds upon an existing body of literature which has demonstrated that while the analysis of African societies has long been an item on the agenda of sociologists worldwide, advances of the decolonial critique made notably by African scholars in Africa enhances the scholarship of the
Table of ContentsI. THE SOCIOLOGY OF AFRICA: THE CONTEXT AND PERSPECTIVES 1. The Sociology of Africa: A Thematic Contextualization of the Discourse R. SOORYAMOORTHY AND NENE ERNEST KHALEMA 2. The Epistemology of African Sociological Knowledge Practices ANSELM K. JIMOH, MOSES M. AKPOUGHUL-ABUNYA AND PEACE O. JEMIBOR 3. Decolonizing Sociology in Africa: Insights from Zimbabwe and South Africa SIMBARASHE GUKURUME II. RACE, ETHNICITY & RELIGION 4. Race and its Sociological Inquiry in Africa: Problematic Suppositions and Contemporary Predicaments NENE ERNEST KHALEMA 5. Ethnicity, Politics of Power Sharing and Nation Building in Africa INYOKWE SUNDAY OTINCHE 6. Religious Life in African Societies NICOLETTE D. MANGLOS-WEBER 7. Advent, Development and Impact of Christianity in Africa ISAAC DEJI AYEGBOYIN AND MICHAEL ADELEKE OGUNEWU III. GENDER, SEXUALITY AND INTERSECTIONALITY 8. Women's and Gender Studies in Africa NAKANYIKE B. MUSISI 9. Intersectionality of Gender and Sexuality in African Cultures GABISILE MKHIZE 10. Prevalence and Consequences of Gender-Based Violence on Families in Africa SITAWA R. KIMUNA AND PACIFICAH F. OKEMWA IV. MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY 11. Medical Sociology in Africa: Understanding Health, Illness, and Healing TOLÁ OLÚ PEARCE 12. African Sociology of Health and Well-being JIMOH AMZAT, OLIVER RAZUM AND AISHA A. ADARANIJO 13. Social Determinants of Health in Africa JIMOH AMZAT, KAFAYAT AMINU AND BRENDA MUCHABVEYO 14. Infectious Diseases in Africa: Emergence, Social Contexts, Political and Media Discourses N'KOUÉ EMMANUEL SAMBIENI AND DAVID HOUÉTO V. POLITICAL ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT 15. The Sociological Implications of Africa's Political Economy MANU LEKUNZE 16. Pan-Africanism and Development in Africa: Trajectories and Prognoses ERNEST TOOCHI ANICHE, IKENNA MIKE ALUMONA, AND VICTOR H. MLAMBO 17. The Sociology of Science in Africa NELIUS BOSHOFF, JOHANN MOUTON AND SIMILO NGWENYA 18. Sociological Processes of Urbanization: The African Experience since the Twentieth Century DONALD CHIUBA OKEKE AND MAXWELL UMUNNA NWACHUKWU 19. Africa's Nature: A Continental Treasure, a Global Heritage and the Real Wealth of the Present and Future Generations NOEL CHELLAN 20. Climate Governance and Justice: Power Pull and Unequal Exchanges with Peripheral Africa AYODELE ADEKUNLE FAIYETOLE AND GODWIN CHINEDUM IHEMEJE 21. Civil Society, NGOs and Human Rights in Africa MOHAMED EL HACHIMI AND RACHID TOUHTOU VI. CRIME AND VIOLENCE 22. Criminology in Africa BIKO AGOZINO AND NONTYATYAMBO DASTILE 23. African Criminologies: Decolonization, Relativism and Resistance IAN WARREN AND EMMA RYAN 24. Elusive Peace: Extraction and Violent Conflict in Africa DAVID MATSINHE 25. Insurgency and Organized Violence in Africa: A Cross-National Approach OBASESAM OKOI AND TEMITOPE B. ORIOLA VII. THE FAMILY AND EDUCATION 26. Familial Roles, Responsibilities, and Solidarity in Diverse African Societies RUTH EVANS, ROSALIE ADUAYI DIOP AND FATOU KÉBÉ 27. Managing Uncertainty, Creating Stability: The Enduring Value of Kinship for Family Formation SANGEETHA MADHAVAN, KIRSTEN STOEBENAU AND SEUNG WAN KIM 28. Challenges to Higher Education in Africa and the decolonized "Academia We Want" CHRISTINE SCHERER
