Author: Jean-Marc Ela
Publisher: Editions L'Harmattan
ISBN: 2296184154
Category : Reference
Languages : fr
Pages : 428
Book Description
Comment repenser les conditions de la renaissance de l'Afrique au sud du Sahara ? L'auteur s'interroge en profondeur sur les limites et l'incapacité des croyances néolibérales à répondre aux attentes des populations africaines confrontées à la précarité dans les différents domaines de la vie quotidienne. En recentrant l'analyse et le débat sur les enjeux et les tensions qui s'articulent autour de la pauvreté, les savoirs endogènes, la ruralité, la population et les réformes économiques, Jean-Marc Ela pose sans complaisance le rapport à l'Afrique en se mettant à l'écoute du " monde d'en-bas ". Contrairement aux idées reçues, loin d'être " perdue ", l'Afrique renaît, avec obstination. Les ressources tant humaines que matérielles, et les gisements de sens qu'elle porte, annoncent que l'Afrique est peut-être le continent de l'avenir.
Innovations sociales et renaissance de l'Afrique Noire
Author: Jean-Marc Ela
Publisher: Editions L'Harmattan
ISBN: 2296184154
Category : Reference
Languages : fr
Pages : 428
Book Description
Comment repenser les conditions de la renaissance de l'Afrique au sud du Sahara ? L'auteur s'interroge en profondeur sur les limites et l'incapacité des croyances néolibérales à répondre aux attentes des populations africaines confrontées à la précarité dans les différents domaines de la vie quotidienne. En recentrant l'analyse et le débat sur les enjeux et les tensions qui s'articulent autour de la pauvreté, les savoirs endogènes, la ruralité, la population et les réformes économiques, Jean-Marc Ela pose sans complaisance le rapport à l'Afrique en se mettant à l'écoute du " monde d'en-bas ". Contrairement aux idées reçues, loin d'être " perdue ", l'Afrique renaît, avec obstination. Les ressources tant humaines que matérielles, et les gisements de sens qu'elle porte, annoncent que l'Afrique est peut-être le continent de l'avenir.
Publisher: Editions L'Harmattan
ISBN: 2296184154
Category : Reference
Languages : fr
Pages : 428
Book Description
Comment repenser les conditions de la renaissance de l'Afrique au sud du Sahara ? L'auteur s'interroge en profondeur sur les limites et l'incapacité des croyances néolibérales à répondre aux attentes des populations africaines confrontées à la précarité dans les différents domaines de la vie quotidienne. En recentrant l'analyse et le débat sur les enjeux et les tensions qui s'articulent autour de la pauvreté, les savoirs endogènes, la ruralité, la population et les réformes économiques, Jean-Marc Ela pose sans complaisance le rapport à l'Afrique en se mettant à l'écoute du " monde d'en-bas ". Contrairement aux idées reçues, loin d'être " perdue ", l'Afrique renaît, avec obstination. Les ressources tant humaines que matérielles, et les gisements de sens qu'elle porte, annoncent que l'Afrique est peut-être le continent de l'avenir.
Church We Want
Author: Orobator, Agbonkhianmeghe E.
Publisher: Orbis Books
ISBN: 1608336689
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Featuring essays from a broad range of contributors this book is a treasure for anyone interested in theological reflection from an African perspective and is a necessary resource for theologians and scholars working in a church that is steadily moving its center to the Global South.
Publisher: Orbis Books
ISBN: 1608336689
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Featuring essays from a broad range of contributors this book is a treasure for anyone interested in theological reflection from an African perspective and is a necessary resource for theologians and scholars working in a church that is steadily moving its center to the Global South.
Crossing the Line in Africa
Author: Ambe Ngwa
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9956550787
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
This book explores a collective understanding of the perception and treatment of borders in Africa. The notion of boundary is universal as boundaries are also an important part of human social organization. Through the ages, boundaries have remained the container by which national space is delineated and contained. For as long as there has been human society based on territoriality and space, there have been boundaries. With their dual character of exclusivism and inclusivism, states have proven to adopt a more structural approach to the respect of the former in consciousness of the esteem of international law governing sovereignty and territorial integrity. However, frontier peoples and their realities have often opted for the latter situation, imposing a more functionalist perception of these imaginary lines and prompting a border opinion shift to a more blurring form of representation and meaning in most African communities. This collective multidisciplinary effort of understanding how tangible and intangible borders have influenced Africas attitude and existence for ages is worthy in its own rights. The difference between what borders are and what they are not to a people is the mere product of their own estimations and practices, a disposition that leads the contributors to this book to study borders beyond states or nations and how borders are crossed or transferred from one point to the other for the convenience of their histories and being.
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9956550787
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
This book explores a collective understanding of the perception and treatment of borders in Africa. The notion of boundary is universal as boundaries are also an important part of human social organization. Through the ages, boundaries have remained the container by which national space is delineated and contained. For as long as there has been human society based on territoriality and space, there have been boundaries. With their dual character of exclusivism and inclusivism, states have proven to adopt a more structural approach to the respect of the former in consciousness of the esteem of international law governing sovereignty and territorial integrity. However, frontier peoples and their realities have often opted for the latter situation, imposing a more functionalist perception of these imaginary lines and prompting a border opinion shift to a more blurring form of representation and meaning in most African communities. This collective multidisciplinary effort of understanding how tangible and intangible borders have influenced Africas attitude and existence for ages is worthy in its own rights. The difference between what borders are and what they are not to a people is the mere product of their own estimations and practices, a disposition that leads the contributors to this book to study borders beyond states or nations and how borders are crossed or transferred from one point to the other for the convenience of their histories and being.
The Church Cannot Remain Silent
Author: Romero, Oscar
Publisher: Orbis Books
ISBN: 1608336425
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Publisher: Orbis Books
ISBN: 1608336425
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
African theology in the 21st century : the contribution of the pioneers. 2
Author: Bénézet Bujo
Publisher: Paulines Publications Africa
ISBN: 9966081577
Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Publisher: Paulines Publications Africa
ISBN: 9966081577
Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Innovating Development Strategies in Africa
Author: Landry Signé
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316802396
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
During the second half of the twentieth century, African states shifted away from state-led development strategies, and are now moving towards a strategy of regional economic integration. In this book, Landry Signé explores the key drivers of African policy and economic transformation, proposing a preeminent explanation of policy innovations in Africa through the examination of postcolonial strategies for economic development. Scholars and practitioners in fields as varied as development studies, political science and public policy, economics, sociology and African studies will benefit from Signé's unprecedented comparative analysis, including detailed cases from the often understudied Francophone Africa. First studying why, how and when institutional or policy change occurs in Africa, Signé explores the role of international, regional and national actors in making African economic development strategies from 1960 to date, highlighting the economic transformations of the twenty-first century.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316802396
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
During the second half of the twentieth century, African states shifted away from state-led development strategies, and are now moving towards a strategy of regional economic integration. In this book, Landry Signé explores the key drivers of African policy and economic transformation, proposing a preeminent explanation of policy innovations in Africa through the examination of postcolonial strategies for economic development. Scholars and practitioners in fields as varied as development studies, political science and public policy, economics, sociology and African studies will benefit from Signé's unprecedented comparative analysis, including detailed cases from the often understudied Francophone Africa. First studying why, how and when institutional or policy change occurs in Africa, Signé explores the role of international, regional and national actors in making African economic development strategies from 1960 to date, highlighting the economic transformations of the twenty-first century.
Youth-Led Social Movements and Peacebuilding in Africa
Author: Ibrahim Bangura
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000614077
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This book critically examines and analyses the active role played by youth-led social movements in pushing for change and promoting peacebuilding in Africa, and their long-term impacts on society. Africa’s history is characterised by youth movements. The continent’s youth populations played pivotal roles in the campaign against colonialism and, ever since independence, Africa’s youth have been at the center of social mobilisation. Most recently, social media has contributed significantly to a further rise in youth-led social movements. However, the impact of youth voices is often marginalised by patriarchal and gerontocratic approaches to governance, denying them the place, voice, and recognition that they deserve. Drawing on empirical evidence from across the continent, this book analyses the drivers and long-term impacts of youth-led social movements on politics in African societies, especially in the area of peacebuilding. The book draws attention to the innovative ways in which young people continue to seek to re-engineer social space and challenge contexts that deny them their voice, place, recognition and identity. This book will be of interest to researchers across the fields of social movement studies, youth studies, peace and conflict studies, history, political sciences, social justice, and African studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000614077
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This book critically examines and analyses the active role played by youth-led social movements in pushing for change and promoting peacebuilding in Africa, and their long-term impacts on society. Africa’s history is characterised by youth movements. The continent’s youth populations played pivotal roles in the campaign against colonialism and, ever since independence, Africa’s youth have been at the center of social mobilisation. Most recently, social media has contributed significantly to a further rise in youth-led social movements. However, the impact of youth voices is often marginalised by patriarchal and gerontocratic approaches to governance, denying them the place, voice, and recognition that they deserve. Drawing on empirical evidence from across the continent, this book analyses the drivers and long-term impacts of youth-led social movements on politics in African societies, especially in the area of peacebuilding. The book draws attention to the innovative ways in which young people continue to seek to re-engineer social space and challenge contexts that deny them their voice, place, recognition and identity. This book will be of interest to researchers across the fields of social movement studies, youth studies, peace and conflict studies, history, political sciences, social justice, and African studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license
Indigenous Knowledge and the Integration of Knowledge Systems
Author: Catherine Alum Odora Hoppers
Publisher: New Africa Books
ISBN: 9781919876580
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
This book explores the role of the social and natural sciences in supporting the development of indigenous knowledge systems. It looks at how indigenous knowledge systems can impact on the transformation of knowledge generating institutions such as scientific and higher education institutions on the one hand, and the policy domain on the other.
Publisher: New Africa Books
ISBN: 9781919876580
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
This book explores the role of the social and natural sciences in supporting the development of indigenous knowledge systems. It looks at how indigenous knowledge systems can impact on the transformation of knowledge generating institutions such as scientific and higher education institutions on the one hand, and the policy domain on the other.
Dissent: The Highest Stage of Patriotism
Author: Wuteh Vakunta
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 995655362X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Dissent: The Highest Stage of Patriotism is a treatise on dissent as the acme of love for one's fatherland. Arguing against the grain, the author avoids smug patriotism; that which manages to make everything about the homeland flawless and beautiful. It is the author's conviction that the greatness of a nation resides not in citizens' blind sycophancy, but rather in their willingness to call into question dereliction of duty by political leadership. The goal of this book is to educate global citizens on the quintessence of political vigilance.
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 995655362X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Dissent: The Highest Stage of Patriotism is a treatise on dissent as the acme of love for one's fatherland. Arguing against the grain, the author avoids smug patriotism; that which manages to make everything about the homeland flawless and beautiful. It is the author's conviction that the greatness of a nation resides not in citizens' blind sycophancy, but rather in their willingness to call into question dereliction of duty by political leadership. The goal of this book is to educate global citizens on the quintessence of political vigilance.
The Oxford Handbook of the Economy of Cameroon
Author: Célestin Monga
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192848526
Category : Cameroon
Languages : en
Pages : 801
Book Description
Cameroon's suboptimal economic experience since independence (1960) sheds light on broader issues of Africa's development narrative, and provides valuable economic and policy knowledge. While Cameroon's large informal economy is diverse and resilient and rooted in old business traditions, its formal economy has exhibited low productivity and employment growth for over 60 years. This has brought anger, disappointment, and violent conflict in several regions of the country. The Oxford Handbook of the Economy of Cameroon examines the reasons of Cameroon's unsatisfactory economic performance and draws lessons from successful development experience to help tackle these issues. The Handbook provides a critical assessment of the history, patterns, and strategies of economic development in Cameroon, and outlines new approaches to economic enquiry for prosperity and social change. Through Cameroon's governance story, the handbook analyzes the evolving conceptions of economic policy, takes stock of intellectual progress, documents the challenges of implementation, and outlines the intellectual and policy agenda ahead. For a developing country increases in per capita income arise from advances in technology arise from closing the knowledge and technology gap with those at the frontier. And within any country (especially one like Cameroon), there is enormous scope for productivity improvement simply by closing the gap between best practices and average practices. Standards of living can therefore be improved through the implementation of pertinent learning strategies. In this Oxford Handbook of the Economy of Cameroon, an international team of leading development economists and researchers address the wide range of issues facing Cameroon and provide guiding principles on how best the country (and other developing nations) could move human, capital, and financial resources from low- to high-productivity sectors in a constantly changing global economy.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192848526
Category : Cameroon
Languages : en
Pages : 801
Book Description
Cameroon's suboptimal economic experience since independence (1960) sheds light on broader issues of Africa's development narrative, and provides valuable economic and policy knowledge. While Cameroon's large informal economy is diverse and resilient and rooted in old business traditions, its formal economy has exhibited low productivity and employment growth for over 60 years. This has brought anger, disappointment, and violent conflict in several regions of the country. The Oxford Handbook of the Economy of Cameroon examines the reasons of Cameroon's unsatisfactory economic performance and draws lessons from successful development experience to help tackle these issues. The Handbook provides a critical assessment of the history, patterns, and strategies of economic development in Cameroon, and outlines new approaches to economic enquiry for prosperity and social change. Through Cameroon's governance story, the handbook analyzes the evolving conceptions of economic policy, takes stock of intellectual progress, documents the challenges of implementation, and outlines the intellectual and policy agenda ahead. For a developing country increases in per capita income arise from advances in technology arise from closing the knowledge and technology gap with those at the frontier. And within any country (especially one like Cameroon), there is enormous scope for productivity improvement simply by closing the gap between best practices and average practices. Standards of living can therefore be improved through the implementation of pertinent learning strategies. In this Oxford Handbook of the Economy of Cameroon, an international team of leading development economists and researchers address the wide range of issues facing Cameroon and provide guiding principles on how best the country (and other developing nations) could move human, capital, and financial resources from low- to high-productivity sectors in a constantly changing global economy.