Marginality and Crisis

Edited by Akanmu G. Adebayo; Olutayo Adesina and Rasheed Olaniyi Olaniyi - Contributions by Olutayo C. Adesina; Osita Agbu; Olajide Olayemi Akanji; Moses T. Aluaigba; Ronald Olufemi Badru; H O. Danmole; Obademi Olalekan Emmanuel; Sheriff Folarin; Agbo Uch

Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book evaluates the relations between globalization and Africa's multifarious challenges and identities. The nineteen chapters coalesce to demonstrate that the forces and processes of globalization have increased Africa's marginalization, deepened its crises, escalated and intensified its conflicts, and undermined its ability to determine the content and direction of its cultural changes and economic future.

Part 1 Section I: Discourse on Globalization Chapter 2 1. Introduction Chapter 3 2. Globalization: The Politics of "We" and "Them" Chapter 4 3. Origin and Dynamics of Globalization: A Historical Approach Chapter 5 4. Compatriotism vs. Cosmopolitanism: Exploring a New Cosmo-Morality of Human Relations from the Yoruba in the Age of Global-ization Part 6 Section II: Globalization and Culture Chapter 7 5. Kiswahili Language and the Future of East African Integration in the Age of Globalization Chapter 8 6. The Kabba Dress: Identity and Modernity in Contemporary Cameroon Chapter 9 7. Beyond Memoir: Echoes of Globalization, Identity and Gender Struggle in Wole Soyinka's Ake: The Childhood Years Chapter 10 8. From the Global to the Local: The Media and Islam in Nigeria, 1979-2006 Part 11 Section III: Marginality: Africa and the Political Economy of Globalization Chapter 12 9. Globalization and the Privatization of State Owned Enterprises: An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Privatization on the Nige-rian Economy Chapter 13 10 Contemporary Trade, Investment Practices, and the Challenges of Poverty Alleviation in Africa Chapter 14 11. Community-Based Organizations: Household Food and Liveli-hood Security in Southern Nigeria Chapter 15 12. Trade Liberalization and Employment in Nigeria Chapter 16 13. Globalization, Poverty, and the Failure of States in Africa: Is There a Connection? Part 17 Section IV: Crisis: Hotspots and Contestations Chapter 18 14. A Cross-Regional Analysis African Conflicts in the Age of Globalization Chapter 19 15. Globalization, Identity Politics, and the Escalation of Ife-Modakeke Crisis Chapter 20 16. The 2001 Tiv-Jukun Ethnic Crisis: The "Indigene-Settler" Fac-tor Reconsidered Chapter 21 17. Petroleum, the Environment, and the Economics of Nationalism in the Niger Delta Chapter 22 18. Oil Conflict in the Niger Delta: Revisiting the Odi Genocide Part 23 Section V: Conclusion Chapter 24 19. Conclusion