Marginality and crisis globalization and identity in contemporary Africa

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section I. Discourse on Globalization -- 1. Introduction / Akanmu G. Adebayo -- 2. Globalization: The Politics of "We" and "Them" / Osita Agbu -- 3. Origin and Dynamics of Globalization: A Historical Approach / Samuel Oluwole Ogundele -- 4. Compatriotism vs. Cosmopolitanism: Exploring a New Cosmo-Morality of Human Relations from the Yoruba in the Age of Globalization / Ronald Olufemi Badru -- Section II. Globalization and Culture -- 5. Kiswahili Language and the Future of East African Integration in the Age of Globalization / Mwanakombo Mohammed Noordin -- 6. The Kabba Dress: Identity and Modernity in Contemporary Cameroon / Flavius Mayoa Mokake -- 7. Beyond Memoir: Echoes of Globalization, Identity, and Gender Struggle in Soyinka's Ake: The Years of Childhood / Ayo Ogunsiji -- 8. From the Global to the Local: The Media and Islam in Nigeria, 1979-2007 / H. O. Danmole -- Section III. Marginality: Africa and the Political Economy of Globalization -- 9. Globalization and the Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises: An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Privatization on the Nigerian Economy / David Omeiza Moveh -- 10. Contemporary Trade, Investment Practices, and the Challenges of Regionalism and Poverty Alleviation in Africa / Aloysius-Michaels Okolie -- 11. Community-Based Organizations: Household Food and Livelihood Security in Southern Nigeria / Eamon Lenihan -- 12. Trade Liberalization and Employment in Nigeria / Olayinka Idowu Kareem -- 13. Globalization, Poverty, and the Failure of States in Africa: Is There a Connection? / Olalekan Emmanuel Obademi -- Section IV. Crisis: Hot Spots and Contestations -- 14. A Cross-Regional Analysis of African Conflicts in the Age of Globalization / Agbo Uchechukwu Johnson -- 15. Globalization, Identity Politics, and the Escalation of Ife-Modakeke Crisis / Olajide O. Akanji -- 16. The 2001 Tiv-Jukun Ethnic Crisis: The "Indigene-Settler" Factor Reconsidered / Moses T. Aluaigba -- 17. Petroleum, the Environment, and the Economics of Nationalism in the Niger Delta / Henry Okodua -- 18. Oil Conflict in the Niger Delta: Revisiting the Odi Genocide / Andrew Oseloka Sawyer -- Section V. Conclusion -- 19. Conclusion / Rasheed O. Olaniyi.

""Marginality and Crisis competently documents and analyzes the manipulation, marginalization, and fragmentation of the mass of the African people through the agency of a decadent, materialistic, and fanatically secular culture that contemporary transnational capitalism purveys across the globe. Political and policy elites across the globe would do well to heed the call of this must-read volume---that the way forward is a return to the ontology of globalization as a commitment to the construction of an authentic global village, where shared human values and social solidarity are given free rein."---Adekunle amuwo, University of KwaZulu-Natal" ""This is essential reading for those seriously interested in understanding the complex political, social, and economic dimensions of globalization in African societies and the imaginative response of these societies to this enigmatic postwar phenomenon. Adebayo, Adesina, and Olaniyi and their colleagues have given us a critical volume on the transformative impact of globalization in contemporary African states, effectively engaging intersections of the local and the global, tradition and modernity, state and society. With compelling case studies, this volume is an important and timely contribution to African studies."---Olufemi Vaughan, Bowdoin College" ""This is a detailed study of an important subject. Marginality and Crisis brings out some of the neglected dimensions of globalization on a continent that has always been at the receiving end of global vicissitudes. The chapters are rigorous and lucid, and they provide all the analysis one needs to know on a phenomenon that is bound to dominate discussions in Africa for some time to come."---Abiodun Alao, King's College London" "Marginality and Crisis: Globalization and Identity in Contemporary Africa extends the scope and understanding of the effects of globalization and its forces on Africa. With each chapter written by specialists who recognize that the future of Africa is entwined with that of the rest of the world, this volume explains with fresh vigor the new thinking on the historical specificity, value, opportunity, and shortcomings of globalization for a continent many regard as marginalized and in crisis. An invaluable source for scholars, students, and the general reader, the chapters in this book have confidently and clearly explored and explaind the crises that have engulfed the continent in the age of globalization. In the face of much pessimism, this volume identifies key areas in which Africa can become more proactive and outward-looking in response to the forces and values that take the globe as their reference points."--BOOK JACKET.