Overview
- Offers thoughtful, accessible analysis of how African states have responded to the challenges of globalization
- Presents policy recommendations for helping African states to play more active and profitable roles in the global economy
- Includes perspectives from a wide variety of disciplines, including political science, economics, development studies, gender studies, and film studies
Part of the book series: African Histories and Modernities (AHAM)
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Keywords
- Atlantic slave trade
- Globalization of Africa
- governance in Africa
- African economy
- Africa in the global market
- African indigenous culture
- African traditions
- colonialism in Africa
- Nigeria's creative sector
- Nigerian film industry
- Nollywood
- prebendalism
- creative space in Africa
- migration of Africans
- neoliberalism
- African political economy
- African development
- soft power in South Africa
Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Africa’s Adaptation to Globalization
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Governance and Creativity
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Kenneth Kalu is Assistant Professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Africa and Globalization
Book Subtitle: Challenges of Governance and Creativity
Editors: Toyin Falola, Kenneth Kalu
Series Title: African Histories and Modernities
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74905-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74904-4Published: 13 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09101-9Published: 12 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74905-1Published: 30 May 2018
Series ISSN: 2634-5773
Series E-ISSN: 2634-5781
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 258
Topics: African History, African Culture, African Politics, Development Studies