ISBN:
978-0-253-03438-0
,
978-0-253-03260-7
,
978-0-253-03262-1 /eBook
Language:
English
Pages:
viii, 334 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Keywords:
Afrika Algerien
;
Benin
;
Äthiopien
;
Ghana
;
Kenia
;
Republik Niger
;
Nigeria
;
Sahara
;
Sahel
;
Südafrika
;
Tansania
;
Turkana
;
Uganda
;
Diula
;
Yoruba
;
Geschichte
;
Unternehmenskultur
;
Heiler
;
Sport
;
Handel
;
Frau und wirtschaftliche Rolle
;
Sozio-ökonomischer Aspekt
;
Wirtschaft
;
Wirtschaftlicher Wandel
;
Kolonialgeschichte
;
Dekolonisation
;
Lagos 〈Nigeria〉
Abstract:
A tapestry of innovation, ideas, and commerce, Africa and its entrepreneurial hubs are deeply connected to those of the past. Moses E. Ochonu and an international group of contributors explore the lived experiences of African innovators who have created value for themselves and their communities. Profiles of vendors, farmers, craftspeople, healers, spiritual consultants, warriors, musicians, technological innovators, political mobilizers, and laborers featured in this volume show African models of entrepreneurship in action. As a whole, the essays consider the history of entrepreneurship in Africa, illustrating its multiple origins and showing how it differs from the Western capitalist experience. As they establish historical patterns of business creativity, these explorations open new avenues for understanding indigenous enterprise and homegrown commerce and their relationship to social, economic, and political debates in Africa today.
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Part I. Mercantile and artisanal networks -- Part II. Female entrepreneurs and gendered innovation -- Part III. Entrepreneurship as political initiative -- Part IV. Unconventional entrepreneurs -- Part V. African enterprise in the shadow of colonization -- Epilogue : African entrepreneurship, past and present, Moses E. Ochonu -- Index
Note:
Enthält eine Introduction und 13 Beiträge
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