ISBN:
1-4985-3430-9
,
978-1-4985-3430-7
,
978-1-4985-3431-4 /eBook
Language:
English
Pages:
xx, 192 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karte
DDC:
303.4826
Keywords:
Afrika Nigeria
;
Mali
;
Globalisierung
;
Literatur
;
Internet
;
Sprache und Kultur
;
Theater
;
Film
;
Fernsehen
;
Diaspora
;
Haushalt
;
Sozialer Aspekt
;
Soziale Bedingungen
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Africans and Globalization: Linguistic, Literary, and Technological Contents and Discontents considers the substance and dissatisfactions of globalization on Africa and its Diaspora. Although variously framed across disciplines, globalization has generally entailed non-milieu bound interactions, which alters the existence of its participants. The concerns about the impact of globalization have been raised in relation to Africa and have related to the helpful and deleterious effects. Increasingly, industrialization (without consideration of environmental impacts) and westernization (including erosion of indigenous values) are perceived as synonymous with globalization. This multidisciplinary collection contends that in theory, globalization linked Africa with the world through trade and information sharing, thereby increasing development. This collection provides reflections based on contemporary research within the linguistic, literary, and technological areas of study. It illustrates that globalization is not a single process but rather a complex set of processes that seemingly operate in an oppositional manner. The collected works make for exciting appraisal as they highlight some of the contents and discontents of globalization across multiple areas of human endeavor in Africa and its diaspora.
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents and Discontents of Globalization on the African Continent and its Diaspora: An Introduction / Akinloye Ojo, Oyinlola Longe, and Karim Traore -- Part I: Language and Culture -- Part II: Literature -- Part III: Performance Arts -- Part IV: Education, Pedagogy, and Technology -- . Part V: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Housing -- Conclusion: A Final Word on Contentment and Restlessness Regarding Globalization in Africa and its Diaspora / Ojo Akinloye -- Index -- About the editors and contributors
Note:
Enthält eine Einführung und Schlußbetrachtung, und 15 Beiträge
