The Development of Africa : Issues, Diagnoses and Prognoses

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This volume analyses many of the real development challenges confronting the African continent, presenting fresh and current objective examinations, narratives, interpretations and pathways to the continent’s development. It interrogates and answers established, critical, current and pragmatic problems confronting Africa today, and provides workable pathways out of the development problems, so that scholarship, policy and practice will be positively impacted. This volume adds great depth and extended breadth to the knowledge base on development of Africa. It provides excellent resources for academics, scholars, student, policy makers and all those interested in issues affecting Africa’s development. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Introduction: The Development of Africa: Issues, Diagnoses and Prognoses (Olayinka Akanle, Jìmí Olálékan Adésìnà)....Pages 1-8 Conceptualizing and Framing Realities of Africa’s Development (Abel Akintoye Akintunde, Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale)....Pages 9-28 Africa and the Development Narratives: Occurrences, History and Theories (Augustine Okechukwu Agugua)....Pages 29-52 Theorizing Africa’s Development Problem (Natéwindé Sawadogo, Evéline M. F. W. Sawadogo Compaoré)....Pages 53-68 Poverty in Africa (Kolawole Emmanuel Omomowo)....Pages 69-94 Education in Africa (Chizoba Vivian Nwuzor)....Pages 95-114 The Land Question, Agriculture, Industrialization and the Economy in Zimbabwe: A Critical Reflection (Busani Mpofu)....Pages 115-132 Africa’s Governance Travails After More Than Two Decades of Democratic Experiments (Madalitso Zililo Phiri)....Pages 133-153 The Limitations of Peace Negotiations and Identity Constructs in Conflict-Prone Countries in Africa: A Focus on the Central African Republic (CAR) (Wendy Isaacs-Martin)....Pages 155-171 Africa and the Media (Damilola Adegoke)....Pages 173-188 Retooling Africa’s Development: Child and Youth Inclusion in the Development Agenda (Victor Ogbonnaya Okorie)....Pages 189-206 Health and Diseases in Africa (Benjamin Anaemene)....Pages 207-226 Corruption and Africa (Richard A. Aborisade, Nurudeen B. Aliyyu)....Pages 227-254 Africa and Climate Change Refugees’ Quandary: Kenya Perspectives (Joseph M. Karanja, Zakaria Abdul-Razak)....Pages 255-267 Gender in Africa (Olabisi Sherifat Yusuff)....Pages 269-288 Non-state Actors as the Strategic Realm in Africa’s Development (Olayinka Akanle)....Pages 289-306 Globalization and Africa’s Development (Olanrewaju Emmanuel Ajiboye)....Pages 307-322 Breaking the Incubus? The Tripartite Free Trade Agreements and the Prospects of Developmental Integration in Africa (Samuel O. Oloruntoba)....Pages 323-336 Peace and Security in Africa: United Nations Challenges (Primus Fonkeng)....Pages 337-356 African Development Initiatives (Peter Elias)....Pages 357-374 Africa, Migration and Development: The Lagos Women of Bamenda Grassfields, Cameroon (Walter Gam Nkwi)....Pages 375-387 Aid and Development in Africa (Simeon K. Koffi)....Pages 389-412