Globalization and socio-cultural processes in contemporary Africa / edited by Eunice N. Sahle.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Contemporary African political economy.
Other Authors: Sahle, Eunice Njeri (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Series:Contemporary African political economy.
Subjects:
Globalization > Africa.
Africa > Social conditions > 21st century.
Africa > Social life and customs > 21st century.
Africa > Civilization > 21st century.
2000 - 2099
Civilization.
Globalization.
Manners and customs.
Social conditions.
Africa.
Physical Description:x, 286 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part I: Socio-cultural processes
  • Globalization, cybersexuality among Ghanaian youth, and moral panic / Wisdom Tettey
  • "Marriage is the solution": born-again Christianity, American global health policy, and the Ugandan effort to prevent HIV/AIDS / Lydia Boyd
  • Globalization and new Christian geographies in Africa: a cautionary optimism amidst growing Afropessimism / Joseph Mensah
  • Contemporary Islamic discourses in Senegal: between the local and the global / Mamarame Seck
  • Language policies in East Africa / Esther Lizanza
  • Part II: Cultural production
  • Globalization and African cinema: distribution and reception in the Anglophone region / Martin Mhando
  • African cultural producers and border thinking: Dennis Brutus, Micere Mugo, Sembene Ousmane and Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo / Kari Dahlgren
  • Missionaries for capital: brand marketers and music sponsorship in Uganda / David Pier
  • Soul to soul: hip hop, globalization, and Africa / Perry Hall.