Editors:
- 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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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Africa’s Adaptation to Globalization
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Front Matter
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Governance and Creativity
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of History, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Toyin Falola
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Global Management Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
Kenneth Kalu
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