Negotiating Identities in Contemporary Africa

doi:10.5771/9781666944495

Negotiating Identities in Contemporary Africa

Gender, Religion, and Ethno-cultural Identities

1. Edition 2023

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Abstract

Negotiating Identities in Contemporary Africa: Gender, Religion, and Ethno-cultural Identities explores the changing dynamics of identities in Africa, with a focus on gender, ethno-cultural, and religious identity. Toyin Falola and Emmanuel M. Mbah argue that because identity defines who we are as individuals or groups, studies on African identities must focus on understanding the changing dynamics in the socio-economic and political spheres in the continent. These chapters cover subjects such as women’s career identity, gender roles and knowledge, childlessness, ethnocentrism and democracy, cultural identity through theater, Black identity in the diaspora, and diasporic consciousness. Using existing scholarship, the chapters in this edited volume challenge our understanding of what identity entails and provide new discussions on the hitherto politicized historiography of some identities in Africa.

Schlagworte

Philosophy Political Science African History African Studies Africana Studies Boko Haram Gender Identity Gender Inequality History Identities in Africa Ethnocentrism Ethnocultural Identities Sociology Traditional Gender Roles Religious Identity

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i–26 Chapter 1 Sowing in the Wind Namulundah Florence Namulundah Florence i–26
27–40 Chapter 2 Gendered Political Institutions and Women’s Career Identity Construction Wakil Ajibola Asekun Wakil Ajibola Asekun 27–40
41–62 Chapter 3 To Have or Not to Have Namulundah Florence Namulundah Florence 41–62
63–92 Chapter 4 Gender and Initiation Rites in Ejagham Land of Cameroon Victor Ntui Atom Victor Ntui Atom 63–92
93–112 Chapter 5 Restoring Gender Knowledge in Kenya’s Mau Mau War Mickie Mwanzia Koster Mickie Mwanzia Koster 93–112
113–130 Chapter 6 Gender Inequality in the Peace-Building Process during the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon Primus Fonkeng Primus Fonkeng 113–130
131–146 Chapter 7 From Hapless Victims to Helpful Collaborators? Femi Adegbulu Femi Adegbulu 131–146
147–156 Chapter 8 A Comparative Study of the Influence of Modernization on Traditional Gender Roles of Men and Women in Lagos and Ogun States, Nigeria Tolu Ogunleye Tolu Ogunleye 147–156
157–176 Chapter 9 Ethnocentrism, Democratization, and Nation Building in Africa Steve A. Iyayi Steve A. Iyayi 157–176
177–200 Chapter 10 Identity Dynamics in the Southern Tier of the Cameroon-Nigeria Frontier Victor Ntui Atom Victor Ntui Atom 177–200
201–222 Chapter 11 Redefining Cultural Identity in Nigeria through Dramatic and Theatrical Arts Adedoyin Aguoru Adedoyin Aguoru 201–222
223–240 Chapter 12 Black Identity, Diasporic Consciousness, and Nigeria’s Ambivalence to Pan-Africanism Ajibola A. Abdulrahman Ajibola A. Abdulrahman 223–240
241–254 Chapter 13 Sidis in India, and of India Too? Pradeep Mallik Pradeep Mallik 241–254
255–260 Appendix 255–260
261–268 Index 261–268
269–274 About the Editors and Contributors 269–274

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