Africa and Navigating the Current Global Crisis

Emmanuel D. Babatunde is Full Professor of Anthropology and Education at Lincoln University, USA. He also served as the Director of Honors Program for Talented Students from 1993 to 2006. He is a Fulbright Senior Program Specialist, with expertise in globalization and the marginalization of Africa South of the Sahara.Kelebogile T. Setiloane is Full Professor of Nutrition in the Department of Behavioral Health and Nutrition and Director of the African Studies program at the University of Delaware, USA. Her work concentrates on international public health with a focus on the nutrition and livelihoods of low-income women and children in Africa and the United States. She is a recipient of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship, a senior mentor of the CODESRIA College of Mentors, and has been a visiting scholar at a number of universities in Africa.

• Chapter 1. General Introduction; Emmanuel D. Babatunde and Kelebogile T. Setiloane Part I. Continental Chapter 2. Organ Trafficking and Youth Unemployment in Africa: The Nexus; Cecy Edijala Balogun and Yetunde Adebunmi Aluko Chapter 3. Multilateralism and the Re-emergence of Competitive Bilateral Alliances in Emerging Democracies: The Case of Africa South of the Sahara; Emmanuel Vincent Nelson Kallon Chapter 4. A Crisis of the Uptake and Implementation of Public-Private Partnerships for Educational Infrastructure Development in Zimbabwe’s State Universities; Charles Massimo Chapter 5. Corrupted Gender Identities: Which Way Africa?; Pamela Anyango OlooChapter 6. Afro Hip Hop Culture and Youth Resistance of Gerontocracy in Africa; Jeremiah Oluwadara Omotayo Chapter 7. Rethinking Democratic Practices in Africa: A Panacea to Political Insecurity; Francis Tazoacha Chapter 8. Towards a Decent Nation during the Current Global Crisis: Lessons from the Political and Social Contestations over Dress in Malawi, 1964-1994; Chifundo Terrisa-Kamba Chapter 9. Bini and Yoruba Characteristics of the Human under Pressure: The 1918 and 2023 Pandemics Compared; Emmanuel D. Babatunde and Kelebogile T. Setiloane Chapter 10. The Balanced Score Card Management Model as a Tool for Private Healthcare Service Providers in Nigeria to Improve Profits and Healthcare Outcomes for Patients; Matthew Uzukwu Part II. Diaspora and Global Chapter 11. Afro-Brazilian Women and Memories of Displacement; Ana Alakija Chapter 12. Sab-khenti-Seshesh in the Caribbean: E-clustering for Dealing with the Current Global Economic Crisis; Abdul Karim Bangura Chapter 13. The Problem with Pedagogy: A Situational Analysis; Anitra Butler-NgugiChapter 14. Analysis of Pre- and Post-departure Experiences of Returnee Ugandan Migrant Domestic Workers from Saudi Arabia; Florence Munyonyo Asiimwe and Denis Musinguzi Chapter 15. Ubuntu Feminism: Philosophizing Universal Gender Justice into Women’s Equality and Empowerment; Simon Gisege Omare Chapter 16. Enhancing Cybersecurity in the Face of the Current Global Crisis: Empowering Africa and Its Diaspora; Emmanuel Kange