Africa and Globalization

Abdul Karim Bangura is Researcher-In-Residence of Abrahamic Connections and Islamic Peace Studies at the Center for Global Peace in the School of International Service at American University, USA. He is also the director of The African Institution, a visiting graduate professor of Regional Integration at the University of Cabo, a senior doctoral dissertations mentor of the CODESRIA College of Mentors, and the international director and adviser of the Centro Cultural Guanin in the Dominican Republic.Kelebogile T. Setiloane is Associate 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 several universities in Africa, including Obafemi Owolowo University, University of Pretoria Postgraduate School of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.

• Part I: Diopian Pluridisciplinary Treatises on Globalization and Africa’s Socioeconomic and Political Development in the 21st Century.- Chapter 1: Why It Is Okay for Africans to Be Who They Are in a Globalized World that Has Become Inhumane.- Chapter 2: The Effects of the Politics of Globalization on Politics in Africa: How African Countries Can Achieve Significant Political Stability and Equality in International Multilateral Political Institutions.- Chapter 3: Engeli yokulya oluwombo: Social Media and the Transformation of African and Black Diasporic Forms of Communication.- Chapter 4: Self-Governance, Political Uniformity and the Significance of Policy Alignment for Education and Training Programs.- Chapter 5: The Impact of Globalization on African Languages and Linguistics: A Systematic Analysis Using the Theorem of Accelerated Language Deaths.- Part II: Global Knowledge Production, Development, and Economic Transformation in the Era of Globalization.-Chapter 6: Re-Africanizing Breast Feeding as Africa’s Gift to Global Health in this Era of Globalization.- Chapter 7: The Challenges of the Increasing Consumerism in Africa in the Era of Globalization: A Systematic Analysis Employing Consumerism Theory.- Chapter 8: The Continuing Impact of HIV/AIDS on Development in Africa: A Systematic Analysis Using the Political Systems and Contagious Disease Theories.- Chapter 9: The Impact of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on African Sustainability and Growth in the Era of Globalization.- Chapter 10: Combining Rehk Methodology and Cheikh Anta Diop’s Postulates as a Systematic Approach for Assessing the Substantiveness of Indigenous Knowledge Production Systems in Africa.- Part III: Lessons from Old and New Pan-Africanism for Dealing with the Challenges of Globalization in Africa.- Chapter 11: Old and New Pan-Africanism vis-à-vis Regional Integration: Lessons for Dealing with the Challenges of Globalization.- Chapter 12:Pan-Africanism and Regional Integration in Africa in the Era of Globalization: A Systematic Analysis Utilizing Consciencist Methodology.- Chapter 13: Lessons from Martin Robinson Delany’s Tenets on Pan-Africanism and How They Can Be Employed to Combat the Encroachment of Globalization in Africa.- Chapter 14: Hrārā/S-tut/Qeṭ: Re-conceptualizing Pan-African Studies in the Era of Globalization Using a Mixture of Ancient Egyptian, Diopian, Mazruiana, Mbitian, and Asanteian Perspectives.