Africa’s Radicalisms and Conservatisms

Edwin Etieyibo, PhD (2009), University of Alberta, is Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Witwatersrand. His most recent works include Decolonisation, Africanisation and the Philosophy Curriculum, Method, Substance and the Future of African Philosophy and African Philosophy in an Intercultural Perspective.Obvious Katsaura, PhD (2013), University of the Witwatersrand, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand. His research interests are at the intersections of the fields of transnational urbanism, transnational religiosity, religious urbanism, urban politics and urban violence.Muchaparara Musemwa, PhD (2003), University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, is an Associate Professor of History and Head of the School of Social Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand. He is the author of Water, History and Politics in Zimbabwe: Bulawayo’s Struggles with the Environment, 1894-2008 (Trenton: Africa World Press, 2014).

• PrefaceList of Figures, Maps and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroductionMuchaparara Musemwa, Obvious Katsaura and Edwin EtieyiboPART 1: Conservatism, Radicalism and Politics1 Beyond Conservatism and Radicalism? A Decolonial Glimpse into the Post-truth WorldMadina Tlostanova2 Moderating Conservatism and Radicalism in Post-colonial Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Objections and Clarifications through Conversational ThinkingMaduka Enyimba3 Politics of the Countryside after Zimbabwe’s Land Reform Programme: Expectations and Demands of the YouthClement Chipenda4 ‘Not Too Young to Run’ Law and Political Participation among Youths in NigeriaEbenezer Babajide Ishola5 ‘Dirty-Relevance’ of Youths Culture in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic Politics: A Study of Delta and Lagos StatesJonah Uyieh6 Political Opportunism: Populism as a New Political Tactic in South AfricaBright NkrumahPART 2: Social Justice and Poverty7 Social Justice and Persons with Disabilities in NigeriaEdwin Etieyibo8 Poverty and Persons Living with Disabilities in NigeriaOdirin Omiegbe9 Poverty and Illicit Drug Use among Youths in Lagos Metropolis, NigeriaAdekunle Victor Owoyomi10 The Politics of Poverty in Sub-Saharan AfricaJonathan O. Chimakonam11 Informality, Marginality and the State: A Case Study of Low-Income Households in Budiriro, Harare, ZimbabweTafadzwa ChevoPART 3: Marginalization, Terrorism and Intolerance12 Intolerance: The Activities of Ethnic Militias in NigeriaAdeshina Francis Akindutire13 A Complementarity Reflection on Human Interest and Common Good in Africa: Examples of Nigeria’s Ghana-Must-Go and South Africa’s XenophobiaPhillip A. Edema and Adewale O. Owoseni14 Boko Haram Terrorism and Out-of-School Children in North East NigeriaTemitope OwolabiPART 4: Minorities and Education15 Academic Abuse and Violence against Students in Delta State, Nigeria and Its Impact on Their Learning BehaviorIsrael Oberedjemurho Ugoma16 Effects of Lessons on Empathic Responding and Perception on Conflict Reduction among Secondary School AdolescentsPeter Kwaja17 Ethical Dimensions in Research: Informed Consent and Female Gender in NigeriaOlufunke Olufunsho AdegokeIndex