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; Africa’s Radicalisms and Conservatisms I: Politics, Poverty, Marginalization and Education 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 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 Boxes, Maps and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroductionEdwin Etieyibo, Obvious Katsaura and Muchaparara MusemwaPART 1: Pop-Culture, Identities, Knowledge, and Politics1 Knowledge and Social Transformations in AfricaCraig Calhoun2 Belongingness and Obligation to the Community: Rethinking the Foundation for Human Flourishing in the 21st CenturyVictor Clement Nweke and Charles Nkem Okolie3 Democracy, Politics, and the Media in NigeriaEdwin Etieyibo and Godwin Ehiarekhian Oboh4 Implications of Ubuntu for Ordinary Encounters in South Africa: A Philosophical EnquiryDiana Ekor Ofana5 Axiological Proximisation and Discourse Strategies in Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s Anti-establishment SongsAkin Tella6 Multiple Social Identities: A Theoretical Review of the Complexities of Conflicting Social IdentitiesAyodeji Folusho, Akinbode A. Gabriel and Nathan Osareme Odiase7 Discourse on Restructuring in NigeriaEdwin EtieyiboPART 2: Environment, Climate Change and Justice8 Ezi n’ulo as an African Paradigm for Eco-conservationLucky Uchenna Ogbonnaya9 ‘De-Epistemiciding’ Knowledge in the Quest for Environmental Justice in Post-colonial AfricaAkinpelu Ayokunnu Oyekunle10 Climate Injustice and the Role of Climate Justice Movements in Africa: The Case of ZimbabweSandra Bhatasara and Admire M. Nyamwanza11 The Role of Local Institutions in Building Smallholder Farmers’ Adaptive Capacity against Climate Change Impacts in Bikita, ZimbabweOwen Mafongoya, Paramu Mafongoya and Maxwell MudharaPART 3: Colonialism and Globalization12 The Anti-colonial Revolution Converse: Limitations of Nationalism and the Demands of Positive Freedom and Positive JusticeJoseph C. A. Agbakoba13 Developing Nations and the Imperatives of GlobalizationPhilip Onyekachukwu Egbule14 Racism, Colonialism and African PhilosophyEdwin Etieyibo15 Global Oil Capital and the Alienation of Women Land Rights in Uganda’s Oil Village Communities (OVC s)Julius Niringiyimana, William Muhumuza and Rutanga Murindwa16 Enclavism and Dependency: Coffee Production and Illusive Development in ZimbabweTakesure Taringana17 Enlightenment Ideas and ColonialismZainab Monisola Olaitan18 Mental Decolonization: Towards a Self-reliant AfricaOkpowhoavotu Dan EkerePART 4: Migration and Economy19 A Liberal World With or Without BordersEdwin Etieyibo20 Trafficking and Migration Crises in West Africa: The Case of Nigeria and Benin Republic BorderTunde A. Abioro and Omolara Victoria Akinyemi21 Dialectics of Migration as a Vital Household Investment Strategy in Nigeria and a Major Source for Libya’s ‘Slave’ MarketBamidele Omotunde Alabi22 Unemployment, Youth Restiveness and Skills Development in NigeriaAdesoji A. Oni and Olakunle Lateef OlaniranIndex