Political Economy of Colonial Relations and Crisis of Contemporary African Diplomacy

Dr. Kelechi Johnmary Ani is a lecturer in the Department of History and Strategic Studies, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria and Visiting Scholar, Masters in International Relations, University of The Gambia. He is also an Extraordinary Professor in Afrocentric Governance of Public Affairs, North West University, South Africa.

• Chapter One: Colonialism in Africa: An Introductory Review.- Chapter Two: Industrial Processes and Labour Movement in Colonial West Africa 1885-1960.- Chapter Three: Industrial Revolution and International Conflicts: A Reassessment.- Chapter Four: An assessment of the export-import trade in colonial West Africa.- Chapter Five: C.E.A.O And The Thrust Of Economic Cooperation Since 1968.- Chapter Six: Igbo Community in the Old Sokoto Province during the Colonial era, 1903 to 1960.- Chapter Seven: Poverty in Africa and Attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.- Chapter Eight: Nigeria Relations With Her Neighbours In Geopolitical Environment: The Concentric Circle Approach .- Chapter Nine: Steel Industrialisation and Ajaokuta Imbroglio in Nigeria: Exploring Need Analysis from South Korea Steel Industry.- Chapter Ten: The Colonial Nigeria’s Impact in the Allied Bloc’s Victories During the World War II.- Chapter Eleven: The Water Diplomacy Conundrums in the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD) Dispute, 2015 to 2021.- Chapter Twelve: Igbo Communal Idea: A Panacea to the Challenge of Forced International Migration in the 21st Century.- Chapter Thirteen: Economic Dimensions of Xenophobia in South Africa, 1994 – 2018.- Chapter Fourteen:  Natural Resources and Nigeria-Cameroon Bakassi Peninsula Border Conflict.- Chapter Fifteen: Labour Migration in Africa: A Political-Economy.- Chapter Sixteen: Sports, Youth and Diplomacy: The Social-economy and Driver of Societal Development in Africa.- Chapter Seventeen: Examining the Dynamics of China-Africa relations.- Chapter Eighteen: Changing Dynamics of African Diplomacy: Concluding Thoughts from pre-colonial era to Contemporary Times.