1st Edition
Oppression and Resistance in Africa and the Diaspora
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Phases of Oppression and Resistance
Kenneth Kalu and Toyin Falola
Section A: Reflections and Mediation on the African Condition
Chapter 1: Emerging African Women Writing the Diaspora
Delphine Fongang
Chapter 2: Acts of Culture: Similarities between Amílcar Cabral's Unity and Struggle and Walter Rodney's The Groundings with my Brothers
Michael Sharp
Chapter 3: Ali Mazrui’s Analytical Penchant for the Dialectics: Intellectual Creativity and the Explanatory Potency of Mazruiana
Wanjala S. Nasong’o
Chapter 4: Heroes Are Usually Honored: Hip Hop’s Revival of Dedan Kimathi
Mickie Mwanzia Koster
Section B: Faces of Oppression and Resistance
Chapter 5: The Lasting Cultural Impact of the Haitian Revolution in the Spanish Caribbean
Ann Albuyeh
Chapter 6: Emerging Trajectories in the Niger Delta Struggle
Olawari D.J Egbe and Temitope B. Oriola
Chapter 7: Kabyle Resistance & Berber Oppression
Céline A. Jacquemin
Chapter 8: From Gun to Guitar: The Performance of Tuareg Nationalism
Bonnie Bates
Section C: Conflicts and Conflict Resolution
Chapter 9: African Reconstruction (or Reinvention) in Confederate and Neo-colonial Landscapes of the Twenty-First Century
Rev. Monica M. Esparza
Chapter 10: Transcending Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo through Art
Thérèse De Raedt
Chapter 11: Faith-Based and African Traditional Perspectives in Conflict Transformation and Resolution
Daniel Njoroge Karanja
Chapter 12: African "Communal" Ritual as Tool for Conflict Transformation
Oluwagbemiga T. Dasylva
Conclusion
Kenneth Kalu and Toyin Falola
Biography
Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair Professor in the Humanities and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at The University of Texas at Austin. A celebrated scholar of global stature, Prof. Falola has published numerous books and essays in diverse areas. He has received various awards and honors, including the Jean Holloway Award for Teaching Excellence, the Texas Exes Teaching Award and seven honorary doctorates. He is the Series Editor of "Carolina Studies on Africa and the Black World", among several others.
Kenneth Kalu is Assistant Professor at Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. He received his PhD from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Kalu’s research interests revolve around Africa’s political economy. He is particularly interested in examining the nature, evolution and interactions of economic and political institutions, and how these institutions shape the business environment and economic growth in Africa. His essays have appeared in several academic journals and edited volumes. Kenneth has held senior executive positions in the public and private sectors in Nigeria and Canada.
