Pan-Africanism in Dialogue 21st Century Strategies for the Future

1. Introduction

Nkulu-N’Sengha Mutombo, Mary Nyangweso and Joseph Udo Effiong

Part 1. Theoretical Reflection

2. A Dialogue-Based Approach Towards Inclusive Pan-Africanism

Joseph Udo Effiong

3. Pan-Africanize or Wither Away! Reflection on the Geopolitical Challenges of the 21st Century

Mutombo Nkulu-N’Sengha

Part 2. Gender

4. Gender, Women, and Pan-Africanism: A Reflection on the Role of Women in Pan-African Experience

Mary Nyangweso

5. Pan-Africanism and the Cultural Implications of Discriminating Against Women in

Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria

Clement U. Eton and Ijeoma Loveth Okoye

6. Women and Politics: Challenges and Triumphs in a Patriarchal Zimbabwe

Rejoice Makaudze

7. Pan Africanism and Indigenous Resistance to European Hegemony in Awka Ibom

Area, 1881-1929

Edet Efiong Okon, Nkereuwem David Edemekong, Asuquo O. Anwana and Effiong Jonah Ekpo

Part 3. Leadership

8. Pan-Africanism and Leadership in Africa: A Rale of Paradox in Theory and

Practice

Dennis E. Igwe

9.  A Dialogue on Pan-Africanism and Transformative Patriotism

Joseph Udo Effiong

Part 4. Education

10. A Gendered Pan-African Education: Confronting Social Inequality in the 21^st Century Africa

Mary Nyangweso

11. Pan-African in Action: Expanding Horizons for African Students

Bessie Karras-Lazaris

Part 5. Religion

12. Religious Origins of Pan-Africanism: Reclaiming African Values for Future Prospects

Mary Nyangweso, Selassie, W. Gabriel, Mutombo and Nkulu -N’Sengha

13. Religious Pan-Africanism: Reconstructing the Bible from a Tool of African

Colonization to a Proof of Racial Recognition

Gerald Emem Umoren

14. Pan-African Engagements in Contemporary Societies: The Contribution of the

Religious and Moral Values of the Akan of Ghana

Cosmas Ebo Sarbah

Part 6. Ecology and Climate Change

15. Pan-Africanism and Greening the African Continent through Green Finance: The Role of Central Banks

Odili, Okwuchukwu, Ariwa Florence Onyinye, and Ibeabuch -Ani Ogechi

16. Applying Ubuntu to Environmental Governance: Practices, Case Studies, and Policy Pathways in Africa

Jacob, D. E., Jacob, I. D., Daniel, K. S., Okon, K. E., Akpan, U. U., Ekpa, N., Gideon, I. K., Udoakpan, U. I., and Etigale, E. B.

Part 7. Conclusion and Policy Recommendations

17. Conclusion and Policy Recommendations

Mary Nyangweso, and Mutombo Nkulu N’Sengha

Biography

Mary Nyangweso is the J. W. H. Peel distinguished Chair in Religious Studies at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. Her specialty is African religions, Islam, religion and sexuality, religion and gender rights and religion and healthcare. She is author of Female Genital Cutting: Mutilation or Cultural Right? (2014). Female Circumcision: The Interplay Between Religion, Gender and Culture in Kenya (2007) co-author of Religion, Gender-Based Violence, Immigration, and Human Rights, (Routledge, 2019). Her book ‘Transnational Africa: Culture and Religion in the Diaspora is forthcoming.

Mutombo Nkulu-N’Sengha is a tenured Professor at California State University Northridge (Los Angeles) where he teaches, since 2003, a variety of courses including “Religion, Logic and Media,” and “American Religious Diversity.” Prior to CSUN he taught “African Philosophy” at Haverford College, and various courses at Temple University (Philadelphia) and Montclair State University (in New Jersey). Educated in Africa, Europe and the US, Dr Mutombo received training in Philosophy, Egyptology, Christian theology and Religious Studies. He received his Doctorate at Temple University with a thesis on “Philosophical and theological foundations of an African vision of Human Rights.” He is the Founder of the “Bumuntu Peace Institute.”