1st Edition
Public Health in Postcolonial Africa The Social and Political Determinants of Health
This fascinating, multi-disciplinary collection examines how public health interventions in postcolonial Africa mirror wider manifestations of power in the region.
Beyond the role of public health intervention in tackling disease and prolonging life, the book measures the social and political determinants of health which continue to exist in the postcolonial era. The volume features contributions from scholars across both the social sciences and humanities, exploring ongoing debates across a broad range of themes, including:
- Infopolitics, biopolitics and healthcare.
- Emerging infectious diseases, environment and food cultures.
- Health interventions and economic security.
- Church administration and healthcare.
- Livelihood, sex, sexuality and HIV/AIDS.
Offering a fresh and insightful understanding of health issues in this important global region, and including chapters on issues around the Covid-19 pandemic, the book will interest students and researchers across a range of disciplines, including global health, politics and African studies.
Introduction: Public Health in Postcolonial Africa
Olukayode A. Faleye, Tanimola M. Akande and Inocent Moyo
Part I: Healthcare Policy, Politics of Space and Social Justice
Chapter One - Politics of Healthcare Reform in Postcolonial Nigeria
Harriet Efanodor and Ozekhome G. Igechi
Chapter Two – Framing Climate Change-Public Health Nexus in the Political Economy of Adaptive Systems in Postcolonial Africa
Olukayode A. Faleye, Tanimola M. Akande and Inocent Moyo
Chapter Three – Rhetoric of Public Policies and Equity in Access to Health Care in Postcolonial Senegal
Marième Ciss
Chapter Four – Spatial Politics of Health and The Control of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers in Post-Colonial Africa: Lessons from Lagos
Olukayode A. Faleye, Arthur C. Okafor and Jonathan Dangana
Part II: Church Administration and the Religious Determinants of Health
Chapter Five – Socioeconomic Dynamics of Covid-19 Pandemic, Church Administration and Social Welfare in Nigeria
Peter O. Alokan and Opeyemi Aluko
Chapter Six – Social Determinants of Health: The Contributions of the Catholic Church to Healthcare Delivery in Postcolonial Nigeria
Josephine Balogun and Emmanuel Okla
Part III: Sociopolitical Significance of Sexuality, Medicaments and Sexual Transmitted Diseases
Chapter Seven – Sociopolitical Significance of Asian Aphrodisiacs and African Sexualities in Postcolonial Zimbabwe
Basure Hardlife
Chapter Eight – Mass Media, Sexuality and the Social Determinants of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria
Andrew Ate, Ewomazino D. Akpor and Anthonia Otsupious
Part IV: Sociopolitical Determinants of Illness and Wellness in the African Literary Discourse
Chapter Nine – Traditional Medicine and Public Health in Postcolonial African Literary Discourse
Ngetcham Njouonap and Gbetnkom Assiatou
Chapter Ten – Necropolitics and the Expression of "Madness" in Nigerian Poetry
Solomon Awuzie
Chapter Eleven – Trumpism and the Necropolitics of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Implications and Relevance to the African Sociopolitical Ambience
Durojaiye Owoeye
Conclusion: Towards Postcolonial Approaches to Health in a Globalized World
Olukayode A. Faleye, Tanimola M. Akande and Inocent Moyo
Biography
Olukayode A. Faleye is Associate Professor in History and International Studies, Edo State University, Uzairue, Edo State, Nigeria.
Tanimola M. Akande is Professor of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
Inocent Moyo is Associate Professor in Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Zululand, South Africa.
