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Global Africa is a striking, original volume that disrupts the dominant narratives that continue to frame our discussion of Africa, complicating conventional views of the region as a place of violence, despair, and victimhood. The volume documents the significant global connections, circulations, and contributions that African people, ideas, and goods have made throughout the world—from the United States and South Asia to Latin America, Europe, and elsewhere. Through succinct and engaging pieces by scholars, policy makers, activists, and journalists, the volume provides a wholly original view of a continent at the center of global historical processes rather than on the periphery. Global Africa offers fresh, complex, and insightful visions of a continent in flux.

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"In much writing about Africa, the continent is portrayed either as a self-contained space or as a region whose fate has been determined from outside--by enslavement, colonization, and, indeed, 'globalization.' The rich variety of contributions to Global Africa point to more diverse and complex ways of thinking about the importance and limitations of Africa's connections to the rest of the world."--Frederick Cooper, author of Africa in the World: Capitalism, Empire, Nation-State "In their wonderful Global Africa, Dorothy Hodgson and Judi Byfield have provided the public with a badly needed and smartly executed intellectual survey of important themes in African Studies and a vital and accessible guide to the topic."--Howard W. French, Associate Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, author of A Continent for the Taking: the Tragedy and Hope of Africa; China's Second Continent: How a Million Migrants are Building a New Empire in Africa ; and Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China's Push for Global Power . "There are few volumes that have taken the 'global' and 'Africa' as comprehensively in its main dimensions as this one. From the conceptual to the literally material to the sacred juridical, the authors explore and expose profound entanglements which are as resonant today as they have ever been. To be able to have in one volume a set of essays that takes us all over continental Africa and an Africa that resonates as richly in China and India as in Spain, through the eyes of politicians as through soccer players, . . . is treasure indeed."--Abena P. A. Busia, Chair, Department of Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers University

Author Biography

Dorothy L. Hodgson is Professor of Anthropology and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the Graduate School - New Brunswick at Rutgers University. Judith A. Byfield is Associate Professor of History and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Cornell University.

Table of Contents

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments0.1 • Why Global Africa?Dorothy L. Hodgson and Judith A. ByfieldPART I.ENTANGLED HISTORIES1.1 • PROFILE: Ibn Khaldun: The Father of the Social SciencesOludamini Ogunnaike1.2 • Trade and Travel in Africa's Global Golden Age (AD 700–1500)François-Xavier Fauvelle1.3 • Three Women of the Sahara: Fatma, Odette, and SophieE. Ann McDougall1.4 • Afro-Iberians in the Early Spanish Empire, ca. 1550–1600Leo J. Garofalo1.5 • "From the Land of Angola": Slavery, Marriage, and African Diasporic Identities in Mexico City before 1650Frank Trey Proctor III1.6 • "Ethiopia Shall Stretch" from America to Africa: The Pan-African Crusade of Charles MorrisBenedict Carton and Robert Trent Vinson1.7 • Africans in India, Past and PresentRenu ModiPART II.POWER AND ITS CHALLENGES2.1 • PROFILE: Leymah Gbowee: Speaking Truth to PowerPamela Scully2.2 • Pan-Africanism: An Ideology and a MovementHakim Adi2.3 • Mwalimu Nyerere as Global ConscienceChambi Chachage2.4 • Power, Conflict, and Justice in Africa: An Uncertain MarchStephen Mogaka and Stephen Ndegwa2.5 • Where Truth, Lies, and Privilege Meet Poverty . . . What Is Hope? Reflecting on the Gains and Pains of South Africa's TRCSarah Malotane Henkeman and Undine Whande2.6 • Commerce, Crime, and Corruption: Illicit Financial Flows from AfricaMasimba Tafirenyika2.7 • Working History: China, Africa, and GlobalizationJamie Monson, Tang Xiaoyang, and Liu Shaonan2.8 • The Radicalization of Environmental Justice in South AfricaJacklyn CockPART III.CIRCULATIONS OF COMMUNITIES AND CULTURES3.1 • PROFILE: A Taste of Africa in Harlem: Red RoosterJudith A. Byfield3.2 • Networks of Threads: Africa, Textiles, and Routes of ExchangeVictoria Rovine3.3 • Sending Forth the Best: African Missions in ChinaHeidi Østbø Haugen3.4 • PHOTO ESSAY: Baohan Street: An African Community in Guangzhou, ChinaMichaela Pelican and Li Dong3.5 • The African Literary Tradition: Interview with Ngugi wa Thiong'oMukoma Wa Ngugi3.6 • African Soccer's Global StoryPeter Alegi3.7 • Art, Identity, and Autobiography: Senzeni Marasela and Lalla EssaydiChrista Clarke3.8 • Raï and Rap: Globalization and the Soundtrack of Youth Resistance in Northern AfricaZakia SalimePART IV.SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND HEALTH4.1 • PROFILE: A Conversation with Microbiologist Dr. Sara EyangohTamara Giles-Vernick4.2 • The Politics, Perils, and Possibilities of Epidemics in AfricaDouglas Webb4.3 • Generative Technologies from AfricaRon Eglash4.4 • "Money in Your Hand": M-PESA and Mobile Money in KenyaDillon Mahoney4.5 • What's in Your Cell Phone?James H. Smith4.6 • Bioprospecting: Moving beyond Benefit SharingRachel Wynberg4.7 • Of Waste and Revolutions: Environmental Legacies of Authoritarianism in TunisiaSiad DarwishPART V.AFRICA IN THE WORLD TODAY5.1 • PROFILE: Africa Calling: A Conversation with Mo IbrahimStuart Reid5.2 • From Lesotho to the United Nations: The Journey of a Gender Justice AdvocateKeiso Matashane-Marite5.3 • Meschac Gaba: Museum of Contemporary African ArtKerryn Greenberg5.4 • Africa in Nollywood, Nollywood in AfricaOnookome Okome5.5 • Globalizing African Islam from Below: West African Sufi Masters in the United StatesCheikh Anta Babou5.6 • Afropolitanism and Its DiscontentsObadias Ndaba5.7 • PHOTO ESSAY: Awra Amba: A Model "Utopian" Community in EthiopiaSalem MekuriaAbout the EditorsIndex

Review

"This book serves as an invaluable resource for geographers, historians, and all social scientists, as well as any members of the public interested in learning more about this complicated and fascinating continent." * Polymath *"In the collection of essays Global Africa Into the Twenty-First Century, editors Dorothy Hodgson and Judith Byfield tackle the challenge V.Y. Mudimbe identified as 'the idea of Africa.' Their aim is to push readers to think deeply about and grapple with the dynamic nature of Africa as a geographic space, situating Africa at the center of global processes by demonstrating the pivotal roles Africans have played in producing and circulating ideas and initiating 'transformations throughout the world'." * African Studies Review *"Challenging popular perceptions of Africa as a place of despair and violence, this volume describes the contributions that African people, ideas and goods have made throughout the world – contributions which, according to the editors, demonstrate that Africa occupies a central position in global historical processes." * Survival: Global Politics and Strategy *"A refreshingly edited collection that offers a number of unusual views on Africa's global connectedness and entanglements." * New Global Studies *

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"This book serves as an invaluable resource for geographers, historians, and all social scientists, as well as any members of the public interested in learning more about this complicated and fascinating continent."

Details ISBN0520287355 Author Judith Byfield Publisher University of California Press Year 2017 ISBN-10 0520287355 ISBN-13 9780520287358 Format Hardcover Imprint University of California Press Subtitle Into the Twenty-First Century Place of Publication Berkerley Country of Publication United States DEWEY 306.096 Pages 416 Edited by Judith Byfield Illustrations 40 b-w photos and 2 maps, scat Short Title Global Africa Language English Series Number 2 UK Release Date 2017-08-01 Publication Date 2017-08-01 AU Release Date 2017-08-01 NZ Release Date 2017-08-01 US Release Date 2017-08-01 Series The Global Square Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this

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