The Invisible Challenges And Prospects For Africa

Over fifty-five years of independence, African countries continue to suffer from the precolonial challenges and confusions. Notably, the African dream has been abandoned, and the pursuits of which have been kidnapped by a gang of destiny robbers hopping about as messiahs without direct appointment by the African people. These groups of opportunistic and materially possessed misguiders claiming to be leaders of Africa have defiled all odds and continue to enjoy the top cream at the expense of starving population. Yet the African people are squarely responsible for every misfortune they are suffering from. For so many years, Africans have been offered opportunities to elect leadership based on quality and the content of their brains, but a majority of them prefer to go for other qualities which are completely unjustifiable and misguided. A factor that has contributed to the mass breeding of ineffective and insensible cadre of misleaders the continent continues to suffer from. The African continent is featured as a wealthy continent with numerous natural resources. The irony remains that the resources from the bellies of Africa are not utilized for the benefit of the African people, despite benefiting many other continents outside Africa. Africans are implored in this book to wake up and reposition themselves in the rightful places before the world. The writer utilizes rare evidences within the African context to narrate the story of the unfortunate perpetual underdevelopment of the African continent, which for the rest of the time has been surviving at the mercies of generosity of other tax payers in most of her sustenance, but even so, management of the generously acquired support is lacking with several accounts of theft and looting of public resources reported every day in the continent. Life gets harder by the day and for many years, Africans have been moving away into other civilizations to seek “greener pastures” which seem not to be greener anymore. The rest of the world, just like Africa are beginning to feel the pinch of economic hardships and service provision to citizens is taken into focus. Meanwhile, the continued elopement scheme of the African masses into other continents is depriving her of her only vital resource it needs to jump start her journey to economic freedom and power. It is only through erection of effective and astute leadership that the Africa dreams will be secured and realized.

Over 55 years if independence and self-rule, African countries continue to suffer from the pre-colonial challenges and confusions. Notably, the African dream has been abandoned and the pursuits of which has been kidnapped by a gang of destiny robbers hopping about as messiahs without direct appointment by the African people. These group of opportunistic and materially possessed mis-guiders claiming to be leaders of Africa have defiled all odds and continues to enjoy the top cream at the expense of starving population. Yet the African people are squarely responsible for every dint they are suffering of. For so many years, Africans have been offered opportunity to elect leadership based on quality and the content of their brain, but a majority of them prefer to go for other qualities. a factor that has contributed to the mass breeding of ineffective and insensible cadre of misleaders the continent continues to suffer from.The African continent is featured as a wealthy continent with numerous natural resources. The irony remains that the resources from the bellies of Africa are not utilized for the benefit of the African people, despite benefiting many other continents outside Africa. Africans are implored in this book to wake up and reposition themselves in the rightful places before the world. The writer utilizes rare evidences within the African context to narrate the story of the unfortunate perpetual underdevelopment of the African continent, which for the rest of the time has been surviving at the mercies of generosity of other tax payers in most of her sustenance, but even so, management of the generously acquired support is lacking with several accounts of theft and looting of public resources reported everyday in the continent. Life gets harder by the day and since the many years, Africans have been moving away into other civilizations to seek "greener pastures" which seem no to be greener anymore. The rest of the world, just like Africa are beginning to feel the pinch of economic hardship and service provision to citizens is taken into focus. Meanwhile, the continued elopement scheme of the African masses is depriving her of her only vital resource it needs to jump start her journey to economic freedom and power. It is only through erection of the effective leadership that the Africa dreams will be secured.The exodus has left Africa with acute shortage of skilled workforce and innovations cannot be at peak. Gainful employment opportunities are limited and communities still suffer from lack of basic services. However, the mere fact that there are no jobs is not seen as an ex cathedral justification to seek for alternative elsewhere. The African youths are taken into special focus and advised on the need to stay in Africa and make their contributions count for the continent. It remains the onus of the African masses to choose which leadership they would wish to have. A fair, just and democratic society or a den of robbers where the poor are used as critical stepping emblem for the rich. Accounts of success stories in the African continent are faintly elucidated with a view to offer the African population a sense of victory. Good leaders from the continent are also mentioned to emphasize the fact that there are no shortages of good men and women in African who are capable of leading Africa into the promised paradise. Electoral management within the African context is viewed with an aim to contextualize major electoral malpractices several African countries have faced since independence. A new dawn for Africa is declared. But this new phase must have the full involvement of the African people.

African Families in the Twenty-First Century explores the idea that the family is the basic unit of society and an enduring multifunctional institution in Africa. The functions and structures of African families, as well as the multiple roles played by Africa's women, are undergoing structural changes. The ways in which education, employment, and current economic conditions reshape these complex roles are immense. The challenges facing African families and their members-such as globalization, war, poverty, economic restructuring, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, harmful traditional practices, aging, and care and support of the elderly-have magnified due to a series of economic, social, political, religious, ecological, and other related factors. Author Aderanti Adepoju explores the vulnerability and resilience of African families in the face of these crises and challenges. He also looks at the opportunities facing African families in the new millennium. Because of the importance of African families to the development process, African Families in the Twenty-First Century is essential reading for planners, policy makers, activists, academics, and students.

Our Continent, Our Future presents the emerging African perspective on this complex issue. The authors use as background their own extensive experience and a collection of 30 individual studies, 25 of which were from African economists, to summarize this African perspective and articulate a path for the future. They underscore the need to be sensitive to each country's unique history and current condition. They argue for a broader policy agenda and for a much more active role for the state within what is largely a market economy. Finally, they stress that Africa must, and can, compete in an increasingly globalized world and, perhaps most importantly, that Africans must assume the leading role in defining the continent's development agenda.

This book enters the discourse of the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education in Africa. The book provides critical insights comprising topical themes from transformation, citizenship and gender, researching to ethical perspectives of teaching and learning.

Understanding the political and socio-economic factors which give rise to youth recruitment into militant organizations is central to grasping some of the most important issues that affect the contemporary Middle East and Africa. In this book, Khalid Mustafa Medani explains why youth are attracted to militant organizations, examining the specific role economic globalization plays in determining how and why militant activists emerge. Based on extensive fieldwork, Medani offers an in-depth analysis of the impact of globalization, neoliberal reforms and informal economic networks on the rise and evolution of moderate and militant Islamist movements. In an original contribution to the study of Islamist and ethnic politics, he shows the importance of understanding when and under what conditions religious rather than other forms of identity become politically salient. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.