New Narrative for Africa

<p>This book examines the perception of Africa in the global system tracing Africa’s transition from a problem to be solved into an agent with a rising voice in the world.</p><p>Mixing <i>Afro-optimism</i> with heavy doses of <i>Afro-reality </i>and<i> Afro-responsibility</i> this book calls for a new political narrative about Africa that captures the multi-disciplinary dimensions of Africa’s “transition” and critically examining its ramifications. The author discusses the origins of the “Problem” perception held about Africa and explains how things are turning around and how the continent is now becoming a voice to be heard rather than a problem to be solved. He then goes on to interrogate some of the key manifestations of this new “voice” and identifies how the world is responding to the new “voice” of Africa before finally examining some of the contradictions that have been embedded in the transition. The book is strategically multi-disciplinary - emphasizing key disciplines of African studies in different chapters - for example: anthropology ethnography and philosophy in Chapter 1; history in Chapter 2; economics in Chapter 3; politics in Chapter 4; arts literature and aesthetics in Chapter 5; religion in Chapter 6; and globalization in Chapter 7. Through this <i>A New Narrative for Africa</i> explores and analyses several of the various strands of the African studies discipline examining the transformation of African on the global stage over the course of its history. </p><p>Taking an interdisciplinary approach this book will be of interest across African Studies Global Affairs Politics Economics and Development studies.</p>