Reframing contemporary Africa : politics, economics, and culture in the global era / [edited by] Peyi Soyinka-Airewele, Rita Kiki Edozie.

Includes bibliographical references.

Reframing contemporary Africa : beyond global imaginaries / Peyi Soyinka-Airewele and Rita Kiki Edozie -- Commentary : reconfiguring the study of Africa / Mahmood Mamdani -- Not out of Africa? Sifting facts from fiction in the new balkanization of Africa / Iheanyi N. Osondu -- The myth and reality of Africa : a nudge towards a cultural revolution / Oyekan Owomoyela -- Towards the globalization of African history : a generational perspective : commentary / Paul Tiyambe Zeleza -- Remembering the forgotten histories of enslavement and African contributions to abolition in Africa : the case of the Gold Coast (Ghana) / Kwabena Akurang-Parry -- Colonial legacies : ghosts, gulags, and the silenced traumas of empire / Peyi Soyinka-Airewele -- Box 7.1 Revisiting development in ancient and medieval Africa / James Graham -- The intersection of African identities in the twenty-first century : old and new diasporas and the African continent / William Ackah -- Civil society and sociopolitical change in Africa : a brief theoretical commentary / Célestin Monga -- New frames in African democratic policies : discourse trajectories / Rita Kiki Edozie -- Your blues ain't my blues : how "international security" breeds conflicts in Africa / Siba Grovogui -- The global economic order and its socioeconomic impact : the African perspective / Fantu Cheru -- The new oil Gulf of Africa : global geopolitics and enclave oil-producing economies / Okbazghi Yohannes -- The politics of HIV/AIDS in Africa : representation and the political economy of disease / Susan Craddock -- Reshaping power and the public sphere : the political voices of African writers / Pius Adesanmi -- African cinema : visions, meanings, and measures / Jude Akudinobi -- Engendering African history : a tale of sex, politics, and power / Anene Ejikeme -- Between multiple ideals of feminism : an intercontinental engagement with womanhood : a young scholar's response and commentary / Kendra Sundal -- Millennial challenges for contemporary African affairs : reconstructing from within : a commentary / Wole Soyinka -- Human rights in Africa : the limited promise of liberalism / Mukau Mutua -- Africa in international relations theory : addressing the quandary of Africa's ongoing marginalization within the discipline / Christopher LaMonica -- Reframing Africa in the global era : the relevance of postcolonial studies / Rita Kiki Edozie and Peyi Soyinka-Airewele.

It is impossible to study Africa without understanding the debate about how to study Africa. At last, a book showcases the complexities and paradoxes of Africa{u2019}s recent and more distant history, while avoiding simplistic, Eurocentric conceptualizations of 2black Africa.3 With this book, Peyi Soyinka-Aiwerele and Rita Kiki Edozie offer students the background and perspectives they need to comprehend the dynamics of the continent as well as a clear path through the current literature and scholarly debate. With a cross-disciplinary approach that features political, historical, and economic analysis as well as popular culture and sociological views on contemporary issues, Reframing Contemporary Africa provides an unparalleled breadth of coverage. Essays written by a distinguished and international group of scholars{u2014}including William Ackah, Pius Adesanmi, Susan Craddock, Caroline Elkins, Siba Grovogui, Mahmood Mamdani, Mutua Makau, Celestin Monga, Wole Soyinka, and Paul Tiyambe Zeleza{u2014}are designed to distill original scholarship for undergraduate readers. Each contribution helps students engage with the work and arguments of luminaries while exposing them to renowned African thinkers. Contributors deliver analysis that allows students to see beyond the clichés commonly presented in the media (and even in scholarship), and helpful section openers by Soyinka-Airewele and Edozie frame forthcoming chapters, giving important thematic and historical context. Reframing Contemporary Africa will certainly provoke new debate and reflection, not merely about African issues and politics, but also about the West and its framing of Africa.