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This handbook investigates the current state and future possibilities of African Philosophy, as a discipline and as a practice, vis-à-vis the challenge of African development and Africa's place in a globalized, neoliberal capitalist economy. The volume offers a comprehensive survey of the philosophical enterprise in Africa, especially with reference to current discourses, arguments and new issues--feminism and gender, terrorism and fundamentalism, sexuality, development, identity, pedagogy and multidisciplinarity, etc.--that are significant for understanding how Africa can resume its arrested march towards decolonization and liberation. --

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- History of philosophy --- kapitalisme --- Africa --- Philosophy, African. --- Afrocentrism. --- Civilization --- Philosophy. --- Africa—History. --- Philosophy, Asian. --- Ethnology—Africa. --- History of Philosophy. --- African History. --- Non-Western Philosophy. --- African Culture. --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Asian philosophy --- Oriental philosophy --- Philosophy, Oriental

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This volume interrogates global health and especially the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the role that science has played in mitigating the human experiences of pandemics and health over the centuries. Science, and the scientific method, has always been at the forefront of the human attempt at undermining the virulent consequences of sicknesses and diseases. However, the scientific image of humans in the world is founded on the presumption of possessing the complete understanding about humans and their physiological and psychological frameworks. This volume challenges this scientific assumption. Global health denotes the complex and cumulative health profile of humanity that involves not only the framework of scientific researches and practices that investigates and seeks to improve the health of all people on the globe, but also the range of humanistic issues - economic, cultural, social, ideological - that constitute the sources of inequities and threat to the achievement of a positive global health profile. This volume balances the argument that diseases and pandemics are human problems that demand both scientific and humanistic interventions. Francis Egbokhare is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Ibadan, a public intellectual and a former president of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL), Nigeria. His areas of specialization include ethics and citizenship; culture and development, grammar, phonology and sociolinguistics. In addition, he has published works on open and distance education and management of higher education. He is the co-editor (with R. P. Schaefer) of A Dictionary of Emai (2007), A Grammar of Emai (2016), and Class Marking in Emai (2019). Adeshina Afolayan is a Professor of African Philosophy at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His areas of specialization include philosophy of politics, African cultural studies, and African philosophy. He is the author of Philosophy and National Development in Nigeria (2018), a co-editor of the Palgrave Handbook of African Philosophy (2017), Pentecostalism and Politics in Africa (2018), and Pathways to Alternative Epistemologies in Africa (2021), editor of Identities, Histories and Values in Nigeria (2021), and co-author of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: Afrobeat, Rebellion and Philosophy (2022).

Science—Social aspects. --- Human body—Social aspects. --- Sociology. --- Public health. --- Medicine and the humanities. --- Sociology of Science. --- Sociology of the Body. --- Public Sociology. --- Public Health. --- Medical Humanities. --- Humanities and medicine --- Humanities --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Social hygiene --- Health --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Social medicine. --- Communicable diseases. --- Medical care --- Medical sociology --- Medicine --- Medicine, Social --- Public health --- Public welfare --- Sociology --- Medical ethics --- Medical sociologists --- Contagion and contagious diseases --- Contagious diseases --- Infectious diseases --- Microbial diseases in human beings --- Zymotic diseases --- Diseases --- Infection --- Epidemics --- Social aspects

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As the epicenter of Christianity has shifted towards Africa in recent decades, Pentecostalism has emerged as a particularly vibrant presence on the continent. This collection of essays offers a groundbreaking study of the complex links between politics and African Pentecostalism. Situated at the intersection between the political, the postcolonial, and global neoliberal capitalism, contributors examine the roots of the Pentecostal movement’s extraordinary growth; how Pentecostalism intervenes in key social and political issues, such as citizenship, party politics, development challenges, and identity; and conversely, how politics in Africa modulate the Pentecostal movement. Pentecostalism and Politics in Africa offers a wide-ranging picture of a central dimension of postcolonial African life, opening up new directions for future research.

Religious studies --- International relations. Foreign policy --- Politics --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- History of civilization --- History --- History of Africa --- Afrikaans --- Afrikaanse cultuur --- etnologie --- religie --- geschiedenis --- politiek --- wereldpolitiek --- kapitalisme --- North Africa --- Africa

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This edited volume analyzes African knowledge production and alternative development paths of the region. The contributors demonstrate ways in which African-centered knowledge refutes stereotypes depicted by Euro-centric scholars and, overall, examine indigenous African contributions in global knowledge production and development. The project provides historical and contemporary evidences that challenge the dominance of Euro-centric knowledge, particularly, about Africa, across various disciplines. Each chapter engages with existing scholarship and extends it by emphasizing on Indigenous knowledge systems in addition to future indicators of African knowledge production. Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba is Associate Professor at the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa and Visiting Scholar, Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Canada. Adeshina Afolayan is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso is Associate Professor of political science and Acting Dean Faculty of Social Science at Babcock University, Nigeria.

Ethnoscience --- Indigenous knowledge systems --- Traditional knowledge systems (Ethnology) --- Ethnology --- Science --- Africa—Politics and government. --- Economic development. --- African Politics. --- Development and Post-Colonialism. --- Regional Development. --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse

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This edited volume analyzes African knowledge production and alternative development paths of the region. The contributors demonstrate ways in which African-centered knowledge refutes stereotypes depicted by Euro-centric scholars and, overall, examine indigenous African contributions in global knowledge production and development. The project provides historical and contemporary evidences that challenge the dominance of Euro-centric knowledge, particularly, about Africa, across various disciplines. Each chapter engages with existing scholarship and extends it by emphasizing on Indigenous knowledge systems in addition to future indicators of African knowledge production. Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba is Associate Professor at the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa and Visiting Scholar, Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Canada. Adeshina Afolayan is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso is Associate Professor of political science and Acting Dean Faculty of Social Science at Babcock University, Nigeria.

International relations. Foreign policy --- Economic order --- Economic conditions. Economic development --- politiek --- economische ontwikkelingen --- Africa