Marginality and crisis: globalization and identity in contemporary Africa
Section I: Discourse on Globalization 1. Introduction. - Rasheed O. Olaniyi, Olutayo C. Adesina, and Akanmu G. Adebayo 2. Globalization: The Politics of "We " and "Them ". - Osita Agbu 3. Origin and Dynamics of Globalization: A Historical Approach. - Samuel Oluwole Ogundele 4. Compatriotism vs. Cosmopolitanism: Exploring a New Cosmo-Morality of Human Relations from the Yoruba in the Age of Globalization. - Ronald Olufemi Badru Section II: Globalization and Culture 5. Kiswahili Language and the Future of East African Integration in the Age of Globalization. - Mwanakombo Mohammed Noordin 6. The Kabba Dress: Identity and Modernity in Contemporary Cameroon. - Flavius Mayoa Mokake 7. Beyond Memoir: Echoes of Globalization, Identity, and Gender Struggle in Soyinka's Ake: The Years of Childhood. - Ayo Ogunsiji 8. From the Global to the Local: The Media and Islam in Nigeria, 1979-2007. - H. O. Danmole Section III: Marginality: Africa and the Political Economy of Globalization 9. Globalization and the Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises: An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Privatization on the Nigerian Economy. - David Omeiza Moveh 10. Contemporary Trade, Investment Practices, and the Challenges of Regionalism and Poverty Alleviation in Africa. - Aloysius-Michaels Okolie 11. Community-Based Organizations: Household Food and Livelihood Security in Southern Nigeria. - Stephen Onakuse and Eamon Lenihan 12. Trade Liberalization and Employment in Nigeria. - Olayinka Idowu Kareem 13. Globalization, Poverty, and the Failure of States in Africa: Is There a Connection?. - Olalekan Emmanuel Obademi Section IV: Crisis: Hot Spots and Contestations 14. A Cross-Regional Analysis of African Conflicts in the Age of Globalization. - Agbo Uchechukwu Johnson 15. Globalization, Identity Politics, and the Escalation of Ife-Modakeke Crisis. - Olajide 0. Akanji 16. The 2001 Tiv-Jukun Ethnic Crisis: The "Indigene-Settler" Factor Reconsidered. - Moses T. Aluaigba 17. Petroleum, the Environment, and the Economics of Nationalism in the Niger Delta. - Sheriff Folarin and Henry Okodua 18. Oil Conflict in the Niger Delta: Revisiting the Odi Genocide. - Andrew Oseloka Sawyer Section V: Conclusion 19. Conclusion. - Olutayo C. Adesina, Akanmu G. Adebayo, and Rasheed O. Olaniyi