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The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Africa presents to a broad readership an accessible, comprehensive, up to date, and topical comparative analysis of sociological thinking in Africa. Sociological discourse about African societies has been challenging and difficult, due to a lack of both comprehensive analyses and holistic sociological evidence that covers Africa from past to present times. This Handbook brings together latest analyses of sociological phenomena from the best scholars working on numerous thematic areas. It provides contributions that locates African sociological thinking in historical context and takes a critical look at its current manifestations across the continent. This collection builds upon an existing body of literature which has demonstrated that while the analysis of African societies has long been an item on the agenda of sociologists worldwide, advances of the decolonial critique made notably by African scholars in Africa enhances the scholarship of the sociology of Africa. Thus, the collection is premised upon the understanding that in order to understand the sociology of Africa as significant intervention, the participation and representation of African ways of knowing and doing is a critical starting point. This Handbook comprises a series of scholarly and interdisciplinary perspectives on current debates over how best to unpack sociological imaginations in African context. The scholarly contributions, therefore, are based on both perspectives illustrating the importance of specificity in sociological phenomenon.The Handbook is arranged in seven parts: Context and Perspectives; Race, Ethnicity, and Religion; Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectionality; Medical Sociology: Political Economy and Development; Crime and Violence; and The Family and Education. Premised on the importance of African ways of knowing and doing, these chapters offer sociologists, researchers, and students an invaluable starting point for a fuller understanding of African sociology.
Table of Contents
I. THE SOCIOLOGY OF AFRICA:THE CONTEXT AND PERSPECTIVES1. The Sociology of Africa: A Thematic Contextualization of the DiscourseR. SOORYAMOORTHY AND NENE ERNEST KHALEMA2. The Epistemology of African Sociological Knowledge PracticesANSELM K. JIMOH, MOSES M. AKPOUGHUL-ABUNYA AND PEACE O. JEMIBOR3. Decolonizing Sociology in Africa: Insights from Zimbabwe and South AfricaSIMBARASHE GUKURUMEII. RACE, ETHNICITY & RELIGION4. Race and its Sociological Inquiry in Africa: Problematic Suppositions and Contemporary PredicamentsNENE ERNEST KHALEMA5. Ethnicity, Politics of Power Sharing and Nation Building in AfricaINYOKWE SUNDAY OTINCHE6. Religious Life in African SocietiesNICOLETTE D. MANGLOS-WEBER7. Advent, Development and Impact of Christianity in AfricaISAAC DEJI AYEGBOYIN AND MICHAEL ADELEKE OGUNEWUIII. GENDER, SEXUALITY AND INTERSECTIONALITY8. Women's and Gender Studies in AfricaNAKANYIKE B. MUSISI9. Intersectionality of Gender and Sexuality in African CulturesGABISILE MKHIZE10. Prevalence and Consequences of Gender-Based Violence on Families in AfricaSITAWA R. KIMUNA AND PACIFICAH F. OKEMWAIV. MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY11. Medical Sociology in Africa: Understanding Health, Illness, and HealingTOLÁ OLÚ PEARCE12. African Sociology of Health and Well-beingJIMOH AMZAT, OLIVER RAZUM AND AISHA A. ADARANIJO13. Social Determinants of Health in AfricaJIMOH AMZAT, KAFAYAT AMINU AND BRENDA MUCHABVEYO14. Infectious Diseases in Africa: Emergence, Social Contexts, Political and Media DiscoursesN'KOUÉ EMMANUEL SAMBIENI AND DAVID HOUÉTOV. POLITICAL ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT15. The Sociological Implications of Africa's Political EconomyMANU LEKUNZE16. Pan-Africanism and Development in Africa: Trajectories and PrognosesERNEST TOOCHI ANICHE, IKENNA MIKE ALUMONA, AND VICTOR H. MLAMBO17. The Sociology of Science in AfricaNELIUS BOSHOFF, JOHANN MOUTON AND SIMILO NGWENYA18. Sociological Processes of Urbanization: The African Experience since the Twentieth CenturyDONALD CHIUBA OKEKE AND MAXWELL UMUNNA NWACHUKWU19. Africa's Nature: A Continental Treasure, a Global Heritage and the Real Wealth of the Present and Future GenerationsNOEL CHELLAN20. Climate Governance and Justice: Power Pull and Unequal Exchanges with Peripheral AfricaAYODELE ADEKUNLE FAIYETOLE AND GODWIN CHINEDUM IHEMEJE21. Civil Society, NGOs and Human Rights in AfricaMOHAMED EL HACHIMI AND RACHID TOUHTOUVI. CRIME AND VIOLENCE22. Criminology in AfricaBIKO AGOZINO AND NONTYATYAMBO DASTILE23. African Criminologies: Decolonization, Relativism and ResistanceIAN WARREN AND EMMA RYAN24. Elusive Peace: Extraction and Violent Conflict in AfricaDAVID MATSINHE25. Insurgency and Organized Violence in Africa: A Cross-National ApproachOBASESAM OKOI AND TEMITOPE B. ORIOLAVII. THE FAMILY AND EDUCATION26. Familial Roles, Responsibilities, and Solidarity in Diverse African SocietiesRUTH EVANS, ROSALIE ADUAYI DIOP AND FATOU KÉBÉ27. Managing Uncertainty, Creating Stability: The Enduring Value of Kinship for Family FormationSANGEETHA MADHAVAN, KIRSTEN STOEBENAU AND SEUNG WAN KIM28. Challenges to Higher Education in Africa and the decolonized "Academia We Want"CHRISTINE SCHERER
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