Jostling Between "Mere Talk" & Blame Game?

Munyaradzi Mawere

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One of the fundamental challenges in rethinking and remaking development in Africa from a Pan African perspective is that too much “mere talk” and “blame game” have played out at the expense of “real action”. The blame game and mere talk on Africa’s poverty and underdevelopment jam have remained printed in bold on the face of the continent, yet Africa’s dire situation warrants nothing less than real emphatic action. This book focuses on the empirics of the production and reproduction of poverty and underdevelopment across Africa in a fashion that warrants urgent pragmatic policy attention and quest for workable homegrown solutions to persistent predicaments. The volume advances the need to recognise the realities of global inequalities and move swiftly in a most informed and transparent manner to address the poverty and underdevelopment conundrum. The book sets the tempo and pace on the need for praxis and pragmatism on the African situation. It is handy to students and practitioners in African studies, poverty and development studies, global studies, policy studies, economics and political science.

Sujets

• Social sciences
• Development studies
• African Studies
• Regional Studies

Informations

• Publié par: Langaa RPCIG
• Date de parution: 14 février 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9789956764358
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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Jostling Between “Mere Talk” and Blame Game?
Edited by Munyaradzi Mawere
Beyond Africa’s Poverty and Underdevelopment Game Talk
One of the fundamental challenges in rethinking and remaking development
in Africa from a Pan African perspective is that too much “mere talk”
and “blame game” have played out at the expense of “real action”. The
blame game and mere talk on Africa’s poverty and underdevelopment jam
have remained printed in bold on the face of the continent, yet Africa’s
dire situation warrants nothing less than real emphatic action. This book
focuses on the empirics of the production and reproduction of poverty and
underdevelopment across Africa in a fashion that warrants urgent pragmatic Jostling Between “Mere policy attention and quest for workable homegrown solutions to persistent
predicaments. The volume advances the need to recognise the realities of
global inequalities and move swiftly in a most informed and transparent Talk” and Blame Game?
manner to address the poverty and underdevelopment conundrum. The
Beyond Africa’s Poverty and Underdevelopment Game Talkbook sets the tempo and pace on the need for praxis and pragmatism on
the African situation. It is handy to students and practitioners in African
Edited by Munyaradzi Mawere studies, poverty and development studies, global studies, policy studies,
economics and political science.
MUNYARADZI MAWERE is currently professor at Great
Zimbabwe University. He is an author of more than 50 books and holds a
PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Cape Town.
Langaa Research & Publishing
Common Initiative Group
P.O. Box 902 Mankon
Bamenda
North West Region
Cameroon

Jostling Between
“Mere Talk” & Blame Game?
Beyond Africa’s Poverty and
Underdevelopment Game Talk




Edited by

Munyaradzi Mawere






















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from the publisher About the Contributors


Munyaradzi Mawere is a Professor in the Simon Muzenda School
of Arts, Culture and Heritage Studies at Great Zimbabwe University
in Zimbabwe. He holds a Ph. D in Social Anthropology, Master’s
Degree in Social Anthropology, Master’s Degree in Development
Studies, Master’s Degree in Philosophy and, a B. A (Hons) Degree in
Philosophy. Before joining this university, Professor Mawere was a
lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe and at Universidade
Pedagogica, Mozambique, where he has worked in different
capacities as a senior lecturer, assistant research director,
postgraduate co-ordinator, and professor. He is an author of more
than 50 books and over 230 academic publications with a focus on
Africa straddling the following areas: poverty and development,
African philosophy, society and culture, democracy, politics of food
production, humanitarianism and civil society organisations, urban
anthropology, existential anthropology, cultural philosophy, area
studies, experimental philosophy, environmental anthropology,
society and politics, decoloniality and African studies. Some of his
bestselling books are: Humans, Other Beings and the Environment:
Harurwa (Edible stinkbugs) and Environmental Conservation in South-eastern
Zimbabwe (2015); Theory, Knowledge, Development and Politics: What Role
for the Academy in the Sustainability of Africa? (2016); Democracy, Good
Governance and Development in Africa: A Search for Sustainable Democracy
and Development, (2015); Culture, Indigenous Knowledge and Development in
Africa: Reviving Interconnections for Sustainable Development (2014); Myths
of Peace and Democracy? Towards Building Pillars of Hope, Unity and
Transformation in Africa (2016); Harnessing Cultural Capital for
Sustainability: A Pan Africanist Perspective (2015); Divining the Future of
Africa: Healing the Wounds, Restoring Dignity and Fostering Development,
(2014); African Cultures, Memory and Space: Living the Past Presence in
Zimbabwean Heritage (2014); Violence, Politics and Conflict Management in
Africa: Envisioning Transformation, Peace and Unity in the Twenty-First
Century (2016); African Philosophy and Thought Systems: A Search for a
Culture and Philosophy of Belonging (2016); Africa at the Crossroads:
Theorising Fundamentalisms in the 21st Century (2017); Colonial Heritage,
Memory and Sustainability in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects (2016); Underdevelopment, Development and the Future of Africa (2017), and
Theorising Development in Africa: Towards Building an African Framework of
Development (2017); African Studies in the Academy: The Cornucopia of
Theory, Praxis and Transformation in Africa? (2017); GMOs, Consumerism
and the Global Politics of Biotechnology: Rethinking Food, Bodies and Identities
stin Africa’s 21 Century (2017); and Human Trafficking and Trauma in the
Digital Era: The Ongoing Tragedy of the Trade in Refugees from Eritrea
(2017).

Mohammed Abubakar Yinusa is an Associate Professor and
Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Ilorin
in Nigeria. His area of specialisation is in Sociology of Development,
Health and Wellbeing and Social Problems. He has published many
journal articles and other such academic pieces in internationally
acclaimed publishing outlets. Professor Yinusa has also attended
conferences and presented various papers both locally and
internationally.

Fidelis Peter Thomas Duri is a Senior Lecturer of History in the
Department of Archaeology, Culture and Heritage, History and
Development Studies at Great Zimbabwe University. He is a holder
of a PhD in History from the University of the Witwatersrand in
Johannesburg, South Africa. He has published a number of books
and articles which focus on environmental history, socio-cultural
dynamics, subaltern struggles, African border studies, and
Zimbabwe’s socio-political landscape during the colonial and
postcolonial periods. In addition to reviewing a number of scholarly
articles, he has also edited books such as Resilience Amid Adversity:
Informal Coping Mechanisms to the Zimbabwean Crisis during the New
Millennium (2016) and Contested Spaces, Restrictive Mechanisms and
Corridors of Opportunity: A Social History of Zimbabwean Borderlands and
Beyond since the Colonial Period (2017). He is also a member of the
editorial boards of international journals which include the Zimbabwe
Journal of Historical Studies and the International Journal of Developing
Societies.

Johnson O. Olaniyi obtained his PhD degree in Political Science
(specialising in Comparative Politics with special emphasis on Electoral Studies-Psephology) from University of Ilorin, Ilorin,
Nigeria. He is also a holder of a B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Political
Science from Nigeria’s Premier University, University of Ibadan. Dr
Olaniyi also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE)
Certificate which he obtained from University of Ilorin, Ilorin,
Nigeria. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of
Political Science, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, where he has
been teaching core courses in Political Science since January, 1992.
He is the immediate past Head, Department of Political Science,
University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria and had previously served as the
Sub-Dean, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, University of
Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. He has served in different capacities as
Electoral Officer in elections conducted in Nigeria by successive
Election Management Bodies since 1977. He has authored two
books; Introduction to Contemporary Political Analysis and
Foundations of Public Policy Analysis; and co-authored a book;
Introduction to Constitutional Development in Nigeria; which have
all become reference points in Nigerian Universities. Furthermore,
he has contributed chapters to some edited books both locally and
internationally; and published widely in both national and
international journals.

Takavafira Masarira Zhou is an environmental historian, a Lemba,
trade unionist, and Human Rights defender. He is a holder of B.A.
General, B.A. Special Honours in History, Masters in African History,