Contemporary Africa

Challenges and Opportunities

• Author(s): T. Falola, E. Mbah,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 261
• ISBN_10: 1137444134
  ISBN_13: 9781137444134
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Africa / General , History / Social History , Social Science / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , History / United States / General , History / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) ,

Description:... 60 years after independence, African nations still find it difficult to face a number of challenges, from establishing meaningful democratic institutions to establish social structures centered on the advancement of gender equality. This volume approaches these contemporary African challenges while combating a reflexive and facile Afro-Pessimism.