Negotiating Identities in Contemporary Africa

Toyin Falola is University Distinguished Professor and the Jacob and Francis Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities Department at the University of Texas at Austin and Extraordinary Professor of Human Rights at the University of the Free State.Emmanuel M. Mbah is professor of history and Deputy Chair of the History Department at the City University of New York, College of Staten Island.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Negotiating Identities in Contemporary Africa: Gender, Religion, and Ethno-cultural Identities by Emmanuel M. Mbah and Toyin FalolaChapter 1: Sowing in the Wind: Girls’ Education in Kenya’s Bungoma County by Namulundah FlorenceChapter 2: Gendered Political Institutions and Women’s Career Identity Construction by Wakil Ajibola AsekunChapter 3: To Have or Not to Have: An African Perspective on Childlessness by Namulundah FlorenceChapter 4: Gender and Initiation Rites in Ejagham Land of Cameroon by Victor Ntui AtomChapter 5: Restoring Gender Knowledge in Kenya’s Mau Mau War: New Methods and Perspectives by Mickie Mwanzia KosterChapter 6: Gender Inequality in the Peace Building Process during the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon by Primus FonkengChapter 7: From Hapless Victims to Helpful Collaborators? The Contradictions of Boko Haram Female Suicide Bombers (FSBs) in Nigeria, 2009-2019 by Femi AdegbuluChapter 8: A Comparative Study of the Influence of Modernization on T

This book is a bold and illuminating discussion on forms of identities in Africa. Gender, religion, and ethno-cultural affiliations are often a part of African identities. The strength of the book is in coverage of themes; the variety of interesting, well-researched, and well-analyzed topics, written by experts and experienced African scholars. The editors did an excellent job in structuring the book to make it readable, especially for undergraduate and graduate students of global identities and the African diaspora.