Splendid Tapestry of African Life
Essays on a Resilient Continent, its Diaspora, and the World
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
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- Utgivningsdatum2025-06-24
- Mått156 x 234 x 38 mm
- Vikt1 310 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor586
- FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
- ISBN9781041077664
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Adekeye Adebajo is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at the University of Pretoria in South Africa.
- SPLENDID TAPESTRY OF AFRICAN LIFEAcknowledgementsForewordIntroduction: From the Black Atlantic to Global AfricaPart 1: The Black Atlantic: Legacies of Slavery and Imperialism1. The Role of the Pan-African Intellectual2. The Pan-African Pantheon: Slavery, Colonialism, and Reparations3. Pan-Africanism: From Nkrumah to Nollywood4. Germany’s Forgotten Genocide in Namibia5. Revisiting the Curse of Berlin6. God Is Not an African7. Nigeria and South Africa: The Heirs of Rhodes and Lugard8. Support for Cecil Rhodes by Oxford’s Biggar Beggars Belief9. ‘The Natives Are Getting Restless’: Western Prophets of Afrophobia10. Is Africa Hopeless? A Response to Richard Dowden11. Dead Aid or Brain Dead? A Response to Dambisa Moyo12. Stephen Ellis’s Afrophobia13. The Rich Tapestry of Afro-Caribbean British Life14. Requiem for the Monuments Men15. Revisiting the 2001 Durban Conference Against Racism16. From Abuja to Durban: Africa’s 30-Year Quest for Reparations17. Unmasking Anglo-Saxon Anti-Reparationists18. The Global Apartheid of Covid-1919. Pan-African Lessons for Transforming Humanities Curricula20. Haiti Hurricane Puts Republic of NGOs’ Exploitation in FocusPart II: Towers of Babel: The Challenges of Regionalism in Africa21. African Unity at 60: Revisiting the 1963 Addis Ababa Conference22. The African Union: From Durban to Addis Ababa23. Not Yet Uhuru: The African Union at 2024. Of Marabouts and Alchemy: The Kagame Report on AU Reform25. Kagame versus Adedeji: Debating the African Free Trade Area26. A Griot’s Tale: ECOWAS at 4027. West Africa’s Brexit Moment Could Fuel Regional Turmoil28. SADC Needs to Overcome Flaws to Benefit Subregion29. The Spirit of Georgetown: Regionalism in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific30. The Spirit of Bandung: Afro-Asian Co-operation in Global PoliticsPart III: Madmen and Specialists: Politics and the Military in Africa31. Africa at 50: Reversing the Curse of Berlin32. Africa Is on the Move33. The Return of Africa’s Men on Horseback34. West Africa’s ‘Men on Horseback’ March onto the National Stage35. Africa’s Sick Presidents36. Africa’s Youth Are on the March Against the Old Order37. Africa’s Five Pillars38. The Great Lakes of Crocodiles39. Ending Africa’s Thirty Years’ War40. Uganda at 50: Of Coups, Coffee, and Crude Oil41. Kenya at 50: Not Yet Uhuru?42. Always Something New out of Africa43. On the Revolutions in Sudan and AlgeriaPart IV: The Eagle and the Springbok: Nigeria and South Africa44. Nigeria and South Africa: A Shakespearean Drama45. Nigeria and South Africa Try to ‘Reset’ Relations46. The Nigeria–South Africa Palaver47. On the Xenophobic Attacks against Nigerian Citizens in South Africa48. The Eagle and the Springbok: Nigeria and South Africa49. Africa’s Hobbled Hegemons50. The Dangers of Academic Journalism: A Response to Mills Soko51. Nigeria at 60: From Balewa to Buhari52. Remembering Biafra53. Nigeria: In the Burning Ashes54. Opium for Sale: Buyer Beware!55. Nigeria’s Curious Election56. Nigeria’s Magical Realism57. Reflections on the Nigerian Election58. Who’s Afraid of Boko Haram?59. Gulliver’s Troubles: The Sad Decline of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy60. The Perils of ‘Area Boy Diplomacy’61. South Africa at 30: Home and Abroad62. The End of the ANC’s Single-Party Rule63. Three Decades of Pax South Africana64. Leviathan on the Limpopo: South Africa’s Post-Apartheid Foreign Policy65. South Africa Needs to Embrace an African Identity66. Peter Fabricius’s Civilising Mission67. South Africa’s Native Club Betrays its Public Intellectual CallingPart V: Pax Africana: Africa’s International Relations68. The Golden Jubilee of Pax Africana69. Africa’s Nobel Peacemakers70. Tunisia: From Jasmine Revolution to Nobel Peace Prize71. Ennobling ‘Doctor Miracle’72. Confounding the Coming Anarchists73. The Last Thing Congo Needs Is These Neo-colonial Remedies: A Response to Paul Collier74. Rich Man’s War, Poor Man’s War: Liberia and Bosnia75. Silencing the Guns in Africa76. The Crisis of African Peacekeeping77. 25 Years of Building Peace in Africa: A Personal Odyssey78. Five Myths of the 2011 Libyan Intervention79. Western Sahara: Sheikhs, Soldiers, and Sand80. A Vision for Africa’s Post-Ukraine Global Order81. A Brief History of Africa–EU Relations82. The Politics of Africa–EU Migration83. King Lear Rambles about Black Migrants: A Response to RW Johnson84. Macron’s Africa Safari85. France: The Myth of Liberté, Egalité, and Fraternité86. The US and Africa: Buhari’s Sacrilegious Violation of Pax Africana87. The Strange Case of Reuben Brigety88. Uncle Sam’s ‘Dialogue of the Deaf’ with Africa89. Paternal Panda, Dangerous Dragon: Deconstructing WesternPerceptions of China in Africa90. Putin’s Mischief in Africa91. From Global Apartheid to Global Village: Africa and the UN92. The UN Summit of the Future: What’s in it for Africa?Part VI: Black Orpheus: Pan-African Culture and Film93. FESTAC: A Cultural Celebration of Africa and its Diaspora94. Nollywood as a Pan-African Cultural Phenomenon95. Soyinka’s Horseman: Who’s Afraid of Elesin Oba?96. Kalushi: Mahlangu’s Moving Martyrdom97. Africa and Hollywood: A Fatal Attraction98. Triumph in Tinseltown: Global Africa’s Night at the Oscars99. Harry Belafonte: A Life of Music and Social Activism100. Selma’s Martin Luther King Has No Need of White Saviour101. Black Panther as Black Therapy102. James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk 103. Harriet Tubman104. The Lady Sings the Blues105. The Woman KingPart VII: Global Africa at Play: Sports and Politics106. A Brief History of African Football107. Can Africa Win the World Cup?108. Did France or Africa Win the World Cup?109. Super Eagles Crowned African Champions in Act of Poetic Justice110. The Super Eagles as a Metaphor for Nigeria’s Malaise111. The Genius of Brazilian Football and New Zealand Rugby112. Africa and its Diaspora Shine at the World Athletics Championships113. The Tokyo Olympics: Then and Now114. The Afrolympics115. The Golden Age of West Indian CricketPart VII: African Travelogue: From Lagos to Laayoune116. Lagos: Africa’s Manic Megalopolis 439117. Abuja: Nigeria’s New Imperial Capital118. Accra and Abidjan: The West African Wager119. Johannesburg: Observing Apartheid’s Funeral120. Laayoune: Eyes, Spies, and SpringsPart IX: Multilateralism, Geo-Politics, and the World Beyond Africa121. From Berlin to Bandung: A Tale of Two Conferences122. ‘Chimerica’ Will Define the Future of Geo-Politics123. When Two Elephants Fight: Africa, the Global South, and the New Non-Alignment124. Africa’s Place in the Emerging Global Order125. The EU at 60: Paradise Lost and Found126. The UN at 75: Jesus Christ, Mother Teresa, and Adebayo Adedeji127. Farewell to Arms? UN Peacekeeping at 75128. UN Remains Toothless Despite Best Intentions to Reform129. Groundhog Day: Gaza as a Mirror of Iraq and Afghanistan130. Saddam’s Bazaar131. The G20: Sound and Fury in Hamburg132. The World Economic Forum: A Self-Important Capitalists’ ParadisePart X: The Anglo-Saxons: Pax Americana and Pax Britannica133. The American Condition: A Summer Sojourn134. The Perils of Pax Americana: Chronicle of a Fiasco Foretold135. Will the US Really Sanction Saudi Arabia?136. Trump at the United Nations137. Trump versus the WHO138. Trump versus Biden: Farewell to All That?139. Trump versus Biden: The Sequel140. Kamala Harris: In the Shadow of Barack Obama141. Tweedledee and Tweedledum: Donald Trump and Boris Johnson142. Rhodes Was a Colossal Imperialist: A Response to Max Price143. Britain and the EU: Delusions of Grandeur144. The G8, Geldof, and Gleneagles: Much Ado about Nothing145. Mad Cows and Racist PoliticiansNotes Index
‘Adekeye Adebajo has put together an extraordinary collection of his essays, both scholarly and literary, true to the depth and breadth of his knowledge of African and international affairs. I have long been a great admirer of his scholarship and literary talents, which often brings to mind the combination I have always associated with another legendary scholar, Professor Ali Mazrui – an educator and an entertainer.’Francis Deng, Former UN Special Representative on Internal Displacement, fFormer UN Senior Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide, and Former Visiting Professor at New York University, and Columbia and Yale Law Schools, United States‘A masterful tapestry of writings from one of the foremost scholars of Africa’s international relations. This broad collection of essays offers astute and engaging reflections on the hopes, triumphs, and sorrows of the continent, blending sharp analysis and critique with genuine celebration of Africa’s talents, accomplishments, and ideals. Highly readable and deeply provocative, this is an indispensable resource for anyone seeking to grasp Africa’s complexities and its evolving role in the world.’Devon EA Curtis, Director of the Centre of African Studies, University of Cambridge, England‘The modern world cannot be understood without acquiring knowledge of Africa and its diasporas. Adekeye Adebajo, one of Africa’s most gifted scholars, has done us a great favour by producing a book containing 145 essays illuminating Africa and its relationships with peoples throughout the world. Adebajo’s book is essential reading for those who dare to be citizens of the world.’Aldon Morris, Professor Emeritus of Sociology & Black Studies, Northwestern University, United States‘Adekeye Adebajo has indeed presented us with a splendid tapestry, bringing together three decades of reflections, analyses, insights, and commentary on diverse global issues related to Africa and its Diaspora which he terms “Global Africa”.’ Rhoda Reddock, Professor Emerita, The University of the West Indies, Jamaica‘Adekeye Adebajo’s essays take us on a wondrous journey of Africa and its people. It is written with integrity, deep knowledge, compassion, and a wonderful turn of phrase. Adebajo must rank as one of the most iconic commentators on Africa and its place in the world. He is simultaneously brutally honest and wholeheartedly celebratory. It is a journey of love.’Ahmed Bawa, former Vice-Chancellor of the Durban University of Technology, and Professor at the Johannesburg Business School, South Africa