Regenerating Africa

Mammo Muchie, Vusi Gumede

Published by Africa Institute of South Africa

Muchie, Mammo and Vusi Gumede.

Regenerating Africa: Bringing African Solutions to African Problems.
Africa Institute of South Africa, 2017.
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Contents

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii
About the Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
About the Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .viii

INTRODUCTION
The African Journey to Provide African Solutions to African Problems . . . .ix
Mammo Muchie, Vusi Gumede, Samuel Oloruntoba and Nicasius Achu Check

CHAPTER 1
The African Renaissance as Pan-African Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Some Conceptual Implications of an African Solutions Doctrine
Chris Landsberg

CHAPTER 2
Regional Hegemons as Catalyst for Continental Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Nigeria and South Africa in Africa’s Integration and Development
Samuel Oloruntoba and Vusi Gumede

CHAPTER 3
Youth Unemployment and Social Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Nkhensani Valoyi and Philippian Bomboy Taku

CHAPTER 4
The Construction of the Person and Personality in Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Kimani S. K. Nehusi

CHAPTER 5
Away from the Brink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
The AU Intervention in the Crisis of Democratic Institutionalisation
in Post-Arab Spring Egypt
Ufiem Maurice Ogbonnaya and Osinimu Femi-Adedayo

CHAPTER 6
War on Terror in Africa from Below . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Challenges and Prospects of People’s Participation
Bolaji Omitola

CHAPTER 7
Zimbabwe’s Gukurahundi Genocide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Beyond the Forgetfulness and Silences of Coloniality
William Mpofu

CHAPTER 8
Coloniality and the Challenges to African Solutions
to African Conflict Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Douglas Munemo i
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CHAPTER 9
Being African and Innovative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
A Decolonial Perspective
Morgan Ndlovu

CHAPTER 10
The Quest for Gender Parity as an Essential Aspect
of Social Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Restoring the Centrality of the African Woman and
Achieving the Vision of African Solutions to African Problems
John W. Forje

CHAPTER 11
Impediments to Development and Integration
in the Central African Subregion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Some Reflections
Nicasius Achu Check

CHAPTER 12
Global Politics of Knowledge Production
and the African Development Trajectory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
The Imperative of Epistemic Disobedience
Tendayi Sithole, Samuel Oloruntoba and Akhona Nkenkana

CHAPTER 13
Science, Technology and Empowerment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
A Pan-African Approach
John Trimble

CHAPTER 14
Sustainable Pastoral Livelihoods at a Crossroads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
Broken System Resilience and Institutional Disenfranchisement
among the Borana Oromo of Southern Ethiopia
Boru Shana Gufu

CHAPTER 15
The African Union and Mediated Peace in Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287
A Case of Political Unrest in Burundi
Eric Blanco Niyitunga

CHAPTER 16
The Mantra of African Solutions for African Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
A New Perspective in Continental Conflict and Security Management
Ferdinand O. Ottoh

CONCLUSION
Identity and Diversity for African Unity and Renaissance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
Mammo Muchie, Vusi Gumede, Samuel Oloruntoba and Check Achu

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