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Product Identifiers

PublisherAfrica World Industries Press

ISBN-101569024456

ISBN-139781569024454

eBay Product ID (ePID)221548455

Product Key Features

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameAfrican Intelligentsia : Domestic Decline and Global Ascent

SubjectAids & Hiv, Africa / General, Emigration & Immigration, Black Studies (Global)

Publication Year2016

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science, History, Medical

AuthorAli A. Mazrui, Amadu Jacky Kaba

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight10.6 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN2016-006422

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal305.552096

SynopsisThis book explores the multi-faceted effects of globalization-both positive and negative-on Africans and people of African descent. It also offers a perspective on the rise, decline and revival of intellectualism, and the origin and development or pan-Africanism in the twentieth century. Touching upon the issue of Female empowerment and dynastic elements in African political culture, the book additionally takes on one of the major sets of themes that have animated and dominated the discourse among African intellectuals which is about the relationship between economic and cultural dependency, the forms dependency takes, and how to overcome it. The book also carefully scrutinizes the emigration of highly educated Africans to developed countries, leaving the continent of almost 1.2 billion people with a substantial shortage of skilled workers needed for development - the African Brain Drain. While Africa continues to struggle to attain its development goals, people of African descent outside of Africa are among the most influential individuals in the world. Furthermore the book highlights the negative impact of HIV/AIDS in Africa as a second form of the continents dual brain drain-terminal brain drain. HIV/AIDS is causing serious problems in regions and countries on the continent that have relatively high numbers of educated people and strong economies. Eastern, Middle and Southern Africa are the regions impacted the most by the terminal brain drain, while South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Botswana and Zimbabwe are among the countries impacted the most. The book presents the factors that are contributing to Africa's emigration brain drain, the implications of it on the continent, some benefits of it, and offers suggestions for managing this phenomenon. Book jacket., This book explores the multi-faceted effects of globalisation - both positive and negative - on both Africans living in Africa and on the global African diaspora. One of the themes covered is the so-called African Brain Drain (ABD) - wherein highly intelligent and qualified Africans are wont to leave the African continent. In a rare move, the authors also acknowledge the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on ABD.

LC Classification NumberDT14.M387 2016