Contemporary Africa - Challenges and Opportunities

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.

Tokunbo Aderemi Ayoola, University of Manchester, UK Augustine E. Ayuk, Clayton State University, USA S. U. Fwatshak, University of Jos, Nigeria Myra Ann Houser , Howard University, USA Jackie Mapulanga-Hulston, Curtin Law School, Australia Besi Brillian Muhonja, James Madison University, USA Mickie Mwanzia Koster, University of Texas at Tyler, USA Austin C. Okigbo, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA Consoler T. Teboh, Saint Cloud State University, USA