Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/18186874.2021.1962725
C. Amo-Agyemang
Abstract This article presents a discursive critique of the Eurocentric paradigms of knowledge production that characterise much of the underlying logics in the age of neoliberal discourses on resilience, pointing out important areas not given sufficient attention. In particular, it highlights the limits of the modernist ontology of resilience, whereby extremely “vulnerable” African communities are encouraged “to become resilient” to climatic disruption and environmental catastrophe and to “bounce back” as rapidly as possible. The article moves the discussion forward, drawing from critical decolonial approaches, in alignment with Indigenous knowledges, to question and rethink meaningful alternative ontologies, ways of knowing and being, in adaptive governance. I argue that the recognition of the plurality of many worlds, rather than one world, highlighted through critical decolonial understandings of epistemic forms with Indigenous knowledges, can be counterposed to Western universality as an innovative ontology to decentre the world order in the problematic dominant development of resilience thinking.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/18186874.2021.1957695
Daudi Ajani ya Azibo
Abstract There is an important debate which never took place among United States Black Liberation Theology (BLT) practitioners, including James Cone: about whether or not Black Liberation Theology should continue to be delimited in canon to that handed down from the lineage initiated by Constantine versus developing canon from historical and cultural deep thought of African civiliations. In this article it is argued that this is pivotal for its future. The necessity of a reversion to centred African-based religion as against the continuation of conversion to Western-based Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, is promoted. Mental disorder purveyed through religion (theological misorientation) is presented and BLT is redefined as favourable to the African Renaissance.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/18186874.2021.1957696
Kingsley Nnorom
Abstract From evolutionism to the theoretical concept of postmodernity, human socio-economic development has been a much welcomed phenomenon. Among the developing nations, such as Nigeria, development in all aspects has been a consistent aspiration, as it is believed to have the power to free the nation from much-dreaded domination by advanced nations. Much as it is needed in Nigeria, development of the nation since independence from Britain has been beset by socio-political and human-induced hitches. Among other things, Boko Haram has, for over a decade, launched a sustained attack on the system from all corners. Although the challenges posed by Boko Haram to Nigerian socio- economic and political development have been viewed by many scholars from the angle of a clash of interests, this article focuses on the sociological implications and developmental crisis accompanying the Boko Haram onslaught in Nigeria. The study utilises abstractions from Karl Marx's dialectical materialism as its theoretical gauge. The study utilises socio-historical information from Nigeria and the Middle East, and some non-material social facts from these regions, to explain and point to the underlying potentials of Boko Haram in Nigeria. In the process, the article unveils the emerging developmental problems in Nigeria and beyond. It recommends ensuring the neutrality of Islamic teachings to avoid ideological influencing, building nationality consciousness among the youth in the north-east region of Nigeria to neutralise the overwhelming influence of religion on the youth, and building internal security involving the indigenous people of the neighbouring regions.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/18186874.2021.1957697
Langton Makuwerere Dube
Abstract The article explores the cardinal role that narratives, ideas, and discourses play as reference points to guide policy traction and trajectory. The study focuses on the interplay amongst the settler, liberation, and neo-liberal narratives as they informed the political economy of post-colonial Zimbabwe. Because the agency of these narratives memorialises race, privilege, native subalternism, restitution, and white hubris and neo-colonial obduracy, the article argues that the concepts of sovereignty and nation-state-building have become highly contested. Interpreted in the present but rooted in the colonial past, the indigenisation drive has become a conflicted discourse, torn between continuities and discontinuities—narratives and counter-narratives of liberation, post- colonialism, and black empowerment as against the Empire's neo-colonial modes of domination which have sanctioned a kind of “conflict in perpetuity”. Therefore, in deconstructing the contradictions of transitional politics, policy instrumentalisation, state predations, and unprecedented political contestations that make up the Zimbabwean predicament, this article argues that the trajectory of Zimbabwe's indigenisation drive reveals the saliency of ideas either as a source of legitimation, a source of contestation, or as contours for a nuanced analysis of Zimbabwe's political economy.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/18186874.2021.1949362
Daniel Chigudu
Abstract The conflict in Libya is a product of controversial and complex developmental issues; events in local politics have been influenced strongly and propelled by factors that are both exogenous and endogenous. On April 4, 2019, General Khalifa Haftar ordered the Libyan National Army to launch an offensive and subdue Tripoli. This triggered the Government of National Accord (GNA) to mobilise its armed forces and react accordingly, bringing to a standstill the political process that was underway. The attack occurred a couple of days prior to the National Conference scheduled for April 14–16, which was to be facilitated by the United Nations (UN). Since then, re-engagement efforts have been made by several international, regional, and national actors to forge a cessation-of-hostilities agreement for the resumption of political dialogue. The hostility, mainly concentrated in the southern part of Tripoli, has caused several civilian fatalities and casualties and seriously damaged infrastructure for civilians. The Libyan conflict has heightened forced displacements and humanitarian needs, impeding access to health care, food, and other basic services. A desktop study and literature review were conducted to explore and understand these conflict dynamics. It was revealed that, contrary to pervasive misconceptions, the forces hostile to Haftar are predominantly volunteers and not institutionalised militias. Islamists, who are political elements, form a negligible part of these forces, with well-known criminals active on the two conflicting sides, though essentially more prevalent in Haftar’s forces. Strategic options and pathways for Libya and the African Union (AU) are recommended for ending the conflict.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/18186874.2021.1889926
E. Ofuasia
In 2019, Jonathan Chimakonam offered his ground-breaking and intellectually provoking work on African logic, Ezumezu: A System of Logic for African Philosophy and Studies. The fundamental aim of this publication is to showcase an Africa-inspired logic system that can mediate thought, theory, and method for Africa and which is viable in other climes as well. By this, the author seeks to propose an alternative logic system that is universal but not absolute. From early on in the work, Chimakonam helps his readers understand this: “My conception of African logic is in terms of logic relativity rather than logic relativism. Logic relativity further allows us to contrast African logic with say Western logic. Both may be relative and universalisable but their application of rules of reasoning may have some nuances” (p. 47).
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Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/18186874.2020.1864110
Z. Cakata
{"title":"Performing Indigeneity: Spectacles of Culture and Identity in Coloniality","authors":"Z. Cakata","doi":"10.1080/18186874.2020.1864110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/18186874.2020.1864110","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":256939,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinarity","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132776608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/18186874.2020.1864126
S. Sesanti
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