Envisioning a promising Africa from diverse perspectives

Volume editor
Cheryl Potgieter
Volume editor
Vimbai Chibango
Volume editor
Lifutso Tsephe
Volume editor
Imraan Buccus

Synopsis

This scholarly book delves into Africa’s critical developmental challenges in striving to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the African Union’s Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the book disseminates novel inquiry on interconnected themes spanning gender equity, social transformation and health development.

Aligned with Agenda 2063’s seven aspirations, the book highlights Africa’s shared goals for prosperity, unity, free citizenship and empowerment, particularly for women and youth. Chapters critically examine barriers to achieving these aspirations, offering local, regional and global perspectives on systemic challenges.

The first theme, ‘Social cohesion and transformation’, examines issues like institutional reform in Nigeria’s education sector and the marginalisation of African migrants. The second theme, ‘Gender injustice in education and science’, explores topics such as gender gaps in doctoral programmes, resilience among black academics, and cultural stereotyping in teacher education. The final theme, ‘Health and development’, focuses on resilience, nutrition and the gendered impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

With contributions from leading African scholars, this book critically analyses systemic obstacles and proposes pathways for meaningful progress. Envisioning a promising Africa from diverse perspectives is essential for academics and researchers and is a call to action to confront the barriers impeding Africa’s sustainable development goals.

Chapters

  • Preface
    Cheryl Potgieter
  • Introduction
    ‘The Africa We Want’ – Challenges and opportunities
    Imraan Buccus
  • Theme 1: Social cohesion and transformation – Chapter 1
    Overcoming tension of unequal access to essential services: The peaceful coexistence Africa aspires to achieve
    Takalani G Tshitangano
  • Theme 1: Social cohesion and transformation – Chapter 2
    The role of the African Renaissance in addressing African migrant exclusion in South Africa
    Lebohang N Ndaba
  • Theme 1: Social cohesion and transformation – Chapter 3
    Higher education reforms in Nigeria: Treading key transformations
    Kunle M Oparinde
  • Theme 1: Social cohesion and transformation – Chapter 4
    A critical and reflective analysis of youth’s low educational aspirations and low entrepreneurial activity
    Duduzile Mzindle, Kgomotlokoa L Thaba-Nkadimene
  • Theme 1: Social cohesion and transformation – Chapter 5
    Ethnic issues in governance and development in Nigeria
    Ngozi E Iyoho, Emeka J Onyetube
  • Theme 2: Gender injustice in education and science – Chapter 6
    Narratives of African women graduates’ success in doctoral programmes of a South African university
    Lifutso Tsephe
  • Theme 2: Gender injustice in education and science – Chapter 7
    Resilience strategies of a black woman in higher education in South Africa
    Khethiwe Dongwe†
  • Theme 2: Gender injustice in education and science – Chapter 8
    Challenges in African women’s participation in information and communication technology: Addressing the gender gap
    Tekweni Chataira
  • Theme 2: Gender injustice in education and science – Chapter 9
    Patriarchal and cultural gender stereotyping in teacher education: Implications for inequality, gender-based violence and femicide
    Kgomotlokoa L Thaba-Nkadimene, Duduzile Mzindle
  • Theme 3: Health and development – Chapter 10
    Ensuring health and nutrition for communities: An African perspective
    Dudu G Sokhela
  • Theme 3: Health and development – Chapter 11
    Gender equity and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women with disabilities in Zimbabwe: Challenges, impacts and lessons learned
    Vimbai Chibango
  • Theme 3: Health and development – Chapter 12
    Africa’s aspiration for healthy and well-nourished citizens by 2063: A reality or fantasy?
    Takalani G Tshitangano

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