Negotiating identities in contemporary Africa: gender, religion, and ethno-cultural identities - Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2023. - xix, 274p. ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Negotiating Identities in Contemporary Africa: Gender, Religion, and Ethno-cultural Identities / Chapter 1: Sowing in the Wind: Girls' Education in Kenya's Bungoma County / Chapter 2: Gendered Political Institutions and Women's Career Identity Construction / Chapter 3: To Have or Not to Have: An African Perspective on Childlessness / Chapter 4: Gender and Initiation Rites in Ejagham Land of Cameroon / Chapter 5: Restoring Gender Knowledge in Kenya's Mau Mau War: New Methods and Perspectives / Chapter 6: Gender Inequality in the Peace Building Process during the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon / Chapter 7: From Hapless Victims to Helpful Collaborators? The Contradictions of Boko Haram Female Suicide Bombers (FSBs) in Nigeria, 2009-2019 / Chapter 8: A Comparative Study of the Influence of Modernization on Traditional Gender Roles of Men and Women in Lagos and Ogun States, Nigeria / Chapter 9: Ethnocentrism, Democratization and Nation Building in Africa: The Nigerian Experience / Chapter 10: Identity Dynamics in the Southern Tier of the Cameroon-Nigeria Frontier / Chapter 11: Redefining Cultural Identity in Nigeria through Dramatic and Theatrical Arts / Chapter 12: "I never knew I was a Negro until I came to America." Black Identity, Diasporic Consciousness, and Nigerian Ambivalence to Pan-Africanism / Chapter 13: Sidis in India, and of India, too? An Exploratory Study into the Identity of the African Diaspora in the Western Indian State of Gujarat / Appendix A: 2016 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Results of Select Bungoma County Boys' Secondary/High Schools -- Appendix B: 2016 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Results of Select Bungoma County Girls' Secondary/High Schools -- Appendix C: 2016 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Results of Select Bungoma County Mixed Secondary/High Schools in Bungoma County -- Appendix D: 2016 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Results of the Two National Schools in Bungoma County. -- Appendix E: 2016 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education results of Extra-County High Schools in Bungoma County. -- Appendix F: 2017 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Results of Bumula Constituency, Secondary/High Schools in Bungoma County. by Emmanuel M. Mbah and Toyin Falola -- by Namulundah Florence -- by Wakil Ajibola Asekun -- by Namulundah Florence -- by Victor Ntui Atom -- by Mickie Mwanzia Koster -- by Primus Fonkeng -- by Femi Adegbulu -- by Tolu Ogunleye -- by Steve A Iyayi -- by Victor Ntui Atom -- by Adedoyin Aguoru -- by Ajibola A. Abdulrahman -- by Pradeep Mallik --

"This edited volume provides an interdisciplinary and balanced discussion on the changing dynamics of identities in Africa, with a focus on gender, ethno-cultural, and religious identity"--

9781666944488

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2023019593


Women--Social conditions.--Africa, Sub-Saharan
Sex role--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Ethnicity--Africa, Sub-Saharan.


Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social conditions--21st century.

HQ1787 / .N485 2023