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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796396603321

Titolo

Africans and globalization : linguistic, literary, and technological contents and discontents / / edited by Akinloye Ojo, Karim Traore and Oyinlola Longe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4985-3431-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 pages)

Disciplina

303.482669

Soggetti

Globalization - Social aspects - Nigeria

Literature and globalization - Africa

Nigeria Social conditions 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents and discontents of globalization on the African continent and its diaspora: an introduction / Akinloye Ojo, Oyinlola Longe, and Karim Traore -- ; Part I: Language and culture -- The linguistic interpretation of the Tiv ethics of "Ya na anngbian," Eat and give your brother: a synergy for enduring democratic leadership in Nigeria / Jija Terseer -- The wealth of English in spite of the death of its idioms: the Nigerian experience / Oluwaseun Rachael Bello -- Globalization and tertiary institutions students' sexual discourse: the case of university students in Lagos, Nigeria / Olawunmi Oni-Buraimoh -- ; Part II: Literature -- Teaching African literature in the internet age / S. A. Ogunpitan -- Local moods, global modes in Ben Okri's The famished road trilogy / Abdelkader Ben Rhit -- The state and aesthetics in Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel / Ojo O. Olorunleke -- ; Part III: Performance arts -- Ambiforms-the unsaid with the said: a dialectical approach to theatric performances / Adeleke Yinka Ogunfeyimi -- Nigerians and globalization: contents and discontents of Western education, culture, and film influence / Adebukunola A. Atolagbe -- Mirroring the message of some Nigerian hip-hop music: show of discontent / Olufunmilola Temitayo Oladipo -- Exhibition of content and discontent in a Nigerian television drama / Oyinlola Longe -- ; Part IV: Education,



pedagogy, and technology -- Pedagogy and cultural engagement as an antidote to diaspora estrangement / Segun Oyeleke Oyewo -- Extent of ICT adoption among secondary school teachers in Nigeria: influencing and inhibiting factors / Silas Eniola Egbowon -- ; Part V: Agriculture, nutrition, and housing -- Empowerment of people through agriculture in northern Nigeria, 1991-2012: the Kebbi State example / Atiku Abubakar Udulu -- Nutrition and women's empowerment for human capital development in Mali / Jack E. Houston, Helena Huguley, and Alex K. Anderson -- A synthesis to housing provision in Nigeria / Mohammed O. Lawal -- Conclusion: a final word on contentment and restlessness regarding globalization in Africa and its diaspora / Akinloye Ojo, Oyinlola Longe, and Karim Traore.