About the Book

The rise of Africa on the global stage has triggered different nature of myriad problems and concerns different from the past. These problems require a new perspective of understanding and mechanism to tackle with. The book has attempted to deal with some of the issues and suggestions. It is hoped that people who are concerned with African issues will find the book useful.

About Author

Dr. A.S. Yaruingam is Head of Department of African Studies and Coordinator for Centre for African Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi. He has been teaching African Sociology for the last 15 years. He taught in Addis Ababa University for three and half years on the UNDP sponsored project. He has written several research papers on various social and cultural issues.

Dr. Rashmi Kapoor is teaching Swahili language in the Department of African Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi. Her research interests include African Sociology, Swahili language and Diaspora studies.

Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: POLITICS AND SOCIETY
1. Of Big Men and Big Ideas: Can Nepads APRM Make a Difference?
Ian Taylor
2. Revisiting African Development Strategies in the New Millennium: From the LPA to NEPAD
Kyu Deug Hwang
3. Understanding China-Africa Relations
K. Mathews
4. Political Participation of Women in South Sudan
Shubhra Parmar
PART II ECONOMY AND SOCIETY
5. Regional Economic Governance in Africa
Ian Taylor
6. Growth and Poverty Reduction in Africa: Political Economy Challenges
Alemayehu Geda and Addis Yimer
7. Occupational Health and Safety Framework in the Global Era: A Study of Labour Brokers in the City of Durban
Ivan Niranjan and Sultan Khan
8. Financial Constraints to Small and Medium Enterprises in Africa
Sudhir Kapoor
PART III: SOCIETY AND CULTURE
9. Modernizing Process of Religious Identities in African Societies
A.S. Yaruingam
10. Rising Africa and India Role in Strengthening Education Sector
Suresh Kumar
11. Climate Change and Agriculture in Ethiopia
Tribhuwan Prasad
12. Gender and Agriculture in Africa
Rashmi Kapoor
13. Islam and Africa: From Stereotypes to Knowledge
Pushpraj Singh
Contributors
Index

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