The diaspora's conflicted role in African development : transculturalism, resistance and the road ahead /: transculturalism, resistance and the road ahead. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stella-Monica Mpande.
• Authors: Mpande, Stella-Monica
• Contents: Introduction; Unit 1 1 Diaspora’s identity "crises": War of the paradigms; 2 The African diaspora, the African Personality, and an African human development paradigm: Exploring their nexus; 3 The African Diaspora Community Cultural Wealth Model (ADCCW): A proposal to leverage the cultural capital of the African diaspora in development; Unit 2 4 Migration postulates: Brain drain, brain gain, brain circulation; 5 An overview of growth sectors and industries in Africa: Part I: Exploring industrialization; 6 An overview of growth sectors and industries in Africa: Part II: Exploring Infrastructure; 7 An overview of growth sectors and industries in Africa: Part III: Exploring the creative and cultural economy; 8 An overview of growth sectors and industries in Africa: Part IV: Exploring leisure and hospitality; Unit 3 9 Managing cultural conundra 101: Cultural shifts, cultural contracts, cultural clash!; 10 The miseducation of the African diaspora by Western media; 11 It’s not just politics … or is it?: Engaging the African diaspora in Africa’s political affairs; 12 Relationship status: "It’s Complicated"—Addressing relational dynamics between the African diaspora and citizen-residents in Africa; Unit 4 13 Relationship-management theory: Harnessing relationships between the African diaspora and key stakeholders to motivate the diaspora to invest in or contribute toward their nations’ development; 14 Guidelines and recommendations to foster African diaspora engagement with their African homelands; 15 A critical road ahead in Africa’s development: Reflexive highlights
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 338.96; Economic development -- Africa; African diaspora -- Economic aspects; Africans -- Foreign countries -- Attitudes
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351031646; 9781351031653; 9781351031639; 9781351031660
• Related ISBNs: 9781138491946
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