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Gender and Leadership in Nigeria and Ghana
This book provides balanced critical linguistic and literary representations of gender and power relations in Ghanaian and Nigerian texts, contrary...
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Reconfiguring Drinking Cultures, Gender, and Transgressive Selves
This book presents an in-depth analysis of young people’s experiences of diverse drinking practices, including heavy drinking and drunkenness, as fun...
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African Mind, Culture, and Technology Philosophical Perspectives
This book provides a philosophical investigation of technology in Africa, articulating conceptual foundations and analyses rooted in African...
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The Sustainability of Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa Quality Assurance Perspectives
This book delves into the role of higher education as a means of sustainable development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Contributions from across the region...
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‘Let Us Just Leave’: Gossip, Marginality, and Movement Among Gay Men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, young men rarely leave their parents’ homes until they have saved enough money to cover rent and basic needs. Among gay...
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Masculinities and Racial Terms of Belonging in Post-colonial Tunis
Area studies paradigms awkwardly position the states of northern Africa as African and largely disconnected from much of the continent, belonging to...
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Changing Masculinities and Femininities for Zimbabwe’s Development: A Philosophical Examination
The chapter is a philosophical examination of the impact of changing masculinities and femininities, particularly on Zimbabwe’s social, economic and...
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Young African Men and Suicide: An Overview with Special Reference to Spirituality and Social Change
This chapter unravels the complications of suicide. It focuses on the young African men but specifically drawing examples from Zimbabwe, my home...
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Entrepreneurial Masculinities in Nairobi’s Low-Income Neighbourhoods: The Case of Mathare Valley
The general perspective of roles by gender in traditional settings of many African communities determines what should be done by men and women,...
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Domestication of Technology in Everyday Life
This sixth chapter analyses and discusses the diverse uses and outcomes of digital technology in children’s lives. The chapter facilitates an...
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A Bricolage: Of Summary, Final Thoughts, and Recommendations
This last chapter concludes this book. It provides a summary of the key thesis, broader implications, conclusions, and recommendations for policy,...
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Masculine Identities in Bukusu Circumcision Songs
This chapter is based on a study of the cultural practice of male circumcision among the Bukusu made in the context of the performance of...
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Dress Codes as Constructs of Male Masculinities in Northern Ghana
Research in linguistics, communication studies and such related fields has explored diversely the significance of non-verbal cues in the...
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The Problem of ‘Redemptive Masculinity’ in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus
African literary texts serve an important purpose in representing and reimagining men and masculinities. The novel Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda...
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“I Have Got Stamina!” Yoweri K. Museveni, Masculinity and the Physical Right to Rule in Uganda
In a video clip that went viral on social media in 2020, Ugandan President Yoweri K. Museveni dances (with, in our opinion, impressive jum**) to...
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African Pentecostal Spiritual Men in the United Kingdom
The African Pentecostal spiritual men in the diaspora have gone through a rigorous metamorphosis in order to save their dignity, marriage and...
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Towards Familial Roles, Culture and Socio-Economic Transformations: Men and Child Care in Botswana
This chapter is part of a 2018 to 2019 thesis study that sought to establish how pastoral care is extended to the elderly who are caretakers of...
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To Be a Man in a World of Sighted Men, You Have to Be Man Enough: Thomas Mtonga’s Narrative of Living Blind in Zambia
Turning blind, learning to live with a disability and negotiating one’s space in the world of the sighted men were not the only problems that...
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Men in Politics in Lesotho and Political Masculinity
Political men, that is, men active in politics, are sort of men who always want to be in governmental or state power. Whether they are in or out of...
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“You cannot serve two masters at a time”: Digital Gatekeepers in Children’s Digital Lifeworlds
Dimensions of digital mediation and gatekee** of adolescents’ usage of digital media are crucial aspects of this book. This chapter emphasises the...