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This book presents a unique interdisciplinary dialogue on intersectionalities in Africa and the Diaspora. Each chapter contributes a layered understanding of intersectionalities of identity and their interplay based on time and location. Historical, contemporary status, and future configurations are discussed that identify the multiple configurations of intersectionality to examine the inequities and disparities that arise or transform over time based on their complex and at times competing or even oppositional interconnections within and across African societies’ historical, economic, social, and political landscapes. The contributors to this book are from a range of disciplines in African Studies to provide rich and detailed descriptions and analysis of intersectionalities’ manifold impacts on individuals and groups as experienced within a variety of African and Diasporic contexts. These chapters tell the stories of competition, inequities, and agency via the analysis of African societies’ intersectionalities within local, regional, and global arenas.
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This literature summary was based on a WorldCat Search (Books 2015–2019) and Google Search “Africa Intersectionality books” (2015–2019).
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For an overview of China’s increasing role in Africa, see Chris Alden, China in Africa, London: Zed Books, 2007. There are an increasing number of case or country studies on China’s engagement in Africa, an example is Ben Weiss, “Politics of Foreign Financing and Development: Zambia’s Negotiating Capacity amidst the East-West Rivalry,” in Issues in African Political Economies, edited by Toyin Falola and Jamaine Abidogun, 285–306 (Durham, NC, Carolina Academic Press, 2017). China’s increasing presence across the continent complicates neocolonial identities that prior to the twenty-first century were described as primarily Westernized identity formations.
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Portions of this chapter were presented at the Education and Empire: Comparative and Connective Approaches Workshop, the University of Cape Town, South Africa, June 28–July-1 2016.
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For an extensive overview of African education, knowledge production, and epistemologies, see Jamaine Abidogun and Toyin Falola, Eds., The Palgrave Handbook of African Education and Indigenous Knowledge (Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020b).
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Abidogun, J.M. (2021). Introduction: Framing Africa and the Diaspora Intersectionalities and Interconnections. In: Abidogun, J.M., Recker, S. (eds) Africa and the Diaspora. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73415-2_1
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