Social Sciences and Cultural Studies for the Transformative D... - 9781350513693

Social Sciences and Cultural Studies for the Transformative Development of Postcolonial AfricaAuthor(s): Alain Cyr Pangop Kameni, David Simo, Esae Djomo, Godfrey B. Tangwa, Aloysius Ngefac\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Zed Books Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781350513693, 978-1350513693\nSynopsis\nThis open access edited volume brings together a multidisciplinary team of social scientists and cultural experts to investigate the concept of transformative development. Contributors discuss the transformative development vision with a focus on the social sciences and cultural studies. In doing so, they explore new development paradigms for Africa in the context of Covid-19, the role of myths in the psychological transformation of Africa, the correlation between discourses on cultures in Africa and the development of the continent, interactions between Indigenous knowledge and Western innovations, and new movements in the arts, handicrafts, and even po.