Situating globality: African agency in the appropriation of global culture

Binsbergen, W.M.J. van; Dijk, R.A. van (2004)

Book (monograph)

The papers in this volume were earlier presented at the conference 'Globalization and new questions of ownership', which was held in Leiden, The Netherlands, from 26-27 April 2002. The volume challenges the dominant view that globalization is a primary threat to African societies. Instead, it emphasizes African agency in situating globality, that is, in selectively and creatively appropriating elements of the emerging global culture. Contributions: Situating globality: African agency in the appropriation of global culture (Wim van Binsbergen, Rijk van DijkandJan-Bart Gewald); Global and local trends in media ownership and control: implications for cultural creativity in Africa (Francis B. Nyamnjoh); Global media and violence in Africa: the case of Somalia (Jan-Bart Gewald); Can ICT belong in Africa, or is ICT owned by the North Atlantic region? (Wim van Binsbergen); 'Man will live well': on the poetics of corruption in a global age (Sanya Osha); 'Beyond the rivers of Ethiopia': Pentecostal Pan-Africanism and Ghanaian identities in the transnational domain (Rijk van Dijk); Global connections, local ruptures: the case of Islam in Senegal (Roy Dilley); How is a girl to marry without a bed? : weddings, wealth and women's value in an Islamic town of Niger (Adeline Masquelier); The social life of secrets (Senegal, Ferdinand de Jong); The persistence of female initiation rites: reflexivity and resilience of women in Zambia (Thera Rasing). [ASC Leiden abstract]

• Africa
• Niger
• Senegal
• Ghana
• Somalia
• Zambia
• 2002
• social change
• globalization
• conference papers (form)
• Ethiopia
• identity
• Islam
• Netherlands
• Violence

• All authors: Binsbergen, W.M.J. van; Dijk, R.A. van
• Date: 2004
• Title of host publication: African dynamics
• Issue: 3
• Publisher: Leiden: Brill
• ISBN (print): 9004131337
• Name: 3