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Great Books Written by Africans across the Academic Disciplines

Edited By: Emmanuel D. Babatunde, Abdul Karim Bangura

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The first collection to survey great books by African authors across the academic disciplines. Expert contributors select and analyze five landmark texts in their fields, exploring their profound influence on individuals and society.

This volume is the first text to provide a comprehensive account of the great books across the academic disciplines written by Africans born in the…

This volume is the first text to provide a comprehensive account of the great books across the academic disciplines written by Africans born in the continent and those who became naturalized citizens of African countries. These great books are those that have had a powerful, important or affecting influence on the author of a chapter in this book, as an individual, and on society. The books included here are mostly of the storytelling type and, thus, not representative of most of the academic disciplines. This volume allows each contributor to write a chapter on a discipline showcasing five great books written by African authors. Each selection is appraised and suggestions made by other experts in a discipline, while every chapter entails an introduction to the topic, a conceptual discussion of the discipline, a book-by-book review of the five books, and a conclusion and recommendations for research using the selected books.

Emmanuel D. Babatunde is Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Sociology and Criminal Justice Department at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. He earned his DPhil in Social Anthropology at Oxford University and PhD in Comparative Education at London University. He is the author of three books and more than 100 book chapters and scholarly articles. He has served as a Fulbright Senior Program Specialist to Nigeria and Mozambique and as a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow to the Federal University of Agriculture in Abeokuta, Nigeria.

Abdul Karim Bangura is the Director and Senior Mentor of the CODESRIA College of Mentors Institute and a Researcher-in-Residence at American University’s Center for Global Peace. He holds five PhDs in Political Science, Development Economics, Linguistics, Computer Science, and Mathematics. He is the author of 97 books, the editor and co-editor of seven other books, the author of 708 scholarly articles, and the winner of more than 50 prestigious scholarly and community service awards.

Abdul Karim Bangura, Emmanuel D. Babatunde, Emma Hilda Morsay, Lilian Anyango Olick, Rachael M. Rudolph, Gerald Fosten, Moses Asak, Gregory Obinna Ugbo, Alie Kunda, Adjo Enyonam Adjaka, Tolulope Samuel Aworefa, Rosemary Oyinlola Popoola, Hadizat Audu Salihu, Lilian Achieng’ Magonya, Pamela Anyango Oloo, Somtochukwu J. Metu, Abdul Lamin Kamara, Omosefe Oyekanmi, Jeremiah Omotayo, Osman Kabba, Simon Gisege Omare, Isaac Akintoyese Oyekola, Beatrice Nwawuloke Onuoha, Cecy Edijala Balogun