Stella-Monica N. Mpande

The Diaspora's Role in Africa (eBook, ePUB)

Transculturalism, Challenges, and Development

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, the author uses her lived experiences and empirical research to ask: are members of the diaspora conduits of Western cultural hegemony at the cost of their traditional preservation and meaningful development in Africa?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351031646
• Artikelnr.: 62587565

Autorenporträt

Stella-Monica N. Mpande is an award-winning multifaceted business and media professional, artist, entrepreneur, and critical communications, cultural, and media scholar. Born in English-speaking Uganda, raised in French-speaking Côte d'Ivoire, prior to relocating to the United States, Dr Mpande's transcultural upbringing influences her works and personal experiences.

Dr Mpande has taught at Howard University, where she earned her PhD, and at Johns Hopkins University as full-time faculty and a program coordinator. Her research in African development, diasporic affairs, diversity and inclusion, communications, and relationship management has been published in several articles and books. Dr Mpande's versatile professional experiences in broadcast journalism, public relations, global marketing communications and advertising, the performance arts, ethics, and compliance have led to her global career with Fortune 500 companies, as well as international development and multilateral development organizations. Currently, she is an Ethics Officer at the World Bank Group.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Unit 1 1 Diaspora's identity "crises": War of the paradigms;
2 The African diaspora, the African Personality, and an African human
development paradigm: Exploring their nexus; 3 The African Diaspora
Community Cultural Wealth Model (ADCCW): A proposal to leverage the
cultural capital of the African diaspora in development; Unit 2 4 Migration
postulates: Brain drain, brain gain, brain circulation; 5 An overview of
growth sectors and industries in Africa: Part I: Exploring
industrialization; 6 An overview of growth sectors and industries in
Africa: Part II: Exploring Infrastructure; 7 An overview of growth sectors
and industries in Africa: Part III: Exploring the creative and cultural
economy; 8 An overview of growth sectors and industries in Africa: Part IV:
Exploring leisure and hospitality; Unit 3 9 Managing cultural conundra 101:
Cultural shifts, cultural contracts, cultural clash!; 10 The miseducation
of the African diaspora by Western media; 11 It's not just politics ... or
is it?: Engaging the African diaspora in Africa's political affairs; 12
Relationship status: "It's Complicated"-Addressing relational dynamics
between the African diaspora and citizen-residents in Africa; Unit 4 13
Relationship-management theory: Harnessing relationships between the
African diaspora and key stakeholders to motivate the diaspora to invest in
or contribute toward their nations' development; 14 Guidelines and
recommendations to foster African diaspora engagement with their African
homelands; 15 A critical road ahead in Africa's development: Reflexive
highlights