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"What happens at the interface between Afrocentricity and COVID-19 is cause for wonder in a world that is anxious to short circuit global solidarity by trampling Pan-Africanism. Revolutions, including the Fourth Industrial Revolution, are rarely contextualised within the framework of Pan-Africanism and Afrocentricity even when they are celebrated as beneficial to the world. Interfacing Afrocentricity, COVID-19, Pan-Africanism and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, this book teases out the profound challenges of the 21st century. Calling for African solutions premised on African solidarity, the book critically engages the contemporary technological solutionism and technological evangelism that undergirds the Fourth Industrial Revolution and efforts to find vaccines for COVID-19. Unflinchingly interrogating these issues, the book is useful for scholars and activists in education, African languages, sociology, social anthropology, political science, history, religious studies, development studies, communication, medical sciences and legal studies."-Back cover. |
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References -- Chapter Three - Vaccinations in Africa: The Paradox of Human Rights and Human Experiments -- Introduction -- Obligation to international instruments -- The law and protection of human rights -- Knowledge gathering and the African quagmire in health -- WHO agenda and funding -- Vaccination programmes and coverage -- Vaccinology and COVID-19 vaccine fast-tracking -- Indigenous Knowledge Systems -- Final thoughts -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Four - COVID-19 and Southern Africa Development Community (SADC): A Litmus Test for Regional Solidarity -- Introduction. |
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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- About the Authors -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One -- "Nature's" Role in 21st Century Revolutions? COVID-19, the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Repositioning of Global Capital -- Introduction -- Global capital is squeezing and destroying its opponents: The metaphysical dance of global capital -- Which humanity will benefit after humans have been turned into transhumans and posthumans? -- Chapter outlines -- References -- Chapter Two -- The Preparedness of Africans for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and for COVID-19 -- Introduction |
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Theoretical framework -- The relationship between revolutions and pandemics -- The 4th Industrial Revolution -- Africa's preparedness for the 4th Industrial Revolution -- Effects of the Atlantic Slave trade and colonialism and the development of the capitalist nations -- The neo-colonial era -- Africa in the 4th Industrial Revolution -- Africa and its preparedness for disease control and management -- Africa's preparedness for COVID-19 -- The politics of medical approval -- What is the way forward for the Africans? -- Education to support Africa amid the 4th Industrial Revolution -- Conclusion |
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SADC regional response to COVID-19 pandemic -- Socio-political and Economic Regional Security under COVID-19 -- The efficacy of sanctions in the COVID-19 era: the case of Zimbabwe -- Covid(ized) political rivalries and democratic space in the pandemic era -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Five -- Inclusive Contextual Approach in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case for Ubuntu and the Zimbabwe Constitution -- Introduction -- Putting the pandemic into perspective -- Constitutional inclusivity and the unhu/ubuntu model of nonsegregation |
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The elderly and the inclusive contextual cultural paradigm -- The Karanga well-being in light of COVID-19 -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Six -- Implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and COVID-19 on African Education Systems: A Case Study of Namibia -- Introduction -- Development of world industrial revolutions -- overview of the impact of 4IR in Africa -- The outbreak of COVID -19 -- The mystery behind the origin of COVID-19 -- The Impact of COVID-19 on the African education systems -- The Namibian education system response to COVID-19 pandemic |
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Pan-Africanism -- 21st century.
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Pan-Africanism. |
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21st century |
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Afrocentrism -- 21st century.
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Afrocentrism. |
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Industry 4.0 -- Africa -- 21st century.
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Industry 4.0. |
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Africa. |
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COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Africa.
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COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-) |
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2000-2099 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: 9956551805 9789956551804 (OCoLC)1241165061 |
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9789956551460 (electronic book) |
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9956551465 (electronic book) |
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9956551805 |
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9789956551804 |
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