Education, Creativity, and Economic Empowerment in Africa [Hardcover]

Education and the arts offer multiple, mutually clarifying lenses through which to examine and understand issues of poverty and empowerment. Here, both are combined in a fascinating look at how these two often overlooked elements promote social equality and cultivate personal agency across Africa's diverse political-economic landscapes.PART I: EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT: ENFORCING RIGHTS AND BUILDING COMMUNITIES 1. Advancing the Anti-Poverty Crusade through the Enforcement of the Fundamental Right to Education under Nigerian Law; Eteete Michael Adam 2. Social-Economic Inequality and Progress towards Achieving Education for All by 2015 in Nigeria; Roselyn Jumai Musa and Nathaniel Umukoro 3. Women and Poverty Eradication Efforts in Uganda: Why Is Ending Gendered Poverty Still Far-Fetched?; Sarah Hasaba 4. Empowering the Poor in Nigeria through Adult and Community Education: Implications for Educational Policy Reform; Joshua Olusola Akande and Adeola Bosede Ogunrin 5. Combating the Scourge of Poverty in Nigeria through Rural Community Education; Bolanle Clara Simeon-Fayomi and Joshua Olusola Akande PART II: LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND EMPOWERMENT 6. Poverty, Endangered Languages, and Creoles: Two Case Studies from Southern Africa and the Greater Caribbean; Ann Albuyeh 7. Poverty Eradication for Sustainable Growth in Africa: Insights from Ben Okri's In Arcadia; Ezinwanyi E. Adam 8. Between the Sublime and the Subliminal: Economic Modernity, Desire and Political Fictions in Cameroon; Olivier J. Tchouaffe PART III: ART AND EMPOWERMENT 9. Arts Management as a Strategy for Rapid Development of the Arts in Nigeria; Bojor Enamhe 10. The Changing Images and Representations of Adire Technology in Nigerian Politics; Omotayo I. Owoeye PART IV: MUSIC AND EMPOWERMENT 11. 'Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow': Fela's Prophetic Lyrics in the Light of 21st Century Realities; Albert Oikelome 12. Deconstructing African Poverty against the Backdrop of a 'Rich' Musical Heritage; David Akombo 13. l“6