Africa’s Many Divides and Africa’s Future : Pursuing Nkrumah’s Vision of Pan-Africanism in an Era of Globalization

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Acknowledgements .................................................................................. viii Preface ........................................................................................................ ix Welcome Addresses at the Opening Ceremony .......................................... 1 Keynote Address ......................................................................................... 5 Literature as a Tool for National Liberation and Post-colonial Reconstruction, Anti-Palanquinity and the Pan-Africanist Imperative Professor Atukwei Okai Chapter One ............................................................................................... 14 Perspectives on African Independence: Perennial Challenges to African Independence and the Nagging Essentials of African Liberation Dr Zizwe Poe Chapter Two .............................................................................................. 34 Global African Unity in the Era of Globalization: An Assessment of the Place of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Dr Asogwa Felix Chinwe and Akachuku Anny Agu Chapter Three ............................................................................................ 51 Colonialism, Ethnicity and Nigeria’s Integration: An Analysis of Impact Relationship Professor O. S. A. Obikeze Chapter Four .............................................................................................. 63 Ethnic Integration and Continental Unity Dr Vincent Dodoo and Amisah Zenabu Bakuri Chapter Five .............................................................................................. 85 Perspectives on African Decolonization and Development: The Case of Kenya Omosa Mogambi and Kennedy Onkwarevi Chapter Six ................................................................................................ 99 Nkrumah and His “Chicks”: An Examination of Women and Organisational Strategies of the CPP Dr Wilhelmina Donkoh Chapter Seven .......................................................................................... 122 Africa Unite: A Slogan of Intellectual and Cultural Significance in the Works of Kwame Nkrumah and Bob Marley Dr B. Steiner Iferkwe Chapter Eight ........................................................................................... 140 The Intellectual and Political Legacies of Kwame Nkrumah Ama Biney Chapter Nine ............................................................................................ 155 Pan-Africanism, Feminism and Socio-Sexual Power Dr Annecka Leolyn Marshall Chapter Ten ............................................................................................. 169 Africa and the Gender Debate: Basis of Division and Future Union Henry Kam Kah Chapter Eleven ........................................................................................ 190 Sino-Pessimism versus Sino-Optimism: Which Way for Chinese Africana? Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi Chapter Twelve ....................................................................................... 217 Racialization of Asia, Africa and the Americas, and the Construction of the Ideal Iranian Citizen: Local and Global Representations of Colonialism, Geography, Culture and Religious Diversity in Iranian School Textbooks Amir Mirfakhraie Chapter Thirteen ...................................................................................... 254 The United States Peace Corps as a Facet of US-Ghana Relations E. Ofori BekoeAfrica’s Many Divides and Africa’s Future vii Chapter Fourteen ..................................................................................... 268 South-South Cooperation: A New Post-Cold War Divide or a True Post-North-South Divide? Dr Catherine Schittecatte Chapter Fifteen ........................................................................................ 296 Pan-African-Education: A Case Study of the Kwame Nkrumah Ideological Institute, Print Media and the Young Pioneer Movement Dr Mjiba Frehiwot