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  • Global Capital's 21st Century Repositioning: Between COVID-19 and the Fourth Industrial Revolution on Africa
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  • Rewai Makamani
  • 2021
  • Published by: LANGAA RPCIG
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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.

Table of Contents

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
  2. pp. i-ii
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  1. About the Authors
  2. pp. iii-x
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. xi-xiv
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. xv-xvi
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  1. One. "Nature's" Role in 21st Century Revolutions? COVID-19, the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Repositioning of Global Capital
  2. Artwell Nhemachena, Rewai Makamani, Oliver Mtapuri
  3. pp. 1-18
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  1. Two. The Preparedness of Africans for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and for COVID-19
  2. Chirimuuta Chipo, Chirimuuta Antony
  3. pp. 19-44
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  1. Three. Vaccinations in Africa: The Paradox of Human Rights and Human Experiments
  2. Munyaradzi Mukesi, Emmy Wabomba
  3. pp. 45-76
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  1. Four. COVID-19 and Southern Africa Development Community (SADC): A Litmus Test for Regional Solidarity
  2. Aaron Rwodzi
  3. pp. 77-110
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  1. Five. Inclusive Contextual Approach in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case for Ubuntu and the Zimbabwe Constitution
  2. Edmore Dube
  3. pp. 111-134
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  1. Six. Implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and COVID-19 on African Education Systems: A Case Study of Namibia
  2. Rumbidzai E. Makamani, Susan Shamaoma-Katowa, Ndinaani Mwashita
  3. pp. 135-150
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  1. Seven. Shona Culture and a New World Order: Fissures, Strategies and Mitigation in COVID 19 Era
  2. Enna Sukutai Gudhlanga, Angeline Mavis Madongonda
  3. pp. 151-170
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  1. Eight. Dark Humour and its Implications: A Semiotic Reading of Comic Clips on the COVID-19 Pandemic on Shona Culture
  2. Angeline Mavis Madongonda, Enna Sukutai Gudhlanga
  3. pp. 171-194
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  1. Nine. Fourth Industrial Revolution and COVID-19: An Agenda for African Languages
  2. Rewai Makamani
  3. pp. 195-220
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  1. Ten. The Healing Practitioner has Retreated Back to the Trenches: Healing and Spirituality During COVID-19
  2. Peter Masvotore
  3. pp. 221-244
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  1. Eleven. Exploring African Women and Girls' Experiences During the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Gendered Framework Perspective
  2. Hatikanganwi Mapudzi, Collin Kamalizeni, Ntandokazulu Siwela, Memory Muteeri
  3. pp. 245-266
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  1. Twelve. Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Emergent Electronic Commerce - Convergence of ICT and Financial Sectors in Africa and Lessons from other Continents: The Question of Jurisdiction
  2. Pilisano H. Masake, Lizazi E. Libebe
  3. pp. 267-290
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  1. Thirteen. Theorising vulnerabilities in a context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and COVID-19
  2. Oliver Mtapuri
  3. pp. 291-314
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  1. Fourteen. Re-imagining Teaching and Learning in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for African Higher Education Institutions
  2. Hatikanganwi Mapudzi, Christopher Chikandiwa, Memory Muteer
  3. pp. 315-342
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  1. Back Cover
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