Africa in the 21st century : toward a new future / edited by Ama Mazama.

List of tables -- Foreword / Cheikh Tidiane Gadio -- Preface / Ama Mazama -- African unity and consciousness: assets and challenges -- The resurgence of the African world in the 21st century / Molefi Kete Asante -- Kwame Nkrumah's continental Africa: a dream deferred but not forgotten / John K. Marah -- The philosophical challenges for Africans in the 21st century / Daryl Zizwe Poe -- Neo-pan-Africanism and presidents William Clinton and George W. Bush's images in the Nigerian press / Minabere Ibelema -- Language, information, and education -- African betrayals and African recovery for a new future / Molefi Kete Asante -- The legacy of colonialism on language in 21st century Africa / Adisa A. Alkebulan -- Thinking and responding to difference: pedagogical challenges for African education / George Sefa Dei -- African women, children, and families -- African women: re-centering the issues in the 21st century / Filomina Steady -- African mothers: a case study of northern Ghanaian women / Nah Dove -- Political and economic future of the African world -- Stuffing old wine in new bottles: the case of the Africa Union / Kwame Akonor -- Globalization, development, and the nation state in Africa / Herbert W. Vilakazi -- NEPAD and the politics of globalization: redefining local space, group dynamics, and economic development / Emmanuel Ngwainmbi -- On governance, personal and military power in post-independent Africa / Peta Ikambana -- African reparations: dealing with a unique and unprecedented debt / Ronald Walters -- Contributor bios -- Index.