Globalisation and Africa in the Twenty-First Century

A Zambian Perspective

by Singumbe Muyeba


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 2/25/2008

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 5x8
Page Count : 160
ISBN : 9781434363893
Format : E-Book
Dimensions : N/A
Page Count : 1
ISBN : 9781467899819

About the Book

Globalisation and Africa in the Twenty First Century: A Zambian Perspective is a journey through space and times from Zambia, to Sub Saharan Africa, to the World and Back. It brings out from the author’s experiences  growing up in Sub Saharan Africa during the 1990s, the ills in Zambian culture that manifested as a result of the effects of Structural Adjustment Programmes and how Zambia, once a rich and promising country became one of the poorest Nations in the world’s poorest region. As for Sub Saharan Africa’s survival in the twenty first century, Muyeba powerfully argues that without a transformation in the culture of its people, without surplus productivity and without international cooperation, the chances for survival in the twenty first century will continue to diminish even as they are already low. 


About the Author

Singumbe Muyeba  was until recently an Expert on Mission for a GEF/UNDP funded Project in Zambia. He was also a United Nations Volunteer assigned to the same project. Prior to this, he worked in the Public Information Unit of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). He holds a Master of Philosophy Degree in Development Studies from the University of Cape Town and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in the Social Sciences from the University of Zambia. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Development Sociology. He has published a number of articles in the print media, including one on Globalisation and the Eighth Millennium Development Goal, incorporated in this book as Chapter Ten. He is married to Abigail and has a son called Christian