Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Section I: Discourse on Globalization -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Globalization: The Politics of "We" and "Them" -- 3. Origin and Dynamics of Globalization: A Historical Approach -- 4. Compatriotism vs. Cosmopolitanism: Exploring a New Cosmo-Morality of Human Relations from the Yoruba in the Age of Globalization -- Section II: Globalization and Culture -- 5. Kiswahili Language and the Future of East African Integration in the Age of Globalization -- 6. The Kabba Dress: Identity and Modernity in Contemporary Cameroon -- 7. Beyond Memoir: Echoes of Globalization, Identity, and Gender Struggle in Soyinka's Ake: The Years of Childhood -- 8. From the Global to the Local: The Media and Islam in Nigeria, 1979-2007 -- Section III: Marginality: Africa and the Political Economy of Globalization -- 9. Globalization and the Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises: An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Privatization on the Nigerian Economy -- 10. Contemporary Trade, Investment Practices, and the Challenges of Regionalism and Poverty Alleviation in Africa -- 11. Community-Based Organizations: Household Food and Livelihood Security in Southern Nigeria -- 12. Trade Liberalization and Employment in Nigeria -- 13. Globalization, Poverty, and the Failure of States in Africa: Is There a Connection? -- Section IV: Crisis: Hot Spots and Contestations -- 14. A Cross-Regional Analysis of African Conflicts in the Age of Globalization -- 15. Globalization, Identity Politics, and the Escalation of Ife-Modakeke Crisis -- 16. The 2001 Tiv-Jukun Ethnic Crisis: The "Indigene-Settler" Factor Reconsidered -- 17. Petroleum, the Environment, and the Economics of Nationalism in the Niger Delta -- 18. Oil Conflict in the Niger Delta: Revisiting the Odi Genocide.

Section V: Conclusion -- 19. Conclusion -- Index -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors.