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PART I: EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT: ENFORCING RIGHTS AND BUILDING COMMUNITIES1. Advancing the Anti-Poverty Crusade through the Enforcement of the Fundamental Right to Education under Nigerian Law; Eteete Michael Adam2. Social-Economic Inequality and Progress towards Achieving Education for All by 2015 in Nigeria; Roselyn Jumai Musa and Nathaniel Umukoro3. Women and Poverty Eradication Efforts in Uganda: Why Is Ending Gendered Poverty Still Far-Fetched?; Sarah Hasaba4. Empowering the Poor in Nigeria through Adult and Community Education: Implications for Educational Policy Reform; Joshua Olusola Akande and Adeola Bosede Ogunrin5. Combating the Scourge of Poverty in Nigeria through Rural Community Education; Bolanle Clara Simeon-Fayomi and Joshua Olusola AkandePART II: LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND EMPOWERMENT6. Poverty, Endangered Languages, and Creoles: Two Case Studies from Southern Africa and the Greater Caribbean; Ann Albuyeh7. Poverty Eradication for Sustainable Growth in Africa: Insights from Ben Okri's In Arcadia; Ezinwanyi E. Adam8. Between the Sublime and the Subliminal: Economic Modernity, Desire and Political Fictions in Cameroon; Olivier J. TchouaffePART III: ART AND EMPOWERMENT9. Arts Management as a Strategy for Rapid Development of the Arts in Nigeria; Bojor Enamhe10. The Changing Images and Representations of Adire Technology in Nigerian Politics; Omotayo I. OwoeyePART IV: MUSIC AND EMPOWERMENT11. 'Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow': Fela's Prophetic Lyrics in the Light of 21st Century Realities; Albert Oikelome12. Deconstructing African Poverty against the Backdrop of a 'Rich' Musical Heritage; David Akombo13. From the Street to Stardom: The Socio-Economic Empowerment of Nigerian Youth through Music; Stephen O. Olusoji14. Popular Music as an Economic Tool for Nigerian Youth; Sunday O. Babalola.
Education, creativity, and economic empowerment in Africa. ISBN 9781137438492. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.