A refreshing interdisciplinary study of contemporary Africa focusing on teaching African studies and an analysis of political, economic, socio-cultural, higher education, geography, managerial and scientific developments. It is written by African scholars resident both in the USA and Africa.

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1. An Outline Geography of Africa Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Countering Ethnocentrism in Teaching the Human Geography of Africa Chapter 4 Chapter 3. African Religions and Spirituality: The Case of Okija Shrine Worship in Eastern Nigeria Chapter 5 Chapter 4. African Mathematics: From Bones to Computers Chapter 6 Chapter 5. African Psychology: To Be or Not to Be? Chapter 7 Chapter 6. Model of "Governance Management" in Africa: An Integrated Approach of Blending Modern Management Methods with Africa's Cultural Mores for Greater Institutional Efficiency Chapter 8 Chapter 7. Grounded Theory and African Higher Education Transformation Chapter 9 Chapter 8. Rural Development in the Era of Neoliberal Hegemony: Poststructuralist and Postcolonial Methodological Critique and Theoretical Analysis Chapter 10 Chapter 9. Culture, Communication, and Socio-economic Development in Post-Colonial Ghana Chapter 11 Chapter 10. The African State, Dialectics of African Culture, and Representative Political Organization: An Ubuntu/CommunalParadigm Chapter 12 Chapter 11. The Efficacies of Decision Making Styles in the African-centric Decision Making Process