Situating Globality: African Agency in the Appropriation of Global Culture

Situating Globality challenges the dominant view that globalization is a primary threat to African societies and economies. It explores how these societies are appropriating elements of the emerging global culture, arguing the significance of this appropriation in local struggles, the expression of critical thinking, ideologies and ritual styles of behaviour. Combining an interest for micro—level processes of situating the multifaceted process of globality with the exploration of reflexivit...