I. THE SOCIOLOGY OF AFRICA: THE CONTEXT AND PERSPECTIVES 1. The Sociology of Africa: A Thematic Contextualization of the Discourse R. SOORYAMOORTHY AND NENE ERNEST KHALEMA 2. The Epistemology of African Sociological Knowledge Practices ANSELM K. JIMOH, MOSES M. AKPOUGHUL-ABUNYA AND PEACE O. JEMIBOR 3. Decolonizing Sociology in Africa: Insights from Zimbabwe and South Africa SIMBARASHE GUKURUME II. RACE, ETHNICITY & RELIGION 4. Race and its Sociological Inquiry in Africa: Problematic Suppositions and Contemporary Predicaments NENE ERNEST KHALEMA 5. Ethnicity, Politics of Power Sharing and Nation Building in Africa INYOKWE SUNDAY OTINCHE 6. Religious Life in African Societies NICOLETTE D. MANGLOS-WEBER 7. Advent, Development and Impact of Christianity in Africa ISAAC DEJI AYEGBOYIN AND MICHAEL ADELEKE OGUNEWU III. GENDER, SEXUALITY AND INTERSECTIONALITY 8. Women's and Gender Studies in Africa NAKANYIKE B. MUSISI 9. Intersectionality of Gender and Sexuality in African Cultures GABISILE MKHIZE 10. Prevalence and Consequences of Gender-Based Violence on Families in Africa SITAWA R. KIMUNA AND PACIFICAH F. OKEMWA IV. MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY 11. Medical Sociology in Africa: Understanding Health, Illness, and Healing TOLÁ OLÚ PEARCE 12. African Sociology of Health and Well-being JIMOH AMZAT, OLIVER RAZUM AND AISHA A. ADARANIJO 13. Social Determinants of Health in Africa JIMOH AMZAT, KAFAYAT AMINU AND BRENDA MUCHABVEYO 14. Infectious Diseases in Africa: Emergence, Social Contexts, Political and Media Discourses N'KOUÉ EMMANUEL SAMBIENI AND DAVID HOUÉTO V. POLITICAL ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT 15. The Sociological Implications of Africa's Political Economy MANU LEKUNZE 16. Pan-Africanism and Development in Africa: Trajectories and Prognoses ERNEST TOOCHI ANICHE, IKENNA MIKE ALUMONA, AND VICTOR H. MLAMBO 17. The Sociology of Science in Africa NELIUS BOSHOFF, JOHANN MOUTON AND SIMILO NGWENYA 18. Sociological Processes of Urbanization: The African Experience since the Twentieth Century DONALD CHIUBA OKEKE AND MAXWELL UMUNNA NWACHUKWU 19. Africa's Nature: A Continental Treasure, a Global Heritage and the Real Wealth of the Present and Future Generations NOEL CHELLAN 20. Climate Governance and Justice: Power Pull and Unequal Exchanges with Peripheral Africa AYODELE ADEKUNLE FAIYETOLE AND GODWIN CHINEDUM IHEMEJE 21. Civil Society, NGOs and Human Rights in Africa MOHAMED EL HACHIMI AND RACHID TOUHTOU VI. CRIME AND VIOLENCE 22. Criminology in Africa BIKO AGOZINO AND NONTYATYAMBO DASTILE 23. African Criminologies: Decolonization, Relativism and Resistance IAN WARREN AND EMMA RYAN 24. Elusive Peace: Extraction and Violent Conflict in Africa DAVID MATSINHE 25. Insurgency and Organized Violence in Africa: A Cross-National Approach OBASESAM OKOI AND TEMITOPE B. ORIOLA VII. THE FAMILY AND EDUCATION 26. Familial Roles, Responsibilities, and Solidarity in Diverse African Societies RUTH EVANS, ROSALIE ADUAYI DIOP AND FATOU KÉBÉ 27. Managing Uncertainty, Creating Stability: The Enduring Value of Kinship for Family Formation SANGEETHA MADHAVAN, KIRSTEN STOEBENAU AND SEUNG WAN KIM 28. Challenges to Higher Education in Africa and the decolonized "Academia We Want" CHRISTINE SCHERER

"Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty." -- Choice "The need for a handbook of the Sociology of Africa cannot be overstated. While overdue, yet timely, this very well-organized volume provides a much-desired compendium of knowledge and research on sociological formation and discourse in Africa...A central goal and mission of this volume is to decolonize African sociological discourse. One of the delightful features of this volume is the author's attention and dedication to describing the historical trajectory or journey of sociological discourse on Africa from its roots to its development and emergence, not excluding the debates around Eurocentrism and indigenization, and discussions on decolonization." -- Journal of Global South Studies (Fall 2024)

R. Sooryamoorthy is Professor of Sociology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. He was the Acting Dean and Head of the School of Social Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (2017-2019) and is a Research Fellow at the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in STI Policy, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He has taught at institutions in India, Canada and Sweden. He serves on the editorial boards of journals such as Current Sociology and International Sociology Reviews. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen titles. Nene Ernest Khalema is Associate Professor and currently Dean and Head of School of Built Environment & Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in South Africa. Before joining UKZN he was a professor in various Canadian universities. He served as Chief Research Scientist at the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa where his demographic work on urban livelihoods, social epidemiology, and human migration/mobilities, as well as critical sociological work on black/African Diaspora and Indigenous studies received national and international recognition.

Selling point: The first comprehensive volume on the sociology of Africa. Selling point: Deals with major sociological themes relevant to the study of Africa-race, ethnicity, gender, crime and violence, decolonization, epistemology, migration, medical sociology, religion, environment and climate change, human rights, development, science and technology, the family and education. Selling point: Provides historical and contemporary perspectives of sociological knowledge about Africa.