Table Of Contents:

Introduction
Taye Assefa, Severine M. Rugumamu, and Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed

PART I: Political and Socio-Economic Issues

Conflict Management in Africa: Diagnosis and Prescriptions
Severine M Rugumamu

Social Cohesion, Conflict Management and Economic Growth in Africa
Ibrahim A. Elbadawi

GIobalization and Human Insecurity in Africa
M A. Mohamed Salih

Meeting the Challenges of Sustainable Democracy Southern Africa in the Twenty-First Century
John K. Akokpari

Globalization and Sustainable Development in Afric: Putting Old Wine in a New Wineskin?
Munyae M Mulinge and Margaret M Munyae

Globalization and the Competitive ness of African enterprises
Cranmer Rutihinda

Globalization, Debt and Development in Soul Problems and Prospects
Bornwell C. Chikulo

Globalization, Structural Adjustment and the Social Dimensions Dilemma in Zimbabwe, 1990-1999
Alois S. Mlambo and Evelyn S. Pangeti

The Global Dimensions of Cross-Border Trade in the Somalia Borderlands
Peter D. Little

Globalization of the World Economy: Implications for Sudanese Import-Substitution Manufacturing Industry
EI-Khider Ali Musa

PART ll: Environmental Issues

Globalization and Environmental Management: Prospects for Sustainable Development in Eastern and Southern Africa
William Rugumamu

Safeguarding the Globe or Basic Well-Being? Global Environmental Change Issues and Southern Africa
Raban Chanda

Combating Desertification: A New Approach towards Environmental Sustainability
H M Mushala

Globalization and Indigenous Environmental Knowledge in Ethiopia
Workineh Kelbessa

PART III: Cultural, Educational and Gender Issues

African Linguistic Nationalism and the Discourse of Globalization
Inyani K. Simala

From Builders to Unskilled Laborers: Westernization of the Role of Women in House Construction in Botswana
Faustin T. Kalabamu

The Local and the Global: Gendering Education in the Sudan
ldris Salim EI Hassan

Private Education and Self-Reliance in Tanzania
Josephat M Rugemalira

Abstract:

Compilation of papers presented at the 6th Congress of OSSREA held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania under a broad theme: Globalization, Democracy, and Development in Africa: Future Prospects. The papers have been grouped into three major parts on the bases of the specific emphases in the papers, namely: Political and Socio-economic issues; Environmental Issues; Cultural, Educational and Gender Issues. The contributors believe that economic, social, cultural and political aspects of globalization in Eastern and Southern Africa need to be addressed. These would have a significant contribution in narrowing down the gap of the current understanding of globalization in general and in the context of Africa in particular.