Introduction: from the old to the new globalization / George Klay Kieh -- The new globalization : nature, scope and dimensions / George Klay Kieh -- The new globalization and debt in Africa / John Mukum Mbaku -- Human rights and the new globalization in Africa / E.Ike Udogu -- The norms of displacement: NGOs, the state and development in Africa / P.I. Idahosa -- State sovereignty and the new globalization in Africa / Jacques Mangala -- The new globalization and the environment in Africa / John Mukum Mbaku -- The new globalization and HIV/AIDS in Africa / Amy Patterson -- Weaving together the threads of the new globalization in Africa : the lessons / George Klay Kieh