African Values and Development

Rethinking Agenda 2063
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-79173-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in African Development

This book considers the importance of African values, not only in catalysing development, but in sustaining it. Arguing for an urgent need for rapprochement between African politicians and intellectuals, the book discusses how African values and identities can contribute to the successful realization of initiatives such as the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Over the course of the book, the authors consider key themes such as identity, indigenous and modern worldviews; personhood; individual and communal perspectives; peace and conflict; and well-being. The book explores the role of religion and moral values, as well as African worldviews such as Ubuntu. Overall, the book demonstrates that African values will be central to galvanising Africa’s post-colonial transformation. This book will be an important read for policymakers and for researchers working on African development, politics, sociology, religion and philosophy.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chitando, Ezra

Kamaara, Eunice

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Values, Agenda 2063 and Africa’s Transformation



2. Family and Political Values, and Development in Africa



3. Worldviews and Rethinking Africa’s Development



4. Defining African Identities: Toward Reimagining African Development



5. Identities and Moralities: A Review in the Context of Africa’s Development Agenda



6. Contested Identities in Contemporary Zimbabwe: The Role of Values in National Development



7. Decolonizing the Contemporary African Philosophical Space Through Language



8. Personhood in African Thought and Practice: Foundations for the Development of the Continent



9. Character, Changing Values and Poverty: Implications for Africa’s Development



10. Religion, the Sanctity of Human Life, Bioethics and Development: Islamic Normative and Jurisprudential Views



11. African Christian Spiritual Values and Scientific Developments in Reproduction

Über Autor(innen)

Ezra Chitando is Professor of History and Phenomenology of Religion at the University of Zimbabwe.

Eunice Kamaara is Professor of African Christian Ethics at the Department of Philosophy, Religion and Theology, Moi University, Kenya.