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African Values and Development Rethinking Agenda 2063
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.
1. Values, Agenda 2063 and Africa’s Transformation
Ezra Chitando and Eunice Kamaara
2. Family and Political Values, and Development in Africa
Susan M. Kilonzo
3. Worldviews and Rethinking Africa’s Development
Muhia Karianjahi
4. Defining African Identities: Toward Reimagining African Development
Leonora Anyango
5. Identities and Moralities: A Review in the Context of Africa’s Development Agenda
Willice O. Abuya
6. Contested Identities in Contemporary Zimbabwe: The Role of Values in National Development
Tobias Marevesa and Esther Mavengano
7. Decolonizing the Contemporary African Philosophical Space Through Language
Fainos Mangena, Osita Nnajiofor and Chukwugozie D. Nwoye
8. Personhood in African Thought and Practice: Foundations for the Development of the Continent
Carolyn Gitegi
9. Character, Changing Values and Poverty: Implications for Africa’s Development
Lynn Kisembe
10. Religion, the Sanctity of Human Life, Bioethics and Development: Islamic Normative and Jurisprudential Views
Mohamed Mraja
11. African Christian Spiritual Values and Scientific Developments in Reproduction
Joyline Gwara and Francis Machingura
Biography
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.
