African Virtues in the Pursuit of Conviviality : Exploring Local Solutions in Light of Global Prescriptions

  • African societies have rich histories, cultural heritages, knowledge systems, philosophies, and institutions that they have shaped and reshaped through history. However, the continent has been repeatedly portrayed negatively as plagued by multitudinous troubles: famine, conflict, coup, massacres, corruption, disease, illiteracy, refugees, failed state, etc. Even worse, Africans are often viewed as incapable of addressing their problems on their own. Based on such erroneous perspectives and paternalism, exogenous solutions are prescribed, out of context, for African problems. This book sheds light on the positive aspects of African reality under the key concept of 'African potentials'. It is the product of sustained consultation over a five-year period between seasoned African and Japanese anthropologists, sociologists and scholars in other areas of African studies.

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URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-604787
ISBN:9956-764-78-7
ISBN:978-9956-764-78-5
Publisher:Langaa RPCIG
Place of publication:Bamenda, Cameroon
Editor:Yntiso Gebre, Itaru Ohta, Motoji Matsuda
Document Type:Book
Language:English
Year of Completion:2017
Year of first Publication:2017
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2021/05/01
Page Number:466
HeBIS-PPN:478249624
Sammlungen:Afrika südlich der Sahara
Afrika südlich der Sahara / Paket Afrikanistik
Licence (German):License LogoFID Afrikastudien