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African Values and Development: Rethinking Agenda 2063 book cover

1st Edition

African Values and Development Rethinking Agenda 2063

Edited By Ezra Chitando, Eunice Kamaara Copyright 2025
186 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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... Read more

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.

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