1st Edition
Community Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Introduction
Grey Magaiza and Savathrie Margie Maistry
SECTION 1: Histories, Contexts and Conceptual Perspectives of Community Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 1: (Re)Telling the History of Community Development in South Africa
Savathrie Margie Maistry and Kanya Padayachee
Chapter 2: History and Emergence of Community Development in Nigeria: A Descriptive Perspective
Nura Ibrahim Mukhtar
Chapter 3: Evolving Pathways – Historical Evolution of Community Development Approaches in Africa
Tom Were Okello
SECTION II: Philosophical and Theoretical Perspectives of Community Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 4: Ontology and Epistemology of Endogenous Development – Implications on Indigenous Cosmovision for Community Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Francis Isshaku Malongza Bukari
Chapter 5: Critical Realism: A Critical Evaluation in the Context of Community Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Tawanda Ray Bvirindi and Gillian F. Madzudzo
Chapter 6: Decolonisation/Decoloniality of the 21st Century – An Antidote for Elusive (Community) Development?
Munyaradzi Mushonga and Simbai Mushonga
Chapter 7: Theorising Community Development in Africa – Insights and Approaches
Ndwakhulu Tshishonga
SECTION III: Community Development Praxis in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 8: Higher Education Community Engagement and Its Contribution to Community Development in South Africa – A Case Study of Rhodes University Community Engagement
Diana Hornby
Chapter 9: Enhancing Water Access to Empower Women and Foster Community Development – Insights From the Phaloni Solar Water Project in Phalombe, Malawi
Juliet C. Kamwendo and Brenda H. Muchabveyo
Chapter 10: Community Development as a Process and Method – Insights from Northwestern Botswana
Oluwatoyin Dare Kolawole
Chapter 11: Transitioning From a Rural to Urban Centre – A Case of Domboshava in Pre-Colonial and Post-Colonial Eras in Zimbabwe
Villem Nyama
Chapter 12: The Role of Community-Based Praxis in Community Development – Lessons From Grassroots Initiatives on the Eastern Coast of Tanzania
Daniel Sabai
Chapter 13: Informal Waste Picking as a Sustainable Livelihood Initiative and Potential for Human and Community Development: A Case of Metal Waste Pickers in OR Tambo District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Zanele Xelelo, Grey Magaiza, Tom Were Okello, Lwanda Matiso, Zandile Mncube, Samkelo Sboniso Mhlongo, and Jerit Dube
Biography
Grey Magaiza is a senior lecturer in Community Development and is currently Deputy Director for the Centre for Gender and Africa Studies (CGAS) on the Qwaqwa Campus. His research interests are in social theoretical integration and applied social research in rural development, border studies, and community development, particularly social entrepreneurship, rural innovation, and youth studies.
Savathrie Margie Maistry is currently a research associate at Rhodes University. She was a member of the national task team established by the Department of Social Development, Community Development Directorate in South Africa, for the professionalisation of community development. She is the chief editor of the online, open-access African Journal of Higher Education Community Engagement.
