Transformation from millennium development goals to sustainable development goals : the imperative of African unity in Africa's development / Ajinde Oluwashakin and Ariyo S. Aboyade. The development sustainability of indigenous technologies in Africa / Jacob Ongunniyi -- Rethinking African indigenous knowledge and practice for environmental sustainability in Africa / Manji Diyal -- Ethics and culture : an analysis of moral values of African aesthetic creativity / Modestus N. Onyeaghalaji -- Culture misrepresentation through language attitudes : study of Francophone Cameroonian migrants in South Africa / Atabongwoung Gallous -- Integrating culture in an urban transformation framework in South Africa / Ajebush Shafi, Mzo Siraji and Mammo Muchie -- The ethics of Ubuntu and its role in fostering justice for development in South Africa / Mofihli Teleki and Serges Djoyou Kamga -- Creative industries : foreign direct investment as a driving tool for sustainable development / Abisuga-Oyekunle Owuwayemisi and Mammo Muchie -- Colonial legacies : Africa 's international relations and agenda 2063 / Eric Niyutunga -- The invisible force in the downfall of the African standby force / Francis Onditi -- Africa's democratic evolution : the role of flawed elections, incumbency and third-term syndrome In political instability / Westen K. Shilaho -- Africans and Africa : cultural nationalism and the rebirth of Pan-Africanism / Temitope Fagunwo -- Developing the African Dream : African unity, a prerequisite for African development / Somikazi Tom -- Free trade In Africa : macroeconomics convergence, possibilities and prospects / Vusi Gumede -- Transformation from millennium development goals to sustainable development goals : the imperative of African unity in Africa's development / Ajinde Oluwashakin and Ariyo S. Aboyade.
Summary:
"The role of indigenous knowledge in development has not been examined enough. Indigenous knowledge systems tend to mean different things to different people, so is culture. Culture is undoubtedly critical for development but often underplayed or misunderstood. Development in Africa remains elusive. Those who are supposed to benefit from interventions aimed at improving wellbeing are often not involved in decision making regarding those interventions. Indigenous knowledge culture and indigenous languages are usually ignored when conceiving policies aimed at advancing development. This book - a collection of chapters on these issues - demonstrate the importance of indigenous systems in development. Indigenous knowledge plays a role in development practice because of its capacity to generate transferable local skills and set energies in motion to reduce the prevailing inequalities on the continent. In an effort to resolve the enduring puzzle of development in Africa, the role of Indigenous knowledge is thus affirmed as important. The book advocates for paradigm shift in development thinking and practice that reinforces the use of indigenous knowledge as a first line of action in the process of development Africa." -- Back cover.
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