Identifying and understanding African norms and values that support endogenous development in Africa

Chiku Malunga

Development in Practice, 2014, vol. 24, issue 5-6, 623-636

Abstract: Contemporary development issues are not new. All groups of people, based on their worldviews and contexts, found ways of addressing these societal problems. By their nature, solutions were relevant, legitimate, and sustainable in their contexts. A prerequisite for effective development practice is to understand and respect the roots of African culture. There needs to be a “rootedness” to change and development. Exogenous ideas and practices of potential benefit to Africa must build from the inside out, not outside-in, as an imposition. This article illustrates how African societies have viewed and dealt with these socio-political issues from within.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2014.937397

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