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Book Synopsis AFRICAN VALUES AND LEGACIES by : Dipo Toby Alakija
Download or read book AFRICAN VALUES AND LEGACIES written by Dipo Toby Alakija and published by Calvary Rock Resource. This book was released on with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Results of research works reveal that any nation that fails to orientate all categories of its citizens on what the country stands for and against gives rooms for other countries to devalue the national value, violate the law and order; deforming the prevailing norms and cultures in all the communities. Most of African values, enriched with proverbs like “a goat is never pronounced innocent if the judge is a leopard” and “when brothers fight to death; a stranger inherits their father’s estate”, are getting eroded with westernization. The African heritages through the transfer of cultures, norms and order from one generation to another are threatened with extinctions since the time of colonization, particularly in oil-rich African nations. The shutting down of value systems which are usually designed to boost moral values of citizens and enhance the functions of political, social and economic machineries are responsible for civil wars, terrorism, genocides and other atrocities in most African nations. This book which is designed to be studied in African Tertiary Institutions shares the results of research works into the causes of conflicts, political and economic servitude in Africa; using the analyses of quotes of some of the notable leaders and African proverbs to reinforce the value systems on the continent.
Book Synopsis Africa and the West by : Isaac James Mowoe
Download or read book Africa and the West written by Isaac James Mowoe and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1986-02-13 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, written by leading African and Western specialists, is among the first to provide a broad interdisciplinary view of African culture that allows contemporary Africa to be understood on its own terms--freed from Western ethnocentric preconceptions and values. The book begins with an overview of current African scholarship, followed by Philip Curtin's historical essay on Africa's 400-year relationship with European culture, with special emphasis on the mass migrations brought about by the slave trade. Discussions of indigenous cultural symbols and religious belief systems reveal a rich and continuing heritage and deepen our understanding of modern African society. Several chapters are devoted to the intellectual and cultural life of Francophone Africa--its major writers and scholars and the deep cultural conflict experienced by French-speaking African elites. A chapter by Leopold Senghor, former president of Senegal and a leading cultural figure in Francophone Africa, offers an eloquent statement of the post-colonial African world view. A new form of imperialism--the control of the mass media by powerful industrial nations--and the dangers it poses to African identity and autonomy are examined. Other topics covered are the evolution of African legal and judicial systems and recent developments in African musicology.
Book Synopsis A Pan-African Theology by : Josiah Ulysses Young
Download or read book A Pan-African Theology written by Josiah Ulysses Young and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Africa's Development in Historical Perspective by : Emmanuel Akyeampong
Download or read book Africa's Development in Historical Perspective written by Emmanuel Akyeampong and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why has Africa remained persistently poor over its recorded history? Has Africa always been poor? What has been the nature of Africa's poverty and how do we explain its origins? This volume takes a necessary interdisciplinary approach to these questions by bringing together perspectives from archaeology, linguistics, history, anthropology, political science, and economics. Several contributors note that Africa's development was at par with many areas of Europe in the first millennium of the Common Era. Why Africa fell behind is a key theme in this volume, with insights that should inform Africa's developmental strategies.
Book Synopsis The Legacy of Arab-Islam in Africa by : John Allembillah Azumah
Download or read book The Legacy of Arab-Islam in Africa written by John Allembillah Azumah and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoughtful and challenging, this book argues for a reassessment of the role historically played by Islam in Africa, and offers new hope for in creased mutual understanding between African people of different faiths. Drawing on a wealth of sources, from the colonial period to the most up-to-date scholarship, the author challenges the widely held perception th at, while Christianity oppressed and subjugated the African people, Islam fitted comfortably into the indigenous landscape. Instead, this penetrating account reveals Muslim settlers to be as guilty of enforcing slavery and conversion as those of their more maligned sister tradition. Only with an acknowledgement of the true roles of both faiths in African history, suggests Azumah, can the people of both traditions move themselves and their continent towards a new future of tolerance and self-awareness.
Book Synopsis Climbing Jacob's Ladder by : Andrew Billingsley
Download or read book Climbing Jacob's Ladder written by Andrew Billingsley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1992 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To help the reader understand the African-American family in its broad historical, social, and cultural context, the author traces the rich history of the black family from its roots in Africa, through slavery, Reconstruction, the Depression, the Civil Rights Movement, and up to the present.
Book Synopsis The African Renaissance by : Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui
Download or read book The African Renaissance written by Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Legislative Development in Africa by : Ken Ochieng' Opalo
Download or read book Legislative Development in Africa written by Ken Ochieng' Opalo and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-20 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examined the development of legislatures under colonial rule, post-colonial autocratic single party rule, and multi-party politics in Africa.
Book Synopsis The legacies of Albert Schweitzer reconsidered by : Izak J.J. Spangenberg
Download or read book The legacies of Albert Schweitzer reconsidered written by Izak J.J. Spangenberg and published by AOSIS. This book was released on 2016-12-31 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book on the legacy of Albert Schweitzer contextualises this remarkable intellectualist, humanist, medicine-man, theologian and Nobel Prize winner. This collected work is aimed at specialists in the humanities, social sciences, education, and religious studies. The authors embrace philanthropic values to benefit Africa and the world at large. The publication engages with peers on the relevance of Schweitzer’s work for humanitarian values in Africa. The essays in the book stimulate further research in the various fields in which Schweitzer excelled. Its academic contribution is its focus on the post-colonial discourse in contemporary discussions both in South Africa and Africa at large. The book emphasises Schweitzer’s reverence for life philosophy and demonstrates how this impacts on moral values. However, the book also points to the possibility that Schweitzer’s reverence for life philosophy is embedded in a typically European appreciation of ‘mysticism’ that is not commensurate with African indigenous religious values. From an African academic perspective, the book advocates the view that Schweitzer’s concept of the reverence for life supports not only the Biblical notion of imago Dei but also the African humanist values of the preservation and protection of life, criticising the exploitation of the environment by warring factions and large companies, especially in oil-producing African countries. It also argues that Schweitzer’s disposition on ethics was influenced by the Second World War, his sentiments against nuclear weapons and his resistance to the Enlightenment view of ‘civilisation’. With regard to Jesus studies the book elucidates values promoted by Schweitzer by following in Jesus’ steps and portraying Jesus’ message within a modern world view. Taken over from Schweitzer, the book argues that Jesus’ moral authority resides in his display of love and his interaction with the poor and marginalised. The book demonstrates Schweitzer’s understanding of Jesus as the one who sacrifices his own life to bring the Kingdom of God to realisation in this world. The book commends Schweitzer’s insight that we know Jesus through his toils on the one hand, and through our own experiences on the other. It is in a mixture between the two that the hermeneutical gap between then and now is bridged. It is precisely in bridging this gap that Schweitzer sees himself as an instrument of God’s healing. It defines Schweitzer as the embodiment of being a healer, educationalist and herald of the greening of Christianity. His philosophy on the reverence for life prepares a foundation for Christians to think ‘green’ about human life within a greater environment. He advocates aspects of education such as lifelong learning, holistic education and a problem-based approach to education. Finally, the book analyses both critically and appreciatively Albert Schweitzer’s contribution to the concepts of religious healing prevalent in African Christianity today.
Book Synopsis Africa's Agenda by : Harvey J. Sindima
Download or read book Africa's Agenda written by Harvey J. Sindima and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1995-10-20 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liberal philosophy came to Africa through colonialism: it was taught in schools, preached and supported by the churches, and maintained and encouraged by an economic system characterized by competition and maximizing profit—capitalism. Thirty years after independence, liberal philosophy continues to erode traditional values in Africa. To redirect Africans to symbols of common life and respect for persons, nationalist leaders have tried other philosophies: negritude, African socialism, and humanism. This book shows the limitations of these philosophies, and the failure of African philosophy and theology to offer a paradigm for social change. The author proposes a new paradigm for transformation, one rooted in traditional thought, found in the concepts of moyo (life) and umunthu (personhood).
Download or read book Africa written by Ron Preston and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-13 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding." Proverbs 4:7. The author invites you into the wisdom of the legacy of Africa that provided the principles that key biblical scriptures were developed from. The principle used to create the concept of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is revealed. He exposes you to a conversation held in a vision of an African ancestor with God. In the vision God entrusted him with a tool of great wisdom that if used could guide humanity to a more peaceful coexistence than history has recorded. It is a tool that still has the power to avert bloodshed in our present day and certainly in our future. The legacy of Africa is also an incredible source of human inspiration and should be a source of great pride. Drawing from the will and spiritual strength of African ancestors, generations of their offspring survived slavery, apartheid and colonialism. The author delves deep into places in history where man has shown grave inhumanity to man. The evils man has exhibited could have been prevented if God's tool of wisdom given to an African in a vision had been employed. You will understand the value of this tool as you realize how appropriate its use would be in our world of politics and globalization. What humanity is lacking God had already provided.
Book Synopsis Hidden Legacies: African Presence in European Antiques by : Tanzy Ward
Download or read book Hidden Legacies: African Presence in European Antiques written by Tanzy Ward and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Hidden Legacies: African Presence in European Antiques' emphasizes the historical significance and underwhelming acclaim that collectibles depicting African subjects receive. The world of classical antiques and European collectibles has an expansive and intriguing unsung collection that is often overlooked not given a proper representation. Hidden Legacies seeks to identify, analyze, and reflect on the diverse European antiques that feature African descendants. Vivid paintings, detailed cameos, fascinating photography, and extraordinary sculptures are studied in each chapter, allowing the reader to reflect on its historic importance and the philosophical cultural studies relating to European antiques. Hidden Legacies calls attention to the impressive collectibles that feature African subjects from various periods, including the Renaissance and Victorian Eras.
Book Synopsis The Future Has an Ancient Heart by : Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum
Download or read book The Future Has an Ancient Heart written by Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feminist cultural historian Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum caps her previous work with The Future has an Ancient Heart, a scholarly study of the transformative legacy of African origins and values of caring, sharing, healing, and vision carried by African migrants throughout the world. Birnbaum focuses on the long endurance of these values from the first human communities in south and central Africa, ones that Africans manifested in the region of the African mediterranean landmass that later separated Africa from Europe and Asia when the ice melted and waters rose. These migrants reached every continent and later became spiritual as well as geograpical migrations back to Africa, from ancient times to the transformative present. Using the same methods as her teaching, Birnbaum employs a mutual learning process in her work to help us think about our own ancestral story, adding to the wisdom we need to surmount contemporary crises and give us the energy to help bring a more equal and just world into being. Her methodologies are grounded on empirical techniques of science and the social sciences and yet leave openings for the liminal knowledge that resides underneath and beyond boundaries of established religions, secular ideologies, and conventional science. A true work of transformation, The Future has an Ancient Heart opens the door to new possibilities within our world.
Book Synopsis Love, Motherhood and the African Heritage by : Femi Nzegwu
Download or read book Love, Motherhood and the African Heritage written by Femi Nzegwu and published by African Renaissancepub. This book was released on 2001 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty years after the restoration of independence in Africa following decades of European conquest and occupation of the continent, there has been little positive impact on the quality of life of most Africans in virtually every sphere of social, political, economic or spiritual existence. During the period, African governments have failed to establish effective socio-economic systems to counter the deleterious consequences of the occupation. One such consequence has been the impact on women, who, prior to the occupation, played a central role in the life of their societies. The aftermath of European hegemony on the African scene has been the displacement/marginalisation of the power, position, participation and contribution of African women in the social ordering and overall advancement of their society. Unfortunately, African governments, through their policies, have ensured that this crippling dis-equilibrium in society has become further entrenched. This is a subject that has been of major concern to Flora Nwapa, one of Africa's leading women novelists. Through Nwapa's writings, we examine the historical role which Igbo women exercised in their society; the pivotal and highly revered role of motherhood as an all-encompassing ideological framework of social ordering of the nation and the philosophical ethos which governed women's social, cultural, political, economic and spiritual life, the basis of which was the 'dual-gender' complementarity in place in society. The study concludes by demonstrating that only through a return to these time-honoured proven values of social co-existence can Africa extricate itself from the present state of human privations.
Book Synopsis Creating a Legacy of Wealth for African-American Children by : K. I. Beasley
Download or read book Creating a Legacy of Wealth for African-American Children written by K. I. Beasley and published by Leave No Sisterbehind Publications. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating a Legacy of Wealth for African-American Children revisits the basics of parenting and reaffirms the values of African-American ancestry; emphasizing the value of community and a relationship with God, education, and love.
Book Synopsis The Legacies of Julius Nyerere by : David Alexander McDonald
Download or read book The Legacies of Julius Nyerere written by David Alexander McDonald and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Booker T. Washington vs. W. E. B. Du Bois and Their Legacy for African－American Leadership（布克‧华盛顿与杜波依斯的思想之争及其对非裔政治领袖的影响） by : Hao Kun（蒿琨）
Download or read book Booker T. Washington vs. W. E. B. Du Bois and Their Legacy for African－American Leadership（布克‧华盛顿与杜波依斯的思想之争及其对非裔政治领袖的影响） written by Hao Kun（蒿琨） and published by 社会科学文献出版社. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 20世纪初，布克·华盛顿与杜波依斯就非裔美国人问题展开了一场世纪大辩论。蒿琨著的这本《布克·华盛顿与杜波依斯的思想之争及其对非裔政治领袖的影响（英文版）》从华盛顿与杜波依斯的分歧出发阐述二者的思想之争，然后分析他们的思想遗产对美国非裔领袖的深刻影响。民权运动既继承了杜波依斯的政治抗争手段，又延伸了布克·华盛顿的经济赋权思想。随着美国社会新保守主义的复兴，布克·华盛顿强调非裔美国人自我奋斗和内化自我素质的思想被赋予了新的历史意义。2008年巴拉克·奥巴马成为美国首位非裔总统，这一历史事件让美国公众开始重新审视杜波依斯的精英思想。
