Tradition, Culture and Development in Africa: Historical Lessons for Modern Development PlanningAshgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006 - 228 pagina's This text is not about the causes of Africa's underdevelopment per se. Rather, it is about how African customary and traditional practices, and the efforts to obliterate these practices by agents of Western civilization affect, or can potentially affect, socio-economic development in Africa. |
Inhoudsopgave
The CultureDevelopment Nexus | 1 |
African Accomplishments before the European Encounter | 15 |
Colonialism Christianity and the Erosion of African Culture | 31 |
The Traditional African Family | 51 |
Traditional Land Tenure Systems | 69 |
Women Sexuality and Property Inheritance | 87 |
Traditional African Administrative Systems | 109 |
Traditional Resource Mobilization Strategies | 127 |
Traditional Healthcare and Healing Strategies | 143 |
Traditional Architecture and Housing | 163 |
Development Implications of Tradition | 185 |
Bibliography | 205 |
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