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This book creates (on the one hand) and explores (on the other hand) philosophies of African development suitable for Black sub-Saharan African countries. As an academic discipline focused on thought informed by indigenous moral values among Black peoples in the sub-Saharan region, African political philosophy involves philosophizing normatively about government by traditional Black African people with the aim of advancing a better African society. African political philosophy does not mean that its themes, views, concepts, and approaches are exclusively African. It also does not mean that only thinkers in Africa could hold these concepts, nor does it mean that all African thinkers hold the same views. “African” is used geographically in African political philosophy to demarcate certain perspectives that are unique to sub-Saharan African thought and practice that tend not to be the case elsewhere. An African political and economic philosophy should address the origin and method of political power, the guarantee of human and civil liberties, and how economic goods are generated and distributed in African societies. Africapitalism, as a new economic philosophy, obviates the inadequacies in Afrisocialism and offers an option for an African economic philosophy. Edited by Ephraim-Stephen Essien and Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere, the contributors to African Political and Economic Philosophy with Africapitalism: Concepts for African Leadership ask the question: can a neo-Afrisocialism offer anything good for the Africa?

Table of Contents

Introduction
Ephraim-Stephen Essien and Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere

Part One: On Africapitalism
Chapter One: African Political and Economic Philosophy with Africapitalism
Ephraim-Stephen Essien
Chapter Two: A Moralist Interrogation of Africapitalism as an African Economic Philosophy
Abayomi Sharomi
Chapter Three: E.K. Ogundowole’s Self-reliancism and Tony Elumelu’s Africapitalism: Complementary Economic Ideologies for Sustainable Development in Africa
Emmanuel Ogheneochuko Arodovwe
Chapter Four: International Political Economy of Africapitalism
Nana Kwasi Amoateng
Chapter Five: Africapitalism and the Moral Implication of African Governments’ Abnegation of Responsibilities
Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere

Part Two: On Development
Chapter Six: Import Substitution Industrialisation (ISI) as Economic Philosophy Model for Africa
Emerson Abraham Jackson
Chapter Seven: Constitutionalism and the Crisis of Development in Africa
Anthony Raphael Etuk
Chapter Eight: Replacing Development: An Afro-communal Approach to Distributive Justice
Thaddeus Metz
Chapter Nine: Black Consciousness Philosophy as Politics of Responsibility for Sustainable African Development
Philip Osarobu Isanbor and George Uzoma Ukagba

Part Three: On Leadership
Chapter Ten: Akan Socio-political and Economic Thoughts as Leadership Model for Ghana and Africa
Alex J. Wilson
Chapter Eleven: Ubuntu as a Social Leadership Model in Africa: Focus on Nigeria
Godwin Michael Adahada
Chapter Twelve: Managing Diversity and Protecting Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Africa: The Limitations of Quota System
Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere
Chapter Thirteen: Power in African Politics: What It is and how It Ought to be Used
Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere

Conclusion: A Recapitulation of African Political and Economic Philosophy
Ephraim-Stephen Essien and Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere

Product details

Published Mar 06 2024
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 220
ISBN 9781666931112
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 1 Table
Series African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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