African Perspectives on Poverty, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, and Innovation

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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It reflects on comparative practices and praxes on the African continent, including commonplace traditions and practices in alleviating poverty, taken against a background of the failure of current prescriptions for poverty alleviation, such as the Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) and the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP).

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Utgivningsdatum2022-11-16
Mått155 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt530 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor237
FörlagSpringer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN9789811958557

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Oliver Mtapuri is a Professor in Development Studies at the School of Built Environment and Development in the College of Humanities at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa. Mtapuri is also the Interim South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) chair in Applied Poverty Reduction Assessment, funded by the National Research Foundation (grant No. 71220) and the Department of Science and Innovation.

Introduction. Tackling poverty and inequality.- Part 1 Povery and Indigenous Knowledge Systems.- Chapter 1. Onomastic and Conceptual Pathologisation of African Culture as a Creation and Perpetuation of African Poverty in Zimbabwe.- Cha.pter 2. Empirecrafting or Statecrafting Africa? Beyond Banal “Traditional” Witchery and Towards Rebuilding the Moral Economy.- Chapter 3. Impoverishment as a Constraint to Africa’s Social Development.- Chapter 4. Indigenous Knowledge and Poverty Alleviation in Contemporary Zimbabwe.- Chapter 5. The Efficacy of Traditional Institutions in the Conservation of Sacred Heritage Resources in Zimbabwe.