New African Thinkers: Culture at the Heart of Sustainable Development

In New African Thinkers, young scholars from across Africa discuss their vision for the social, political, and economic future of their continent. A unifying element running throughout their work is the argument that culture―defined broadly as a way of life, system of values and controls, and modes of practice and expression―lies at the heart of a reimagined Africa: a place of prosperity and socioeconomic well-being, integration, and self-determination. The book grew out of the Tenth African Young Graduates and Scholars conference, the theme of which was the African Union's Agenda 2063.
CONTENTS:
* Introduction―A. Bialostocka and V. Mjimba.
* A PROSPEROUS AFRICA BASED ON INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
* Culture of Corruption or Corruption of Culture? Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa―J.O. David.
* Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Rural Development in Botswana: A Case Study―M. Seleka.
* How Africans Trade Their Riches for Roads and Bridges: Three Stories―D.P. Zongwe.
* AN AFRICA OF GOOD GOVERNANCE, DEMOCRACY, RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, JUSTICE, AND THE RULE OF LAW.
* The Tinkhundla Monarchical Democracy: An African System of Good Governance?―H. Dlamini
* Rights-Recognition Theory: An African Perspective―S.W. Ndwandwe.
* Postconflict Rehabilitation of the Child: Psychology and the Law in Africa―A. Onuora-Oguno and S. Shaanika.
* AN AFRICA WITH A STRONG CULTURAL IDENTITY, COMMON HERITAGE, SHARED VALUES, AND ETHICS.
* Political Leadership and Cultural Identity―N.K. Mwila.
* Visioning the Africa We Want: Post-Africanism and the Art of Titus Matiyane―P. Sidogi.
* Preserving Intangible Cultural Heritage: Indigenous Songs of the Naro of Botswana―M.F. Rabatoko.
* AN AFRICA WHERE DEVELOPMENT IS PEOPLE DRIVEN, UNLEASHING THE POTENTIAL OF WOMEN AND YOUTH.
* Stokvels as Small-Business Financiers in KwaZulu Natal―M.J. Ndlovu.
* POSTSCRIPT.
* #Sowhat? Or a Letter to New African Thinkers―O. Bialostocka and V. Mjimba.