Home Grown Initiatives And Nation Building In Africa

Author : Tharcisse Gatwa,Deo Mbonyinkebe
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783643914231

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Home Grown Initiatives and Nation Building in Africa by Tharcisse Gatwa,Deo Mbonyinkebe Pdf

The book describes a number of Rwandan post-genocide initiatives aiming at developing a common sense of identity in the population and addressing social, cultural and economic issues. This proactive approach indicates the will of the Rwandan government with the cooperation of social actors to resort to traditional - and in some cases precolonial - cultural practices to resolve the problems of nation-building. The essays are well documented; many of them based on empirical studies. Philippe Denis, Professor of History of Christianity, University of KwaZulu-Natal. Today Rwanda is widely acclaimed as a success story and a model for post-conflict reconstruction. And yet, Rwanda has not finished to surprise. This publication focuses on a specific home-grown solution, whether it be Gacaca, Ndi Umunyarwanda, Agakiriro and more. Rwanda tells its story, its experience in overcoming apparently unsurmountable challenges. The book will serve as an essential reference for any future and deeper analyses of these solutions. Joseph Gafaranga, Professor in linguistics, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Author : Chukwumerije Okereke,Patricia Agupusi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317505525

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Homegrown Development in Africa by Chukwumerije Okereke,Patricia Agupusi Pdf

Internationally driven development programmes have not been entirely successful in transforming the economic status of African countries. Since the late 1990s many African countries have started to take initiatives to develop an integrated framework that tackles poverty and promotes socio-economic development in their respective countries. This book provides a critical evaluation of ‘homegrown’ development initiatives in Africa, set up as alternatives to externally sponsored development. Focusing specifically on Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya, the book takes a qualitative and comparative approach to offer the first ever in-depth analysis of indigenous development programmes. It examines: How far African states have moved towards more homegrown development strategies. The effects of the shift towards African homegrown socio-economic development strategies and the conditions needed to enhance their success and sustainability. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of development studies, international politics, political economy, public policy and African politics, sociology and economics.

Author : Ndahiro, A,Rwagatare, J.
Publisher : Fountain Publishers
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9791092401035

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Rwanda: Rebuilding of a Nation by Ndahiro, A,Rwagatare, J. Pdf

Rwanda: Rebuilding of a Nation is a story that takes the reader through a sweeping panorama of Rwanda's history, from its recent past as a nearfailed state to its present as a beacon of hope and successful innovations. Rwanda's rise from the ashes detailed in this book is the culmination of a visionary and laborious process of rebuilding a nation from the brink of collapse. It is also a story of reconciling a people that had been taught to see each other as enemies. Twenty years ago, the world wrote off Rwanda after the worst genocide in recent times left over one million of its people dead and another three million in refugee camps in neighbouring countries. The country was broken in every way possible - socially, culturally, economically and politically. Today, Rwanda has been rebuilt and has become a respectable country, receiving many international accolades for its extraordinary leadership and achievements. The backbone and custodian of this agenda has been and remains the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF). This was the case right from its inception before and during the liberation struggle to the implementation of this transformation. The book traces the success of the RPF-driven transformation, which derives from the combination of three interrelated factors. First, a people-centred governance that has spearheaded community development, ownership and accountability. Second, home-grown initiatives in different sectors that have helped to adequately respond to extraordinary challenges. And third, a visionary leadership that listens to its people and inspires them towards self-reliance and dignity. Finally, the book shows that Rwanda's achievements have been possible because the RPF's development agenda is built on power-sharing, consensus-building, gender equality and the primacy of security.

Author : Arnold Rivkin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015012850502

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Nation-building in Africa by Arnold Rivkin Pdf

Author : Obichere Iwuagwu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9785844005

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Nation Building in Africa by Obichere Iwuagwu Pdf

Author : Tharcisse Gatwa,Deo Mbonyinkebe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 2889312860

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Drawing Resources from the Rwandan Way of Life by Tharcisse Gatwa,Deo Mbonyinkebe Pdf

Author : Shamsul M. Haque,Anastase Shyaka,Gedeon M. Mudacumura
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317371618

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Democratizing Public Governance in Developing Nations by Shamsul M. Haque,Anastase Shyaka,Gedeon M. Mudacumura Pdf

This edited volume brings together critical insights that address the multifaceted problems of governance and democracy in the developing regions with specific reference to Africa. It explores both the externally prescribed and home-grown governance initiatives geared toward democracy and development, and suggests alternative strategies to improve the processes and institutions of governance. The chapters in the book deal with major concerns related to governance, including the strengths and limits of existing policies and practices and the structure and role of state and non-state institutions in promoting democracy and participation. All these issues, in general, have great significance for realizing an authentic and enduring mode of democratic governance in the developing world.

Author : Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016063724

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Nation-building and State Building in Africa by Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja Pdf

Author : Edwin Okey Ijeoma
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780798302227

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Africa's New Public Policy by Edwin Okey Ijeoma Pdf

Africaís New Public Policy: Imperatives for Globalisation and Nation-building provides a comprehensive analysis of globalisation and democracy, from an African perspective. It also provides policy imperatives that are aimed at seeking solutions to the myriad challenges emanating from managing the consequences of globalisation in Nigeria and other African countries. The author attempts to determine the extent to which public administration principles ñ in Nigeria in particular, and the rest of Africa in general, as well as in other parts of the developing world ñ underpin the management of the effects of globalisation within a democracy and nation building projects. Africaís New Public Policy will not only be a useful resource for public policy decision-making on globalisation issues, but it will also serve as a credible reference material for public sector practitioners, scholars in international relations, as well as officials involved in the diplomatic work environment. It also includes a comparative analysis on how Nigeria and South Africa have handled some of the globalisation and democratisation challenges facing their respective countries under the administrations of Presidents Obasanjo and Mbeki respectively.

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789231003196

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Co-Designing Science in Africa by UNESCO Pdf

Author : David Francis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781848133631

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Peace and Conflict in Africa by David Francis Pdf

Nowhere in the world is the demand for peace more prominent and challenging than in Africa. From state collapse and anarchy in Somalia to protracted wars and rampant corruption in the Congo; from bloody civil wars and extreme poverty in Sierra Leone to humanitarian crisis and authoritarianism in Sudan, the continent is the focus of growing political and media attention. This book presents the first comprehensive overview of conflict and peace across the continent. Bringing together a range of leading academics from Africa and beyond, Peace and Conflict in Africa is an ideal introduction to key themes of conflict resolution, peacebuilding, security and development. The book's stress on the importance of indigenous Africa approaches to creating peace makes it an innovative and exciting intervention in the field.

Author : Gregory J. Bownik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1432759485

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Leadership and Nation Building in Africa by Gregory J. Bownik Pdf

I hope that the essays included in Leadership and Nation Building in Africa will encourage conversations that go beyond campus. The insights provided here suggest the world can have a better future, with the nations of Africa helping to pave the way. A thriving continent of Africa could move the world toward greater stability, a higher quality of life, and more thoughtful use of natural resources. Jay Barnes, Bethel University President

Author : John Gai Yoh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 064825917X

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The Hazards of Nation Building by John Gai Yoh Pdf

The Sudan state have been in crisis for too long, and rarely did any of the numerous political organizations in the country take the risk and the burden to debate, fight and negotiate for the transformation of the country from a decadent military coup prone underdeveloped state to a viable democratic country; and from a religious fanatic and racist state to a multi-cultural and multi-religious tolerant state. Since independence only the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) dared to challenge all the shades of Sudanese political spec trum to transform the country into a viable economic and political democratic and secular country, where citizenship is the criteria for belonging to a nation.

Author : Karl Wolfgang Deutsch,William J. Foltz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Nationalism
ISBN : UVA:X000272628

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Nation-building by Karl Wolfgang Deutsch,William J. Foltz Pdf

Author : Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw,Jophus Anamuah-Mensah,George Sefa Dei,Kolawole Raheem
Publisher : Springer
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789462096592

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Indigenist African Development and Related Issues by Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw,Jophus Anamuah-Mensah,George Sefa Dei,Kolawole Raheem Pdf

There is no term so heavily contested in social science literature/nomenclature than ‘Development’. This book brings Indigenous perspectives to African develop¬ment. It is argued that contrary to development as we know it not working, a greater part of the problem is that conventional development approaches that work have in fact not truly been followed to the letter and hence the quagmire. All this is ironic since everything we do about our world is development. So, how come there is “difficult knowledge” when it comes to learning from what we know, i.e., what local peoples do and have done for centuries as a starting point to recon¬structing and reframing ‘development’? In getting our heads around this paradox, we are tempted to ask more questions. How do we as African scholars and research¬ers begin to develop “home-grown solutions” to our problems? How do we pioneer new analytical systems for understanding our communities and offer a pathway to genuine African development, i.e., Indigenist African development? (see also Yankah, 2004). How do we speak of Indigenist development mindful of global developments and entanglements around us? Can we afford to pursue development still mired in a “catch up” scenario? Are we in a race with the development world and where do we see this race ending or where do we define as the ‘finishing line’? A Publication of the Centre for School and Community Science and Technology Studies [SACOST], University of Education, Winneba, Ghana