In his chapter in Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa - Problems, Perspectives, and Prospects, Professor Mutombo Nkulu-N’Sengha examines the African philosophy of sustainable development, using Central Africa and its great lakes region as a case study. He scrutinizes the African historical trajectory and African ancestral traditions in order to uncover some wisdom and practices drawn from twelve essential African concepts: Umoja (unity), ujamaa (family spirit, brotherly love), sha-bantu-ne-bintu (God as father of beings and things), Bumuntu (genuine personhood), mucima muyampe (good heart), Mfwintshi (witch, evil person), fadenya-badenya (the person as an individual and a person-with-others), mitshi (trees), ntanda-yonso (the whole world, the entire universe), bumi (life), lufu (death), bijila (taboos).
War, Environmental Crisis, and "Mining Terrorism" in the Congo Prolegomenon for an African Philosophy of Sustainability
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War, Environmental Crisis, and "Mining Terrorism" in the Congo Prolegomenon for an African Philosophy of Sustainability
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In his chapter in Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa - Problems, Perspectives, and Prospects, Professor Mutombo Nkulu-N’Sengha examines the African philosophy of sustainable development, using Central Africa and its great lakes region as a case study. He scrutinizes the African historical trajectory and African ancestral traditions in order to uncover some wisdom and practices drawn from twelve essential African concepts: Umoja (unity), ujamaa (family spirit, brotherly love), sha-bantu-ne-bintu (God as father of beings and things), Bumuntu (genuine personhood), mucima muyampe (good heart), Mfwintshi (witch, evil person), fadenya-badenya (the person as an individual and a person-with-others), mitshi (trees), ntanda-yonso (the whole world, the entire universe), bumi (life), lufu (death), bijila (taboos).
War, Environmental Crisis, and "Mining Terrorism" in the Congo Prolegomenon for an African Philosophy of Sustainability
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In his chapter in Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa - Problems, Perspectives, and Prospects, Professor Mutombo Nkulu-N’Sengha examines the African philosophy of sustainable development, using Central Africa and its great lakes region as a case study. He scrutinizes the African historical trajectory and African ancestral traditions in order to uncover some wisdom and practices drawn from twelve essential African concepts: Umoja (unity), ujamaa (family spirit, brotherly love), sha-bantu-ne-bintu (God as father of beings and things), Bumuntu (genuine personhood), mucima muyampe (good heart), Mfwintshi (witch, evil person), fadenya-badenya (the person as an individual and a person-with-others), mitshi (trees), ntanda-yonso (the whole world, the entire universe), bumi (life), lufu (death), bijila (taboos).
War, Environmental Crisis, and "Mining Terrorism" in the Congo Prolegomenon for an African Philosophy of Sustainability
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In his chapter in Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa - Problems, Perspectives, and Prospects, Professor Mutombo Nkulu-N’Sengha examines the African philosophy of sustainable development, using Central Africa and its great lakes region as a case study. He scrutinizes the African historical trajectory and African ancestral traditions in order to uncover some wisdom and practices drawn from twelve essential African concepts: Umoja (unity), ujamaa (family spirit, brotherly love), sha-bantu-ne-bintu (God as father of beings and things), Bumuntu (genuine personhood), mucima muyampe (good heart), Mfwintshi (witch, evil person), fadenya-badenya (the person as an individual and a person-with-others), mitshi (trees), ntanda-yonso (the whole world, the entire universe), bumi (life), lufu (death), bijila (taboos).
War, Environmental Crisis, and "Mining Terrorism" in the Congo Prolegomenon for an African Philosophy of Sustainability
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In his chapter in Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa - Problems, Perspectives, and Prospects, Professor Mutombo Nkulu-N’Sengha examines the African philosophy of sustainable development, using Central Africa and its great lakes region as a case study. He scrutinizes the African historical trajectory and African ancestral traditions in order to uncover some wisdom and practices drawn from twelve essential African concepts: Umoja (unity), ujamaa (family spirit, brotherly love), sha-bantu-ne-bintu (God as father of beings and things), Bumuntu (genuine personhood), mucima muyampe (good heart), Mfwintshi (witch, evil person), fadenya-badenya (the person as an individual and a person-with-others), mitshi (trees), ntanda-yonso (the whole world, the entire universe), bumi (life), lufu (death), bijila (taboos).