Gender, Democracy and Institutional Development in Africa

• Main Author: Wane, Njoki Nathani (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Gender, Development and Social Change
• Subjects: Africa-Politics and government.; Economic development.; Social change.; Economic development-Environmental aspects.; Women in development.; African Politics.; Development and Social Change.; Regional Development.; Development and Sustainability.; Development and Gender.

This book analyses African foundations of gender, education, politics, democracy and institutional development by stimulating theoretical discourses. It offers a discursive framework on ways to examine the conceptualizations of African social development and a critical discourse on debunking the mis...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. African Traditional Philosophies
• 3. Ancient Governance in Africa
• 4. Trade, Routes Trade and Commerce in Pre-colonial Africa
• 5. African Indigenous Education
• 6. The Spirit of African Indigenous Science
• 7. Women and Gender Relations in Africa
• 8. The Science of African Spirituality
• 9. Centering African Women's Leadership Course: A Conversation
• 10. Conclusion Continuity and Futurity-Ancient Africa Survives.