LEADER 04205nam 22006855 450 001 9910631078403321 005 20251009103246.0 010 $a9789811958564$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9789811958557 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-19-5856-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7141231 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7141231 035 $a(CKB)25361053600041 035 $a(OCoLC)1351202264 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-19-5856-4 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925361053600041 100 $a20221115d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAfrican Perspectives on Poverty, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, and Innovation /$fedited by Oliver Mtapuri 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Springer,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (236 pages) 225 1 $aSocial Sciences Series 311 08$aPrint version: Mtapuri, Oliver African Perspectives on Poverty, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, and Innovation Singapore : Springer,c2022 9789811958557 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction. 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. 330 $aThis book examines the connections between poverty and innovation in Africa. Through case studies and theorizations from a distinctly African perspective, it stands in contrast to current theoretical works in the field, which remain very much rooted in Western-orientated thinking. The book investigates the application of methodologies which explain numerous African contexts in connection with issues of poverty and inequality. It reflects on comparative practices and praxes on the African continent, including commonplace traditions and practices in alleviating poverty, taken against a background of the failure of current prescriptions for poverty alleviation, such as the Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) and the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP). There is a dire need for new practical perspectives which move Africa forward using its indigenous knowledge. Owing to a general lack of recorded African theories and methodologies on poverty, inequality and innovation, this book represents a pioneering corpus of African knowledge addressing poverty and inequality through local innovations. Adopting a transdisciplinary approach, it is relevant to students and scholars in development studies and economics, African studies, social studies, political history and political economy, climate studies, anthropology and geography. 410 0$aSocial Sciences Series 606 $aEconomic development 606 $aAfrica$xPolitics and government 606 $aWelfare economics 606 $aWelfare state 606 $aPolitical planning 606 $aDevelopment Studies 606 $aAfrican Politics 606 $aSocial Economy 606 $aWelfare 606 $aPublic Policy 615 0$aEconomic development. 615 0$aAfrica$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aWelfare economics. 615 0$aWelfare state. 615 0$aPolitical planning. 615 14$aDevelopment Studies. 615 24$aAfrican Politics. 615 24$aSocial Economy. 615 24$aWelfare. 615 24$aPublic Policy. 676 $a001.089 702 $aMtapuri$b Oliver 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910631078403321 996 $aAfrican perspectives on poverty, indigenous knowledge systems, and innovation$93083294 997 $aUNINA