Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2021

DOI

10.1007/s10806-021-09853-4

Publication Title

Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics

Volume

34

Issue

3

Pages

1-18

Abstract

This essay proposes African-based ethical solutions to profound human problems and a working African model to address those problems. The model promotes sustainability through advanced agroecological and information communication technologies. The essay's first section reviews the ethical ground of that model in the work of the Senegalese scholar, Cheikh Anta Diop. The essay's second section examines an applied African model for translating African ethical speculation into practice. Deeply immersed in European and African ethics, Godfrey Nzamujo developed the Songhaï Centers to solve the problem of rural poverty in seventeen African countries. Harnessing advanced technologies within a holistic agroecological ecosystem, Nzamujo's villages furnish education spanning the fields of ethics, information communication technology, microbiology, international development, and mechanical, electrical, civil and biological engineering in a community-based and centered development enterprise. The essay proposes a global consortium of ecovillages based on Nzamujo's model. The final section explores funding methods for the consortium. The conclusion contemplates a return to Africa to supplement environmental ethics that enhance life's future on earth.

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Original Publication Citation

Verharen, C., Bugarin, F., Tharakan, J., Wensing, E., Gutema, B., Fortunak, J., & Middendorf, G. (2021). African environmental ethics: Keys to sustainable development through agroecological villages. Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics, 34(3), 1-18, Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-021-09853-4

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