African Political and Economic Philosophy with Africapitalism: Concepts for African Leadership

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Contents
Introduction
Part I: On Africapitalism
Chapter 1: African Political and Economic Philosophy with Africapitalism
	Introduction
	What Is Africapitalism?
	Background
	History of African Political Philosophy
	Igbo Business Philosophy
	References
Chapter 2: A Moralist Interrogation of Africapitalism as an African Economic Philosophy
	Africapitalism and the Sage
	References
Chapter 3: E. K. Ogundowole’s Self-reliancism and Tony Elumelu’s Africapitalism: Complementary Economic Ideologies for Sustainable Development in Africa
	Conceptualizing Self-reliancism
	The Theoretical Foundation of Self-reliance
	On Africapitalism
	Previous Economic Philosophies in Africa
	Self-reliancism and Africapitalism as Economic Ideologies of Development
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
Chapter 4: International Political Economy of Africapitalism
	Chiefless African States and Africapitalism
	Modern Africa and Underdevelopment
	Universalization of Africapitalism and African Development
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
Chapter 5: Africapitalism and the Moral Implications of African Governments’ Abnegation of Responsibilities
	Africapitalism and Its Principles
	An Overview of the Resource Curse in Nigeria
	Nigeria’s Compounded Resource Curse
	The Moral Implications for the Private Sector
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
Part II: On Development
Chapter 6: Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI) as an Economic Philosophy Model for Africa
	Critical Viewpoint of the Afrocentric Movement
	The Ascribed Notion of ISI
	Benefits of ISI for Africa’s Growth and Economic Prosperity
	Conclusion and Afrocentric Policy Prescription
	Bibliography
Chapter 7: Constitutionalism and the Crisis of Development in Africa
	Constitution and Constitutionalism
	Constitutionalism in Postcolonial Africa
	Consequences for Development in the Continent
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
Chapter 8: Replacing Development: An Afro-communal Approach to Distributive Justice
	What Is Development?
	An Interpretation of the African Value of Communion
	Weak Criticisms of Development
		Too Little Spirituality?
		Too Much Science?
		Too Much Materialism?
		Too Little Locality?
		Too Much Progress?
		Is It True That, for Indigenous African values, the Concept of Linearity (or Progress) Is Out of Place?
	Strong Criticisms of Development
		Too Anthropocentric
		Too Individualistic
		Too Technocratic
	Conclusion: Toward a Relational Concept of Progress
	Notes
	Bibliography
Chapter 9: Black Consciousness Philosophy as Politics of Responsibility for Africa
	Theoretical Framework and Contextualization
	Basis of BCP
	BCP as Politics of Responsibility for Sustainable African Development
	Pragmatic Recognition of Africapitalism as a BCP
	Evaluative Conclusion
	Bibliography
Part III: On Leadership
Chapter 10: Akan Sociopolitical and Economic Thought as a Leadership Model for Africa
	Justification
	Woes of Colonialism and Postindependence Politics and the Calls for Indigeneity
	Aspects of Indigenous Akan Politics and Political Economy
	Theoretical Framework and Its Application
	The Akan Experience of Democracy and the Philosophy of Political Economy
		Indigenous Systems of Politics and Economics for Democracy and Well-Being of Individuals
		Communalism and Indigenous Political and Economic Philosophies
		The Misapplication of Communalism for African Socialism
	(Mis)Application of Communalism: Any Way Forward for Africapitalism?
	Conclusion and the Way Forward for African Politics and Economies
	Bibliography
Chapter 11: Ubuntu as a Social Leadership Model in Africa: Focus on Nigeria
	Leadership: Notion, Nigeria’s Experience, and Challenges
	Ubuntu Philosophy: Notion and Exploration
	Africapitalism: Notions and Principles
	Ubuntu Philosophy and Africapitalism: Implications for Leadership in Africa
	Conclusion: Ubuntu and Africapitalism as Models of Leadership in Africa
	Bibliography
Chapter 12: Managing Diversity and Protecting Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Africa: The Limitations of the Quota System
	The Case of Azania (A Hypothetical African State)
	Racial and Ethnic Disparities and the Problem of Marginalization
	Racial and Ethnic Quotas
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
Chapter 13: Power in African Politics: What It Is and How It Ought to be Used
	Political Conception of Power
	The Antebellum Period of the Nigerian Civil War
	The Failure of Power
	Conclusion
	Bibliography
Conclusion
Index
About the Contributors