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Full-Text Articles in Sociology
Ecological Solidarity And Sustainable Development In Africa, Ambrose Esigbemi Umetietie
Ecological Solidarity And Sustainable Development In Africa, Ambrose Esigbemi Umetietie
The Journal of Social Encounters
Today we are faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in our thinking, so that humanity stops threatening its life support system. We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own ... This will happen if we see the need to revive our sense of belonging to a larger family of life (Maathai, 2010). According to John Paul II, the “threat of ecological breakdown is teaching us the extent to which greed and selfishness - both individual and collective - are contrary to the order of creation, an order …
Book Discussion - Elections, Violence And Transitional Justice In Africa, Elias Opongo, Tim Murithi
Book Discussion - Elections, Violence And Transitional Justice In Africa, Elias Opongo, Tim Murithi
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Of Authoritarian Africa: Repression, Resistance, And The Power Of Ideas, Robert M. Press
Review Of Authoritarian Africa: Repression, Resistance, And The Power Of Ideas, Robert M. Press
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Of Comparing Cultures And Religions In A Postmodern World, Januarius J. Asongu
Review Of Comparing Cultures And Religions In A Postmodern World, Januarius J. Asongu
The Journal of Social Encounters
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Julius Nyerere’S Understanding Of African Socialism, Human Rights And Equality, Fr. Innocent Simon Sanga, Ron Pagnucco
Julius Nyerere’S Understanding Of African Socialism, Human Rights And Equality, Fr. Innocent Simon Sanga, Ron Pagnucco
The Journal of Social Encounters
Julius Kambarage Nyerere, African philosopher, anti-colonial leader, first president of the United Republic of Tanzania, and respected international statesman, served as president of the newly independent Tanzania from 1964 through 1985., after which he remained politically active in Tanzania and on the global stage. Trying to steer a post-colonial course of self-reliance, he developed and implemented African Socialism in Tanzania, articulated in the Arusha Declaration in 1967. As an anti-colonial leader, Nyerere referred to international human rights standards such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and maintained a commitment to human rights as president and afterwards. In this essay …
Review Of Infected Kin: Orphan Care And Aids In Lesotho, Cassandra L. Workman
Review Of Infected Kin: Orphan Care And Aids In Lesotho, Cassandra L. Workman
The Journal of Social Encounters
In the opening vignette, “A Story about Joala,” we readers are brought to the highlands of Lesotho to share homebrewed beer with brewers, research participants, and the authors. This experience of sharing a drink asks us to consider what it means to share in Lesotho, what the ties are that hold people together. Like the communal sharing of food, sharing joala is a defining social activity and as we learn throughout the ethnography, one that is important in the creation of kin. Indeed, this book is presented though a kinship-first perspective.
Using this framework and ground-up analytical methodology, Block and …