African politics and ethics : exploring new dimensions

In this book, Munyaradzi Felix Murove explores African traditional ethical resources for African politics.

Arguing that African ethics is integral to African post-colonial political contentious discourse, Murove invites the reader to reflect on various problematic political issues in post-colonial Africa and how African ethics has been applied in these situations.

Starting with a succinct discussion of the scope of African ethics, he discusses how African ethical values have been applied by post-colonial politicians in the reconstruction of their societies.

Further, Murove looks critically at the issue of African poverty and how the ethic of regional integration and economic cooperation among post-colonial African nation-states has been instrumental to efforts aimed at overcoming the scourge of poverty.

The main question this book seeks to answer is: Are African traditional ethical values a panacea to modern African political problems?