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ArticleJournal of agricultural & environmental ethics2021

African Environmental Ethics: Keys to Sustainable Development Through Agroecological Villages.

Charles Verharen, Flordeliz Bugarin, John Tharakan, Enrico Wensing, Bekele Gutema, Joseph Fortunak, George Middendorf

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Article in Journal of agricultural & environmental ethics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors.

Charles VerharenDepartment of Philosophy, Howard University, Washington, D.C USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1855-2279
Flordeliz BugarinDepartment of African Studies, Howard University, Washington, D.C USA.
John TharakanDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Howard University, Washington, D.C USA.
Enrico WensingCenter for Global Health, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA USA.
Bekele GutemaDepartment of Philosophy, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Joseph FortunakDepartments of Chemistry and Pharmacology, Howard University, Washington, D.C USA.
George MiddendorfDepartment of Biology, Howard University, Washington, D.C USA.

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6 · The paper itself

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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Advanced technologiesAfrican environmental ethicsFunding initiativesGlobal consortium of ecovillagesSonghaï centers

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PMID34121845
PMCPMC8179697

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