INDIGENOUS SYSTEMS AND AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT

351pp., maps, paperback, Pretoria, 2021

Contributions include:

"Culture Misrepresentation Through Language Attitudes, study of Francophone Cameroonian migrants in South Africa" by Atabongwoung Gallous

"Integrating Culture in an Urban Transformation Framework in South Africa" by Ajebush Shafi, Mzo Sirayi and Mammo Muchie

"The Ethics of Ubuntu and its Role in Fostering Justice for Development in South Africa" by Mafihli Teleki and Serges Djoyou Kamga

"Free Trade in Africa, macroeconomic convergence, possibilities and prospects" by Vusi Gumede

"Africa's Democratic Evolution, the role of flawed elections, incumbency and third-term syndrome in political instability" by Westen K. Shilaho.

Vusi Gumede is Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Development and Business Sciences at the University of Mpumalanga.

Mammo Muchie is the Department of Science and Technology - National Research Foundation Research Chair in Innovation Studies at the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment of Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria.

Ajebush Shafi is currently part of the research team for the Catching-Up EU-horizon project and is working on the agro-processing Global Value Chain research theme.