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Integral Community Enterprise in Africa - Communitalism as an Alternative to Capitalism (Hardcover): Anselm Adodo Integral Community Enterprise in Africa - Communitalism as an Alternative to Capitalism (Hardcover)
Anselm Adodo
R4,472 Discovery Miles 44 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

At a time of global economic crisis and disillusionment with capitalism, Adodo offers refreshing and positive insight into a more integral way of business management, enterprise and community development as well as holistic healing in Africa. For over three decades, Africa was the recipient of billions of dollars in aid funds that were meant to catapult the continent from undeveloped to developed status. Yet the more the aid poured in, the poorer African countries became. The devastating effect of western economic models in Africa that followed is well documented. Integral Community Enterprise in Africa exposes the limitations of existing theories, such as capitalism, socialism and communism, and shows how western theories were imposed on Africa. Such imposition of concepts and ideas is not only demeaning but also unsustainable, serving only the interest of the elite. Father Anselm Adodo argues for the need to have a southern theory to serve as an alternative to western theories. The majority of African intellectuals and activists, while criticizing existing theories, often do not provide alternative theories to address the prevalent inadequacies entrenched in conventional social, political and economic systems. This revolutionary book aims to address this lapse and proposes the theory of communitalism as a more indigenous, sustainable and integral approach to tackling the social, political, economic and developmental challenges of today's Africa. There is an African alternative to capitalism, socialism and communism - a surer path to sustainable development in and from Africa. This is a book that is positioned at the very core of a much needed African Renaissance. A profoundly new approach to development in Africa, this is essential reading for anyone concerned with authentic development in Africa and in the world.

Healing Plants of Nigeria - Ethnomedicine and Therapeutic Applications (Hardcover): Anselm Adodo, Maurice M. Iwu Healing Plants of Nigeria - Ethnomedicine and Therapeutic Applications (Hardcover)
Anselm Adodo, Maurice M. Iwu
R3,593 Discovery Miles 35 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Healing Plants of Nigeria: Ethnomedicine and Therapeutic Applications offers comprehensive information on the use of herbal medicines in West Africa. Combining an evidence-based, ethnobotanical perspective with a pharmacological and pharmaceutical approach to phytomedicine, the book bridges the gap between the study of herbal plants' pharmacological properties and active compounds for the development of clinical drugs and community-oriented approaches, emphasising local use. It demonstrates how the framework of African traditional medicine can be preserved in a contemporary clinical context. The book outlines the history and beliefs surrounding the traditional use of herbs by the local population alongside their application in contemporary phytotherapy in Nigeria and West Africa. It features a critical assessment of the scientific rationale behind the use of these plants in ethnomedicine and offers a composite catalogue of phytotherapeutic and wellness agents, detailing the safety profile, efficacy, and scientific integrity of plants used to treat diseases and optimise health. Features: An ethnobotanical survey containing over 200 full-colour photographs of Nigerian and West African plants. A unique combination of ethnobotany and pharmacognosy, bridging the divide between pharmaceutical and community-oriented approaches to herbal medicine research. Contextual discussion of the therapeutic potential of Nigerian herbal medicine. Offers a template which can be used to separate the superstitious aspects of ethnomedicine from culturally inherited deposits of knowledge. A handbook for herbal and natural medicine practitioners, the book is aimed at African thinkers, scientists, healthcare providers and students of pharmacology and ethnomedicine.

Healing Plants of Nigeria - Ethnomedicine and Therapeutic Applications (Paperback): Anselm Adodo, Maurice M. Iwu Healing Plants of Nigeria - Ethnomedicine and Therapeutic Applications (Paperback)
Anselm Adodo, Maurice M. Iwu
R1,537 Discovery Miles 15 370 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Healing Plants of Nigeria: Ethnomedicine and Therapeutic Applications offers comprehensive information on the use of herbal medicines in West Africa. Combining an evidence-based, ethnobotanical perspective with a pharmacological and pharmaceutical approach to phytomedicine, the book bridges the gap between the study of herbal plants' pharmacological properties and active compounds for the development of clinical drugs and community-oriented approaches, emphasising local use. It demonstrates how the framework of African traditional medicine can be preserved in a contemporary clinical context. The book outlines the history and beliefs surrounding the traditional use of herbs by the local population alongside their application in contemporary phytotherapy in Nigeria and West Africa. It features a critical assessment of the scientific rationale behind the use of these plants in ethnomedicine and offers a composite catalogue of phytotherapeutic and wellness agents, detailing the safety profile, efficacy, and scientific integrity of plants used to treat diseases and optimise health. Features: An ethnobotanical survey containing over 200 full-colour photographs of Nigerian and West African plants. A unique combination of ethnobotany and pharmacognosy, bridging the divide between pharmaceutical and community-oriented approaches to herbal medicine research. Contextual discussion of the therapeutic potential of Nigerian herbal medicine. Offers a template which can be used to separate the superstitious aspects of ethnomedicine from culturally inherited deposits of knowledge. A handbook for herbal and natural medicine practitioners, the book is aimed at African thinkers, scientists, healthcare providers and students of pharmacology and ethnomedicine.

Integral Community Enterprise in Africa - Communitalism as an Alternative to Capitalism (Paperback): Anselm Adodo Integral Community Enterprise in Africa - Communitalism as an Alternative to Capitalism (Paperback)
Anselm Adodo
R1,385 Discovery Miles 13 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

At a time of global economic crisis and disillusionment with capitalism, Adodo offers refreshing and positive insight into a more integral way of business management, enterprise and community development as well as holistic healing in Africa. For over three decades, Africa was the recipient of billions of dollars in aid funds that were meant to catapult the continent from undeveloped to developed status. Yet the more the aid poured in, the poorer African countries became. The devastating effect of western economic models in Africa that followed is well documented. Integral Community Enterprise in Africa exposes the limitations of existing theories, such as capitalism, socialism and communism, and shows how western theories were imposed on Africa. Such imposition of concepts and ideas is not only demeaning but also unsustainable, serving only the interest of the elite. Father Anselm Adodo argues for the need to have a southern theory to serve as an alternative to western theories. The majority of African intellectuals and activists, while criticizing existing theories, often do not provide alternative theories to address the prevalent inadequacies entrenched in conventional social, political and economic systems. This revolutionary book aims to address this lapse and proposes the theory of communitalism as a more indigenous, sustainable and integral approach to tackling the social, political, economic and developmental challenges of today's Africa. There is an African alternative to capitalism, socialism and communism - a surer path to sustainable development in and from Africa. This is a book that is positioned at the very core of a much needed African Renaissance. A profoundly new approach to development in Africa, this is essential reading for anyone concerned with authentic development in Africa and in the world.

The Idea of the Communiversity - Releasing the Natural, Cultural, Technological and Economic GENE-ius of Societies (Paperback):... The Idea of the Communiversity - Releasing the Natural, Cultural, Technological and Economic GENE-ius of Societies (Paperback)
Ronnie Lessem, Anselm Adodo, Tony Bradley
R762 R721 Discovery Miles 7 210 Save R41 (5%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Nature Power - Natural Medicine in Tropical Africa (Paperback): Anselm Adodo Nature Power - Natural Medicine in Tropical Africa (Paperback)
Anselm Adodo
R463 Discovery Miles 4 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Medicinal Plants of Nigeria - An Ethnobotanical Survey and Plant Album (Paperback): Anselm Adodo Medicinal Plants of Nigeria - An Ethnobotanical Survey and Plant Album (Paperback)
Anselm Adodo
R584 Discovery Miles 5 840 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Nature Power - Natural Medicine in Tropical Africa (Paperback): Anselm Adodo Osb Nature Power - Natural Medicine in Tropical Africa (Paperback)
Anselm Adodo Osb
R748 Discovery Miles 7 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

When Nature Power was first published twelve years ago, the practice of herbal medicine in Nigeria and in most parts of Africa was identified with witchcraft, sorcery, ritualism, and all sorts of fetish practices. Because herbal medicine was associated with paganism, African Christians secretly patronize traditional healers, and the educated elite and religious figures did not want to be associated in any way with traditional African medicine. Nature Power, like a lonely voice in a wilderness, was written to correct the misconception that African herbal medicine is synonymous with paganism, ritualism, and fetishism. Since its publication, Nature Power has been reprinted more than eight times. It has contributed immensely in changing the attitudes of both the government and Christians toward the practice of herbal medicine. Nature Power has also helped show that health is more than an absence of disease. Health is wholeness of mind, soul, and body. Much of the information in this book is age-old secrets, which herbalists keep close to their chests. I have made them available here so that humanity may profit from them.

Afrikology - Deconstructing and Reconstructing Knowledge and Value in Africa (Paperback): Anselm Adodo, Ronnie Lessem Afrikology - Deconstructing and Reconstructing Knowledge and Value in Africa (Paperback)
Anselm Adodo, Ronnie Lessem
R878 Discovery Miles 8 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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