Africapitalism, Ubuntu, and Sustainability

Ubuntu originated in small-scale societies precolonial Africa. It stresses metaphysical and moral interconnectedness of humans, newer Africapitalist approaches absorb ubuntu ideology, with the aims promoting community wellbeing restoring a love local place that global free trade has eroded. Ecological degradation violates these goals, which ought to translate into care for nonhuman world, addition some sub-Saharan thought systems promote environmental concern as value its own right. The foregoing story is reinforced by field research on African hunting operations appear—counterintuitively—to reconcile conservation business imperatives interests. Though acknowledging shortcomings, I maintain enterprises do, large, adopt attitudes enhance wellbeing, sustainability, long-term economic viability. also examine how well-intentioned Western agendas are neocolonial impositions impede control while exacerbating destruction socioeconomic hardship. offers conciliatory epistemology, Africapitalism incorporates, conclude considering standard theories political divisions become less antagonistic within frameworks, so even opponents can find common cause.