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Research and Publications on Africa
In this book, Fr. Rigobert Minani Bihuzo proposes a critical historical reading of the political transition in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1990 to 2007. The historical reading analyses the ‘tares’ which explain the decline of Mobutu, the wars of the East DRC of 1996 and 1998 with their external dynamics, the agreement of Lusaka, the assassination of Laurent Désiré Kabila, the inter-Congolese dialogue that led to the Overall and Inclusive Agreement of 17 December 2002, the political transition itself with the system 1+4 (2003 to 2006), the democratic elections and the installation of the institutions of the Third Republic. This book, an elaborate civic education document, will help the civil society in fulfilling its role of helping Congolese leaders who, by adapting their history, engage resolutely for the advent of peace, security, democracy, justice in the DRC, Africa and in the world.
Rays of Hope provides useful information about HIV and AIDS, their related diseases and their symptoms, and how to treat them medically and with nutrition. It explains the means which are accessible and affordable for African people, including nutrition, and antiretrovirals which are now becoming more available. A maximum of information is given so that the majority of infected people, especially in Africa, might stop dying due to lack of knowledge. Paterne-Auxence Mombé, S.J., is a Jesuit from the Central African Republic. He has studied microbiology, bio-chemistry and biomedical ethics. He is the director of the Centre Espérance Loyola (Loyola Hope Centre) in Lomé, Togo.
This comprehensive analysis and response takes seriously the worldview of both the inflicted and afflicted in search for a multi-faceted response to the scourge of AIDS. Born in Johannesburg, Peter Knox, S.J., completed undergraduate studies in chemistry before joining the Society of Jesus in 1983. He has studied, taught and done pastoral work in South Africa, London and Ottawa. A member of the Jesuit Institute, he teaches systematic theology at St. John Vianney Seminary in Pretoria, and St. Augustine College in Johannesburg.
Um Povo Que Quer Viver is the Portuguese edition of Linked for Life, “dedicated to the mothers of compassion in Africa, grandmothers rearing their orphaned grandchildren, widows left to raise their HIV-positive children, orphans bringing up their siblings. You all belong to the Body of Christ with AIDS and you meet Mary at the IV station.” It has been produced in English, French, Spanish and now the latest edition in Portuguese. “Taking up the mission entrusted to us by JESAM, Jesuits in Africa and Madagascar have been looking for ways to live out our vocation within this AJAN framework. Five years later, Linked for Life tells the story of what we have found so far. The book sketches some contributions Jesuits are making to the struggle against HIV and AIDS in Africa. It also identifies what God has been doing for us in and through AJAN, binding us together in a vision that is clarifying, a purpose that is strengthening, and a ministry that is life-giving here and for Life forever.”
This book is meant for all interested in human empowerment, the capability approach, land reform, and economic and social justice. Lawrence Daka weaves together these themes in light of Amartya Sen's groundbreaking philosophical informational basis - the capability approach. He builds on Sen's response to weaknesses of traditional economics and normative utilitarianism as evaluative disciplines and John Rawls' influential theory. By testing it with the Zimbabwe land reform, Daka judges that Sen's approach is not a fully adequate evaluation framework in light of increasing poverty, deprivation, and dehumanization, especially in the third world, because it reveals a strong individualist anthropology still operative in it. Instead of focusing on integral human beings, the approach is overly abstract, incomplete and inconsistent especially when applied to zones of deprivation. In order to achieve a better quality of life, human dignity, and an integral, comprehensive, community-oriented, and robust Lawrence Daka is the Dean of Studies and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Arrupe College, Harare, Zimbabwe. He holds a PhD from Boston College, MA, USA, and several other degrees from universities in Africa and the USA. In 2006, he was the International
In [the] spirit of making more visible the social teaching of the Church, the African Forum for Catholic Social Teaching (AFCAST) organised a workshop in Nairobi on “Constitutional Review and Human Dignity”. The workshop, like the others held in various capitals of the regions of Eastern and Southern Africa, was a follow-up to Ecclesia in Africa where Pope John Paul II demonstrated that part of the mission of the Church as the family of God is to serve “in flesh” the suffering humanity of Christ in the African people. While this booklet is on constitution-making and review, it also illustrates how the Church has been struggling to become a place “where help is given and received, and at the same time, a place where people are also prepared to serve those who are in need of
“Prophetic Voices in the Church” was the topic of an AFCAST seminar held at Arrupe College in Harare, Zimbabwe, in November 2006. This seminar revealed that the church in the region has been taking courageous action for justice for many years. At the same time, it revealed that the church sometimes fails in its mission to society. This booklet brings together the papers presented at that seminar for wider dissemination and discussion. It is also meant to serve as a stimulus to individuals and churches in the region to search for creative and meaningful ways to put the social teachings into practice. We also made the social gospel known through various other means such as publications, our website (www.afcast.org.zw), research, a set of guidelines for teaching Catholic Social Teaching, and our involvement in our individual countries in bringing the social teachings to bear on economic, social, political and cultural practices.
The book addresses the challenges tearing contemporary Africa apart including the tendency of manipulating ethnic identities for private interests, discrimination based on ethnic affiliation, and ethno-political conflict. People are divided along the lines of religion, culture, and ethnicity. Decades of turning a blind eye to corruption, impunity, and mismanagement have greatly contributed to the increase of destructive competition between ethnic groups. … The claim put forward in this volume is that we have to avoid quick fix answers to complex questions. We are called to promote the skills of organizing mixed societies through the principles of dialogue, public conscience, and public reason. It is appropriate to concentrate on constructing systems of social order rather than dealing with symptoms of the problem.
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17 ANS De Transition Politique et Perspectives Democratiques en RDC
RAYS OF HOPE: MANAGING HIV & AIDS IN AFRICA
AIDS, ANCESTORS AND SALVATION
UM POVO QUE QUER VIVER -
A HUMAN EMPOWERMENT APPROACH TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
CONSTITUTION-MAKING AND HUMAN DIGNITY
VOICES IN THE WILDERNESS
ETHNICITY, CONFLICT AND THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN STATES