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Sustainable Development in Africa

Fostering Sustainability in one of the World's Most Promising Continents

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Editors:
  1. Walter Leal Filho

    1. FTZ-NK, HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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  2. Rudi Pretorius

    1. Department of Geography, University of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa

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  3. Luiza Olim de Sousa

    1. Community-Based Educational Research (COMBER), Geography Education and Environmental Education, School of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, Faculty of Education, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

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  • It tackles sustainable development issues in Africa
  • It identifies the existing gaps and problems
  • It documents and promotes promising experiences

Part of the book series: World Sustainability Series (WSUSE)

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Table of contents (40 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Sustainable Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Role of Indigenous Communities of Practice in Fostering Community Engagement and Partnerships for Sustainable Development in Africa

      • Mothusiotsile Edwin Maditsi, Simeon Albert Materechera
      Pages 3-18

    3. Fostering University Contribution Towards Sustainable Development: The Instrumentality of Indigenous Knowledge System

      • Marcellus Forh Mbah, Ane Turner Johnson
      Pages 19-36

    4. Relevance of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Sustaining Agriculture Under Smallholder Farming in Sub-Saharan Africa

      • Simeon Albert Materechera
      Pages 37-55

    5. Women’s Economic Empowerment for Sustainable Development through Indigenous Basket and Mat Weaving in Zimbabwe

      • Sylvia Madusise
      Pages 57-73

    6. The Role of Indigenous Social Protection Systems in the Sustainable Development of Contemporary African Communities

      • Zitha Mokomane, Oko Chima Enworo, Thato Setambule
      Pages 75-89

    7. Sustainable Quality Education Through Self-directed Multimodal Learning, for Open Indigenous Knowledge Co-creation

      • Jako Olivier
      Pages 91-107

    8. Integrating Indigenous Knowledge on Environmental Management Practices in the Teaching of Geography in Secondary Schools: A Case of Chimanimani Community in Zimbabwe

      • Joshua Risiro
      Pages 109-129

    9. Sustainable Future for Early Childhood: Applying the African Ubuntu Philosophy to Contribute to the Holistic Development of Young Children

      • Mariëtte Koen
      Pages 131-146

  3. Educational Institutions, Approaches and Innovations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Transdisciplinary Education: Enabling the Sustainable Development Goals Using the Fourth Industrial Revolution

      • Saurabh Sinha, Vishaal Lutchman
      Pages 149-161

    3. Straddling the Divide: A Framework for Digital Skills Education in Support of Both the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in South Africa

      • Hugo Lotriet, Hossana Twinomurinzi
      Pages 163-177

    4. Case Study: Higher Education and the Education for Sustainable Development in Africa (ESDA) Program

      • Jackline Nyerere, Farai Kapfudzaruwa, Olushola Fadairo, Alice Odingo, James Manchisi, Shogo Kudo
      Pages 179-199

    5. The Challenges and Opportunities for Climate Change Education at Makerere University in Kampala Uganda

      • David Ssekamatte, Karsten Speck, Bernd Siebenhüner
      Pages 201-219

    6. Possibilities of Translanguaging Pedagogy for Sustainable Education in Africa

      • Nomathamsanqa Mpofu
      Pages 221-237

    7. Sustainable Development Through the Lens of Partnerships for Inclusive Education in Africa: A Case Study from North West Province, South Africa

      • Ellen Kakhuta Materechera
      Pages 239-257

    8. Fostering Sustainability - The University of South Africa Experience

      • Johannes Machiel Dreyer
      Pages 259-278

    9. Development and Education that Sustain: Expanding Value Chains in Agriculture, Mining and Higher Education in Southern Africa

      • Eureta Rosenberg, Overson Shumba, Justine Ngoma, Leigh Cobban
      Pages 279-298

    10. Fostering Sustainable Development in Africa Through Multidisciplinary Management Education: The Case of Sustainability Marketing Knowledge-Base

      • Neha Purushottam, Pantaleo Daniel Rwelamila, Ozias Ncube
      Pages 299-315
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About this book

This book serves the purpose of documenting and promoting African experiences on sustainable development, which encompasses both, formal and non-formal education. Sustainable development is very important to Africa, but there is a paucity of publication which documents and promotes experiences from African countries.  Due to their complexity, the interrelations between social, economic and political factors related to sustainable development, especially at universities, need to be better understood. There is also a real need to showcase successful examples of how African institutions are handling their sustainability challenges. 


It is against this background that this book has been produced. It is a truly interdisciplinary publication, useful to scholars, social movements, practitioners and members of governmental agencies and private companies, undertaking research and/or executing projects focusing on sustainability from across Africa. 


As African nations strive to pursue the UN Sustainable Development Goals, it is imperative to cater for the information needs seen across the continent and foster the dissemination of experiences and case studies, which may support both, on-going and future efforts. The scope of the book is deliberately kept wide, and we are looking for contributions across the spectrum of sustainable development from business and economics, to arts and fashion, administration, environment, languages and media studies. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • FTZ-NK, HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  • Department of Geography, University of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Rudi Pretorius

  • Community-Based Educational Research (COMBER), Geography Education and Environmental Education, School of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, Faculty of Education, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

    Luiza Olim de Sousa

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sustainable Development in Africa

  • Book Subtitle: Fostering Sustainability in one of the World's Most Promising Continents

  • Editors: Walter Leal Filho, Rudi Pretorius, Luiza Olim de Sousa

  • Series Title: World Sustainability Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74693-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-74692-6Published: 10 July 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-74695-7Published: 10 July 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-74693-3Published: 09 July 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2199-7373

  • Series E-ISSN: 2199-7381

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 741

  • Number of Illustrations: 39 b/w illustrations, 62 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sustainable Development

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