Sebola, M. P. (Chief Editor)Molokwane, T. S. (Quest Editor)Adejumo - Ayibiowu, O. D.2023-04-132023-04-132022-09-14Adejumo - Ayibiowu, O. D. (2022) Afrocentricity as a Theory for Good Governance in Africa. Proceedings of the International Conference on Public Administration and Development Alternatives. 381 - 388.<http://hdl.handle.net/11602/2460>.9780992197193 (Print)9780992197186 (e-book)http://hdl.handle.net/11602/2460Journal articles of the 7th Annual International Conference on Public Administration and Development Alternatives, 14 - 16 September 2022Corruption and poverty persist in many African countries despite over two decades of implementing the donor's good governance agenda. The ineffectiveness of western approaches in Africa makes the case for institutional reforms based on theories that are compatible with African culture. The problem, however, is that while there is a proliferation of western theories of governance and development, there are few well-articulated theories emanating from African indigenous knowledge systems. In recent times, Afrocentricity has emerged as a scientific paradigm that is based on African culture and that serves African interests. Consequently, the objectives of the paper are to describe the characteristics of Afrocentricity and to present the Afrocentric principles of good governance. The methodology adopted relies mainly on secondary sources. The findings show that precolonial Africa has many democratic governance systems to learn from, and based on Africa's cultural democracies, some Afrocentric principles of good governance are brought forward1 online resource (8 pages)enAfrocentricityUCTDGood governanceIndigenous knowledge systemsTheoryArticleAdejumo - Ayibiowu O D. Afrocentricity as a Theory for Good Governance in Africa. 2022; http://hdl.handle.net/11602/2460.Adejumo - Ayibiowu, O. D. (2022). Afrocentricity as a Theory for Good Governance in Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/2460Adejumo - Ayibiowu, O. D. "Afrocentricity as a Theory for Good Governance in Africa." (2022) http://hdl.handle.net/11602/2460TY - Article AU - Adejumo - Ayibiowu, O. D. AB - Corruption and poverty persist in many African countries despite over two decades of implementing the donor's good governance agenda. The ineffectiveness of western approaches in Africa makes the case for institutional reforms based on theories that are compatible with African culture. The problem, however, is that while there is a proliferation of western theories of governance and development, there are few well-articulated theories emanating from African indigenous knowledge systems. In recent times, Afrocentricity has emerged as a scientific paradigm that is based on African culture and that serves African interests. Consequently, the objectives of the paper are to describe the characteristics of Afrocentricity and to present the Afrocentric principles of good governance. The methodology adopted relies mainly on secondary sources. The findings show that precolonial Africa has many democratic governance systems to learn from, and based on Africa's cultural democracies, some Afrocentric principles of good governance are brought forward DA - 2022-09-14 DB - ResearchSpace DP - Univen KW - Afrocentricity KW - Good governance KW - Indigenous knowledge systems KW - Theory LK - https://univendspace.univen.ac.za PY - 2022 SM - 9780992197193 (Print) SM - 9780992197186 (e-book) T1 - Afrocentricity as a Theory for Good Governance in Africa TI - Afrocentricity as a Theory for Good Governance in Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11602/2460 ER -