Culture, Corruption and Commerce: African Culture Vis-À-Vis Corruption and Sustainable Development in Africa
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Date
2022
Authors
Z. W., Samita,
Oindo, Joseph Ouma
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Publisher
Association for the Promotion of African Studies
Abstract
Discourses on sustainable development in Africa decry deeply-entrenched corruption as a
leading obstacle. Sustainable development refers to a system of production, consumption
and service delivery that positively contributes to the welfare of both the present as well
as the future generations. Corruption, refers to a system that distorts and even decimates
means of production, consumption and service delivery. Corruption, therefore, distorts
and decimates sustainable development initiatives. Coming to the realization of the effects
of corruption on sustainable development, a number of international, regional and local
governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have condemned, proposed
and put into place various legal and institutional anti-corruption measures. Despite these
anti-corruption efforts, corruption remains pervasive, continues to threaten to decimate
sustainable development efforts in Africa. A reading of available literature shows that
majority of the legal and institutional anti-corruption measures, as well as scholarly
empirical studies, have hardly delved into how African culture can be utilized in the fight
against corruption within the continent. This therefore, leaves a lacuna that this present
paper seeks to fill. This paper, therefore argues that there are elements in African culture
that can be effectively used to curb corruption for sustainable development in Africa
Description
A Research Article in the AKU: An African Journal of Contemporary Research
Keywords
Corruption, Culture, Africa, Commerce, Sustainable development
Citation
Samita, Z., & Oindo, J. O. (2022). CULTURE, CORRUPTION AND COMMERCE: AFRICAN CULTURE VIS-À-VIS CORRUPTION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA. AKU: An African Journal of Contemporary Research, 3(2).