Chapter 4 The Manden Charter: Initiatic oral sources at the foundation of an endogenous governance

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1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgement V
3. Contents VII
4. List of figures IX
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I: Examples of Africa’s endogenous governance systems
7. Chapter 1 Early human social organizations and ancient forms of governance in Africa 19
8. Chapter 2 “Living together” in remote Africa’s past: Indirect evidence 43
9. Chapter 3 Philosophy and cosmogony of Kemet [ancient Egypt] 57
10. Chapter 4 The Manden Charter: Initiatic oral sources at the foundation of an endogenous governance 73
11. Chapter 5 The Issa Xeer: Learning from the wisdom of the tree 95
12. Chapter 6 The Oromo Gadaa: Revisiting the African political philosophy 123
13. Part II: Experiences of revitalization of endogenous governance practices in Africa and the diaspora
14. Chapter 7 Revisiting Botswana’s endogenous system of governance: is it a source of political stability? 145
15. Chapter 8 Not yet Ubuntu: A philosophical essay on the history of government and the (ab)use of Ubuntu in conqueror-South Africa 159
16. Chapter 9 Palmares, Ambrosio, Congos: African governance in the diaspora in Brazil 185
17. Chapter 10 Governance system of Maroons communities in Suriname 211
18. Conclusion 235
19. List of contributors 241