Omnipresent yet invisible: A review of ‘African philanthropy’

Mati, Jacob Mwathi (2016) Omnipresent yet invisible: A review of ‘African philanthropy’. In: Philanthropy in South Africa: Horizontality, Ubuntu and Social Justice. Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Press, Cape Town, South Africa, pp. 13-31. ISBN 978-01-7969-2567-1

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Abstract

The primary question addressed in this chapter is: what is known about African philanthropy across the continent? Secondly, what does literature on African philanthropy look like? The paper is based on a scoping and documentation exercise of literature on African philanthropy. The exercise was aimed at identifying existing literature on African philanthropy and to contribute to ongoing analysis with a view to surfacing the ‘meaning’, ‘relevance’ and ‘identity’ of African philanthropy and its prevalent manifestations in existing literature. The chapter hopes to make modest contributions towards these aims by offering preliminary overview of the diversity, forms, expressions and models of African philanthropy in identified existing literature.

Item Type:	Book Chapter
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HS Societies secret benevolent etc H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts, Law and Education (FALE) > School of Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Jacob Mati
Date Deposited:	15 Feb 2017 00:15
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2017 00:55
URI:	https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/9598

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