African Traditional Religions and Economic Development

Kwaku Nti

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-89500-6_27

African Traditional Religions and Economic Development

Kwaku Nti

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The belief in a powerful other-worldly realm accessed through an admixture of trepidation and reverence of the ancestors, nature spirits, other spirits, gods, goddesses, and an overarching Supreme Being endows African Traditional Religions with some degree of utility in economic development. This chapter, for context sake, uses Ghana as a case study. In this country, the relevance of Indigenous belief systems cuts across a whole slew of sectors, including education, fishing, agriculture, health, land ownership, forest renewal, as well as preservation, and tourism. Although not generally acclaimed, their role in all these sectors is self-evident, thus making traditional African religions indispensable not only for its cultural facilitation but also to some extent for its role in productivity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Palgrave Handbook of African Traditional Religion
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	357-364
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030895006
ISBN (Print)	9783030894993
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89500-6_27
State	Published - Jan 1 2022

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Name	The Palgrave Handbook of African Traditional Religion

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 15 Life on Land

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African Traditional Religions
Development
Economics

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