Community Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Grey Magaiza is a senior lecturer in Community Development and is currently Deputy Director for the Centre for Gender and Africa Studies (CGAS) on the Qwaqwa Campus. His research interests are in social theoretical integration and applied social research in rural development, border studies, and community development, particularly social entrepreneurship, rural innovation, and youth studies. Savathrie Margie Maistry is currently a research associate at Rhodes University. She was a member of the national task team established by the Department of Social Development, Community Development Directorate in South Africa, for the professionalisation of community development. She is the chief editor of the online, open-access African Journal of Higher Education Community Engagement.

• Introduction: Community Development in the Global South: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa Section One: Histories, Contexts and Conceptual Perspectives of Community Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 1. (Re)telling the History of Community Development in South Africa 2. History and emergence of community development in Nigeria: a descriptive perspective 3. Evolving pathways – Historical Evolution of Community Development Approaches in Africa Section Two: Philosophical and Theoretical Perspectives of Community Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 4. Ontology and Epistemology of Endogenous Development – Implications on Indigenous Cosmovision for Community Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 5. Critical Realism: A Critical Evaluation in the Context of Community Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 6. Decolonisation and Decoloniality of the 21st Century – An Antidote for Elusive (Community) Development? 7. Theorising Community Development in Africa – Insights and Approaches Section Three: Community Development Praxis in Sub-Saharan Africa 8. Higher Education Community Engagement and its Contribution to Community Development in South Africa – A Case Study of Rhodes University Community Engagement 9. Enhancing Water Access to Empower Women and Foster Community Development – Insights from the Phaloni Solar Water Project in Phalombe, Malawi 10. Community Development as a Process and Method – Insights from Northwestern Botswana 11. Transitioning From a Rural to Urban Centre – a Case of Domboshava in Pre-Colonial and Post-Colonial Eras in Zimbabwe 12. The Role of Community-Based Praxis in Community Development – Lessons from Grassroots Initiatives on the Eastern Coast of Tanzania 13. Informal Waste Picking as a Sustainable Livelihood Initiative and Potential for Human and Community Development: A Case of Metal Waste Pickers in OR Tambo District Municipality, Eastern Cape South Africa