Animals and African Ethics

Kai Horsthemke is Associate Professor in the Wits School of Education at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, UK. Apart from animal rights, his research interests include African philosophy, indigenous knowledge (indigenous science, ethnomathematics, ethnomusicology), as well as humane and environmental education.

• Introduction. Ethics On The African Continent1. African Philosophy2. Religion And Ethics In Africa 3. African Creation Myths And The Hierarchy Of Beings4. The African Ritual Of Animal Slaughter5. Traditional African Perceptions And Current Practices – Taboos, Totemism And Spiritualism 6. Ubuntu/ Botho/ Hunhu And Non-Human Animals 7. Ukama And African Environmentalism8. Animals And The Law In East, West And Southern Africa9. Environmental Justice10. From Anthropocentrism Towards A Non-Speciesist Africa?