Byarugaba, George W. (2012) Eradicating Food Insecurity in South Africa: A Theological and Ethical Analysis of Ubuntu Paradigm in Relation to the Freirean Methodology of Liberative Education. PhD thesis, Santa Clara University Berkeley, California.
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Abstract
Although South Africa is a middle-income country, its harshly skewed allocation of income, resources and job opportunities means that about half of its population faces food insecurity. The country’s unequal social and economic structures, which were part of the apartheid system, continue to be reproduced, with inequalities still exhibiting strong racial and geographical patterns. As a result, food insecurity in South Africa, affecting mostly black people, is not a problem of inadequate food production but of inadequate distribution. Since the official end of political apartheid in 1994, there have been great improvements in terms of grants, aid, increase in food production and change of structures. Nevertheless, income inequality and poverty still increase. This dissertation argues that instead of focusing on structural changes only, South Africans need to re-awaken African ethical values embedded in ubuntu philosophy in conjunction with Paulo Freire’s liberative education. When people are conscientized through liberative education, they will critically analyze the causes of the problem, see the possibilities for change and work towards change. This solution would go to roots of the moral problem of food insecurity and put institutions and structures on a new, more humane and beneficial foundation. What is needed from the Church is transformative leadership that can empower the poor, especially women and youth, and work with them to bring transformation.
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BV Practical Theology S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) |
| Divisions: | Africana Afro-Christiana Jesuitica |
| Depositing User: | Tim Khabala |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Aug 2017 11:56 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Aug 2017 11:56 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/2118 |
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