This book critically explores indigenous sub-Saharan African agrarian thought. Indigenous African agrarian philosophy is an uncharted and largely overlooked area of study in the burgeoning fields of African philosophy and philosophy of nature. The book shows that wherever human beings have lived, they have been preoccupied with exploring ways to ensure the sustainable management of the limited resources at their disposal, to attend to their basic needs: food, shelter, and security.  The book also shows that agriculture and the way people relate with nature is an essential, but generally neglected, determinant of the emergence and orientation of all philosophical traditions. In traditional, pre-colonial African culture, it was difficult to separate agriculture from African relational ontology. Agriculture and the use of natural resources were at the centre of and influenced the social, political, economic, and spiritual life of the people. In their contact with nature through agriculture, different beliefs, knowledge systems, norms, moral outlooks, cultural practices and institutions have emerged to guide societies on how to sustainably manage the environment. As a way of life, agriculture was deeply connected with indigenous beliefs, values, and practices that transcended a wide range of issues related to ecological ethics, food ethics, religion, traditional medicine, political economy, social organisation, biological reproduction and species survival, indigenous knowledge, and property rights. This book is a useful resource for policy makers and researchers in diverse fields such as philosophy, geography, sociology, anthropology, and development Studies. weiterlesen