Nhakanomics: Harvesting Knowledge and Value for Re-generation Through Social Innovation

Daud Taranhike, Munyaradzi Mawere, Ronnie Lessem

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Nhakanomics: Harvesting Knowledge and Value for Re-generation Through Social Innovation is a radical departure from the commonly held belief that neo-liberal economics from the US and the West is universal, and is the only solution to underdevelopment and poverty throughout the world. Instead, the book teases out and theorises the intellectually rutted terrain of development studies, and neo-liberal economics from a decolonial Pan-Africanist perspective. Following a path of social innovation, with perspectives drawn from social anthropology, economics, and business and management studies Nhakanomics is a unique socio-economic approach applicable in the Global South and in Southern Africa in particular. The study argues that the process and substance of nhakanomics with its pre-emphasis on the relational South provides a robust and holistic approach to social innovation and social transformation grounded in relational networks and ‘meshworks’. The central idea is a call to re-GENE-rate society, through local Grounding and Origination, and tapping into local-global Emergent Foundations via a newly global Emancipatory Navigation, while ultimately culminating in global-local transformative Effects in four recursive cycles of re-GENE-rating C(K)umusha, Culture, Communication, and Capital after re-Constituting Africa-the 5Cs. With a novel and radical approach the book is an interrogation of neo-liberal economics in the Global South. As such, this book is remarkably handy to students and practitioners in the fields of economics, development studies, political science, science and technology studies, business management, sociology, transformation studies, and development related non-Governmental Organisations working with grassroots communities.

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• Publié par: Africa Talent Publishers
• Date de parution: 02 août 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781779295347
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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Ronnie ‘Samanyanga’ Lessem,
NHAKANOMICS: Harvesting Knowledge and Value for
Munyaradzi Mawere and
Re-generation Through Social Innovation
Daud ‘Shumba’ Taranhike
NHAKANOMICS
This book, NHAKANOMICS..., is a radical departure from the commonly held belief that Harvesting Knowledge and Value for
neo-liberal economics from America and the West is universal and the only solution to
underdevelopment and poverty throughout the world. Instead, the book teases out and Re-generation Through Social Innovation
theorises the intellectually rutted terrain of development studies and neo-liberal economics
from a decolonial Pan-Africanist perspective while charting a path of social innovation, aligned Ronnie ‘Samanyanga’ Lessem, Munyaradzi Mawere and with social anthropology and economics and fused together with business and management
studies and our Nhakanomics - a unique socioeconomic approach generally applicable in Daud ‘Shumba’ Taranhike
the Global South and Southern Africa in particular. It argues that the process and substance
of nhakanomics with its pre-emphasis on the relational South provides a robust and holistic
approach to social innovation and social transformation grounded in relational networks and
‘meshworks’ whereupon in our case an intenhaka who spearheads nhakanomics as opposed
to the social entrepreneur who spearheads neo-liberal economics as is advocated by the West
or the Global North in general. The gist of the book is to re-GENE-rate society through local
Grounding and Origination, tapping into local-global Emergent Foundation, via a newly
global Emancipatory Navigation while ultimately culminating in global- local transformative
Efect in four recursive cycles of re-GENE-rating C(K)umusha, Culture, Communication, and
Capital after re-Constituting Africa-the 5Cs. With this novel radical approach to economics and
relational trajectory of social innovation which starts with origination on to the foundation,
through emancipation and ultimately social transformation, the book is a pacesetter in no
holds barred interrogation of neo-liberal economics in the Global South. As such, this book
is remarkably handy to students and practitioners in the felds of economics, development
studies, political science, science and technology studies, business management, sociology,
transformation studies, and development related non-Governmental Organisations working
with grassroots communities.
PROFESSOR RONNIE ‘SAMANYANGA’ LESSEM is Co-founder of Trans4m, and the
Integral Worlds approach to research and development, economics and enterprise.
PROFESSOR MUNYARADZI MAWERE is a Research Chair and Professor in the Simon
Muzenda School of Arts, Culture and Heritage Studies at the Great Zimbabwe University.
DAUD TARANHIKE is a Da Vinci/Trans4m PhD Candidate with Masters’ degrees in
International Business Management (University of Cumbria, UK), and Leading Innovation
and Change, an MSc in Training, as well as a Master’s degree in Business Administration.NHAKANOMICS: Harvesting Knowledge & Value for
Re-gene-ration Through Social Innovation

Ronnie ‘Samanyanga’ Lessem, MunyaradziMawere and Daud ‘Shumba’ Taranhike




























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About the Authors
Ronnie ‘Samanyanga’ LESSEM
Professor Ronnie Lessem [e-mail] is Co-founder of Trans4m, and the Integral
Worlds approach to research and development, economics and enterprise. Professor Lessem, known
in Zimbabwe as ‘Samanyanga’, is a graduate of the Harvard Business School and London School of
Economics. Zimbabwean by birth, and UK citizen by choice, he spent the past five decades of his
life in developing educational and research curricula and programmes, that lead to social and
economic transformation, for various multinational corporations, for London’s City University, the
University of Buckingham, IMEDE in Lausanne, Wits University in South Africa and the University
of Zimbabwe, and now in association with Da Vinci Institute in South Africa. He is the author of
over 40 books on the development of self, business and society, and was cofounder, in the 1990s, of
the African Management Project. Together with Alexander Schieffer, he is co-founder of Trans4m
(France), and now cofounder of Trabs4m Communiversity Associates TCAs, together with Father
Anselm Adodo of Pax Herbals in Nigeria and Aneeqa Malik in the UK/Pakistan, also aligned with
Pundutso in Zimbabwe. He is also Series Editor of the Transformation and Innovation Series,
published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group (www.routledge.com/business/series/TANDI).


Munyaradzi MAWERE
Professor Munyaradzi Mawere [e-mail] is a Research Chair and Professor
in the Simon Muzenda School of Arts, Culture and Heritage Studies at the Great Zimbabwe
University. He holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Cape Town (UCT) in
South Africa, three Master’s Degrees namely; Master’s Degree in Social Anthropology, Master’s
Degree in Philosophy, Master’s Degree in Development Studies, and a B. A. (Hons) Degree in
Philosophy from the University of Zimbabwe (UZ). Before joining this university, Professor
Mawere was a lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe and at Universidade Pedagogica,
Mozambique, where he worked in different capacities as a Senior lecturer, Assistant Research
Director, Postgraduate Co-ordinator and Associate Professor. He has an outstanding publishing
record of more than 250 pieces of work which include more than 70 books and over 150 book
chapters and peer-reviewed articles in scholarly journals. Professor Mawere has published
extensively on poverty and community development, knowledge studies, political anthropology,
science and technology studies (STS), environment and agrarian issues, democracy and African
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states, coloniality, decoloniality and transformation, African philosophy and political systems, culture
and heritage studies.


Daud TARANHIKE
Daud Taranhike [e-mail] is a businessman and a Trans4m Fellow. He holds Master’s
degrees in International Business Management (University of Cumbria, UK), Leading Innovation
and Change, and an MSc in Training, as well as a Master’s degree in Business Administration. He is
driven by the desire and passion to make a positive difference in people’s lives, as individuals, teams,
groups, communities and societies through mentoring and coaching. He is currently a Da
Vinci/Trans4m PhD candidate whose research to innovation work is on Nhakanomics).





















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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Epilogue: Integral Kumusha, Nhakanomic Academy and Communiversity – The Case of Buhera

Introducing Social Innovation: Re-GENE-rating the African Constitution: DPFP
Chapter 1 Social Innovation in Southern Africa…………………………………….............................32
Chapter 2 Nhakanomics: Becoming an Intenhaka……………………………………..........................32

ST1 Cycle: Southern Community and Nature: Re-GENE-rating C (K) umusha
Chapter 3 Local Grounding: Chivanhu…………………………………………..........................56
Chapter 4 Local-Global Emergence: Being Alive………………………………...................................70
Chapter 5 Newly Global Navigation: Market and Community…………………………........................84
Chapter 6 Global-Local Effect: Integral Kumusha…………………………………............................102

ND2 Cycle: Southern Culture and Spirit: Re-GENE-rating Culture
Chapter 7 Local Grounding: Hurudza…………………………………….................................125
Chapter 8 Local-Global Emergence:Biocultural Regeneration……