CFP: Addiction in Africa

Submission deadline: February 25, 2018

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Tentative Title- Addiction in Africa

Call for Book Chapter Proposals

Rationale

A review of literature on addiction in Africa reveals that there is minimal scholarship on the subject. For instance, currently there is apparently no comprehensive book on African conceptions of addiction. In spite of this lack of academic reflection, reports on addiction in Africa show that there is an increase in number of individuals addicted to drugs, alcohol, gambling and the Internet. This book project is therefore set to fill this gap. This is an interdisciplinary book calling on Philosophers, Linguists, Cultural Critiques, Public Health Practitioners, Psychologists, Medical Doctors, Legal Practitioners and others to come together and provide a perspective on this growing field of study.  

 

Themes

Themes for the proposed book should include, but not limited to addressing the following questions:

What is the African conception of addition?

How African folklores and songs reveal addiction?

What are the African terminologies for Addiction?

Is there an African Philosophy that can be used to explain addiction?

What is the received view of addiction in Africa?

Are young people more prone to addiction than older people?

What is the difference in gender on addiction?

How is addiction treated in Africa?

What is the prevalence of drug addiction in Africa?

What is the prevalence of alcohol addiction in Africa?

What is the prevalence of behavioural addiction in Africa?

What danger do technological addictions pose to Africa?

What is the prevalence of gambling addiction in Africa?

What are the differences and similarities between substance and behavioural addictions in Africa?

What are the moral and legal dimensions of addiction? Does addiction negate moral and legal responsibility in African countries?

 

Submission of Abstracts

Interested contributors are encouraged to submit their chapter proposals to the editors of this book, Dr Yamikani Ndasauka and Dr Grivas Kayange (Lecturer and Senior Lecturer: Philosophy Department: Chancellor College: University of Malawi) at [email protected] or [email protected] and copy to [email protected]or [email protected]

 

Important dates

25th February 2018

 Dateline for submission of abstracts of not more than 300 words.

15th June 2018

 Dateline for submission of chapters of not more than 6000 words.

30th August 2018

 Dateline for submission of revised chapters.

 

 

Proposed Publisher

Springer Publishers.

 

About the editors

 

Yamikani Ndasauka, PhD (Co-Editor) is a Philosopher with over 8 years of teaching and research experience in philosophy, psychology and ethics. He has undertaken numerous projects and published in a wide range of Psychology subjects such as addiction, cerebra palsy and human cognition mainly employing quantitative methods. He has also developed and psychometrically analyzed two measurement scales. Dr. Ndasauka has published in international journals such as Frontiers in Psychology, Computers in Human Behavior, Research in Developmental Disabilities and more recently in PlosOne. He holds a Doctorate degree in Philosophy from the University of Science and Technology of China, a Master of Research degree from the University of East Anglia, a Master of Arts degree from the University of Leeds and a Bachelors degree from the University of Malawi; Chancellor College. He is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at Chancellor College in the University of Malawi. Dr. Ndasauka conducts research in multiple disciplines and employs different research techniques and methodologies.

 

Grivas Muchineripi Kayange, PhD (Co-Editor) Is a senior lecturer and holds a PhD in Philosophy from the Gregorian Pontifical University, Rome, Italy (2007). His research interests focus on the logical relation between Theories/Policies and Practice within the context of natural science, ethics (expert in Virtue Ethics), politics and religion. Some of his publications include: Applying Karl Popper’s Logical Concept of Verisimilitude to Scientific Models (2008), Understanding the Semantics of Chewa Proverbs in the Light of Contemporary Philosophy of Language (Journal of African Cultural Studies, 2014), Metaphorical conceptualization of disabilities in Malawi (Manual of Disabilities, Kenya, 2017, Umunthu ethical foundations of animal protection in Malawi (JH 2017).

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