The Face of Africa - Paperback

by Stan Chu Ilo (Author)

Endorsements: ""A technical insight to Africa's development."" -- United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva ""This book is good news and a compelling work o four times. It creates hope, challenges despair, re-establishes authentic human development and original African values."" --Prof. Obiora Ike, Catholic Institute for Development, Justice and Peace, Nigeria ""A very precious contribution to Christian conversation on the future of Africa by a young African researcher."" --Prof. Benezet Bujo, Chair, Centre for Moral Theology and Social Ethics, University of Freibourg, Switzerland ""This book is a stirring manifesto for social reconstruction and interior transformation in Africa."" --Prof. James H. Olthuis, Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto ""This is a bold attempt at contextual theology."" --Dr. Joseph Faniran, Catholic Institute for West Africa ""Stan Chu Ilo is one of Africa's bright stars and provides a Christian socio-ethical compass for navigating life in Africa for generations to come."" --Prof. Uche Uguwueze, Professor of African Studies, California State University, Long Beach ""A fascinating discourse on the trials and hope of the African continent."" --Milwaukee Community Journal, USA About the Contributor(s): Stan Chu Ilo is Assistant Professor of Religion and Education, University of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto. He is the founder and Director of Canadian Samaritans for Africa, and the publisher of the online journal Theology in Africa. He is the author of The Church and Development in Africa: Aid and Development from the Perspective of Catholic Social Ethics.

Author Biography

Stan Chu Ilo is an assistant professor of Religion and Education and Director of Field Education at University of St Michael's College, in the University of Toronto, Canada. He is also a visiting professor on African religious history and Mission studies at the International Leadership University, Bujumbura, Burundi. He is the founder and Director of the Canadian Samaritans for Africa, and one of the editors of the African Christian Studies Series at Pickwick Publications, Wipf and Stock Publishers, Eugene, Oregon, USA