Introduction: Charting an African Perspective of Technological Innovation

Abstract

This book explores the interface between African ethical values and current technological advancement. There is no doubt that Africans are among the major consumers of modern technologies. However, in doing so, they have adopted dominant value system that come with them without probing their implications on the African cultural values system. In this book, scholars from diverse disciplines in Africa are asking this overlooked question, arguing that despite the numerous benefits of the technological advancement on the continent, because the design and production is made without African context in mind, some value system that are exclusively African are being compromised. Central issues such as the moral status on these technologies on the African continent; African values and technology; technology, African ethics and sexual relations; technology, African values and human relationship; bioethics, African values and technology; and African religious values and technology will be explored.