In this chapter, Bagele discusses the significance of six principles of Indigenous African-centred ethics:
- The responsibilities of researcher as a transformative healer
- Ethics built on a deep respect for spirituality, religious beliefs, and the practice of others
- Ethics that underscores the importance of agreement and consensus
- Ethics built on dialogue, particularity, individuality, and historicity
- Ethics built on an iterative process that involves many circles of dialogue and negotiation, cooperation and solidarity
- Ethics that promote self-determination and rebirth
If you would like to learn more about these realms, please read this chapter (free to view version from SAGE):
Chilisa, B. (2009). Indigenous African-centered ethics: Contesting and complementing dominant models. In D. M. Mertens & P. E. Ginsberg (Eds.), The handbook of social research ethics (pp. 407–426). Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781483348971.n26
Reflect
Now, please consider which of these six ethical principles is most significant to you and describe below why this is the case. What is the history that explains why this principle is important to you?