What is it about?

Worldview. A worldview can be such that a pre-occupation with countering bad things can preempt efforts at creating good things.

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Why is it important?

The implications of the above for dependence of Africa on the West are enormous. Typically, it is the West that is expected to provide 'good' things.

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This is something that I gradually observed over the years. I continue frequently to observe it, although it seems many people do not recognise it.

Dr Jim O Harries
University of Birmingham

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This page is a summary of: Good-by-Default and Evil in Africa, Missiology An International Review, April 2006, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/009182960603400204.
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