Research Areas

Ethics, African Philosophy and Human Rights,

Profile

Simon Makwinja is a scholar who specialises in African philosophy. His research interest is on the intersection between African Ethics and Human Rights. He has published some journal articles, book chapters, and has edited journals and books. He envisions ethics rooted in African culture as a solution to a great deal of many social, politica and economic problems.

Publications

• Book Chapters
  Makwinja, S. M., Kayange, G.M, and Mpekansambo, L.M. (2024) Navigating Between Liberal and Communitarian Perspectives of Academic Freedom in Africa, In. Ndasauka Y and Kamchedzera, G. (eds.), Academic freedom in Africa: The struggle rages on. Routledge (pp.21-40) (2024)
  https://www.routledge.com/Academic-Freedom-in-Africa-The-Struggle-Rages-On/Ndasauka-Kamchedzera/p/book/9781032850450

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• Book Chapters
  Ndasauka, Y. and Makwinja, S.M. (2024). Introduction to Doping and Sports in Africa. In Ndasauka, Y. and Makwinja, S.M. (eds.), Doping and Anti-Doping in Africa Theory and Practice, Routledge (pp. 1-5) (2024)
  https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003370796-1/introduction-doping-sports-africa-yamikani-ndasauka-simon-mathias-makwinja

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• Book Chapters
  Ndasauka, Y. and Makwinja, S.M. (2024). Umunthu Ethics as a Framework for Anti-Doping Education. In Ndasauka, Y. and Makwinja, S.M. (eds.), Doping and Anti-Doping in Africa Theory and Practice, Routledge. (pp.9-24). (2024)
  https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003370796-3/umunthu-ethics-framework-anti-doping-education-simon-mathias-makwinja-yamikani-ndasauka

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• Book Chapters
  Ndasauka, Y. and Makwinja, S.M. (2024). Conclusion: What Now of Doping and Sports in Africa?In Ndasauka, Y. and Makwinja, S.M. (eds.), Doping and Anti-Doping in Africa Theory and Practice, Routledge. (pp.184-187) (2024)
  https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003370796-17/conclusion-yamikani-ndasauka-simon-mathias-makwinja

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• Book Chapters
  Ndasauka, Y., Kateka, M., Kondowe, F., Makwinja, S.M., and Kafwamba, A. (2024). Responsibility Gaps in Anti-Doping Initiatives in Malawi. In Ndasauka, Y. and Makwinja, S.M. (eds.), Doping and Anti-Doping in Africa Theory and Practice, Routledge. (pp. 172-183). 2023 Introduction to Doping and Sports in (2024)
  https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003370796-16/responsibility-gaps-anti-doping-initiatives-malawi-yamikani-ndasauka-maya-kateka-fiskani-kondowe-simon-mathias-makwinja-akuzike-kafwamba

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• Journal Article
  Makwinja, S. (2023)The Tradition-Modernity Dichotomy: Dilemmas of Belonging and Returning to the African Community, Philosophia Africana, 22 (2): 131–143 (2023)
  https://doi.org/10.5325/philafri.22.2.0131

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• Journal Article
  Makwinja, S.M . and Ndasauka, Y. (2023)Foreword to Journal of Humanities Special Issue: Emerging Issues in Southern Africa: Critical Perspectives Journal of Humanities 31 (1), iii-vi (2023)
  https://doi.org/10.4314/jh.v31i1.

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• Journal Article
  Makwinja, S. (2023). "Tracing Bernard Matolino's Basis for a New Afro-communitarian Political Theory of Democracy." Arumaruka: Journal of Conversational Thinking, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp.55 - 67. (2022)
  https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajct.v2i2.5

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• Book Chapters
  Makwinja, SM (2022). " Euthanasia in African Ethics." African Ethics: A Guide to Key Ideas. Bloomsbury Academic pp.383-400. (2022)
  https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/african-ethics-9781350344662/

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• Book Chapters
  Makwinja, S.M. (2018). “Questions of Method and Substance and the Growth of African Philosophy.” In Edwin E. Etieyibo (ed.), Method, Substance, and the Future of African Philosophy, Palgrave Macmillan (Springer International Publishing), pp. 93-112. (2018)
  

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• Journal Article
  Makwinja, S.M. (2017). “The Socratic Elenchus and Knowledge Processes in the 21st Century.” Journal of Humanities, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 51 – 78. (2017)
  

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• Journal Article
  Kayange, G.M. and S.M. Makwinja (2016). “Exploring the Ethical Basis of Animal Treatment in Malawi.” Journal of Humanities, Vol. 24, pp. 29 – 43. (2016)
  

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• Book
  Mwale, P.N. and S. M. Makwinja (2016). Critical Thinking and Reasoning Skills: An Introduction to Logic. Montfort Media: Balaka, Malawi. (2016)
  

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