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The concept of ethics in the academics has different interpretations and connotations, which have been subsumed into cultures and traditions. Numbers of studies have argued in favour of Christianity, Islam and other dominant cultures, which have informed most developing communities’ ethics. This chapter identified factors responsible for the erosion of ethical and childrearing values in African and proffered paths of building on the values and cultures towards rejuvenating general ethics within the continent. Secondary sources of data and content analysis were adopted. It recommended among other prevailing variables that the African families and communities should make use of science positively, in order to invent her lost cultures and values, which will constitute the African Ethics and norms for childrearing.
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Ojakorotu, V., Obah-Akpowoghaha, N.G. (2020). Ethics of Family, Community and Childrearing. In: Wariboko, N., Falola, T. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of African Social Ethics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36490-8_2
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