Overview

Kindness Through Africentricity: Living as Caring Human Beings draws on Africentric philosophy, the principles of Ubuntu, and intersectionality to offer a groundbreaking exploration of kindness within African Nova Scotian communities. This volume challenges conventional understandings by positioning kindness not only as a moral virtue, but as a powerful and transformative force rooted in cultural, communal, and historical contexts. It bridges theory and lived experience, providing a critical Africentric perspective that invites readers to consider kindness as both a personal ethic and a communal practice. As part of the Kindness at Work series, this interdisciplinary collection brings together scholars and community leaders of African ancestry in Nova Scotia to examine kindness through educational, organizational, and cultural lenses. It offers practical strategies for implementing Africentricity in education and community contexts, while also contributing to the growing but still underexplored field of kindness in management and organizational studies. By centering African Nova Scotian voices and experiences, Kindness Through Africentricity expands the theoretical scope of kindness and reclaims it as a valuable, strategic, and culturally grounded approach to leadership, learning, and community-building.

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Author:   Susan M. Brigham (Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada) ,  Sylvia Parris-Drummond (Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute, Canada) ,  Lindsay Ruck (Independent Author, Canada)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Weight:   0.351kg
ISBN:  

9781805925668

ISBN 10:   1805925660
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   17 March 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section 1. Education Poem. Olóore ni oore ńwọ́ tọ̀: Kindness Follows the Kind-Hearted; Damini Awoyiga Chapter 1. Kindness as Collaborative Commitment to African Nova Scotian Education; Késa Munroe-Anderson Chapter 2. Community Expressions of Kindness to Support Nova Scotians of African Descent in Early Childhood Literacy; Susan M. Brigham and Sylvia Chanda Kalindi Chapter 3. My Kind of Kindness: Kindness Through an Africentric Lens; Randy Headley and Josyl Headley Chapter 4. Africentricity and Kindness in Adult Learning: A Relational Foundation For Teaching, Advising, and Mentoring in Post-Secondary Education; Terrence O. Lewis Section 2. Community Poem. Garden of Existence; Asiah Sparks Chapter 5. On the Kindness of Mentors; George Elliott Clarke Chapter 6. The Academic Quilt of Kindness; Wanda Taylor Chapter 7. Kindness in Action: Exploring Africentricity, Ubuntu, and Nguzo Saba in Adult Education through the Africadian Empowerment Academy (AEA); Omolara Ogunbosi and Wanda Thomas Bernard Section 3. Healthcare/Wellbeing Poem. Kindness is Ubuntu; Damini Awoyiga Chapter 8. Africentricity, Kindness, and Authentic Allyship to Address Anti-Black Racism in Healthcare; Nancy Ross, Sue Bookchin, Christine Riordan, and Wanda Thomas Bernard Chapter 9. Journeying Healing through Kindness; Rajean Willis Poem. Through a Child’s Eyes; Lindsay Ruck

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Susan M. Brigham - Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada. Sylvia Parris-Drummond - Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute, Canada. Lindsay Ruck - Independent Author, Canada.

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