Social Science - Anselm Adodo, OSB | Monk, Scholar, Author

Afrikology: Deconstructing and Reconstructing Knowledge and Value in Africa

Explore how African cultural knowledge can broaden debates about
economics, identity, and development beyond the opposing frameworks of
capitalism and communism.

Disease and Dietary Pattern in Edo Central

ByAdodo Anselm, OSB

A field-based study of diet and chronic disease in semi-urban Edo Central, examining how health information and everyday knowledge shape local dietary choices.

Integral Community Enterprise in Africa

ByAdodo Anselm, OSB

Fr. Anselm Adodo introduces ‘Communitalism’—a community-centered economic model rooted in African communal values. Using Pax Herbals as a primary case study, the book demonstrates how grassroots enterprises can generate sustainable wealth without relying on Western capitalist frameworks.

The Idea of the Communiversity: Releasing the Natural, Cultural, Technological and Economic GENE-ius of Societies

ByAdodo Anselm, OSB

Across the world, we are facing a crisis in education at all levels: for some communities, schooling remains inaccessible, and for others, educational institutions have become elite qualification factories.

What kind of knowledge do we need to survive in the present century and next? Do the current modes of knowledge creation and application address the challenges of the 21st century? How do we bridge the dichotomy between being and knowing, research and innovation, theory and practice?