1. Introduction

Frans Dokman is research affiliate of the Nijmegen Institute for Mission Studies, Radboud University. His research includes African philosophy with a focus on management and sustainability. Recent publications are 'Beyond Bantu Philosophy. Contextualizing Placide Tempels’s initiative in African thought' (Routledge, 2022), 'The mission of authority and obedience. Servant Leadership in the context of Faciem Tuam' (Palgrave, 2022) and 'Adaptation in modern times' (IRM, 2023).

Antoinette Kankindi is Senior Lecturer teaching Ethics and Social Political Foundations of Law at the Law School, Strathmore University, Kenya.

She is also a Research Fellow leading the Integrity Program working on mainstreaming Ethics and Integrity in public life. Kankindi has published studies in the area of the relationship between Ethics and Politics. Other research interests of hers cover political legitimacy, historical and new interpretations of the republican and liberal democracy traditions, as well as their impact on African ideals, values and institutions.