10.18453/rosdok_id00001940 Nyoni, Bednicho Bednicho Nyoni http://d-nb.info/gnd/1136985220 Universität Rostock 2017 200 Religion 300 Social sciences 2017 en http://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00001940 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-diss2017-0104-9 Nowadays, the mystique of religion in developing countries is plain to see. In Africa, religion shows no sign of disappearing or diminishing as development theorists have generally supposed. Africans have certain religious values which are sources of inspiration and strength. If incorporated, they can greatly contribute to development initiatives in their planning, implementation and monitoring stages. “The Euro-Western development practitioners usually excluded consideration of the religious dimension in formulating development policies towards Africa" (Gerrie and Ellis 2006: 351-367).