The social under­stan­ding of wealth in Africa has evol­ved signi­fi­cantly – from Indi­ge­nous, pre-colo­nial, and post-colo­nial, to con­tem­po­rary Africa. During these peri­ods a key distinc­tion emer­ges bet­ween mate­rial and non-mate­rial wealth. Based on this distinc­tion seve­ral dif­fe­rent dimen­si­ons of wealth can be iden­ti­fied, par­ti­ally coming with con­flic­ting results when applied to con­tem­po­rary rea­li­ties ▸ Arti­kel lesen