Author/year

Country origin

Article title

Argument basis for

African bioethics

Argument against western bioethics

Article type

1) Andoh (2001)

Cameroon

Bioethics and Challenges to its growth in Africa.

Communitarianism/

ethno-philosophy

Challenges Western

Bioethical theories in general

Argumentative/theory

generating.

2) Awajiusuk (2014)

Nigeria

Reflections on African ethics. A case of Cultural relativism

African religion and

Communitarianism.

Against autonomy

model Theories.

Argumentative essay.

3) Azetop (2011)

Cameroon

New directions

In African bioethics

Communitarianism/

relational.

Against principlism and

autonomy focused

bioethics theories.

Advocacy for a

public health

bioethics.

4) Behrens (2013)

Republic of

South Africa

Towards an

African bioethics

Communitarian/

relational (ubuntu)

Against autonomy focused Western theories.

Argumentative/

framework

generating

5) Chukwuneke, Umeora, Maduabuchi, & Egbunike (2014)

Nigeria

Global bioethics in

a pluralistic world. How does culture

influence African

Bioethics.

Communitarianism

and relational

theories.

Against autonomy

And principlism

Western theories.

Narrative/

argumentative

6) Fayemi &

Akintunde (2012)

Nigeria

On the myth

Called African

Bioethics.

Rebuttal to

Gbadegesin’s

(1993) portrayal

of African bioethics.

Acknowledges

contemporary

Western bioethics

theories while dismissing Gbadegesins’s (1993) argument.

Argumentative/

rebuttal type.

7) Fayemi (2015)

Nigeria

African Bioethics Versus Healthcare ethics in Africa. A Critique to

Godfrey Tangwa.

Rebuttal to Tangwa’s

(1996) portrayal of

African bioethics.

Advocates for a

“healthcare ethics”

for African countries.

Acknowledges contemporary

Western bioethics theory while

Dismissing Tangwa’s arguments.

He then argues for emphasis on “healthcare ethics in Africa,

in place of bioethics”.

Argumentative/

Rebuttal. Advocacy.

8) Gbadegesin (1993)

Nigeria.

Bioethics and

Culture an

African

Perspective.

African ethno-

anthropological,

metaphysical.

Against autonomy based Western bioethics.

Descriptive/advocacy.

9) Metz (2010)

Republic of

South Africa

African and

Western

Moral theories

In a bioethical context

Communitarian,

relational

harmony

(ubuntu).

Contrasts Western bioethics

theories with African

ethnocentric thinking.

Argumentative. Theory

Generating.

10) Murove (2005)

Republic of

South Africa.

African Bioethics an

Exploratory Course.

Communitarian/ relational.

Association with

African traditional

Medicine.

Against Western autonomy,

principlism bioethics

framework.

Argumentative.

11) Mbugua (2008)

Kenya

Is there an

African bioethics?

Communitarianism

Against principlism based

Western bioethics.

Argumentative/

Conciliatory.