Conventional economic theories hold that science and culture are not bedfellows in achieving development goals. However, the outcomes of the race for development in Africa, from foreign aid to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been strongly critiqued. One of the reasons for these repetitive failures is the ‘one-size-fits-all’ model of growth and development that international initiatives promote in non-Western communities: sustainable development is endogenous. For the Nso peoples of western Cameroon, sustainability is intrinsically defined by their worldview, belief system and traditions, and by their identity which is shaped by the belief in a cosmic totality: the interdependence and symbiotic relationship between the visible and the invisible realms… (read more)