Open AccessAfrican Biblical Interpretation of Matthew 20:1-15 in relation to social justice for workers in Cameroon
Author(s) -
Godlove Sevidzem Ntem,
Ernest van Eck
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
stellenbosch theological journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2413-9467
pISSN - 2413-9459
DOI - 10.17570/stj.2021.v7n1.a12
Subject(s) - unemployment , language change , agrarian society , interpretation (philosophy) , poverty , development economics , political science , industrialisation , privilege (computing) , colonialism , political economy , sociology , economics , economic growth , law , agriculture , geography , art , literature , archaeology , computer science , programming language
After the colonial era in the early sixties, the practice of employing and paying workers in Cameroon both in the civil service and in the private sector became very crucial, considering the fact that the situation of unemployment is so endemic to Cameroon as a paradigm for Africa’s unemployment. From an economic perspective, Cameroon has a booming labour force, but this robust manpower has been underutilized due to the provocative unemployment that is experienced in all sectors in the country. As an agrarian economy, the weakness of industrialization in Cameroon does not offer mass employment alternatives. Those who have the privilege to be employed are not satisfied with their remunerations to the extent that they try to use unorthodox means to add to their pay through corruption. This article highlights the desperate nature of Cameroonian workers through the lenses of Matthew 20:1-15. It is a society of unfair distribution of resources and this creates an imbalanced society between the privileged and non-privileged peasantry.