Indigenous Discourses On Knowledge And Development In Africa
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Author |
: Edward Shizha |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2013-12-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134476091 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134476094 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis Indigenous Discourses on Knowledge and Development in Africa by : Edward Shizha
African social development is often explained from outsider perspectives that are mainly European and Euro-American, leaving African indigenous discourses and ways of knowing and doing absent from discussions and debates on knowledge and development. This book is intended to present Africanist indigenous voices in current debates on economic, educational, political and social development in Africa. The authors and contributors to the volume present bold and timely ideas and scholarship for defining Africa through its challenges, possible policy formations, planning and implementation at the local, regional, and national levels. The book also reveals insightful examinations of the hype, the myths and the realities of many topics of concern with respect to dominant development discourses, and challenges the misconceptions and misrepresentations of indigenous perspectives on knowledge productions and overall social well-being or lack thereof. The volume brings together researchers who are concerned with comparative education, international development, and African development, research and practice in particular. Policy makers, institutional planners, education specialists, governmental and non-governmental managers and the wider public should all benefit from the contents and analyses of this book.
Author |
: Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba |
Publisher |
: Springer Nature |
Total Pages |
: 339 |
Release |
: 2020-04-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783030343040 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3030343049 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Development in Africa by : Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba
This edited volume analyzes African knowledge production and alternative development paths of the region. The contributors demonstrate ways in which African-centered knowledge refutes stereotypes depicted by Euro-centric scholars and, overall, examine indigenous African contributions in global knowledge production and development. The project provides historical and contemporary evidences that challenge the dominance of Euro-centric knowledge, particularly, about Africa, across various disciplines. Each chapter engages with existing scholarship and extends it by emphasizing on Indigenous knowledge systems in addition to future indicators of African knowledge production.
Author |
: Gloria Emeagwali |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 187 |
Release |
: 2014-11-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789462097704 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9462097704 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis African Indigenous Knowledge and the Disciplines by : Gloria Emeagwali
This text explores the multidisciplinary context of African Indigenous Knowledge Systems from scholars and scholar activists committed to the interrogation, production, articulation, dissemination and general development of endogenous and indigenous modes of intellectual activity and praxis. The work reinforces the demand for the decolonization of the academy and makes the case for a paradigmatic shift in content, subject matter and curriculum in institutions in Africa and elsewhere – with a view to challenging and rejecting disinformation and intellectual servitude. Indigenous intellectual discourses related to diverse disciplines take center stage in this volume with a focus on education, mathematics, medicine, chemistry and engineering in their historical and contemporary context.
Author |
: Gloria Emeagwali |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 220 |
Release |
: 2016-07-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789463005159 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9463005153 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis African Indigenous Knowledge and the Sciences by : Gloria Emeagwali
This book is an intellectual journey into epistemology, pedagogy, physics, architecture, medicine and metallurgy. The focus is on various dimensions of African Indigenous Knowledge (AIK) with an emphasis on the sciences, an area that has been neglected in AIK discourse. The authors provide diverse views and perspectives on African indigenous scientific and technological knowledge that can benefit a wide spectrum of academics, scholars, students, development agents, and policy makers, in both governmental and non-governmental organizations, and enable critical and alternative analyses and possibilities for understanding science and technology in an African historical and contemporary context.
Author |
: Mawere, Munyaradzi |
Publisher |
: Langaa RPCIG |
Total Pages |
: 186 |
Release |
: 2014-03-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789956791910 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9956791911 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Culture, Indigenous Knowledge and Development in Africa by : Mawere, Munyaradzi
The continent of Africa is richly endowed with diverse cultures, a body of indigenous knowledge and technologies. These bodies of knowledge and technologies that are indeed embodied in the diverse African cultures are as old as humankind. From time immemorial, they have been used to solve socio-economic, political, health, and environmental problems, and to respond to the development needs of Africans. Yet with the advent of colonialism and Western scientism, these African cultures, knowledges, and technologies have been despised and relegated to the periphery, to the detriment of the self-reliant development of Africans. It is out of this observation and realisation that this book was born. The book is an exploration of the practical problems resulting from Africa's encounter with Euro-colonialism, a reflection of the nexus between indigenous knowledge, culture, and development, and indeed a call for the revival and reinstitution of indigenous knowledge, not as a challenge to Western science, but a complementary form of knowledge necessary to steer and promote sustainable development in Africa and beyond. This is a valuable book for policy makers, institutional planners, practitioners and students of social anthropology, education, political and social ecology, and development, African and heritage studies.
Author |
: A. Abdi |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 325 |
Release |
: 2005-11-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781403977199 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1403977194 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis Issues in African Education by : A. Abdi
This book addresses major sociological issues in sub-Saharan African education today. Its fourteen contributors present a thoroughly African world-view within a sociology of education theoretical framework, allowing the reader to see where that theory is relevant to the African context and where it is not. Several of the chapters bring a much-needed cultural nuance and critical theoretical perspective to the issues at hand. The sixteen chapters thus aim to be of interest internationally, to those who work in such fields as social and political foundations of comparative and international education, and development studies, including university professors, teacher educators, researchers, school teachers, tertiary education students, consultants and policy makers.
Author |
: Mawere, Munyaradzi |
Publisher |
: Langaa RPCIG |
Total Pages |
: 330 |
Release |
: 2015-04-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789956792696 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9956792691 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Between Rhetoric and Reality by : Mawere, Munyaradzi
Since time immemorial, indigenous peoples around the world have developed knowledge systems to ensure their continued survival in their respective territories. These knowledge systems have always been dynamic such that they could meet new challenges. Yet, since the so-called enlightenment period, these knowledges have been supplanted by the Western enlightenment science or colonial science hegemony and arrogance such that in many cases they were relegated to the periphery. Some Euro-centric scholars even viewed indigenous knowledge as superstitious, irrational and anti-development. This erroneous view has, since the colonial period, spread like veld fire to the extent of being internalised by some political elites and Euro-centric academics of Africa and elsewhere. However, for some time now, the potential role that indigenous peoples and their knowledge can play in addressing some of the global problems haunting humanity across the world is increasingly emerging as part of international discourse. This book presents an interesting and insightful discourse on the state and role that indigenous knowledge can play in addressing a tapestry of problems of the world and the challenges connected with the application of indigenous knowledge in enlightenment science-dominated contexts. The book is not only useful to academics and students in the fields of indigenous studies and anthropology, but also those in other fields such as environmental science, social and political ecology, development studies, policy studies, economic history, and African studies.
Author |
: D. Kapoor |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 267 |
Release |
: 2010-09-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780230111813 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0230111815 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Indigenous Knowledge and Learning in Asia/Pacific and Africa by : D. Kapoor
This collection makes a unique contribution towards the amplification of indigenous knowledge and learning by adopting an inter/trans-disciplinary approach to the subject that considers a variety of spaces of engagement around knowledge in Asia and Africa.
Author |
: Management Association, Information Resources |
Publisher |
: IGI Global |
Total Pages |
: 773 |
Release |
: 2019-10-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781799804246 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1799804240 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Indigenous Studies: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice by : Management Association, Information Resources
Global interest in indigenous studies has been rapidly growing as researchers realize the importance of understanding the impact indigenous communities can have on the economy, development, education, and more. As the use, acceptance, and popularity of indigenous knowledge increases, it is crucial to explore how this community-based knowledge provides deeper insights, understanding, and influence on such things as decision making and problem solving. Indigenous Studies: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice examines the politics, culture, language, history, socio-economic development, methodologies, and contemporary experiences of indigenous peoples from around the world, as well as how contemporary issues impact these indigenous communities on a local, national, and global scale. Highlighting a range of topics such as local narratives, intergenerational cultural transfer, and ethnicity and identity, this publication is an ideal reference source for sociologists, policymakers, anthropologists, instructors, researchers, academicians, and graduate-level students in a variety of fields.
Author |
: Akinloye Ojo |
Publisher |
: Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 225 |
Release |
: 2016-06-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781443896450 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1443896454 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Expressions of Indigenous and Local Knowledge in Africa and its Diaspora by : Akinloye Ojo
Expressions of Indigenous and Local Knowledge in Africa and its Diaspora provides critical discourses on Africa and the various configurations of its reflections in folklore, literature, music, languages, and philosophy. The collection, through its selected works, focuses on the African continent in terms of preserving the unique identity of African Indigenous and Local Knowledge. In reality, this preservation effort is confronted by a number of challenges within today’s increasingly globalized and westernized world. This book documents ongoing scholarly discussion on the paradoxical dynamics of preserving this identity and consequently enhancing the relevance of African Indigenous and Local Knowledge. This volume articulates the representation of knowledge and values lodged in the diverse knowledge systems in Africa and its diaspora, and which are constantly expressed in local and global spaces. It highlights the prejudicial assessment of African Indigenous knowledge systems that has ensured that Western epistemological systems are internationally recognized and supported while African epistemological systems are denigrated, discouraged or simply ignored, even on the African continent. Given that the term expressions entails making something known or manifest, this edited collection is assembled to make known some of the elements of indigenous and local knowledge, as well as the practices that these elements necessitate both historically and contemporarily in the African situation.