Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Development in Africa

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-34306-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 337 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 466 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oloruntoba, Samuel Ojo

Yacob-Haliso, Olajumoke

Afolayan, Adeshina

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Indigene Völker
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction: African Knowledges and Alternative Futures
Chapter 2 Falolaist Cultural Brokerage and the Pan-African Agenda in Knowledge Production
Chapter 3 African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Legacy of Africa
Chapter 4 Removing the Debris: Toyin Falola in the Reconstruction of Knowledge Production of Africa
Chapter 5 The Academic and the Crisis of Knowledge Production and Dissemination in Africa
Chapter 6 The Intelligentsia and the Crisis of Knowledge Production and Development in Nigeria
Chapter 7 Pan-African Doctoral Schools and Knowledge Production in Africa: Experiences, Issues, and Testimonials of Participants
Chapter 8 Re-Empowering African Indigenous Peace-making Approaches: Identifying the Enabling Possibilities from Decolonization and Indigenization Discourses
Chapter 9 Back to the Future:  Rethinking Alternatives to External Intervention in African Conflicts
Chapter 10 Beyond Western Medicine (Drugs): Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Ola Rotimi’s The Gods Are Not to Blame and James Henshaw’s This Is Our Chance
Chapter 11 The Indigenous Knowledge of Law in Pre-Colonial Akwa-Ibom Area: A Comparative Study of the Similarities and Differences between the English and the African Legal System
Chapter 12 The Resilience of Ondo Indigenous Adjudicatory Institutions 1915-1957
Chapter 13 Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Food Security in the History of Hausaland: An Examination of Food Preservation and Storage Practices
Chapter 14 Understanding Igede Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Future of Igede Cultural Heritage in Benue State, Nigeria
Chatper 15 Yorùbá Traditional and Contemporary Cultural Perspectives on Homosexuality: Questions of Human and Minority Rights
Chapter 16 Recognising the Value of the African Indigenous Knowledge System: The Case of Ubuntu and Restorative Justice

Über Autor(innen)

Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba is Associate Professor at  the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa and Visiting Scholar, Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Canada.

Adeshina Afolayan is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso is Associate Professor of political science and Acting Dean Faculty of Social Science at Babcock University, Nigeria.