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Indigenous knowledge systems and development in Africa / Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Adeshina Afolayan, Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, editors.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Oloruntoba, Samuel O. (Samuel Ojo), 1970-, Afolayan, Adeshina, Yacob-Haliso, Olajumoke
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Subjects:
Ethnoscience > Africa.
Indigenous peoples > Africa.
Ethnology > Africa.
Africa > Social life and customs.
Ethnology.
Ethnoscience.
Indigenous peoples.
Manners and customs.
Africa.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Chapter 1: Introduction: African Knowledges, Decolonization and Alternative Futures
  • References
  • Part I: Reconstructing Indigenous Knowledges for Africa's Development
  • Chapter 2: Falolaist Cultural Brokerage and the Pan-African Agenda in Knowledge Production
  • Introduction
  • Knowledge Production
  • Knowledge Dissemination
  • 'Recivilization' (Knowledge Accreditation) Agenda
  • Concluding Remarks
  • References.
  • Chapter 3: African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Legacy of Africa
  • Conceptualizing African Indigenous Knowledge Systems
  • Primary Global African Migration
  • Resources
  • Political Structures
  • Agronomy
  • Culture
  • Preserving Legacies
  • The TFKP and TFIB Models
  • Institutional Building and Knowledge Production
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Removing the Debris
  • Introduction
  • European Mindset of Africa and Africans
  • Nigerian Political Space and the Challenge of Good Governance
  • Ethnicity
  • The Bedrock of Political Rivalries and Instability
  • Corruption
  • Religion.
  • Knowledge Production of Toyin Falola
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Part II: The Role of the State and Intellectuals in Knowledge Production in Africa
  • Chapter 5: The Academic and the Crisis of Knowledge Production and Dissemination in Africa
  • The Academic
  • Knowledge Production and Dissemination in Africa
  • Manifestations of the Crisis
  • Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Chapter 6: The Intelligentsia and the Crisis of Knowledge Production and Development in Nigeria
  • Introduction
  • Conceptualizing the Intelligentsia
  • Intellectuals in Nigeria and the Problems Within.
  • External Factors and the Intellectuals in Nigeria
  • Agenda for the Intellectuals in the Development Project in Nigeria
  • Contemporary Intelligentsia and the Challenge from Old Nationalists
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 7: Pan-African Doctoral Schools and Knowledge Production in Africa: Experiences, Issues, and Testimonials of Participants
  • Introduction
  • The African Doctoral Academy University of Stellenbosch
  • The Pan-African Doctoral Academy University of Ghana
  • Analytical Framework
  • Wiig's Knowledge Production and Management Model
  • Methods
  • Interviews and Data Analysis.
  • Findings
  • Building Knowledge from Participants' Experiences
  • Holding Knowledge
  • Pooling Knowledge
  • Applying Knowledge
  • Issues with Pan-African Doctoral Academies
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 8: Re-empowering African Indigenous Peacemaking Approaches: Identifying the Enabling Possibilities from Decolonization and Indigenization Discourses
  • Introduction
  • Decolonization and Indigenization Theories
  • Mainstreaming: Meaning, Risks, and Benefits
  • Guidelines for Mainstreaming African Indigenous Peacemaking Approaches-Enabling Actors, Steps, and Processes.

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