African indigenous knowledge and the disciplines / edited by Gloria Emeagwali and George J. Sefa Dei.
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 wor...
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Rotterdam :
Sense Publishers,
[2014]
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| Series: | Anti-colonial educational perspectives for transformative change ;
v. 2. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 180 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789462097704 9462097704 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-94-6209-770-4 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record. |