Title Is there a distinctively African way of knowing (a study of African blacksmiths, hunters, healers, griots, elders, and artists) : knowing and theory of knowledge in the African experience / Mohamed Saliou Camara ; with a foreword by James Pritchett

Published Lewiston [New York] : The Edwin Mellen Press, [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction -- Endogenous African knowledge systems in historical and cultural contexts -- The knowledge system of blacksmiths -- The knowledge system of hunters -- The knowledge system of healers -- The knowledge system of griots -- The knowledge system of elders -- The knowledge system of artists -- The knowledge system of musicians -- Of African epistemology -- Epistemological contextualization of endogenous knowledge systems -- Gnosis and episteme : the meaning of knowing in African systems -- Transformative education in twenty-first-century Africa -- Utilitarian knowledge management -- Toward a new paradigm for researching knowledge and substantializing African epistemology -- Conclusion Summary This work investigates knowledge systems intrinsic to African civilizations to ascertain ways in which those systems can help validate or invalidate the argument pertaining to the existence of an African epistemology. This approach calls for a paradigm shift in conceptualizing and researching African epistemology free from Eurocentric and Afrocentric biases Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Knowledge, Theory of -- Africa Knowledge, Theory of -- Africa, West PHILOSOPHY -- Epistemology. Knowledge, Theory of Africa West Africa Form Electronic book ISBN 9780779907731 0779907736

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