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

Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020] ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 337 pages) : illustrations 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 Summary 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. 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Policymaking Interventions for Mainstreaming African Indigenous Peacemaking Approaches Print version record Subject Ethnoscience -- Africa Indigenous peoples -- Africa Ethnology -- Africa. Development studies. Politics & government. Social Science -- General. Social Science -- Regional Studies. Ethnology Ethnoscience Indigenous peoples Manners and customs SUBJECT Africa -- Social life and customs Subject Africa Form Electronic book Author Oloruntoba, Samuel O. (Samuel Ojo), 1970- Afolayan, Adeshina. Yacob-Haliso, Olajumoke. ISBN 9783030343040 3030343049

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