Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Development in Africa

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: African Knowledges, Decolonization and Alternative Futures

   • Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Adeshina Afolayan, Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso

   Pages 1-14

3. Reconstructing Indigenous Knowledges for Africa’s Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Falolaist Cultural Brokerage and the Pan-African Agenda in Knowledge Production

      • Malami Buba

      Pages 17-35

   3. African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Legacy of Africa

      • Gloria Emeagwali

      Pages 37-55

   4. Removing the Debris

      • Segun Ogungbemi

      Pages 57-77

4. The Role of the State and Intellectuals in Knowledge Production in Africa

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79

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   2. The Academic and the Crisis of Knowledge Production and Dissemination in Africa

      • C. B. N. Ogbogbo

      Pages 81-92

   3. The Intelligentsia and the Crisis of Knowledge Production and Development in Nigeria

      • Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba

      Pages 93-107

   4. Pan-African Doctoral Schools and Knowledge Production in Africa: Experiences, Issues, and Testimonials of Participants

      • Blessing Nonye Onyima

      Pages 109-129

   5. Re-empowering African Indigenous Peacemaking Approaches: Identifying the Enabling Possibilities from Decolonization and Indigenization Discourses

      • Peter Genger

      Pages 131-157

   6. Back to the Future: Rethinking Alternatives to External Intervention in African Conflicts

      • Isaac Olawale Albert

      Pages 159-183

5. Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Pre-colonial Africa

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185

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   2. 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

      • ’ Leke Ogunfeyimi

      Pages 187-205

   3. 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

      • Joseph R. Bassey

      Pages 207-230

   4. The Resilience of Ondo Indigenous Adjudicatory Institutions 1915–1957

      • Charles K. Omotayo

      Pages 231-245

   5. Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Food Security in the History of Hausaland: An Examination of Food Preservation and Storage Practices

      • Umar Muhammad Jabbi

      Pages 247-259

   6. Understanding Igede Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Future of Igede Cultural Heritage in Benue State, Nigeria

      • Mike Odey

      Pages 261-277

   7. Yorùbá Traditional and Contemporary Cultural Perspectives on Homosexuality: Questions of Human and Minority Rights

      • Ibigbolade Aderibigbe, Adepeju Olufemi Johnson-Bashua

      Pages 279-301

   8. Recognizing the Value of the African Indigenous Knowledge System: The Case of Ubuntu and Restorative Justice

      • Mofihli Teleki, Serges Djoyou Kamga

      Pages 303-327

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. 

• Intellectual Property Rights
• Africa
• African politics
• African Studies
• Indigenous African Knowledge

• University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

  Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba

• University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

  Adeshina Afolayan

• Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria

  Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso

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.

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