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Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Development in Africa

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Editors:
  1. Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba

    1. University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

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  2. Adeshina Afolayan

    1. University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

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  3. Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso

    1. Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria

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  • Analyzes African knowledge production and alternative development paths of the region

  • Demonstrate ways in which African-centered knowledge refutes stereotypes depicted by Euro-centric scholars

  • Engages with existing scholarship and extends it by emphasizing on Indigenous knowledge systems in Africa

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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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
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About this book

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. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • 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

About the editors

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.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Development in Africa

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

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34304-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-34303-3Published: 09 April 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-34306-4Published: 09 April 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-34304-0Published: 08 April 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 337

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: African Politics, Development and Post-Colonialism, Regional Development

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