"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. T...

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Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Rotterdam [u.a.] Sense Publ. 2014
Schriftenreihe:	Anti-colonial educational perspectives for transformative change 2
Schlagworte:	Ethnoscience / Africa Indigenous peoples / Education / Africa Ethnoscience Indigenous peoples / Education Erziehung Indigenes Volk Lokales Wissen Kulturanthropologie Africa Afrika Aufsatzsammlung
Zusammenfassung:	"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"--Back cover
Beschreibung:	Introduction / Gloria Emeagwali and George J. Sefa Dei -- Intersections between Africa's indigenous knowledge systems and history / Gloria Emeagwali -- Indigenous distillation in northeastern Nigeria and the production of Argi / M.Z. Zaruwa, J.T. Barminas and R.O. Apampa -- Traditional brewing technique in northern Nigeria : an indigenous approach to the exploitation of enzymes (tsiro) / M.Z. Zaruwa, N.U. Ibok and I.U. Ibok -- Traditional tannery and dyeing (yirie) methods : a science par excellence in northeastern Nigeria / M.Z. Zaruwa and Z.E. Kwaghe -- Terracing and agriculture in central Nigeria with a focus on Yil Ngas / Samuel Barde Gwimbe -- Ancient terraces on highland fringes south of the Chad Basin : the case of Gwoza and Yil Ngas / Samuel Barde Gwimbe -- Creative geometric thought and endogenous knowledge production : experimentation and invention among Tonga women in southeast Mozambique / Paulus Gerdes -- Indigenous traditional medicine in Ghana : tapping into an under-explored resource / Sarfo K. Nimoh -- African traditional medicine (TM) and social movements in Nigeria / R.O. Olaoye -- Art education : curriculum, traditional knowledge and practice in Nigeria / Pual Obiokor -- The indigenous knowledge systems and the curriculum / Edward Shizha -- Learning mathematics in English at basic schools : a benefit or hindrance? / E. Fredua-Kwarteng and F. Ahia -- Indigenizing the curriculum : the case of the African university / George J. Sefa Dei
Beschreibung:	XIII, 180 S. Ill. 24 cm
ISBN:	9789462097681