Contextualizing indigenous knowledge in Africa and its diaspora /

Contextualizing indigenous knowledge in Africa and its diaspora /

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Imprint:	Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015. ©2015
Description:	x, 257 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Ethnoscience -- Africa. Indigenous peoples -- Africa. Chiefdoms -- Political aspects -- Africa. Peace-building -- Africa. Traditional ecological knowledge -- Africa. Traditional medicine -- Africa. Ethnoscience. Indigenous peoples. Peace-building. Traditional ecological knowledge. Traditional medicine. Africa.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10459682

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Other authors / contributors:	Aderibigbe, Gbola, editor. Ihuah, Alloy S., editor. Kiprono, Felisters Jepchirchir, editor.
ISBN:	9781443878401 1443878405
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	This volume proposes a wholesale adoption of African Indigenous Knowledge Systems (AIKS) as a paradigm for Africa's renewal and freedom from the whims of foreign interests. These systems, as argued here, involve balancing short-term thinking and immediate gratification with longer-term planning for future generations of Africans and the continent's diaspora. The book will be of interest to anyone concerned with development studies in Africa and its diaspora, as it offers plausible solutions to Africa's chronic developmental problems that can only be provided from within Africa, rather than through the intervention of external third parties. As such, it provides vital contributions to the ongoing search for viable answers to the challenges that Africa faces today.

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Call Number:	GN476.C66 2015
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