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Indigenous Knowledge and the Environment in Africa and North America [1 ed.] 9780821444115, 9780821420799
Indigenous Knowledge and the Environment in Africa and North America [1 ed.] 9780821444115, 9780821420799

Indigenous knowledge has become a catchphrase in global struggles for environmental justice. Yet indigenous knowledges a

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Contextualizing Indigenous Knowledge in Africa and its Diaspora [1 ed.] 9781443881272, 9781443878401
Contextualizing Indigenous Knowledge in Africa and its Diaspora [1 ed.] 9781443881272, 9781443878401

This volume proposes a wholesale adoption of African Indigenous Knowledge Systems (AIKS) as a paradigm for Africa’s rene

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The Arts and Indigenous Knowledge Systems in a Modernized Africa [1 ed.] 9781527523623
The Arts and Indigenous Knowledge Systems in a Modernized Africa [1 ed.] 9781527523623

This collection derives from a conference held in Pretoria, South Africa, and discusses issues of indigenous knowledge s

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Globalizing the Postcolony : Contesting Discourses of Gender and Development in Francophone Africa 9780739143841, 9780739143827
Globalizing the Postcolony : Contesting Discourses of Gender and Development in Francophone Africa 9780739143841, 9780739143827

Globalizing the Postcolony: Contesting Discourses of Gender and Development in Francophone Africa is a study of developm

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Ngoma: Discourses of Healing in Central and Southern Africa 9780520910850
Ngoma: Discourses of Healing in Central and Southern Africa 9780520910850

Ngoma, in Bantu, means drum, song, performance, and healing cult or association. A widespread form of ritual healing in

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Yoruba Gurus: Indigenous Production of Knowledge in Africa [pbk ed.] 0865436991, 9780865436992
Yoruba Gurus: Indigenous Production of Knowledge in Africa [pbk ed.] 0865436991, 9780865436992

“In the quest to promote ‘universal knowledge’ and create Western institutions in Africa, the intellectual contributions

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Africa Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow : Exploring the Multi-dimensional Discourses on ‘Development’ [1 ed.] 9781443846394, 9781443841849
Africa Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow : Exploring the Multi-dimensional Discourses on ‘Development’ [1 ed.] 9781443846394, 9781443841849

From a multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary standpoint, this book challenges the teleological and unidirectional noti

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Indigenous Knowledge and Ethnomathematics 3030974812, 9783030974817
Indigenous Knowledge and Ethnomathematics 3030974812, 9783030974817

The book presents a series of ethnographic studies, which illustrate issues of wider importance, such as the role of cul

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Local Science Vs Global Science: Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge in International Development 9781782382102
Local Science Vs Global Science: Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge in International Development 9781782382102

While science has achieved a remarkable understanding of nature, affording humans an astonishing technological capabilit

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Indigenous Knowledge in Taiwan and Beyond 9789811541773, 9789811541780
Indigenous Knowledge in Taiwan and Beyond 9789811541773, 9789811541780

This book situates Taiwan’s indigenous knowledge in comparative contexts across other indigenous knowledge formations. T

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