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OverviewThis volume investigates alternative epistemological pathways by which knowledge production in Africa can proceed. The contributors, using different intellectual dynamics, explore the existing epistemological dominance of the West—from architecture to gender discourse, from environmental management to democratic governance—and offer distinct and unique arguments that challenge the denigration of the different and differing modes of knowing that the West considered “barbaric” and “primitive.” This volume therefore constitutes a minimal gesture that further contributes to the ongoing discourse on alternative modes of knowing in Africa. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Adeshina Afolayan , Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso , Samuel Ojo OloruntobaPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: 1st ed. 2021 Weight: 0.341kg ISBN: 9783030606541ISBN 10: 3030606546 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 06 January 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsChapter One: Introduction: Alternative Epistemologies and the Imperative of an Afrocentric Mythology Part I: Theories and Methodologies Chapter Two Between Particularism and Universalism: The Promise of Epistemic Contextualism in African Epistemology Chapter Three The Quest for Africanizing Qualitative Inquiry: A Pathway to Methodological Innovation Chapter Four The State and the State of Knowledge Production in African Universities: Rethinking Identity and Curricula Chapter Five Afrocentricity, African Agency and Knowledge Systems Part II: Epistemological Practices Chapter Six Cultural Environmentalism in Wale Ogunyemi’s Langbodo and Femi Osofisan’s Many Colours Make the Thunder-King Chapter Seven Security, Local Community, and the Democratic Political Culture in Africa. Chapter Eight The “African Prints”: Africa and Aesthetics in the Textile World Chapter Nine On the Search for Identity in African Architecture Chapter Ten Towards an Endogenous Interpretation of Polygamy and Gender Relations: A Critique of Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives Chapter Eleven Religion, Patriarchal Construction and Gender Complementarity in Nigeria Chapter Twelve Yoruba Traditional Instrumental Ensemble and Indigenous Knowledge Systems Chapter Thirteen Knowledge Production and Pedagogy among Islamic Scholars in Kano: A Case Study of Shaykh Tijani Usman Zangon Bare-Bari (1916-1970)ReviewsAuthor InformationAdeshina Afolayan is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso is Professor of Political Science at Babcock University, Nigeria. Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba is Associate Professor at Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa and Visiting Professor, Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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