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Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Youth Entrepreneurship: Recentering the Voices of Marginalized Communities in Africa analyzes the limitations of top-down intervention programs designed by the state to address the problem of unemployment among marginalized communities in Africa and foregrounds the centrality of IKS in fostering entrepreneurship. Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Innocent Moyo, and Lethiwe Zondo examine the solutions to these problems within the ongoing debate on decolonization of knowledge and epistemic justice. The contributors argue that when the voices of the marginalized communities are taken into consideration in the design of employment and entrepreneurship policies, there are possibilities that such policies could be more effective, affirming the agency and rights within these communities. Using case studies and theoretical research, this book investigates how a better engagement with marginalized communities and indigenous knowledges in the design of entrepreneurship and employment policies could foster more positive outcomes? This book enriches the conversation on how recentering the voices of indigenous youths in the design of entrepreneurship programs can be done in due regard to the interests, priorities, and challenges of the communities.

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Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Youth Entrepreneurship: Recentering the Voices of Marginalized Communities in Africa is extremely timely. Theorizing issues of African Indigenous Knowledge Systems is a reminder to the world of Africa's contribution to knowledge production from time immemorial. The contributors provide solutions to resolve the current crisis of unemployment by showing the 'relevance of application of Indigenous knowledge systems to entrepreneurship' and recentering the neglected voices of marginalized groups within the African continent. --Njoki Nathani Wane, University of Toronto Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Innocent Moyo, and Lethiwe Zondo's insights are cogently woven into a pattern, integrating youth entrepreneurship and the historically marginalized indigenous knowledge systems, encompassing traditions passed down through generations and practices of diverse indigenous communities, and linking them to broad economic activities in their local spaces. Tackling youth inactivity and gender inequalities through indigenous knowledge systems is essential if countries are to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 8 on decent work for all by 2030. This book advocates for a shift from Eurocentric policy development processes to an inclusive and innovative approach. The contributors promote youth entrepreneurship and self-reliance, further contributing towards the promotion of the marginalized rural informal economy and open access to build cohesive communities in Africa. Therefore, I firmly believe that this book is valuable and worthy of recognition. --Charles Nwaila, National Skills Authority of South Africa

Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Innocent Moyo, and Lethiwe Zondo's insights are cogently woven into a pattern, integrating youth entrepreneurship and the historically marginalized indigenous knowledge systems, encompassing traditions passed down through generations and practices of diverse indigenous communities, and linking them to broad economic activities in their local spaces. Tackling youth inactivity and gender inequalities through indigenous knowledge systems is essential if countries are to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 8 on decent work for all by 2030. This book advocates for a shift from Eurocentric policy development processes to an inclusive and innovative approach. The contributors promote youth entrepreneurship and self-reliance, further contributing towards the promotion of the marginalized rural informal economy and open access to build cohesive communities in Africa. Therefore, I firmly believe that this book is valuable and worthy of recognition. --Charles Nwaila, National Skills Authority of South Africa

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Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba is assistant professor and principal investigator of the intercontinental research project on Indigenous Knowledge and Youth Empowerment in Africa. Inocent Moyo is associate professor and deputy dean faculty of humanities and social sciences at the University of Zululand. Lethiwe Zondo is doctoral student in the Department of Development Studies at the University of South Africa.

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