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Pathways to alternative epistemologies in Africa / Adeshima Afolayan, Olajumoke, Yakob-Hailiso, Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Decolonization--Africa.
- Decolonization.
- Social epistemology.
- Africa.
- Social epistemology--Africa.
- Africa--Colonial influence.
- Colonial influence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: Alternative Epistemologies and the Imperative of an Afrocentric Mythology
- Part I Theories and Methodologies
- 2 Between Particularism and Universalism: The Promise of Epistemic Contextualism in African Epistemology
- 3 The Quest for Africanizing Qualitative Inquiry: A Pathway to Methodological Innovation
- 4 The State and the State of Knowledge Production in African Universities: Rethinking Identity and Curricula
- 5 Afrocentricity, African Agency and Knowledge System
- Part II Epistemological Practices
- 6 Cultural Environmentalism in Ogunyemis Langbodo and Osofisans Many Colours Make The Thunder-King
- 7 Security, Local Community, and the Democratic Political Culture in Africa
- 8 The African Prints Africa and Aesthetics in the Textile World
- 9 On the Search for Identity in African Architecture
- 10 Towards an Endogenous Interpretation of Polygamy and Gender Relations: A Critique of Lola Shoneyins The Secret Lives of Baba Segis Wives
- 11 Religion, Patriarchal Construction and Gender Complementarity in Nigeria
- 12 Yoruba Traditional Instrumental Ensemble and Indigenous Knowledge Systems
- 13 Knowledge Production and Pedagogy Among the Islamic Scholars in Kano: A Case-Study of Shaykh Tijani Usman Zangon Bare-Bari (19161970).
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 04, 2021).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9783030606527
- 303060652X
- Publisher Number:
- 99988651106
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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