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Is There a Distinctively African Way of Knowing (A Study of African Blacksmiths, Hunters, Healers, Griots, Elders, and Artists) [electronic resource] : Knowing and Theory of Knowledge in the African Experience
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Camara, Mohamed Saliou.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Knowledge, Theory of--Africa, West.
- Knowledge, Theory of--Africa.
- Knowledge, Theory of.
- Local Subjects:
- Knowledge, Theory of--Africa, West.
- Knowledge, Theory of--Africa.
- Knowledge, Theory of.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (180 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work investigates knowledge systems intrinsic to African civilizations to ascertain ways in which those systems can help validate or invalidate the argument pertaining to the existence of an African epistemology. This approach calls for a paradigm shift in conceptualizing and researching African epistemology free from Eurocentric and Afrocentric biases.
- Contents:
- Is There a Distinctively African Way of Knowing (A Study of African Blacksmiths, Hunters, Healers, Griots, Elders, and Artists): Knowing and Theory of Knowledge in the African Experience; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Endogenous Mrican Knowledge Systemsin Historical and Cultural Contexts; Of African Epistemology; Conclusion
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7799-0773-6
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