Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Development in Africa

This edited volume analyzes African knowledge production and alternative development paths of the region. The contributors demonstrate ways in which African-centered knowledge refutes stereotypes depicted by Euro-centric scholars and, overall, examine indigenous African contributions in global knowledge production and development. The project provides historical and contemporary evidences that challenge the dominance of Euro-centric knowledge, particularly, about Africa, across various disciplines. Each chapter engages with existing scholarship and extends it by emphasizing on Indigenous knowledge systems in addition to future indicators of African knowledge production. 

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction: African Knowledges and Alternative Futures.- 2. Falolaist Cultural Brokerage and the Pan-African Agenda in Knowledge Production.- 3. African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Legacy of Africa.- 4. Removing the Debris: Toyin Falola in the Reconstruction of Knowledge Production on Africa.- 5. The Academic and the Crisis of Knowledge Production and Dissemination in Africa.- 6. The Intelligentsia and the Crisis of Knowledge Production and Development in Nigeria.- 7. Pan-African Doctoral Schools and Knowledge Production in Africa: Experiences, Issues, and Testimonials of Participants.- 8. Re-Empowering African Indigenous Peace-making Approaches: Identifying the Enabling Possibilities from Decolonization and Indigenization Discourses.- 9. Back to the Future: Rethinking Alternatives to External Intervention in African Conflicts.- 10. Beyond Western Medicine (Drugs): Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Ola Rotimi’s The Gods Are Not to Blame and James Henshaw’s This Is Our Chance.- 11. The Indigenous Knowledge of Law in Pre-Colonial Akwa-Ibom Area: A Comparative Study of the Similarities and Differences between the English and the African Legal System.- 12. The Resilience of Ondo Indigenous Adjudicatory Institutions 1915-1957.- 13. Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Food Security in the History of Hausaland: An Examination of Food Preservation and Storage Practices.- 14. Understanding Igede Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Future of Igede Cultural Heritage in Benue State, Nigeria.- 15. Yorùbá Traditional and Contemporary Cultural Perspectives on Homosexuality: Questions of Human and Minority Rights.- 16. Recognising the Value of the African Indigenous Knowledge System: The Case of Ubuntu and Restorative Justice.

About the Author :
Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba is Associate Professor at  the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa and Visiting Scholar, Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Canada. Adeshina Afolayan is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso is Associate Professor of political science and Acting Dean Faculty of Social Science at Babcock University, Nigeria.