02084nam 2200481 450 991079769310332120230807193040.01-4438-8127-9(CKB)3710000000473510(EBL)4534681(Au-PeEL)EBL4534681(CaPaEBR)ebr11215704(CaONFJC)MIL830904(OCoLC)921216962(MiAaPQ)EBC4534681(EXLCZ)99371000000047351020160617h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierContextualizing Indigenous knowledge in Africa and its diaspora /edited by Ibigbolade Aderibigbe, Alloy Ihuah and Felisters Jepchirchir KipronoNewcastle upon Tyne, England :Cambridge Scholars Publishing,2015.©20151 online resource (267 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-7840-5 Includes bibliographical references.This volume proposes a wholesale adoption of African Indigenous Knowledge Systems (AIKS) as a paradigm for Africa's renewal and freedom from the whims of foreign interests. These systems, as argued here, involve balancing short-term thinking and immediate gratification with longer-term planning for future generations of Africans and the continent's diaspora.The book will be of interest to anyone concerned with development studies in Africa and its diaspora, as it offers plausible solutions to Africa's chronic developmental problems that can only be provided from within Africa, rather than throEthnoscienceAfricaEthnoscience001.089Aderibigbe GbolaIhuah AlloyKripono FelistersMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797693103321Contextualizing Indigenous knowledge in Africa and its diaspora3723498UNINA