LEADER 02118nam 2200493 450 001 9910461169103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4438-8127-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000473510 035 $a(EBL)4534681 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4534681 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4534681 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11215704 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL830904 035 $a(OCoLC)921216962 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000473510 100 $a20160617h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aContextualizing indigenous knowledge in Africa and its diaspora /$fedited by Ibigbolade Aderibigbe, Alloy Ihuah and Felisters Jepchirchir Kiprono 210 1$aNewcastle upon Tyne, England :$cCambridge Scholars Publishing,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (267 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4438-7840-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aThis 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 thro 606 $aEthnoscience$zAfrica 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEthnoscience 676 $a001.089 702 $aAderibigbe$b Gbola 702 $aIhuah$b Alloy 702 $aKripono$b Felisters 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461169103321 996 $aContextualizing indigenous knowledge in Africa and its diaspora$91980540 997 $aUNINA