LEADER 03663nam 2200589 450 001 9910787985403321 005 20221123173243.0 010 $a9956-791-45-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000548484 035 $a(EBL)1656538 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001215265 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11708331 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001215265 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11176182 035 $a(PQKB)10194475 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1656538 035 $a(OCoLC)880354650 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35243 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1656538 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10852086 035 $a(OCoLC)888096009 035 $a(PPN)223993018 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000548484 100 $a20140331h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCulture, Indigenous knowledge and development in Africa $ereviving interconnections for sustainable development /$fMunyaradzi Mawere 210 1$aNorth West Region, Cameroon :$cLangaa RPCIG,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (186 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a9956-791-91-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aAcknowledgements -- Preface -- Culture, indigenous knowledge, and development in Africa : exploring the interconnections -- Culture, indigenous knowledge and development in Africa since colonialism : the silenced narrative -- Indigenous knowledge and adaptation : some showcases from Africa -- Technological knowledge as a component of indigenous knowledge systems : the resilience of African science -- Leveraging sustainable development in the twenty-first century Africa : a critical dialogue -- Indigenous knowledge, culture and education in Africa -- Bibliography. 330 $aThe continent of Africa is richly endowed with diverse cultures, a body of indigenous knowledge and technologies. These bodies of knowledge and technologies that are indeed embodied in the diverse African cultures are as old as humankind. From time immemorial, they have been used to solve socio-economic, political, health, and environmental problems, and to respond to the development needs of Africans. Yet with the advent of colonialism and Western scientism, these African cultures, knowledges, and technologies have been despised and relegated to the periphery, to the detriment of the self-reliant development of Africans. It is out of this observation and realisation that this book was born. The book is an exploration of the practical problems resulting from Africa's encounter with Euro-colonialism, a reflection of the nexus between indigenous knowledge, culture, and development, and indeed a call for the revival and reinstitution of indigenous knowledge, not as a challenge to Western science, but a complementary form of knowledge necessary to steer and promote sustainable development in Africa and beyond. This is a valuable book for policy makers, institutional planners, practitioners and students of social anthropology, education, political and social ecology, and development, African and heritage studies. 606 $aDemocratization$zGhana 606 $aIndigenous peoples$zGhana 607 $aGhana$xEconomic policy 615 0$aDemocratization 615 0$aIndigenous peoples 676 $a320.9667 700 $aMawere$b Munyaradzi$01466407 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787985403321 996 $aCulture, Indigenous knowledge and development in Africa$93808601 997 $aUNINA