African Indigenous Knowledge and the Sciences Journeys into the Past
This book is an intellectual journey into epistemology, pedagogy, physics, architecture, medicine and metallurgy. The focus is on various dimensions of African Indigenous Knowledge (AIK) with an emphasis on the sciences, an area that has been neglected in
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ANTI-COLONIAL EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVES FOR TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE Volume 4 Executive Series Editor Pierre Wilbert Orelus, New Mexico State University, USA [email protected] Executive Board Members Antonia Darder, LMU, School of Education, LA, USA [email protected] Peter McLaren, UCLA, CA, USA [email protected] Peter Mayo, University of Malta, Malta [email protected] Curry Malott, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA, USA [email protected] Venus Evans-Winters, Illinois State University, USA [email protected] George Sefa Dei, University of Toronto, Canada [email protected] Pepi Leistyna, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA [email protected] Binaya Subedi, Ohio State University, OH, USA [email protected] Scope Informed by an anti-colonial spirit of resistance to injustices, this book series examines the ways and the degree to which the legacy of colonialism continues to influence the content of school curriculum, shape teachers’ teaching practices, and impact the outcome of the academic success of students, including students of color. Further, books published in this series illuminate the manner in which the legacy of colonialism remains one of the root causes of educational and socio-economic inequalities. This series also analyzes the ways and the extent to which such legacy has been responsible for many forms of classism that are race- and language-based. By so doing, this series illuminates the manner in which race intersects with class and language affecting the psychological, educational, cultural, and socio-economic conditions of historically and racially disenfranchised communities. All in all, this series highlights the ways and the degree to which the legacy of colonialism along with race-, language-, class- and gender-based discrimination continue to affect the existence of people, particularly people of color.
African Indigenous Knowledge and the Sciences Journeys into the Past and Present
Edited by Gloria Emeagwali Central Connecticut State University, USA and Edward Shizha Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
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ISBN: 978-94-6300-513-5 (paperback) ISBN: 978-94-6300-514-2 (hardback) ISBN: 978-94-6300-515-9 (e-book)
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Cover image by Chipo Mandizvidza, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
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Introduction Edward Shizha and Gloria Emeagwali
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Part 1: Epistemological and Pedagogi
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