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, examin
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Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Development in Africa
Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba • Adeshina Afolayan Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso Editors
Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Development in Africa
Editors Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba University of South Africa Pretoria, South Africa
Adeshina Afolayan University of Ibadan Ibadan, Nigeria
Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso Babcock University Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria
ISBN 978-3-030-34303-3 ISBN 978-3-030-34304-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34304-0 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © Maram / shutterstock.com This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
As the search for socio-economic and political development continues in Africa, it has become pertinent to establish a link between this aspiration and appropriate knowledge systems. Like other societies, pre-colonial Africa existed on the basis of indigenous knowledge systems that incorporated the peculiarities of the respective groups. It was on the basis of the existing forms of knowledge that the societies built various empires, prosecuted wars, settled conflicts, established enterprises and forged diplomatic relationship, among others. However, with colonialism came the denial of African indigenous knowledge systems and imposition of and reification of western knowledge systems as the standard. Backed by state power, the colonialists effectively subordinated African indigenous knowledge systems to their own, with the result that medium of instructions, histories, theories and methods were crafted in the image of the West. Curiously, the post-colonial state has
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