African Indigenous Knowledges in a Postcolonial World
This book argues that ancient and modern African indigenous knowledges remain key to Africas role in global capital, technological and knowledge development and to addressing her marginality and postcoloniality.
The contributors engage the unresolved problematics of the historical and contemporary linkages between African knowledges and the African academy, and between African and global knowledges. The book relies on historical and comparative political analysis to explore the global context for the application of indigenous knowledges for tackling postcolonial challenges of knowledge production, conflict and migration, and womens rights on the continent in transcontinental African contexts.
Asserting the enduring potency of African indigenous knowledges for the transformation of policy, the African academy and the study of Africa in the global academy, this book will be of interest to scholars of African Studies, postcolonial studies and decolonisation and global affairs.
Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso is Professor of Political Science at Babcock University, Nigeria.
Ngozi Nwogwugwu is Senior Research Fellow at the Nigerian Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Babcock University, Nigeria.
Gift Ntiwunka Associate Professor of Public Administration and Gender Studies in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Babcock University, Nigeria.
Global Africa
Series Editors: Toyin Falola and Roy Doron
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Kenneth Kalu and Toyin Falola
12 Slavery in the Global Diaspora of Africa
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13 Emotions in Muslim Hausa Womens Fiction
Umma Aliyu Musa
14 Yoruba Oral Tradition in Islamic Nigeria
A History of DDKD
Abdul-Rasheed Naallah
15 Development in Modern Africa
Past and Present Perspectives
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16 Borders, Sociocultural Encounters and Contestations
Southern African experiences in Global view
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17 Governance and Leadership Institutions in Nigeria
Edited by Ernest Toochie Aniche and Toyin Falola
18 African Indigenous Knowledges in a Postcolonial World
Essays in Honour of Toyin Falola
Edited by Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, Ngozi Nwogwugwu and Gift Ntiwunka
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Oluwatosin Adeola Adegbite holds an MSc in Political Science from Babcock University in Nigeria.
Eyitayo Folasade Adewumi holds a bachelors in Religion/English from Andrews University, Michigan (1987), an MSc in International Relations (1989) from the University of Yaounde, Cameroun, and a PhD in Political Science (International Relations specialisation) from Babcock University (2015). She is presently a Senior Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Babcock University, where she has worked since 2005. Dr Adewumis research interest is mainly in international relations and its related fields. She enjoys reading, making friends, travelling and driving.
Bosede Funke Afolayan is an associate professor in the Department of English, University of Lagos, Nigeria. She has published widely in the areas of Comparative Drama, Gender studies and African literature. She is the author of two published plays: Look Back in Gratitude and Once upon an Elephant. Afolayan is a Commonwealth Fellow.
Olusola E. Akintola, PhD, is with the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Abuja. He graduated from the University of Abuja as the second overall best student. With master and doctoral degrees in Political Science, he has written many articles in reputable local and international journals on development, political economy, environment, education, democracy and gender.
V. S. Akran is of the Nigerian Defense Academy, Kaduna. Nigeria.
Bayo Thomas Asala is a reader in the Department of History and International Studies, Renaissance University, Ugbakwa, Enugu state. A strategist, he specializes on peace and conflict resolution and has published extensively in this area.
Aisha Balarabe Bawa, PhD is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, Usmanu Dan Fodiyo University, Sokoto. She has published a number of articles in national and international Journals and contributed chapters in books. Some of her published works includes: Gender Identity and Change: The Case of Muslim Women in Northern Nigeria (2016). She is the author of Women in the Corridors of Power: Nigerian First Ladies in Governance (2019).
Temitope Yetunde Bello is of the Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Joan Ugo Mbagwu holds a BA (Ed) in English Education from University of Ilorin; an MA in Conflict Resolution and Management, Macgregor School of Antioch University, Ohio, USA; and a PhD in Defense and Strategic Studies from Babcock University, Ogun State, Nigeria. Joan has a lot of NGO work experience and is presently the Head of Department for Criminology, Security, Peace and Conflict Studies, Caleb University, Imota, Ikorodu, Lagos.
Shuaibu Mohammed is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science and International Studies, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. His areas of specialisation are comparative politics and African politics. He has published in reputable journals and attended many academic conferences, both local and international.
