Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Development in Africa

Chapter 1 Introduction: African Knowledges, Decolonization and Alternative Futures

Chapter 2 Falolaist Cultural Brokerage and the Pan-African Agenda in Knowledge Production

Chapter 3 African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Legacy of Africa

Chapter 4 Removing the Debris

Chapter 5 The Academic and the Crisis of Knowledge Production and Dissemination in Africa

Chapter 6 The Intelligentsia and the Crisis of Knowledge Production and Development in Nigeria

Chapter 7 Pan-African Doctoral Schools and Knowledge Production in Africa: Experiences, Issues, and Testimonials of Participants

Chapter 8 Re-empowering African Indigenous Peacemaking Approaches: Identifying the Enabling Possibilities from Decolonization and Indigenization Discourses

Chapter 9 Back to the Future: Rethinking Alternatives to External Intervention in African Conflicts

Chapter 10 Beyond Western Medicine (Drugs): Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Ola Rotimi’s The Gods Are Not to Blame and James Henshaw’s This Is Our Chance

Chapter 11 The Indigenous Knowledge of Law in Pre-colonial Akwa Ibom Area: A Comparative Study of the Similarities and Differences Between the English and the African Legal System

Chapter 12 The Resilience of Ondo Indigenous Adjudicatory Institutions 1915–1957

Chapter 13 Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Food Security in the History of Hausaland: An Examination of Food Preservation and Storage Practices

Chapter 14 Understanding Igede Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Future of Igede Cultural Heritage in Benue State, Nigeria

Chapter 15 Yorùbá Traditional and Contemporary Cultural Perspectives on Homosexuality: Questions of Human and Minority Rights

Chapter 16 Recognizing the Value of the African Indigenous Knowledge System: The Case of Ubuntu and Restorative Justice