African Indigenous Knowledge and the Disciplines / / by Gloria Emeagwali, George J Sefa Dei.

• Superior document: Anti-colonial Educational Perspectives for Transformative Change
• VerfasserIn: Emeagwali, Gloria.; Sefa Dei, George J.
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2014.
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed. 2014.
• Language: English
• Series: Anti-colonial Educational Perspectives for Transformative Change
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (187 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• ISBN: 9462097704
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Gloria Emeagwali, George J Sefa Dei.

This text explores the multidisciplinary context of African Indigenous Knowledge Systems from scholars and scholar activists committed to the interrogation, production, articulation, dissemination and general development of endogenous and indigenous modes of intellectual activity and praxis. The work reinforces the demand for the decolonization of the academy and makes the case for a paradigmatic shift in content, subject matter and curriculum in institutions in Africa and elsewhere – with a view to challenging and rejecting disinformation and intellectual servitude. Indigenous intellectual discourses related to diverse disciplines take center stage in this volume with a focus on education, mathematics, medicine, chemistry and engineering in their historical and contemporary context.