Is there a distinctively African way of knowing (a study of African blacksmiths, hunters, healers, griots, elders, and artists) : knowing and theory of knowledge in the African experience /

This work investigates knowledge systems intrinsic to African civilizations to ascertain ways in which those systems can help validate or invalidate the argument pertaining to the existence of an African epistemology. This approach calls for a paradigm shift in conceptualizing and researching Africa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Camara, Mohamed Saliou (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston [New York] : The Edwin Mellen Press, [2014]
Temas:
Knowledge, Theory of > Africa.
Knowledge, Theory of > Africa, West.
Théorie de la connaissance > Afrique.
Théorie de la connaissance > Afrique occidentale.
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Africa.
West Africa.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Endogenous African knowledge systems in historical and cultural contexts
  • The knowledge system of blacksmiths
  • The knowledge system of hunters
  • The knowledge system of healers
  • The knowledge system of griots
  • The knowledge system of elders
  • The knowledge system of artists
  • The knowledge system of musicians
  • Of African epistemology
  • Epistemological contextualization of endogenous knowledge systems
  • Gnosis and episteme : the meaning of knowing in African systems
  • Transformative education in twenty-first-century Africa
  • Utilitarian knowledge management
  • Toward a new paradigm for researching knowledge and substantializing African epistemology
  • Conclusion.

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