Philosophy and Indigenous Knowledge: An African Perspective

Africa Today ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Masolo
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
African Perspective

scholarly journals African Leadership Wisdom and Experience: Lessons for Church Leaders in South Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zandisile M Dweba ◽  
Reuben Z Rashe
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Oral Tradition ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Knowledge Resources ◽  
African Perspective ◽  
Objects Of Knowledge ◽  
The Church ◽  
Structured Literature Review

Christian research projects in Africa have been marred by a notorious and almost deliberate intent of seeking to establish alternative protocols that posit nothing less than the introduction of new objects of knowledge and new theoretical models that seek to upset or at the very least undermine the prevailing paradigmatic indigenous norms. In this article, the authors seek to demystify the complexities of “indigeneity” and “autochthony”, and shed some light on how they impact the preservation of indigenous knowledge, values and norms. The indispensable social values which are deeply rooted in the African tradition, ubuntu and oral tradition are explored to suggest lessons from which church leaders can draw. This, the authors realise through a carefully structured literature review of selected sources. Following the reviewed literature, the authors must align themselves with the sentiments that, if the church in Africa wishes to enjoy relevance and acceptance, it has to approach African problems from an African perspective, liberate itself from the western ‘garbs’ or ‘robes’, and cease viewing everything African as pagan and devilish. Christianity, the authors contend, has a lot to learn, by accessing indigenous knowledge resources from the African people’s culture and oral tradition.

Indigenous knowledge of traditionally used plants from Iran for fever/malaria treatment

Planta Medica ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 76 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Esmaeili ◽  
F Naghibi ◽  
M Mosaddegh
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Malaria Treatment

Colonizing Innovation:

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhinav CHATURVEDI ◽  
Alf REHN
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Postcolonial Theory ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Frugal Innovation ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge Systems ◽  
Management Literature

Innovation is one of the most popular concepts and desired phenomena of contemporary Western capitalism. As such, there is a perennial drive to capture said phenomena, and particularly to find new ways to incite and drive the same. In this text, we analyze one specific tactic through which this is done, namely by the culturally colonial appropriation of indigenous knowledge systems. By looking to how jugaad, a system   of   frugal   innovation   in   India,   has been   made   into   fodder   for   Western management literature, we argue for the need of a more developed innovation critique, e.g., by looking to postcolonial theory.

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