TY - BOOK ID - 77944853 TI - Culture, Indigenous knowledge and development in Africa : reviving interconnections for sustainable development PY - 2014 SN - 9956791458 9789956791453 9956791911 9789956791910 9789956791910 PB - North West Region, Cameroon : Langaa RPCIG, DB - UniCat KW - Sustainable development KW - Ethnoecology KW - Traditional ecological knowledge KW - Indigenous peoples KW - Human ecology KW - Indigenous ecological knowledge KW - Indigenous environmental knowledge KW - T.E.K. (Traditional ecological knowledge) KW - TEK (Traditional ecological knowledge) KW - Traditional environmental knowledge KW - Ethnoscience KW - Experiential learning KW - Biopiracy KW - Ecology KW - Democratization KW - Aboriginal peoples KW - Aborigines KW - Adivasis KW - Indigenous populations KW - Native peoples KW - Native races KW - Ethnology KW - Democratic consolidation KW - Democratic transition KW - Political science KW - New democracies KW - Ghana KW - Economic policy. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77944853 AB - The continent of Africa is richly endowed with diverse cultures, a body of indigenous knowledge and technologies. These bodies of knowledge and technologies that are indeed embodied in the diverse African cultures are as old as humankind. From time immemorial, they have been used to solve socio-economic, political, health, and environmental problems, and to respond to the development needs of Africans. Yet with the advent of colonialism and Western scientism, these African cultures, knowledges, and technologies have been despised and relegated to the periphery, to the detriment of the self-reliant development of Africans. It is out of this observation and realisation that this book was born. The book is an exploration of the practical problems resulting from Africa's encounter with Euro-colonialism, a reflection of the nexus between indigenous knowledge, culture, and development, and indeed a call for the revival and reinstitution of indigenous knowledge, not as a challenge to Western science, but a complementary form of knowledge necessary to steer and promote sustainable development in Africa and beyond. This is a valuable book for policy makers, institutional planners, practitioners and students of social anthropology, education, political and social ecology, and development, African and heritage studies. ER -