Decolonizing African Knowledge: Autoethnography and African Epistemologies - Brossura

Falola

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1009048937 ISBN 13: 9781009048934

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2025

Riassunto

Addressing the consequences of European slavery, colonialism, and neo-colonialism on African history, knowledge and its institutions, this innovative book applies autoethnography to the understanding of African knowledge systems. Considering the 'Self' and Yoruba Being (the individual and the collective) in the context of the African decolonial project, Falola strips away Eurocentric influences and interruptions from African epistemology. Avoiding colonial archival sources, it grounds itself in alternative archives created by memory, spoken words, images and photographs to look at the themes of politics, culture, nation, ethnicity, satire, poetics, magic, myth, metaphor, sculpture, textiles, hair and gender. Vividly illustrated in colour, it uses diverse and novel methods to access an African way of knowing. Exploring the different ways that a society understands and presents itself, this book highlights convergence, enmeshing private and public data to provide a comprehensive understanding of society, public consciousness, and cultural identity.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1009048937
• ISBN 13: 9781009048934
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 534
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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