Title 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 / Mohamed Saliou Camara ; with a foreword by James Pritchett.

Publication Info.	Lewiston [New York] : The Edwin Mellen Press, [2014]
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Endogenous African knowledge systems in historical and cultural contexts -- Knowledge system of blacksmiths -- Knowledge system of hunters -- Knowledge system of healers -- Knowledge system of griots -- Knowledge system of elders -- Knowledge system of artists -- 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.
Summary	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 African epistemology free from Eurocentric and Afrocentric biases.
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Subject	Knowledge, Theory of -- Africa.
	Knowledge, Theory of.
	Africa.
	Knowledge, Theory of -- Africa, West.
	West Africa.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Camara, Mohamed Saliou, author. Is there a distinctively African way of knowing (a study of African blacksmiths, hunters, healers, griots, elders, and artists) 9781495502774 (DLC) 2014033760 (OCoLC)889185595
ISBN	9780779907731 electronic book
	0779907736 electronic book
	9781495502774
	1495502775
	9780773409095
	0773409092

Title 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 / Mohamed Saliou Camara ; with a foreword by James Pritchett.

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