Towards an Indigenous African Educational Discourse: A Philosophical Reflection

Autor/in	Higgs, Philip
Titel	Towards an Indigenous African Educational Discourse: A Philosophical Reflection
Quelle	In: International Review of Education, 54 (2008) 3-4, S.445-458 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-8566
DOI	10.1007/s11159-008-9088-x
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Foreign Countries; Educational Development; Indigenous Knowledge; African Culture; Empowerment; Community Involvement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsentwicklung; Africa; Culture; Afrika; Kultur
Abstract	The liberation of Africa and its peoples from centuries of racially discriminatory colonial rule and domination has far reaching implications for educational thought and practice. The transformation of educational discourse in Africa requires a philosophical framework that respects diversity, acknowledges lived experience and challenges the hegemony of Western forms of universal knowledge. In this article, the author argues that indigenous knowledge, as a system of African knowledge, can provide a useful philosophical framework for the construction of empowering knowledge that will enable communities in Africa to participate in their own educational development. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10