African Indigenous Knowledge and the Sciences: Journeys into the Past and Present

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Interconnecting History, African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Science....Pages 3-11
Pedagogical Principles in Technology Education....Pages 13-32
Schooling and the African Child....Pages 33-46
African Indigenous Perspectives on Technology....Pages 47-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Time....Pages 65-78
Interrogating the Concept of Time among the Shona....Pages 79-92
Indigenous Physics and the Academy....Pages 93-105
Tiv Divination....Pages 107-116
The Stellar Knowledge of Indigenous South Africans....Pages 117-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Nigerian Walls and Earthworks....Pages 137-144
Enclosures of the Old Oyo Empire, Nigeria....Pages 145-151
Enclosures of Northern Yorubaland, Nigeria....Pages 153-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
African Traditional Medicine Revisited....Pages 161-170
Ethnomusicologists and Medical Practitioners in Healthcare Delivery in Nigeria....Pages 171-181
Using Indigenous Narrative Therapy with People of the African Diaspora....Pages 183-195
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Iron Metallurgy in Ancient Sudan....Pages 199-206
Iron-Smelting in Nigeria....Pages 207-215
Back Matter....Pages 217-220