African Epistemology

Essays on Being and Knowledge

Peter Aloysius Ikhane, Isaac E. Ukpokolo

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Routledge
31 May 2023

Communication studies; Development studies; African history; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Philosophy & theory of education

Series: Routledge Studies in African Philosophy

This book investigates how knowledge is conceived and explored within the African context. Epistemology, or the theory of knowledge, has historically been dominated by the Western approach to the discourse of knowledge. This book however shines a much-needed spotlight on knowledge systems originating within the African continent.

Bringing together key voices from across the field of African philosophy, this book explores the nature of knowledge across the continent and how they are rooted in Africans’ ontological sense of being and self. At a time when moves to decolonize curricula are gaining momentum, this book shows how understanding the specific ways of knowing that form part of the every day life of the African, will play an important part in rebalancing studies of philosophy globally. Employing critical, conceptual and rigorous analyses of the nature and essence of knowledge as understood by indigenous African societies, the book ultimately asks what could pass as an African theory of knowledge.

This important guide to the connections between knowledge and being, in African philosophical thought, will be an important resource for researchers and students of philosophy and African studies.

Edited by: Peter Aloysius Ikhane, Isaac E. Ukpokolo
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 320g
ISBN: 9781032022000
ISBN 10: 1032022000
Series: Routledge Studies in African Philosophy
Pages: 188
Publication Date: 31 May 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Aloysius Ikhane is Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Isaac E. Ukpokolo is Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Ibadan, Nigeria