African indigenous knowledge: scientific or unscientific?

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dc.contributor.authorOgungbure, Adebayo Anthony
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-21T07:17:21Z
dc.date.available2020-01-21T07:17:21Z
dc.date.issued2013-01
dc.descriptionPeer reviewed article published under Inkanyiso, Volume 5, Issue 1, Jan 2013, p. 12 - 20en_US
dc.description.abstractThe conventional idea is that there is only one superior way of knowing. That is rational and scientific knowledge ... Yet, across the globe, people perceive reality in different ways, and the resulting worldviews lead to different ways of learning and different ways of knowing.2 Human knowledge within Western culture is generally adjudged to have reached its apogee in terms of the study of the natural world and the development of technological equipment directed towards making life worth living. Meanwhile, the attainment of such a sophisticated status in Western scientific research has been facilitated by its experimental methodology which has made possible the transfer of knowledge from one generation to another. However, other nonWestern forms of knowledge that lack these characteristics are regarded as “unscientific”. African indigenous knowledge, a victim of such censure, is seen as an unscientific accumulation of native wisdom, lacking in sophistication, logicality, coherence, and technicality which disqualifies it from being called “scientific” knowledge as we have it in Western culture. This paper seeks to argue that the rejection of African indigenous knowledge as “unscientific” knowledge stems from a false dichotomy.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOgungbure, A.A., 2013. African indigenous knowledge: scientific or unscientific?. Inkanyiso: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 5(1), pp.12-20.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2077-2815
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10530/1919
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Zululanden_US
dc.subjectIndigenous Knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectScientificen_US
dc.subjectAfrican cultureen_US
dc.titleAfrican indigenous knowledge: scientific or unscientific?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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