The Struggle of African Indigenous Knowledge Systems in an Age of Globalization
Author | : Munyaradzi Mawere |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2012 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789956727117 |
ISBN-13 | : 9956727113 |
Rating | : 4/5 (113 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Struggle of African Indigenous Knowledge Systems in an Age of Globalization written by Munyaradzi Mawere and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2012 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive study and erudite description of the struggle of African Indigenous Knowledge Systems in an Age of Globalization, using in particular eighty-four children's traditional games in south-eastern Zimbabwe. The book is an informative and interesting anthropological account of rare African children's games at the risk of disappearing under globalization. The virtue of the book does not only lie in its modest philosophical questioning of those knowledge forms that consider themselves as superior to others, but in its laudable, healthy appreciation of the creative art forms of traditional literature that features in genres such as endangered children's traditional games. The book is a clarion call to Africans and the world beyond to come to the rescue of relegated and marginalized African creativity in the interest of future generations.