{"product_id":"decolonizing-african-knowledge-autoethnography-and-african-epistemologies-paperback-softback-9781009048934","title":"Decolonizing African Knowledge; Autoethnography and African Epistemologies (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009048934","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDecolonizing African Knowledge\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAutoethnography and African Epistemologies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUses textual and visual materials on the 'Self' to understand how African ways of thinking shape the nature of societies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eToyin Falola (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009048934, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 March 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e534 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.76 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Falola mines extensive personal archives to provide an alternative to Western-derived hegemonic research methodologies from an individual perspective that incorporates autoethnography and its reflections on the self and the larger shared community … Recommended.' E. P. Renne, Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAddressing the consequences of European slavery, colonialism, and neo-colonialism on African history, knowledge and its institutions, this innovative book applies autoethnography to the understanding of African knowledge systems. Considering the 'Self' and Yoruba Being (the individual and the collective) in the context of the African decolonial project, Falola strips away Eurocentric influences and interruptions from African epistemology. Avoiding colonial archival sources, it grounds itself in alternative archives created by memory, spoken words, images and photographs to look at the themes of politics, culture, nation, ethnicity, satire, poetics, magic, myth, metaphor, sculpture, textiles, hair and gender. Vividly illustrated in colour, it uses diverse and novel methods to access an African way of knowing. Exploring the different ways that a society understands and presents itself, this book highlights convergence, enmeshing private and public data to provide a comprehensive understanding of society, public consciousness, and cultural identity.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Prologue: My Archive\u003cbr\u003e 2. Autoethnography and Epistemic Liberation\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Fictions and Factions\u003cbr\u003e 3. Narrative Politics and Cultural Ideologies\u003cbr\u003e 4. Memory, Magic, Myth, and Metaphor\u003cbr\u003e 5. A Poetological Narration of the Nation\u003cbr\u003e 6. A Poetological Narration of the Self\u003cbr\u003e 7. Satire and Society\u003cbr\u003e 8. Narrative Politics and the Politics of Narrative\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Visual Cultures\u003cbr\u003e 9. Sculpture as Archive\u003cbr\u003e 10. Textiles as Texts\u003cbr\u003e 11. Canvas and Archiving Ethnic Reality\u003cbr\u003e 12. Hair Art and the Women Agency\u003cbr\u003e 13. Photography and Ethnography' Part IV. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e 14. Self, Collective, and Collection.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: African history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on African history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22African%20history%20%5BHBJH%5D%22\"\u003eHBJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52458421944600,"sku":"9781009048934","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009048934i.jpg?v=1785372673","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/decolonizing-african-knowledge-autoethnography-and-african-epistemologies-paperback-softback-9781009048934","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}