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A African Renaissance, 11, 39 Abada, 124 Afrocentricity, 13, 77–89 Academic Staff Union of Universities Afrocentrism, 9, 11, 79, 82 (ASUU), 70 Afropolitan, 134, 135, 172 Adire eleko, 124, 126, 128, 129, 131 Agency, 6, 13, 63, 68, 77–89, 95–97, Africa, 3–6, 8, 9, 11–15, 21, 22n4, 101, 106, 107, 116n7, 154, 187, 35–42, 46, 47, 49, 51, 53–56, 196, 198, 206 61–73, 78–83, 86–89, 111–121, Agogo, 210, 211, 215, 216 123–138, 142–153, 155–159, Akan, 29n18, 115, 117, 117n8, 154 165–171, 173, 174, 178, 190, Ake, Claude, 61, 119 198, 200, 221–223 Akwete, 136 African architecture, 14, 141–160 Ala, 186 African epistemology, 13, 15, 19–32, al-Jami’ al-Saghir, 225 36, 44, 56, 81, 82 al-Shifa, 225 African ethics, 53, 54 Amadiume, If, 170, 171, 173, African indigenous knowledge system 178, 187 (AIKS), 9, 10, 12–14, 36–40, Animism, 14, 94, 96–98, 100 42–46, 49, 51, 54–56, 85–88 Ankara, 124 Africanity, 8, 9, 11, 12, 127, 128, Anthropocentrism, 14, 93–95, 133–135, 137 104, 109 Africanization, 37, 39, 40, 55 Anthropomorphism, 102 African print, 14, 123–138 Anticolonialism, 5, 7

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Architecture, 14, 81, 141–160 Communitarianism, 116, 118–120 Asante, Molef Kete, 40–42, 43n3, 45, Community, 10, 11, 13, 14, 20, 79–82, 84, 125, 136 26–28, 29n18, 31, 36, 39, 42, Ashcroft, Bill, 1, 7 44–46, 48–54, 56, 83, 96–98, Aso oke, 136 101, 103, 111–121, 130, 132, Atampa, 124 136, 147, 151, 153, 154, 158, Àyàn, 207 174, 182, 185, 187, 188, 199, 205, 206, 209, 214, 231 Complementarity, 14, 55, 177–200 B Congo, 36, 38 Babban Malami, 225 Contextualism, 13, 19–32 Baganda, 45 Culture, 2, 10, 11, 21, 28, 29n18, 31, Bata, 210, 213–215 37, 40–44, 43n3, 46, 51, 53, 55, Beliefs, 13, 20, 21, 23–25, 23n7, 43, 56, 62, 72, 77–82, 86, 87, 48, 86, 87, 97–99, 102, 114, 94–102, 104–106, 108, 111–121, 118, 135, 157, 179, 180, 183, 130, 132, 133, 137, 138, 141, 184, 189, 190, 193, 195, 196, 143–147, 149, 150, 153–155, 198, 199, 207 157–159, 166–174, 177–190, Biocentricism, 95 199, 206–209, 215, 217, Bori, 189 228, 232 Botswana, 49, 50 Curricula, 61–73 British Empire, 1, 2 Buildings, 71, 117, 119, 120, 141, 143, 144, 146–148, 150, 151, D 153, 155–159, 206, 225 Decolonization, 5, 7, 39, 42, 47, 52, 53, 55, 123, 149, 168, 182 Default entitled beliefs, 20, 21, 25–32 C Democracy/democratization, 3, 5, Capitalism, 4, 5, 40, 167 115, 119–121 Chinua Achebe, 186 Democratic governance, 14 Christianity, 94, 171, 190, 193, Development, 5, 8, 13, 37, 40, 62, 195, 198 63, 66–68, 70, 72, 73, 88, 115, Chukwu, 186 116, 128, 131, 142, 144, 147, Civil society, 70, 73 154, 155, 159, 166, 170, 179, Colonialism, 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 36, 41, 198, 199, 216, 221, 222 43, 46, 51, 54, 63, 64, 66, 71, Dogmatism, 21, 63 80, 82, 86, 88, 132, 150, 154, Drum ensemble, 14, 208, 210 166–168, 178, 190, 196 Dundun drum, 208, 210 Coloniality, 4, 5, 8, 63, 69, 72 Coloniality of power, 4, 6 Colonization, 6, 7, 21, 37, 41, 55, 86, E 125, 168, 178, 182, 205 Ecocentricism, 95 Communalism, 209 Ecophobia, 14, 93–95, 97 INDEX 237

Education, 38, 40, 64, 65, 67, 68, 70, G 73, 77, 79, 96, 150, 151, 189, Gender, 14, 47, 49, 50, 95, 165–174, 196, 200, 207, 209, 214, 217, 177–200, 207, 208, 215–217 224–226, 228, 232 Gender fuidity, 185, 187 Egypt, 2, 38, 79, 148 Globalization, 4, 40, 51, 55, 151, Emeagwali, Gloria, 10, 86, 88, 167, 154, 159, 166–169, 217 169, 206 Gwauron Fagachi, 225 Enlightenment, 63, 64, 225, 230 Gyekye, Kwame, 43n3, 116–119, Environment, 14, 48, 50, 80, 87, 116n6, 117n8 93–98, 100, 101, 104–109, 115, 143, 144, 150, 155, 156, 158, 159, 205, 206 H Environmentalism, 93–109 Hausa, 124, 136, 180, 188–190, Epistemicide, 10, 12 224n4, 225, 227, 229 Epistemology, 9, 19–23, 23n6, Hegel, G.W.F., 2–4, 6, 37, 38, 26–30, 31n21, 38, 44n3, 64, 78, 79 46, 48, 56, 61, 63, 83–85, Hegemony, 4, 13, 21n2, 36, 37, 41, 177, 207 42, 66, 69, 72, 73, 79, 80 Epistemology, alternative, 1–15, 62 Historiography, 62, 66, 67, 77, 80, Ethnicity, 47, 67, 130 145, 221, 222 Eurocentrism, 5, 6, 9, 15, 77–80, Holisticism, 209 82, 85, 88 Humanization, 14, 94, 96–98, 100, Europe, 2, 4–9, 21, 63, 64, 69, 78, 102, 103, 106 80, 82, 124, 129, 132, 133, 148, 149, 208 I Identity, 5, 13, 37, 42, 45, 46, 49, 53, F 61–73, 77, 80, 81, 85, 86, Family, 45, 49, 117, 143, 144, 155, 116n7, 141–160, 166, 177, 181, 169, 171–173, 185, 187, 188, 198, 206, 208, 209, 214–217 206–211, 216, 217, 225 Ideology, 6, 40, 66, 67, 79, 81, 82, Fashion, 8, 124, 126, 128, 131–133, 84, 88, 93–95, 106, 158, 159, 137, 149 171, 182, 183, 195 Feminist/feminism, 169, 170, 173, Ifá, 143, 186, 215 174, 177, 183 Igbo, 124, 130, 136, 180, 186–188 Fiqh, 194, 224, 226, 227 Indigenous/indigeneity, 2, 9, 10, 13, 36, Forces, 6–8, 44, 45, 62, 66, 81, 41–43, 45–55, 64, 73, 77, 80, 83–86, 96, 97, 107, 114, 156, 85–89, 94, 104, 123, 124, 127, 159, 173, 179, 181, 184, 185, 131, 132, 136, 137, 141, 143–146, 189, 198 149, 150, 153–160, 166–172, 174, Functionalism, 209, 214 184, 188, 189, 205–217 238 INDEX

Indigenous knowledge system, 62, L 70–72, 86, 88, 169, 205–217 Land, 3, 37, 38, 45, 48, 63, 64, 86, Individual, 44, 52, 53, 83, 84, 87, 94, 168, 187 112–114, 116–121, Langbodo, 93–109 153, 155, 183, 211, Language, 2, 10, 22n4, 28, 29n17, 216, 231 29n18, 32, 38, 42, 43n3, 47, 48, Individualism, 83, 84, 116, 159 50–53, 56, 68, 72, 79, 113, 141, Infallibilism, 29, 30 148, 154, 156, 216, 226, 227, 229 Inquiry, 13, 24, 25, 30, 31, 35–56, Lazarus, Neil, 6, 7, 193 62, 71, 84, 146 Locke, John, 29n19, 94 Instruments, 45, 54, 198, Lord Balfour, 2, 4, 6 206–211, 214–217 Islam, 15, 156, 171, 174, 188–190, 193, 195, 196, 222–225, 223n2, M 224n3, 225n5, 232 Mafeje, Archie, 8–9, 11, 12, 62, 63 Islamiyya, 228, 231 Malam Muhammadu Salga, 227 Iya-ilu, 208, 210, 211, 214, 216 Malawi, 120 Iya Mi (My Mother), 181, 184 Many Colours Make the Thunder-­ King, 93–109 Mazrui, Ali, 8, 146 J Mbembe, Achille, 9 Jesus, 190, 191, 193, 194 Menkiti, Ifeanyi, 112–118, 112n1, Justifcation, 2, 23–25, 25n11, 27n15, 113n2, 114n3, 114n4, 117n8 28–31, 29n20, 30n21, 96, Modern/modernity, 4–6, 21, 28, 53, 173, 184 62, 95, 107, 113, 115, 134, 136, 144, 145, 149–154, 166, 168, 169, 174, 178, 195, 200, 205, K 217, 222, 232 , 15, 221–233 Modernism, 21, 150–152, 156, 157 Kano Chronicle, 222, 224 Multidisciplinarity, 15, 223 Kente, 136, 152 Music, 53, 134, 137, 141, 148, 149, Knowledge, 1–5, 8–13, 15, 19, 20, 153, 154, 158, 198, 205, 206, 23–25, 27–31, 27n15, 36, 38–56, 208–211, 213–216 43n3, 44n4, 49n5, 62–64, 66, Mythology, 1–15, 80, 186 68, 69, 72, 73, 77–89, 99, 102, 107, 128, 137, 141, 145, 153, 154, 158–160, N 165–169, 205–217 Nana Asma’u, 189 Knowledge, Africanizing, 8–15, 39, 40 Nature, 3, 7, 12, 13, 44, 48, 61, 72, Knowledge production, 5, 11–14, 78, 83, 84, 87, 93–98, 100–107, 61–73, 80, 84–86, 159, 116, 117, 131, 134, 144, 155, 168, 221–233 169, 181, 187, 190, 191, 197, Kolawole, Mary, 170, 178 209, 211, 215, 223, 224, 231 INDEX 239

Negritude, 9 97, 103, 107, 129, 144, 153, Neocolonialism, 35 167, 170, 171, 180, 182, Neoliberal philosophy, 62–65 184–186, 188, 196 Niasse, Shaykh Ibrahim, 229–231 Prophet Mohammed, 191–194 , 15, 37, 65–68, 70, 96, 99, 100, 124, 127, 129, 130, 133, 136, 148, 150, 151, 156, 157, Q 171, 177–200, 206, 209, 223, Quijano, Anibal, 4 223n2, 228, 229, 231, 232 Nwoko, Demas, 151 R Rana, 189 O Reason, 2, 3, 12, 13, 22n4, 28, Ogunyemi, Wale, 14, 93–109, 174 29n17, 30, 54, 63, 64, 78, Okene, 136 79, 83, 99, 117, 130, 131, Olodumare, 180, 184, 185 145, 168 Omu, 188 Re-colonization, 8 Onisègùn, 29n17 Relativism, 13, 20, 21, 32 Ontology, combative, 12, 15, 62 Religion, 37, 38, 48, 78, 80, 81, Osofsan, Femi, 14, 93, 98–100 96–98, 154, 171, 174, 177–200, Osun, 96, 101, 102, 106, 107 205, 207, 215, 224n3 Other, 42–45, 47, 51, 94, 95, 137, Research, 11–13, 23, 32, 35–43, 177, 183, 216 45–56, 68, 70, 95, 120, 130, Oyewumi, Oyeronke, 170, 171, 173, 132, 151, 152, 159, 209, 223 174, 177, 178, 182, 183 Research ethics, 53–55 Research methodology, 35, 36, 41, 42, 51, 55 P Resistance, 6, 7, 62, 79, 80, 148, 166 Pan-Africanism, 66 Particularism, 19–32 Patriarchy, 170, 178, 198 S Pax Africana, 8 Said, Edward, 2, 6 Pedagogy, 45, 158, 221–233 Salgawa, 226, 227, 229, 232 Perennialism, 209 Sango, 96, 101, 102, 104–108, 181, Person/personhood, 39, 41, 46, 49, 182, 213, 215 79–83, 113, 114, 114n3, Santos, Boaventura de Sosa, 9 116–118, 116n7, 117n8, 173, Sarki Bayero, 229 179, 180, 183, 187, 197, 213 Sarki Abubakar Kado, 225 Political culture, 111–121 Sarki Sulaiman, 225 Polygamy, 14, 165–174 Scholarship, 6, 9–12, 15, 37, 39, 41, Post-colonial state, 62, 67 42, 166, 174, 222–224, 232 Power, 1, 4–7, 21, 22n4, 43, 44, 50, Science, Technology Engineering and 54, 67, 70, 72, 73, 86, 87, 95, Mathematics (STEM), 68 240 INDEX

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives, U 14, 165–174 Universalism, 19–32, 22n4, 207 Security, 47, 96, 111–121, 166 University, 13, 40, 54, 61–73, 128, Sekere, 208, 210, 211, 213 150, 152 , 119, 127, 231 Uthman dan Fodio, 189 Sharia, 194, 199 Shaykh al-Tuni, 225 Shaykh Ibrahim Zangon Bare-Bari, V 15, 221–233 Vlisco, 123–138 Shelter, 142, 143 Shoneyin, Lola, 165–174 Skepticism, 20, 26, 26n13, 192 W South Africa, 64, 68, 70 Wangarawa, 224, 224n3 Soyinka, Wole, 96, 101, 102, 166 West, 3, 6, 22n4, 65, 78, Spirituality, 45, 96, 141, 158, 159, 88, 133, 143, 184, 186 145–147, 165–169 Stories, 35, 36, 39, 45, 46, 49, 51, 53, Wiredu, Kwasi, 21, 22, 22n3, 54, 96, 98, 102, 103, 142, 173, 22n4, 27, 27n16, 29n18, 193, 196 115, 117n8 Structural Adjustment Woman, 14, 101–103, 115, 172, 174, Programmes, 67 177, 181–183, 185–187, 190–196 World Bank, 62, 67, 68 T Worldview, 10, 11, 36, 38–44, 46, 49, Tafsir, 226, 227, 229, 229n9, 230 50, 54, 56, 65, 80–83, 95, 128, Testimony, 26, 27, 29–32 136, 160, 166, 168, 169, 179, Textile, 14, 123–138, 141, 149 182, 194 Things Fall Apart, 97, 186, 187 Tradition, 11, 15, 40, 49, 80, 87, 96, 98, 103–105, 108, 109, 118, 124, Y 132, 137, 141, 143, 145, 147, 150, Yoruba, 13, 26, 26n14, 28–32, 153, 154, 156, 157, 159, 167, 173, 29n17, 29n18, 94, 96–102, 191, 193, 198, 205–207, 217, 105, 108, 124, 126, 221–228, 223n2, 231, 232 127, 130, 131, 136, 143, Traditionalism, 20–22, 21n1, 22n3 147, 156, 171–174, Truth, 12, 13, 20, 21, 23, 42, 45, 48, 177, 178, 180–186, 205, 51, 54, 99, 169, 178, 182 206, 208–217