Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Youth Entrepreneurship

Recentering the Voices of Marginalized Communities in Africa
Herausgeber: Moyo, Innocent; Oloruntoba, Samuel Ojo; Zondo, Lethiwe

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Produktbeschreibung

Framed within the decolonization debate, this book centers the voices of indigenous youth in marginalized communities, analyzes the limitations of top-down intervention programs designed by the state to address the problem of unemployment among marginalized communities in Africa, and foregrounds the centrality of IKS in fostering entrepreneurship.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• ISBN-13: 9781666952049
• ISBN-10: 1666952044
• Artikelnr.: 70438812

Autorenporträt

Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba is assistant professor and principal investigator of the intercontinental research project on Indigenous Knowledge and Youth Empowerment in Africa. Inocent Moyo is associate professor and deputy dean faculty of humanities and social sciences at the University of Zululand. Lethiwe Zondo is doctoral student in the Department of Development Studies at the University of South Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Youth Entrepreneurship:
Recentering the Voices of Marginalized Communities in Africa
Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Innocent Moyo and Lethiwe Zondo
Part I: Theoretical Foundations of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Africa
Chapter 1: Decolonizing Knowledge on Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship
in Africa: Why the Voices of Indigenous Youth Matter?
Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba
Chapter 2: Afrocentrism: A Post-Colonial Approach to Researching Indigenous
Knowledge in Africa
Endurance Uzobo
Chapter 3: Involving African Indigenous Communities as Co-Researchers:
Generating Indigenous Knowledge through Participatory Research
Yakubu Abubakar
Part II: Selected Case Studies of Application of Indigenous Knowledge and
Entrepreneurship in Africa
Chapter 4: Governance Institutions in Indigenous Communities: The Case of
Maasai Communities in Arusha, Tanzania
Ambrose Kessy
Chapter 5: Reforming Governance Mechanisms for Advancement of Batwa
Indigenous Youth Entrepreneurship Opportunities
John Mary Kanyamurwa
Chapter 6: Milk Safety Indigenous Knowledge Practices of Small Holder
Banyankole Farmers in Sanga Sub County, Kiruhura District Uganda: A
Gendered-Centered Assessment.
Judith Irene Nagasha, Elizabeth Kyazike, Florence MunyonyoAsiimwe.and Sofia
Boqvist
Chapter 7: Natural Resources Governance and Sustainable Development in
Southern Africa: the case of Youth Entrepreneurship development in iNanda
Tribal Land surrounding iNanda Dam.
Lethiwe Zondo, Khayelihle Sibisia and Wandile Zondo
Chapter 8 Exploring the Role of Cultural and Knowledge Practices in
Small-Scale Fisheries in South Africa
Samantha Williams
Chapter 9: Indigenous Communities and Access to Natural Resources:
Unlocking the Entrepreneurial Potential
Innocent Moyo and Jabulile Happyness Mzimela
Chapter 10: Youths' Perspective on Entrepreneurship in Indigenous
Communities in Africa: Vincent Eoghere Efebeh
Chapter 11: Youth Perspectives on Entrepreneurship and Employment in
Indigenous Communities among the Ijaws in Nigeria
Philips Obololi-owei Okolo
Chapter 12: Indigenous Youth and Government Entrepreneurship Programmes in
Ogoni, Nigeria
Kialee Nyiayaana
About the Editors and Contributors