Articles · Vol. 49 No. 4 (2024): Africa Development

2 - Indigenous African Knowledge and the Challenge of Epistemic Translation

  • Zubairu Wai
    Zubairu Wai Associate Professor, Political Science and Global Development Studies, University of Toronto, Canada Their articles →
Vol. 49 · 2024 No. 4 Africa Development AD

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Keynote Address presented at the 'African Fellowships for Research in Indigenous and Alternative Knowledges' (AFRIAK), conference organised by CODESRIA Dakar, Senegal, 25–27 November 2024 

 

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Indigenous African Knowledge Epistemic Translation

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