African communities have a lot of knowledge to share: researchers offer alternatives to Eurocentric ways of doing things

By Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Assistant Professor-Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Carleton University
Zainab Monisola Olaitan, Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Pretoria

The dominance of western methodology in research conducted in Africa continues to preoccupy academics. The result, they argue, has been the silencing of Indigenous knowledge. Indigenous ways of knowing are not making the contribution they could to the knowledge ecosystem. Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba and Zainab Monisola Olaitan have…

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~	Fewer journalists are training to be court reporters – that’s a problem for justice

~	I work with abuse survivors in Rotherham – the current discussion about grooming gangs risks retraumatising them

~	How the science of tiny timescales could speed up computers and improve solar cell technology

~	Nato: why the prospect of Trump 2.0 is putting such intense pressure on the western alliance

~	This class uses museums to show law students the high art of curating ideas

~	My beautiful ‘practicing’ Christians: As churchgoers’ numbers shrink, their social views grow more similar

~	Catholic cardinals play a key role in secular politics as well as the Catholic Church–and the importance of Pope Francis’ choice to head the church in DC

~	Spending, regulations and DOGE: Office of Management and Budget director plays vital role helping government get stuff done

~	Kamala Harris memes questioning her cultural background highlight Americans’ contradictions with race

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