African Traditional Oral Literature and Visual Cultures as Pedagogical Tools in Diverse Classroom Contexts

This book explores how educational policy makers, curriculum developers, educators, learners, and social activists can use African traditional oral literature and visual cultures to deliver content in the classrooms of the global village. It aims to expand educators' repertoire of understanding beyond conventional wisdom and colonial impositions. The book highlights the epistemological and pedagogical value of Traditional Indigenous Knowledge systems (TIKS) and encourages researchers and disciples to undertake more studies in this area. It also hopes to enhance awareness of neglected and forgotten aspects of knowledge creation and dissemination, particularly about traditional and unwritten histories and knowledge systems around the world.

Format: Hardback
Length: 312 pages
Publication date: 30 May 2018
Publisher: Information Age Publishing

This book, the second in the series, delves into the exploration of how educational policy makers, curriculum developers, educators, learners, and social activists can harness the vast and untapped wealth of African traditional oral literature and visual cultures. These rich resources serve as epistemological reservoirs and invaluable pedagogical tools in the modern global classroom, where diverse student populations from various backgrounds coexist. The book's content aims to expand educators' understanding beyond conventional wisdom, which is often outdated or influenced by colonial legacies. Our motivation for compiling this anthology stems from the limited attention given to the epistemological and pedagogical value of Traditional Indigenous Knowledge systems (TIKS) by scholars, educators, and educational policy makers. By bringing together diverse research perspectives, we have successfully enhanced the limited exposure and knowledge about traditional oral literature and visual cultures in Africa. The insights gained from this endeavor underscore the epistemological and pedagogical significance of TIKS. In launching this book, we extend a call to researchers and disciples of Indigenous Knowledge systems in Africa and beyond to seize this opportunity and further explore the rich tapestry of TIKS. Our current focus is primarily on African TIKS systems, but we firmly believe that there are equally powerful and important TIKS systems in other regions of the world, such as Asia.

Weight: 520g
Dimension: 165 x 241 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781641132527