‘Recasting Historical Epistemology &
Scientific Discourse in Africa’
- JOHNSON Sesan Michael
- JOHNSON Sesan Michael
Abstract:
Using the fluidity of past scientific imaginings in pre-colonial Yoruba history, this paper frowns at the major current trajectory of historical epistemology and scientific discourse in Africa. First, the paper sees history as science. Second, it argues that scientific discourse must be freed from the hegemonic western paradigms in order to re-route it to cultural foundations in science and technology that existed in pre-colonial Africa. Finally, this paper opines that to move forward, Africa must look inward into its past. Therefore, this paper advocates for new alternative knowledge system in an attempt to demolish cultural-cum-educational imperialism which is currently shaping how scientific knowledge is produced in Africa in order to reinvent the continent.
Using the fluidity of past scientific imaginings in pre-colonial Yoruba history, this paper frowns at the major current trajectory of historical epistemology and scientific discourse in Africa. First, the paper sees history as science. Second, it argues that scientific discourse must be freed from the hegemonic western paradigms in order to re-route it to cultural foundations in science and technology that existed in pre-colonial Africa. Finally, this paper opines that to move forward, Africa must look inward into its past. Therefore, this paper advocates for new alternative knowledge system in an attempt to demolish cultural-cum-educational imperialism which is currently shaping how scientific knowledge is produced in Africa in order to reinvent the continent.
As Presented at
THE TOYIN FALOLA @65 CONFERENCE
THEME:
AFRICAN KNOWLEDGES AND ALTERNATIVE FUTURES
THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA 29-31; JANUARY 2018
THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA 29-31; JANUARY 2018
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