Description
Evaluating Indigenous African Tradition for Cultural Reconstruction and Mind Decolonization is edited by Oluwole O Durodolu, and is an insightful book that challenges the derogatory portrayal of African Traditional Religion (ATR) and highlights the need for cultural reconstruction and mind decolonization. The book explores the derogatory descriptions that have been used to describe ATR and argues that subjecting religion to logical inquiry diminishes the essence of worship and promotes disbelief.
The book examines the relevance of indigenous African tradition to cultural reconstruction and evaluates the place of African culture in the global context. The author argues that upholding the general principle of African Traditional belief, which upholds communalism and morality, can address problems such as corruption, poverty, and unemployment in the African continent. This book is an essential resource for academics, students, researchers, and anyone interested in understanding the relevance of African Traditional Religion in contemporary times and the need for cultural reconstruction and mind decolonization for the betterment of the African continent and the world at large.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Oluwole Durodolu (Ed.)
Oluwole Olumide Durodolu is a Research Fellow of the Department of Information Science at the University of South Africa. He holds a PhD in Library and Information Science from the University of Zululand in South Africa in 2016. A Certified Librarian of Nigeria and a member of the Association for Southern African Indexers and Bibliographers. Member Editorial Board, Maadili: Journal of African School of Governance and Policy Studies, South Africa, Covenant Journal of Library and Information Science and Member Editorial Board, Lagos Journal of Library and Information Science. He has published articles in local and international journals on information literacy, ICT4D, informetric, information communication technology, and more.
Ngoako Marutha (Ed.)
Ngoako Marutha
is a full Professor in the Department of Information Science at the University of South Africa (UNISA). The Limpopo born Professor in Sekgopo also serves as a representative of the Unisa Department of Information Science on the International Council on Archives (ICA) and he is an ICA Regular Member of Section on University and Research Institution Archives (ICA/SUV), where he also serves as an executive member for bureau. He is also a regular member for ICA section for Archival education (SAE) and section for the National Assembly. He has recently been appointed ICA New Professionals mentor for year 2022/2023. He is also a member of the South African Society of Archivists and serves on the National Executive Committee. He is an editor-in-chief of the Journal of the South African Society of Archivists since 2022. He is also a review editor for the journal Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics. He teaches archival principles and practice as well as honours research in archives and records management. He has published several books, chapters and articles in different national and international publications and presented conference papers. His research interest includes knowledge, archives, and records management, especially on patients and hospital records, electronic records, cloud computing, Blockchain technology, enterprise content management, big data management and police case records security. The other field of his interest includes library management and marketing as well as Open Distance electronic learning (ODeL). His professional industry background includes working as an information and records manager as well as librarian in several public and private institutions over 13 years. He has been in the academic industry over five years so far. He holds Bachelor of Information studies and Bachelor of Information Studies honour from University of the North (UNIN)-now known as University of Limpopo (UL), Master of Information Science and Doctor of literature and philosophy (PhD) from University of South Africa (UNISA). He serves as external examiner for masters and doctoral research studies for over seven universities.