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Transforming Colonised African Mindsets
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Author(s): Ngoako Solomon Marutha (University of South Africa, South Africa)and Isaac Mothiba (University of South Africa, South Africa)
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 20
Source title:
Evaluating Indigenous African Tradition for Cultural Reconstruction and Mind Decolonization
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Oluwole Olumide Durodolu (Department of Information Science, University of South Africa, South Africa), Collence T. Chisita (Department of Information Science, University of South Africa, South Africa), Ngoako Solomon Marutha (Department of Information Science, University of South Africa, South Africa)and Olumuyiwa Olusesan Familusi (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-8827-0.ch004
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Abstract
The study investigates a framework for the transformation of colonised African mindsets towards the promotion of indigenous knowledge practices. The study relied on existing literature to analyse the African mindset towards indigenous knowledge practices. It was discovered that African countries undermine their indigenous knowledge systems and practices, and prefer those initiated by others, especially from European nations. African indigenous knowledge systems and practices are often under-looked, undervalued, negatively viewed, and spoken badly of by Africans, especially by those of younger generations. This disregard for indigenous knowledge systems and practices is predominantly seen in healthcare systems and practices, even after it has been recorded that, through scientific studies founded on participatory observation and interviews, many areas of the Western healthcare system were developed from the same indigenous knowledge practices that are now being disregarded. The study concluded that Africans should view their indigenous knowledge systems positively, promote them globally and preserve them for future generations to come. To do this, it is suggested that some practices be enhanced through technological changes to enable them to compete or be integrated with Western practices.
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