Being and becoming African as a permanent work in progress: inspiration from Chinua Achebe's proverbs

FB Nyamnjoh - Acta Academica, 2021 - scielo.org.za
This lecture explores what we could learn about being and becoming African as a
permanent work in progress from how Chinua Achebe adopts and adapts Igbo proverbs in …

Proverbial positive psychology: can we leverage African ancient wisdom to promote flourishing?

R Appiah - The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A potentially fructuous approach to fostering mental health and flourishing in
Africa is to leverage traditional African proverbs and maxims aligned with positive …

Elders' cultural knowledges and African indigeneity

GJ Sefa Dei - The Palgrave Handbook of African Education and …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract This chapter affirms African Indigeneity as a powerful decolonial stance to
investigate the possibilities of African Indigenous knowledges. It is opined that the question …

[图书][B] Africanizing the school curriculum: Promoting an inclusive, decolonial education in African contexts

A Afful-Broni, J Anamuah-Mensah, K Raheem, GJS Dei - 2020 - books.google.com
Connecting cultures to educational settings is an essential component of critical pedagogy.
This book addresses many of the key issues and challenges in decolonizing the African …

Assessing indigenous food systems and cultural knowledges among smallholder farmers in Ghana: towards environmental sustainability education and development

SM Demi - 2019 - search.proquest.com
Africa is expected to experience elevated temperatures and frequent drought that will
decrease crop yields by half (Boko et al., 2007). Unpredictable weather patterns negatively …

[图书][B] Walking Toronto's Red Road: The Story Pathways of Indigenous Social Workers

N Penak - 2019 - search.proquest.com
WALKING TORONTO’S RED ROAD: THE STORY PATHWAYS OF INDIGENOUS SOCIAL
WORKERS BY NICOLE PENAK A thesis submitted in conformity Page 1 WALKING …

The Kola Nuts of Ideas: African Proverbs and Epistemic Emancipation

D Fuh - Being and Becoming African as a Permanent Work in …, 2021 - books.google.com
There is a tendency to frame the critique by Africans of ethnocentric and Eurocentric
epistemic violence as misplaced, dry and devoid of any theoretical creation and contribution …

[图书][B] Stories from the Fireplace: Theological Meditations on Haile Gerima's Cinema

T Belachew - 2020 - books.google.com
This book is an interdisciplinary theological exploration of Haile Gerima's cinema, an
Ethiopian filmmaker and storyteller who successfully translated African folkloric orality and …

Teaching and Learning from Our Elder's Feet: Decolonizing Education Through Embu Proverbs

N Wane, MG Muruatetu, SS Kipusi - The Power of Oral Culture in …, 2023 - Springer
This chapter is based on the cultural roots of Embu people and how elders within their
society are teachers and custodians of the Embu community. The education provided was …