Millar, D.Haverkort, B.2016-04-192016-04-192006978-90-77347-11-990-77347-11-93573_Africanways_of_knowing.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/67651Despite obvious differences between the regions and ethnic groups on the African continent, one can identify common elements in the way African people see themselves (cultural universalis), the way they know and organize themselves: their religions, worldviews, relationships to nature, notion of time, artistic expressions, leadership, and ethnic organizations. In contemporary Africa, traditional knowledge and values still are an important driving force in the decision-making and development activities of the people. Understanding this knowledge and the way it is organized, as well as assessing its strengths and weaknesses may be an important step in building African science. This chapter is a preliminary effort to come to grips with the way knowing is conducted in Africa. (author's abstract)application/pdfen-USCopyright Compas/UDS/UCC. The editors and authors of this book reserve the rights of publication. However, readers are encouraged to copy and circulate this information... as long as it is not done for commercial purposes.Local knowledgeWaterSoilLivestockAgricultureTechnical knowledgeMedicineMathematicsFood processingMetallurgyBuilding technologyBelief systemsReligionSpiritual worldNatural worldHuman worldKnowing systemIndigenous technologiesWorldviewsCosmovisionsFarm/Enterprise Scale Field Scale GovernancePresentation