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Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems

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Volume 1 2002
CONTENTS

SECTION A

Articles

African Indigenous Knowledge and Development Policy - By Herbert W. Vilakazi (Independent Electoral Commission-South Africa)                                                                                                 

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Abstract

Common Grounds: Intercultural Aspects of Social Intervention - By Jacques Zeelen (University of the North –South Africa)                                                                                                                               

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Abstract

Akula Udongo (Earth Eating Habits): A Social and Cultural Practice among Chagga Women on the Slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro - By Jane Wamuhu Knudsen (University of Bergen – Norway)                     

19

Abstract

Indigenous Knowledge as a System of African Knowledge: An Educational Perspective - By Philip Higgs (University of South Africa)                                                                                                               

27

Abstract

Conservation of Biological Diversity and Indigenous Traditional Knowledge as Exemplified by the Cases of Asia and Africa - By Bhanumathi Natarajan (University of Bergen-Norway)                                

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Abstract

 

SECTION B

African Renaissance Critical Perspectives

 

Globalisation, the African Renaissance and Sustainable Development: The challenge to African Intellectuals - By President Thabo Mbeki (South Africa)                                                                            

49

Abstract

Universities: Roadblocks or avenues to African Renaissance - By ThandwayiZizwe Mthembu (University of Durban-Westville- South Africa)                                                                                                   

61

Abstract

The Study of Africa: A challenge for the African Renaissance - By Ntate Kgalushi Koka (Kara: Institute of Afrikology- South Africa)                                                                                                 

65

Abstract

African Renaissance and Self-sustainable Development: The challenge to African Intellectuals: By Adam Habib (University of Durban-Westville –South Africa)                                                                 

68

Abstract

Izilimu Zomdabu – By Mpumelelo Mbatha (University of Zululand –South Africa)            

71

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Book Review

The Invention of Africa- Gnosis, Philosophy and the Order of Knowledge. By V Y Mudimbe: By Elisio Makamo (University of Bayreuth, Germany)  

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