Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development
Wilfred Lajul
; Makerere University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Liberal and Performing Arts, P.O. Box 7062, UG–Kampala
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Lajul, W. (2018). Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development. Synthesis philosophica, 33 (1), 51-76. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
MLA 8th Edition
Lajul, Wilfred. "Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 33, no. 1, 2018, pp. 51-76. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Lajul, Wilfred. "Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development." Synthesis philosophica 33, no. 1 (2018): 51-76. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
Harvard
Lajul, W. (2018). 'Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development', Synthesis philosophica, 33(1), pp. 51-76. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
Vancouver
Lajul W. Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2024 December 22];33(1):51-76. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
IEEE
W. Lajul, "Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development", Synthesis philosophica, vol.33, no. 1, pp. 51-76, 2018. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
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APA 6th Edition
Lajul, W. (2018). Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development. Synthesis philosophica, 33 (1), 51-76. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
MLA 8th Edition
Lajul, Wilfred. "Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 33, no. 1, 2018, pp. 51-76. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Lajul, Wilfred. "Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development." Synthesis philosophica 33, no. 1 (2018): 51-76. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
Harvard
Lajul, W. (2018). 'Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development', Synthesis philosophica, 33(1), pp. 51-76. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
Vancouver
Lajul W. Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2024 December 22];33(1):51-76. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
IEEE
W. Lajul, "Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development", Synthesis philosophica, vol.33, no. 1, pp. 51-76, 2018. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
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APA 6th Edition
Lajul, W. (2018). Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development. Synthesis philosophica, 33 (1), 51-76. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
MLA 8th Edition
Lajul, Wilfred. "Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 33, no. 1, 2018, pp. 51-76. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Lajul, Wilfred. "Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development." Synthesis philosophica 33, no. 1 (2018): 51-76. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
Harvard
Lajul, W. (2018). 'Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development', Synthesis philosophica, 33(1), pp. 51-76. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
Vancouver
Lajul W. Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2024 December 22];33(1):51-76. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
IEEE
W. Lajul, "Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development", Synthesis philosophica, vol.33, no. 1, pp. 51-76, 2018. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
Full text: english pdf 415 Kb
page 51-76
downloads: 492
cite
APA 6th Edition
Lajul, W. (2018). Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development. Synthesis philosophica, 33 (1), 51-76. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
MLA 8th Edition
Lajul, Wilfred. "Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 33, no. 1, 2018, pp. 51-76. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Lajul, Wilfred. "Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development." Synthesis philosophica 33, no. 1 (2018): 51-76. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
Harvard
Lajul, W. (2018). 'Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development', Synthesis philosophica, 33(1), pp. 51-76. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
Vancouver
Lajul W. Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2024 December 22];33(1):51-76. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
IEEE
W. Lajul, "Reconstructing African Fractured Epistemologies for African Development", Synthesis philosophica, vol.33, no. 1, pp. 51-76, 2018. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33104
Abstract
Africa is a continent with plenty of natural resources, but economically poor. To translate natural resources into profitable wealth that improves the quality of life and wellbeing of the people requires knowledge. Though one cannot deny that Africa, well before coming into contact with the Western world, had its indigenous knowledge system(s), one wonders what must have gone wrong. The crux of the matter seems to lie in the broken legacies of her indigenous knowledge system(s). This is because, while today’s world is moving away from resource-¬based development to knowledge¬-based development, Africa, with its fractured epistemologies, has only been relying on its abundant natural resources, which are unfortunately being badly managed due to its poor knowledge base. To move from resource-based development to knowledge¬-based development, Africa needs to redeem its knowledge system(s) from the broken pieces. This paper hypothesises that this can only be done through African epistemological reconstruction. Therefore, this paper is investigating the nature of African fractured epistemologies to understand what went wrong and how to put right the wrong that has been done to rejuvenate African knowledge-¬based development.
Keywords
Africa; fractured epistemology; reconstruction; development; nature
Hrčak ID:
219841
URI
https://hrcak.srce.hr/219841
Publication date:
6.11.2018.
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