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Toyin Falola and African epistemologies /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bangura, Abdul Karim, 1953- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Subjects:	Falola, Toyin > Criticism and interpretation. Falola, Toyin > Influence. Knowledge, Theory of > Africa. Philosophy, Yoruba. Africa > Study and teaching. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Falola, Toyin. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Knowledge, Theory of. Study skills. Africa.

Table of Contents:

Introduction. An emerging biography
Part One: Africa in the configurations of knowledge
African-centered conceptualization
Pluralism and religious tolerance
Postulates on the African state
Axioms of African migrations and movements
Part Two: The Yoruba in the configurations of knowledge
A mouth sweeter than salt: a fractal analysis
Yoruba gurus and the idea of ubuntugogy
Pragmatic linguistic analysis of Isola
Part Three: The value of knowledge: policies and politics
The power of African cultures: a diegetic analysis
African peace paradigms
Pan-African notions
Using e-clustering to learn and teach about Toyin Falola
Conclusion: an interpretative overview.