Science And Technology In Africa

Author : Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780262533904

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What Do Science, Technology, and Innovation Mean from Africa? by Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga Pdf

Explorations of science, technology, and innovation in Africa not as the product of “technology transfer” from elsewhere but as the working of African knowledge. In the STI literature, Africa has often been regarded as a recipient of science, technology, and innovation rather than a maker of them. In this book, scholars from a range of disciplines show that STI in Africa is not merely the product of “technology transfer” from elsewhere but the working of African knowledge. Their contributions focus on African ways of looking, meaning-making, and creating. The chapter authors see Africans as intellectual agents whose perspectives constitute authoritative knowledge and whose strategic deployment of both endogenous and inbound things represents an African-centered notion of STI. “Things do not (always) mean the same from everywhere,” observes Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga, the volume's editor. Western, colonialist definitions of STI are not universalizable. The contributors discuss topics that include the trivialization of indigenous knowledge under colonialism; the creative labor of chimurenga, the transformation of everyday surroundings into military infrastructure; the role of enslaved Africans in America as innovators and synthesizers; the African ethos of “fixing”; the constitutive appropriation that makes mobile technologies African; and an African innovation strategy that builds on domestic capacities. The contributions describe an Africa that is creative, technological, and scientific, showing that African STI is the latest iteration of a long process of accumulative, multicultural knowledge production. Contributors Geri Augusto, Shadreck Chirikure, Chux Daniels, Ron Eglash, Ellen Foster, Garrick E. Louis, D. A. Masolo, Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga, Neda Nazemi, Toluwalogo Odumosu, Katrien Pype, Scott Remer

Author : Paul Tiyambe Zeleza,Ibulaimu Kakoma
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN : 1592211127

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In Search of Modernity by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza,Ibulaimu Kakoma Pdf

Having grappled with the question of modernisation for a long time, Africa now faces an issue that, with an increasingly knowledge-based global economy, has only become more urgent in this new millennium. This volume examines Africa's scientific and technological literacy, production and consumption, focusing in detail on the constraints and challenges, opportunities and developments, and the strategies required to promote the advancement of IT and biotechnology in Africa, to help advance our understanding of science and technology developments in Africa.

Author : John W. Forje
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015017021638

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Science and Technology in Africa by John W. Forje Pdf

Author : Commonwealth Secretariat
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : 0850927420

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Popularisation of Science and Technology Education by Commonwealth Secretariat Pdf

Through country case studies centred around Sub-Saharan Africa; this book provides critical insights into why science and technology should be popularised; what and whose science and technology systems should be introduced and promoted; and how science and technology should be implemented and practised.

Author : Jeggan Colley Senghor
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0865439133

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Science and Technology Policy in Africa by Jeggan Colley Senghor Pdf

Author : Sospeter M. Muhongo,Francis P. Gudyanga,Achuo A. Enow,Daniel Nyanganyura
Publisher : Icsu Regional Office for Africa
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Africa
ISBN : 0620457414

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Science, Technology, and Innovation for Socio-economic Development by Sospeter M. Muhongo,Francis P. Gudyanga,Achuo A. Enow,Daniel Nyanganyura Pdf

Author : South Africa. Department of Science and Technology
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Science
ISBN : MSU:31293030451326

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Fruits of Freedom by South Africa. Department of Science and Technology Pdf

Author : Gloria Emeagwali,Edward Shizha
Publisher : Springer
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789463005159

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African Indigenous Knowledge and the Sciences by Gloria Emeagwali,Edward Shizha Pdf

This book is an intellectual journey into epistemology, pedagogy, physics, architecture, medicine and metallurgy. The focus is on various dimensions of African Indigenous Knowledge (AIK) with an emphasis on the sciences, an area that has been neglected in AIK discourse. The authors provide diverse views and perspectives on African indigenous scientific and technological knowledge that can benefit a wide spectrum of academics, scholars, students, development agents, and policy makers, in both governmental and non-governmental organizations, and enable critical and alternative analyses and possibilities for understanding science and technology in an African historical and contemporary context.

Author : Muchie Mammo,Angathevar Baskaran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1909112097

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African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development by Muchie Mammo,Angathevar Baskaran Pdf

Author : Christine Honders
Publisher : 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781725322400

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The Impact of Science, Technology, and Economics in Southwest Asia and North Africa by Christine Honders Pdf

The region of Southwest Asia and North Africa, also known as the Middle East, has many fast-developing countries. However, recent history in the area has slowed some scientific and technological advances, which has had an effect on the broader region as well as the entire world. With accessible text and informative graphic organizers, this book takes a closer look at how science, technology, and economics in Southwest Asian and North African countries have been shaped by the area's natural resources and what may happen in the future.

Author : Andreas Blom,George Lan,Mariam Adil
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781464807015

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Sub-Saharan African Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Research by Andreas Blom,George Lan,Mariam Adil Pdf

This book analyzes Africa's current performance in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) research, as well as future trends. It looks at Africa's research performance over a decade, what it means for the continent's development and how it can benefit the growing number of young people who leave university each year looking for jobs. The book focuses on research output and citation impact, important indicators of the strength of a region's research enterprise. These indicators are correlated with the region's long-term development and important drivers of economic success. Moreover, research is a key ingredient for quality higher education. The research performance of these regions is compared to that of South Africa, Malaysia, and Vietnam; the latter two countries had a comparable research base to the SSA regions at the beginning of the period of analysis.

Author : Nhemachena, Artwell,Hlabangane, Nokuthula,Matowanyika, Joseph Z. Z.
Publisher : Langaa RPCIG
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789956551866

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Decolonising Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in an Age of Technocolonialism by Nhemachena, Artwell,Hlabangane, Nokuthula,Matowanyika, Joseph Z. Z. Pdf

Positing the notions of coloniality of ignorance and geopolitics of ignorance as central to coloniality and colonisation, this book examines how colonialists socially produced ignorance among colonised indigenous peoples so as to render them docile and manageable. Dismissing colonial descriptions of indigenous people as savages, illiterate, irrational, prelogical, mystical, primitive, barbaric and backward, the book argues that imperialists/colonialists contrived geopolitics of ignorance wherein indigenous regions were forced to become ignorant, hence containable and manageable in the imperial world. Questioning the provenance of modernist epistemologies, the book asks why Eurocentric scholars only contest the provenance of indigenous knowledges, artefacts and scientific collections. Interrogating why empire sponsors the decolonisation of universities/epistemologies in indigenous territories while resisting the repatriation/restitution of indigenous artefacts, the book also wonders why Westerners who still retain indigenous artefacts, skulls and skeletons in their museums, universities and private collections do not consider such artefacts and skulls to be colonising them as well. The book is valuable to scholars and activists in the fields of anthropology, museums and heritage studies, science and technology studies, decoloniality, policymaking, education, politics, sociology and development studies.

Author : Ineke Buskens,Anne Webb
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848131927

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African Women and ICTs by Ineke Buskens,Anne Webb Pdf

Based on the outcome of an extensive research project, this book features chapters based on original primary field research undertaken by academics & activists who have investigated situations within their own communities & countries.

Author : J. L. Enos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003-08-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134799435

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In Pursuit of Science and Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa by J. L. Enos Pdf

This is a study of the impact of the economic crisis and subsequent adjustment policies in the African economies on the scientific and technological capabilities in those countries. It includes studies of Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.

Author : Catherine Wawasi Kitetu
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9782869782211

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Gender, Science and Technology: Perspectives from Africa by Catherine Wawasi Kitetu Pdf

This sixth volume of the CODESRIA Gender Series is a collection of discourses, perspectives, practices and policies on the role of the female gender in science and technology, particularly in the African context. Although widely advocated as the indisputable foundation for political and economic power in the modern world, science and technology remains marked by various layers and dimensions of gender inequality that work to the disadvantage of girls and women. Despite the fact that a lot of awareness has been created, and gender issues are now more readily acknowledged by various development initiatives in Africa, participation in science and technology still remains a hurdle as far as girls and women are concerned. A common theme that runs through the book is how feminine identities, ideologies of domesticity and gender stereotypes, and the inadequacy or lack of clear policies facilitate the invisibility of women in science and technology. This notwithstanding, women have never ceased devising clever and ingenious ways that would enable them to master nature, from the margins. The book provides a window onto the current state of female participation in science and technology in Africa, along with an analysis of the historical backgrounds, current educational and professional contexts, and prospects for the future. While it is evident that more research needs to be done, with more groups in different regions, this volume brings together a rich and inspiring collection of qualitative insights on gender, science and technology in Africa. The CODESRIA Gender Series acknowledges the need to challenge the masculinities underpinning the structures of repression that target women. The series aims to keep alive and nourish African social science research with insightful research and debates that challenge conventional wisdom, structures and ideologies that are narrowly informed by caricatures of gender realities. It strives to showcase the best in African gender research and provide a platform for emerging new talents to flower.