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Framed within the decolonization debate, this book centers the voices of indigenous youth in marginalized communities, analyzes the limitations of top-down intervention programs designed by the state to address the problem of unemployment among marginalized communities in Africa, and foregrounds the centrality of IKS in fostering entrepreneurship.
List of contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Youth Entrepreneurship: Recentering the Voices of Marginalized Communities in Africa
Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Innocent Moyo and Lethiwe Zondo
Part I: Theoretical Foundations of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Africa
Chapter 1: Decolonizing Knowledge on Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in Africa: Why the Voices of Indigenous Youth Matter?
Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba
Chapter 2: Afrocentrism: A Post-Colonial Approach to Researching Indigenous Knowledge in Africa
Endurance Uzobo
Chapter 3: Involving African Indigenous Communities as Co-Researchers: Generating Indigenous Knowledge through Participatory Research
Yakubu Abubakar
Part II: Selected Case Studies of Application of Indigenous Knowledge and Entrepreneurship in Africa
Chapter 4: Governance Institutions in Indigenous Communities: The Case of Maasai Communities in Arusha, Tanzania
Ambrose Kessy
Chapter 5: Reforming Governance Mechanisms for Advancement of Batwa Indigenous Youth Entrepreneurship Opportunities
John Mary Kanyamurwa
Chapter 6: Milk Safety Indigenous Knowledge Practices of Small Holder Banyankole Farmers in Sanga Sub County, Kiruhura District Uganda: A Gendered-Centered Assessment.
Judith Irene Nagasha, Elizabeth Kyazike, Florence MunyonyoAsiimwe.and Sofia Boqvist
Chapter 7: Natural Resources Governance and Sustainable Development in Southern Africa: the case of Youth Entrepreneurship development in iNanda Tribal Land surrounding iNanda Dam.
Lethiwe Zondo, Khayelihle Sibisia and Wandile Zondo
Chapter 8 Exploring the Role of Cultural and Knowledge Practices in Small-Scale Fisheries in South Africa
Samantha Williams
Chapter 9: Indigenous Communities and Access to Natural Resources: Unlocking the Entrepreneurial Potential
Innocent Moyo and Jabulile Happyness Mzimela
Chapter 10: Youths' Perspective on Entrepreneurship in Indigenous Communities in Africa: Vincent Eoghere Efebeh
Chapter 11: Youth Perspectives on Entrepreneurship and Employment in Indigenous Communities among the Ijaws in Nigeria
Philips Obololi-owei Okolo
Chapter 12: Indigenous Youth and Government Entrepreneurship Programmes in Ogoni, Nigeria
Kialee Nyiayaana
About the Editors and Contributors
About the author
Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba is assistant professor and principal investigator of the intercontinental research project on Indigenous Knowledge and Youth Empowerment in Africa.
Inocent Moyo is associate professor and deputy dean faculty of humanities and social sciences at the University of Zululand.
Lethiwe Zondo is doctoral student in the Department of Development Studies at the University of South Africa.
