Yoruba Gurus: Indigenous Production of Knowledge in Africa

By Toyin Falola

In the quest to promote universal knowledge' and create Western institutions in Africa, the intellectual contributions of Africans without an academic education have been downplayed and maligned. This work identifies contributions made by prominent Yoruba intelligentsia outside of academic life and shows that intellectual contributions need not be divorced from the concerns of local communities or deliberately promote narrative inequality and distance.'

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865436991
• ISBN13: 9780865436992
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Africa World Pr
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"