"This book provides the latest scholarly research on the importance of knowledge and value systems at the community level and ways indigenous people utilize this information, highlighting impacts on culture and education in developing nations"--
Contributors from a wide range of disciplines related to human services explore the preservation and use of indigenous knowledge in poor counties. Among their topics are indigenous knowledge exclusion in education systems of African: the impact of beingness and becoming an Africa, an indigenous perspective on technology education, communities of practice and indigenous knowledge: a case study of empowering women in processing shea butter using scientific animations, applying indigenous knowledge in agricultural extension in Zimbabwe, and tackling the preservation of African tales in the technological era: Ghana's legends. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)