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OBJECTIVES OF AIKRN

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About Africa Indigenous Knowledge Research Network (AIKRN)

The Africa Indigenous Knowledge Research Network was created to undertake research geared towards identifying, recentering and harnessing Indigenous knowledges in Africa. It is aimed at foregrounding the authenticity of African Indigenous knowledges through co-creation, collaboration, partnership with custodians of knowledge such as community elders, traditional leaders, rain makers, and other gate keepers of knowledge and the youth. The Network is an intentional response to the age long silencing and subjugation of African indigenous knowledges and ideas. It is also an innovative platform for fostering linkages between African indigenous knowledge systems with technology and other forms of knowledge from other regions of the world. The Network is interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary in scope and approach.

Partnering Institutions

  • Kyambogo University, Uganda
  • University of Zululand, South Africa
  • University of Lagos, Nigeria 
  • University of Ibadan, Nigeria
  • University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
  • Delta State University, Nigeria
  • Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
  • Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
  • The Law School of Tanzania

The Africa Indigenous Knowledge Research Network is located at the Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It currently has partnership with the following universities in Africa:

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AIKRN Resources / Latest Posts

Objectives of the Africa Indigenous Knowledge Research Network

  • To map and identify existing Indigenous Knowledge in Africa
  • To identify knowledge among marginalized groups
  • To recover knowledge that may be going into extinction
  • To document identified knowledge
  • To identify gatekeepers of knowledge…read more here.