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How to enhance agency and entrepreneurial skillsets among the Batwa of Uganda
How to enhance agency and entrepreneurial skillsets among the Batwa of Uganda By Judith Irene Nagasha The Batwa, an indigenous people of Uganda, are among the most marginalized communities not just in the country, but in the whole world. Nestled in the impenetrable forests of Bwindi and Mgahinga in southwestern Uganda, the Batwa have historically lived as hunter-gatherers, often relying on the rich natural resources of their ancestral lands. However, their displacement from these lands in the 1990s, when the
Indigenous Knowledge-based entrepreneurship and the informal economy in Africa: Rethinking the grammar of economic policy
Indigenous Knowledge-based entrepreneurship and the informal economy in Africa: Rethinking the grammar of economic policy Zainab Monisola Olaitan, PhD The grammar of communicating economic policy in Africa matters both for content, design and impact. Since colonial times, the grammar of economic policy at the national level has been constructed around epistemic views from elsewhere. Yet, this grammar has either been misapplied or used to subjugate dominant economic orientation and practices on the continent. A critical part of this is the
Paper Presentation: Indigenous Knowledge, COVID 19 and sustainable livelihoods in Africa
Paper Presentation: Indigenous Knowledge, COVID 19 and sustainable livelihoods in Africa Members of the Africa Indigenous Knowledge Network presented papers at a panel on Agbajowo: Indigenous Knowledge, COVID 19 and sustainable livelihoods in Africa during the Lagos Studies Association conference, University of Lagos, June 25-29, 2024.
Networking priorities for African indigenous knowledge
Networking priorities for African indigenous knowledge – Blog Series, No. 1 Wole Oladapo, PhD Research Associate, Africa Indigenous Knowledge Research Network Shirley Williams became a full professor in 2003. She rode the wealth of her indigenous knowledge to that prestigious title. Now, at 85, she is a professor emeritus of Indigenous studies at Trent University in Canada. Hers is one testimony out of many that attitudes towards Indigenous knowledge are fast changing. And it is changing even in unexpected places!
New Book Release: Africa-EU Relations and the African Continental Free Trade Area
Redefining the dynamics of power and economic partnership in a complex global order Redefining the Dynamics of Power and Economic Partnership in a Complex Global Order Book | © 2024 Overview Editors: Leon Mwamba Tshimpaka, Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba Analyses the economic partnership between Africa and the EU via the African Continental Free Trade Area Examines the establishment and implementation of the AfCFTA Looks at how traditional dynamics of power continue to influence economic cooperation About this book This book examines
Call for Panels, Roundtables and Papers
Call for Panels, Roundtables and Papers Africa Indigenous Knowledge Research Network, Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON Canada Maiden Annual International Conference on Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Restorative Development in Africa, May 20-23, 2025 Entebbe, Uganda Since gaining political independence in the late 1950s, African countries have experimented with different models of development from socialism and capitalism to mixed and outright market -oriented economies. As the seemingly elusive search for the most appropriate models of development continues on
Methodology Workshop on African Indigenous Knowledge and Entrepreneurship
Methodology Workshop on African Indigenous Knowledge and Entrepreneurship The event is the Methodology Workshop on African Indigenous Knowledge and Entrepreneurship held at the Crown Plaza Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya from May 10-11. 2024. It was organized by the Africa Indigenous Knowledge Research Network, Institute of African Studies, Carleton University. The Workshop brought together members of the Network from Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and from the diaspora, Canada and United States of America. The workshop was organized to co-create a
HOWARD University African Studies and Languages International Conference
HOWARD UNIVERSITY AFRICAN STUDIES AND LANGUAGES INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE February 21 and 22, 2025 THEME: AFRICAN INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND LANGUAGES ORGANIZERS: Department of African Studies Department of World Languages and Cultures The Center for African Studies ABOUT THE CONFERENCEThis annual two-day conference will be a hybrid conference which will be held both in person at Howard University in Washington, DC and virtually via Zoom. The conference will bring together scholars, policymakers, activists, practitioners, Africanists, and many others across the globe who
Indigenous knowledge can address Africa’s problems of governance and development
Indigenous knowledge can address Africa’s problems of governance and development Many African countries are attempting to develop while being governed by systems that do not adequately reflect their cultures and history. This can create a disconnect that is holding Africa back, writes Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba and Zainab Monisola Olaitan. African countries are facing a crisis of governance and development. The continent is bedeviled by low human development, with high levels of poverty, inequality, and mass unemployment, especially among the youth
The African Continental Free Trade Area can transform the economy of Africa
The African Continental Free Trade Area can transform the economy of Africa The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a major step towards an integrated, prosperous, and peaceful continent built on diversified, industrialised and developed economies. A key goal of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, the AfCFTA promotes intra-African trade and will create domestic markets for value-added products and services, writes Samuel Oloruntoba. Africa’s economy lacks diversity. The continent’s share of global merchandise exports has remained virtually unchanged, it
International Conference on Navigating Complex Pluriversalism…
International Conference on Navigating Complex Pluriversalism, Indigeneity, Natural Resources Governance and Intercontinental Relations in the 21st Century, 5-7 July 2022, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Preamble International Conference on Navigating Complex Pluriversalism, Indigeneity, Natural Resources Governance and Intercontinental Relations in the 21st Century, 5-7 July 2022, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Indigenous communities in different parts of the world have faced different forms of discrimination both during and after colonialism. In its characteristic strategy of divide and rule,
