Traditional African social thought and Western scholarship

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Title:	Traditional African social thought and Western scholarship
Author:	Ojiaku, Mazi Okoro
Year:	1974
Periodical:	Présence africaine
Issue:	90
Pages:	204-214
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Subsaharan Africa
Subjects:	cultural philosophy social structure
Abstract:	This article is based on the premise that knowledge is power and that the creators of knowledge are Western in origin and orientation. Africa's knowledge has increasingly ceased to be rooted in the African soil. Only when the knowledge in Africa is grounded on solid understanding of indigenous African social structure, her traditional institutions, value systems and way of life, can it bring the power that goes with it. Sections: African studies: a member of the 'third world' - the new awakening - what is needed: African, not Western scholarship - which traditional African social thought? - rationale for a better study and understanding of traditional African social thought. Notes.