Toyin Falola and African Epistemologies

This book entails four clearly articulated rubrics and overarching concepts as the foundational basis for analyzing Toyin Falola's work: biography and knowledge production, Africa in the configuration of knowledge, the Yoruba in the configuration of knowledge, and the value of knowledge in terms of policies and politics. The chapters are located within broader epistemological perspectives and undertake critical interpretations and explanations of Falola's writings. Falola's ideas are extended into greater realms of meaning by employing analytical tools from the fields of political science, economics, literature, linguistics, computer science, mathematics, and religious studies. Furthermore, the book situates Falola's ideas in their historical contexts. This approach involves examining related events occurring during the times of the main events of his studies, thereby allowing readers to grasp many subtle details and background information that account for the types of meanings embedded in his writings.

The originality of this book therefore hinges upon the clarity with which familiar but unconnected facts about Falola's writings are marshaled into a simpler, pluridisciplinarily analytical unity.

Abdul Karim Bangura is a Professor of Research Methodology and Public Policy in the Department of Political Science and Coordinator of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) Initiative at Howard University and a Researcher-in-Residence of Abrahamic Connections and Islamic Peace Studies at the Center for Global Peace in the School of International Service at American University, USA.

Preface
Introduction
1 An Emerging Biography
Part One: Africa in the Configurations of Knowledge
2 African-Centered Conceptualization
3 Pluralism and Religious Tolerance
4 Postulates on the African State
5 Axioms of African Migrations and Movements
Part Two: The Yoruba in the Configurations of Knowledge
6 A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt: A Fractal Analysis
7 Yoruba Gurus and the Idea of Ubuntugogy
8 Pragmatic Linguistic Analysis of Isola
Part Three: The Value of Knowledge: Policies and Politics
9 The Power of African Cultures: A Diegetic Analysis
10 African Peace Paradigms
11 Pan-African Notions
12 Using E-clustering to Learn and Teach about Toyin Falola
Conclusion: An Interpretative Overview
Appendix: Notation Conventions
List of Works by Toyin Falola
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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Toyin Falola and African Epistemologies

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