Knowledge is power. If you own it, you can control those without it. Since so much knowledge about Africa doesn’t sit on the continent, it’s apparent that Africa lacks power in this regard.
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Articles on Traditional knowledge
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The decolonisation debate in South Africa’s universities raises critical issues about the relationship between power, knowledge and learning.
Traditional knowledge that drives indigenous communities’ innovation in agriculture, medicine and conservation is not protected by existing international law.
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Professor of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University
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Adjunct Research Fellow in Geography and Social Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Prof of Archaeological Science & British Academy Global Professor, University of Oxford
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Professor of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Researcher in Ethnecology, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), University of Helsinki
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Research Associate in Higher Education Policy and Planning, Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Researcher in International Relations and Politics, Development Studies and Borders, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
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Professor of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Instructor of English and Creative Writing , University of Alberta
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Associate Professor in Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Assistant Professor/ Professeure adjointe, Université de Montréal
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Associate Professor in Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Coordinator of the Indigenous Guardian program in the K'atl'odeeche First Nation
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Emeritus professor, School of Regulation and Global Governance, ANU, Australian National University
