The Importance of Underpinning Indigenous Research Using African Indigenous Philosophies

M. Bhuda, Motheo Koitsiwe
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This study uses secondary data to discuss views of indigenous scholars on the importance of using African indigenous philosophies as underpinnings for indigenous research in order to reclaim the dignity of African indigenous knowledge. For many years, African indigenous knowledge has been marginalized and constructed using Western worldviews and methods. African indigenous philosophies were deemed non-existent and non-fitting to be in the academic space by many non-indigenous scholars who believed that indigenous research methods cannot be developed because there are no specific generalized frameworks. In correcting and reclaiming the knowledge and dignity of African indigenous knowledge, this study argues for the decolonization and indigenization of research by utilizing African indigenous philosophies which focuses on African philosophical beliefs and values, that constitute their own way of living, doing, and being. Such research will prevent indigenous people's knowledge from being misrepresented, divided, mystified, commodified, condensed, and misinterpreted.
利用非洲本土哲学支持本土研究的重要性
本研究使用二手数据来讨论土著学者对利用非洲土著哲学作为土著研究基础的重要性的看法,以恢复非洲土著知识的尊严。多年来,非洲本土知识一直被边缘化,并被西方世界观和方法所建构。非洲土著哲学被许多非土著学者认为是不存在的,也不适合出现在学术领域,他们认为土著研究方法无法发展,因为没有具体的广义框架。在纠正和恢复非洲土著知识的知识和尊严的过程中,本研究主张通过利用非洲土著哲学来实现研究的非殖民化和本土化,该哲学侧重于非洲哲学信仰和价值观,这些哲学信仰和价值观构成了他们自己的生活、行为和存在方式。这样的研究将防止土著人民的知识被歪曲、分裂、神秘化、商品化、浓缩和误解。
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