USA Africa Dialogue Series - Closing Gaps between Societies Far from Centres of the Generation and Distribution of Knowledge and those at the Centre

                                                                                                                                                         Extract from 

                                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                    Abdul Karim Bangura

                                                                                                    

                                                                                                         "Fractal Complexity in Cheikh Anta Diop's Precolonial Black Africa

 

                                                                                                                                         A Pluridisciplinary Analysis"

                                                                                                                                      CODESRIA Bulletin, Nos 1 & 2, 2012 

                                                            

                                                                                                                                              

Towards this end, following Nabudere [ Nabudere, Dani W.,"Towards the Establishment of a Pan-African University: A Strategic Concept Paper',  African Journal of Political Science 8, 1:1-30. 13]  at least the following six major questions should guide pluridisciplinary research[ 'the systematic utilization of two or more disciplines or branches of learning to investigate a phenomenon, thereby in turn contributing to those disciplines'-Bangura.p.10] 

1. How can the research increase indigenous knowledge in the general body of global human development?

2. How can the research create linkages between the sources of indigenous knowledge and the centers of learning on the continent and in the Diaspora?

3. How can centers of research in the communities ensure that these communities become "research societies"?

4. How can the research be linked to the production needs of the communities?

5. How can the research help to ensure that science and technology are generated in relevant ways to address problems of the rural communities where the majority of the people live and that this is done in indigenous languages?

6. How can the research help to reduce the gap between the elite and the communities from which they come by ensuring that the research results are available to everyone and that such knowledge is drawn from the communities?

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Compcros

Comparative Cognitive Processes and Systems

"Exploring Every Corner of the Cosmos in Search of Knowledge"

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Compcros

Comparative Cognitive Processes and Systems

"Exploring Every Corner of the Cosmos in Search of Knowledge"

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Compcros

Comparative Cognitive Processes and Systems

"Exploring Every Corner of the Cosmos in Search of Knowledge"

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