Endogenous knowledge : research trails / edited by Paulin J. Hountondji.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Codesria book series.
Other Authors: Hountondji, Paulin J., 1942-
Language:English
Published: Dakar, Senegal : CODESRIA, 1997.
Series:Codesria book series.
Subjects:
Ethnology > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Research.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Ethnopsychology > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Traditional medicine > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Social life and customs.
Physical Description:ix, 376 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Methodological Issues in the Study of 'Traditional' Techniques and Know-How / Goudjinou P. Metinhoue
  • 'Traditional' Iron Metallurgy in West Africa / Alexis B. A. Adandé
  • 'Rainmakers': Myth and Knowledge in Traditional Atmospheric Management Techniques / Gbénoukpo Bodhou Dah-Lokonon
  • Traditional Number Systems and Modern Arithmetic / Toussaint Yaovi Tchitchi
  • Fa Ritual: A Stochastic Process: Understanding the Geomantic Cults of Coastal Benin / Victor Houndonougbo
  • Epistemological Reflections on Hausa Zoological Names / J.D. Penel
  • Fruits, Seeds ans Miscellaneous Ingredients Used in the Pharmaceutical Practice of Benin / Simone de Souza.
  • Traditional Models of Mental Health and Illness in Benin / Gualbert Ahyi
  • Foreign Objects in Human Bodies: A Surgeon's Report / Henry-Valre T. Kiniffo
  • Links between Psychosomatic Medicine and Sorcery / Clement T. Adjido
  • Graphic Representational Systems in Precolonial Africa / Albert Bienvenu Akoha
  • Writing and Oral Tradition in the Transmission of Knowledge / Francois C. Dossou.