African Epistemologies for the 21st Century
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10:00 A.M. - 10:55 A.M. |
Opening Session & Keynote Address DARE TO INVENT THE FUTURE: KNOWLEDGE IN THE SERVICE OF & THROUGH PROBLEM SOLVING Chakanetsa Mavhunga, Professor of Science, Technology & Society, MIT |
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11:00 A.M. - 11:55 P.M. |
AFRICAN DECOLONIAL INTELLECTUAL MOVEMENTS Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Professor, Epistemologies of the Global South, University of Bayreuth |
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12:00 P.M. – 12:45 P.M. |
THE CRADLE PARADOX IN AFRICA: A DECOLONIAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF ANCIENT HERITAGE Veronica Waweru, Lecturer, Council on African Studies, Yale University |
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12:45 P.M. - 1:15 P.M. |
LUNCH BREAK |
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1:15 P.M.- 2:10 P.M. |
AFRICAN ECO-PHILOSOPHY & ITS CONTRIBUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE & ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION SOLUTIONS Kofi Boa, Founder & Director, Howard G. Buffest Foundation Center for No-Till Agriculture in Ghana |
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2:15 P.M. - 3:10 P.M. |
INDIGENOUS AFRICAN PHILOSOPHIES AS CRITICAL THINKING PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS FOR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION Paul Banahene Adjei, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| 3:15 P.M. - 4:15 P.M |
THE EVOLUTION OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS FOR A GLOBAL WORLD: VIRTUES & MORALS IN MASAI PARENTING PRACTICES Serah Shani, Associate Professor, School of Social & Behavioral Science, Mercy College |
| 4:15 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. |
CLOSING REMARKS |
SATERDAY, MARCH 5, 2022
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10:00 A.M. - 11:25 A.M. |
Opening Session & Keynote Address BLACKHOUSE PARADIGM OF KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION Nelson Maldonado-Torres, Director of the Rutgers Advanced Institute for Critical Caribbean Studies, Professor Extraordinarious at the University of South Africa, Honorary Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and Co-chair of the Frantz Fanon Foundation Zandisiwe Radebe, Lecturer of Political Sciences, University of South Africa |
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11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. |
GRADUATE STUDENT PANEL I The Local African Knowledge & Attitude of Aid as Analyzed from a Collection of Bakiga Proverbs & Idioms Eliab Ikyiriza, Uganda Christian University Towards a Fluid Ecosophy: New Perspectives for African Language Studies Monika Christine Rohmer, University of Bayreuth |
| 12:30 p.M. - 1:00 P.M. | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1:00 P.M. - 2:20 P.M. |
GRADUATE STUDENT PANEL II
‘Glocal’ African Indigenous Knowledge & the Challenge of Relevance: An Introspection into 21st Century African Society
Adetula Bolanle Grace, University of Ibadan
A Critical Appraisal of Sophie Oluwole’s Afrocentric Conceptual Decolonization
Abimbola Oluwafemi Emmanuel, University of Lagos
Barring African Solutions to Africa’s Conflicts: International Court of Justice in Kenya & Somalia Maritime Boundary Dispute
Catheline Nyabwengi, University of Bayreuth
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| 2:20 P.M. - 2:30 P.M. | CLOSING REMARKS |