African Folk and the Challenges of a Global Lore
1998 American Folklore Society Plenary Address
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2817631 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kwesi Yankah (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 112 |
| Issue | 444 |
| Pages | 140-157 |
| Publication date | 1999-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8715 • E-ISSN: 1535-1882 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/541946 |
| OpenAlex | W2320943539 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
The politics of knowledge production and dissemination unfairly subsumes local intellectual paradigms under received Western hegemonies, thereby shifting the power base of knowledge. This trend contributes in obscuring Africa's contribution to the study of folklore. This essay advocates a revision of the world academic order toward a greater formalization of local knowledge
Folklore · Indigenous · Knowledge management · Knowledge production · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · Traditional knowledge · Anthropology · Computer Science · Diverse Musicological Studies · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Law · Music History and Culture
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |