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Accepted Paper:

Globalism vs localism: the irony of local knowledge system in Africa  
Olawale Akinrinde (University of Johannesburg)

Paper long abstract:

The study examines the contending positions and impacts of Globalism and Localism on Local Knowledge System in Africa. Relying on insights and facts from indigenous local settlements in Africa, this study discovers how the forces of globalism are affecting the development of indigenous knowledge production. Thanks to the globalization process, information and knowledge system have thus been taken over the entire world.

Keywords: Globalism, Localism, Knowledge Production System, Africa

Panel E29
Local knowledge and its (non-)integration in ‘formal’ education institutions [initiated by the Grup d'Estudi de les Societats Africanes/Barcelona, University of Ilorin, MITDS, Bolgatanga]
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