Critical postcolonial theorists ask why Africa is failing to extricate itself from poverty and underdevelopment. This book fills a large and long-standing gap in the study of African development, taking on a critical postcolonial approach to examine, investigate and discuss challenges faced by African countries in their quest for development. The approach focuses on the intersection of educational paradigms, sustainable economic development methodologies and democratic political engagement theories to determine possibilities for economic growth and social development in Africa.

Edward Shizha is Associate Professor in Contemporary Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University (Brantford) in Canada.

Ali A. Abdi is Professor and Co-director, Centre for Global Citizenship Education and Research (CGCER) in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Alberta.

Introduction: Indigenous Discourses on Knowledge and Development in Africa Edward Shizha and Ali A. Abdi Section I: Indigenous Knowledge and Development 1. Reflections on 'African Development': Situating Indigeneity and Indigenous Knowledges George J. Sefa Dei [Nana Sefa Atweneboah I] 2. Intersections Between Indigenous Knowledge and Economic Development in Africa Gloria T. Emeagwali 3. Indigenization and Sustainable Development for Zimbabwe: A Post-Colonial Philosophical Perspective Ngoni Makuvaza Section II: Indigenous Knowledge, Culture and Education 4. Re-Culturing De-Cultured Education for Inclusive Social Development in Africa Ali A. Abdi 5. Counter-Visioning Contemporary African Education: Indigenous Science as a Tool for African Development Edward Shizha 6. Reclaiming the Education for All Agenda in Africa: Prospects for Inclusive Policy Spaces Musembi Nungu 7. Education Inequality and Economic Development in Eastern and Southern Africa Oliver Masakure 8. Learning by Doing: Julius Nyerere's Education Policy for Self-Reliance in Tanzania Grace John Rwiza 9. A Diploma for a Debt: Students' Perception of Their Student Loan Program in Burkina Faso Tuouruouzou Herve Some Section III: Politics and Development 10. International Corporate Politics and the Hubris of Development Discourses Desmond Ikenna Odugu 11. The Dual Sources of Political Development in Ethiopia and the Emergence of Ethnic Federalism Berhanu Demeke 12. Leadership and Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Conceptual and Historical Perspectives Lamine Diallo and Ginette Lafrenière 13. Revisiting the African Revolutionary Praxis in the Global Era Konate Siendou 14. The Shifting Boundaries of the African State in Agricultural Institutions and Policies in an Era of Globalization Korbla P. Puplampu