Afrikology

<p>During the twentieth century global politics and economics have been marked by two politically economically and intellectually divi - sive rather than culturally and psychologically integrative forces. This has been reflected in the East/West mutually antagonistic divide of communism/capitalism and the North/South chasm of wealth and poverty. The result worldwide has been to a considerable degree stasis and disintegration. In this book the authors argue that both capitalism and communism were born out of narrow views of our hu - manity ignoring the cultural richness of the rest of the world. </p><p>The evidence is everywhere: climate change terrorism rising poverty political tension social chaos and food insecurity. But this is not a book of lamentations. The authors present real case studies to dem - onstrate that there is an alternative to the current chaos: Afrikology. It is Afri- because it is inspired by ideas initially produced in Africa the cradle of humankind; it is ko (logy) because it is based on logos the word from which the world was originated but at the same time an episteme a worldly-wise eco-logical knowledge and consciousness. It stands for a plurality of epistemic directions. Knowledge therefore is an interpretation that is always situated within a living communal tradition co-created by individuals communities and enterprises specifically out of Africa's genius alongside others.</p><p><br></p>