How can local knowledge survive the assult of Western science in the 21st Century?

Oluwatoyin Dare Kolawole @Oluwatoyin_Kolawole

02 February 2018 0 6K Report

How do we justify the relevance of indigenous knowlege in development initiatives when Western science continues to dominate the debates in the Academy? Will Nature journal accept a research finding based on local knowledge?

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