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RE: The problem of an African epistemology: Can the Igbo have a theory of knowledge?
Thanks for the reply! Yes it is a very tough topic.
The short answer, in my opinion, is that the idea of philosophy, art, music, etc., being "judged" by arbitrary standards is a very old and eurocentric way of thinking, but the sad part is it still permeates western thought. The question is how do we stop this kind of faulty thinking?
Well, I think that Africans, like Latin Americans or any other non-european group must generate their own validation.
We can't expect validation to come from outside sources. I know it is difficult, for instance, to get things published and circulated, but if efforts are made to invest in the difusion and discussion of each culture's particular epistemologies and ontologies from within and towards a wider audience (taking advantage of today's tech resources), then we can make alternative conceptions of knowledge and the world as ubiquitous as mainstream western thought.