Decolonising Research

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Indigenous Methodologies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

AvWinnifred Bedigen,Nankie M. Ramabu,Sarah Njeri,Nankie M. (Boitekanelo College) Ramabu,London) Njeri, Sarah (SOAS

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Decolonising Research examines the effectiveness of Indigenous research methodologies for studying Africa while also examining their effectiveness for generating relevant knowledge and practical research outcomes for community/national problem-solving.Considering theories of empowerment and social justice, researching Indigenous communities requires participatory and collaborative methodologies. This book fills research methodological gaps and offers a Sub-Saharan African lens to the research of South Sudan, Northern Uganda, Kenya/Somalia, Somaliland, Botswana, Nigeria and Ghana. It does this by identifying and discussing the “How,” “What,” and “Why” of these methodologies as they pertain to themes of indigeneity, silence, ethics, ceremony, botho, joking relationship, orality, divinations, and Sub-Saharan Africa.This book includes contributions from early-career academics and academic practitioners who are all emerging as leading experts in their field. It will be of broader interest to postgraduate students, international agencies/personnel, governments, and policy-makers conducting ethnographic or contextual/participatory research and research implementation.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-03-30
Mått174 x 246 x undefined mm
Vikt400 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor206
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781032744254

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Winnifred Bedigen is Lecturer in International Development at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. Her research areas include peacebuilding, gender, and African Indigenous Knowledge. Dr Bedigen is a Mentor in The British Academy Mentoring Scheme and a Commonwealth Scholarship Academic Adviser.Nankie M. Ramabu is Associate Professor of Public Health at Boitekanelo College in Botswana, where she leads the Department of Public Health and Health Promotion. Her expertise lies in strengthening health systems and developing impactful community interventions to enhance health outcomes.Sarah Njeri is a lecturer in Humanitarianism and Development at the Global Development Studies Department, SOAS, University of London. She is a peace and conflict scholar with degrees in conflict resolution and peace studies from the University of Bradford’s Peace Studies Department.

List of ContributorsAcknowledgementsChapter One: Introduction to the Book. Winnifred Bedigen and Nankie M. RamabuChapter Two: Beyond the Insider/Outsider Binary in Fieldwork: Intersectionality as an Alternative Analysis of a Fieldwork Experience in Uganda. Eunice AkulloChapter Three: Fluid Ethnography: Ceremony Research Methodology (CRM) in Nilotic Societies of Southern South Sudan. Winnifred BedigenChapter Four: Ceremonial Taboos for Uncovering Gendered Power Relations in the Tachoni Circumcision Ritual. Lucy K.L MandillahChapter Five: Exploring Botho philosophy as a foundation for a culturally relevant and ethical participative research process: Considerations and reflections from a mixed method project in Botswana. Nankie M. Ramabu Chapter Six: Orality and reflexivity in empirical research: Re-imagining the unwritten past in post-conflict northern Uganda. Betty OkotChapter Seven: The Ontological Significance of Silence in African Communities: Exploring How Silence Communicates in Botswana, and southern South Sudan. Nankie M. Ramabu and Winnifred BedigenChapter Eight: Negotiating Power, Reflexivity and Positionality: Gender and the Joking Relationship in Researching Women in Rural Northern Ghana. Constance Awinpoka AkuruguChapter Nine: Decolonising Data: Indigenous Methodologies for Community-Driven Research in Sub-Saharan Africa. John Mary KanyamurwaChapter Ten: Rethinking Governance Evaluation: Influencing Policy Outcomes through the African Peer Review Mechanism in Uganda. Martin KizitoChapter Eleven: Conclusion Winnifred Bedigen and Nankie M. Ramabu