In an effort to solve the enduring puzzle of slow economic and social development in Africa, the contributors to Indigenous Systems and Africa's Development advocate for a paradigm shift in both thinking and practice that would integrate indigenous knowledge systems into the development process.
Vusi Gumede is professor in the Faculty of Economics, Development, and Business Sciences at the University of Mpumalanga. Mammo Muchie is DST-NRF research chair in innovation studies in the Faculty of Management Sciences at Tshwane University of Technology. Ajebush Shafi is a research and innovation consultant at Tshwane University of Technology
"Offers a delightful set of ... perspectives that explore the ethical, aesthetic, linguistic, scientific, technological, economic, and policy dimensions of human development from an African vantage point."—Ogundiran Soumonni, University of the Witwatersrand
