Can Tradition and Science Coexist? On the false choice between inherited wisdom and empirical knowledge At first glance, tradition and science appear to belong to different worlds. Tradition speaks in proverbs, rituals, and…

Myth, Legend, and History How three ways of telling the past shape what we believe about it Every society carries its past in more than one register. Some stories are meant to be…

African Heritage & Indigenous Wisdom There is a persistent habit, inside and outside Africa, of treating the continent's indigenous knowledge as something to be preserved behind glass — folklore for cultural festivals, proverbs…

Why African Stories Are More Than Entertainment An analytical essay on the cultural, historical, and political function of African storytelling Introduction In much of the modern world, storytelling is treated primarily as leisure…

Indigenous Wisdom among the Igbo: A Living Philosophical Heritage Indigenous wisdom is the accumulated knowledge, values, beliefs, practices, and ways of understanding life that a people develop over generations through close interaction with…