Table of Contents

Acknowledgments – Preface – African Proverbs as Epistemology: An Introduction – African Proverbs: Culture and Pedagogies of Education in African Communities [with Rainos Mutamba] – The Study Contexts and the Question of Method – Working with Proverbs: Literal and Metaphorical Meanings – Society and Social Issues – Virtues and Social Order – Proverbs and African Development – African Proverbs: The Pedagogic, Instructional, and Communicative: Implications for Schooling and Education in Pluralistic Contexts – About the Authors – Index.

About the Author

George J. Sefa Dei is Professor of Social Justice Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto (OISE/UT), and is Director for the Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of anti-racism, minority schooling, international development, anti-colonial thought, and Indigenous knowledges systems.

Isaac Nortey Darko is Assistant Professor of Education at Burman University, Alberta, Canada. He spends most of his time, academically and professionally, teaching and engaging in conversations around Indigenous knowledge, spirituality, education/schooling, environmental sustainability, equity, race, health, governance, and information communication technology.

Jadie McDonnell holds an MA in adult education and community development, and in comparative, international, and development education. She is a curriculum design specialist currently working in the field of transformative, trauma-informed education and community development in Canada and Kenya.

Suleyman M. Demi is a PhD candidate and environmental educator with research interests spanning environmental sustainability, social and environmental justice, and Indigenous knowledge and philosophy. He has authored and co-authored articles on traditional ecological knowledge and indigenous foods and chronic diseases, among others.

Harriet Akanmori is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Her research focuses on the disengagement of minority youth in general and black male youth in particular from high schooling, and on the school-to-prison pipeline in Canada.