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Book SynopsisIn Indigenous African Knowledge Production, Njoki Nathani Wane uses food-processing practices preparing, preserving, cooking, and serving as an entry point into the indigenous knowledge of the Embu and the role that rural Embu women play in creating and transmitting it.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreward by George J. Sefa Dei (University of Toronto, Sociology and Equity Studies) Map of Kenya Introduction Chapter One - Food Processing: Embu and Indigenous Knowledges Chapter Two - Kenya: The Land, the People, and the Socio-Political Economy Chapter Three - The Everyday Experiences of Embu Women Chapter Four - Food Preservation and Change Chapter Five - Gender Relations; Decision Making & Food Preferences Chapter Six - Indigenous Technology & the Influence of New Innovations Chapter Seven - Removing the Margins: Including Indigenous Women's Voices in Knowledge Roduction Chapter Eight - Contesting Knowledge: Some Concluding Thoughts Endnotes References
