1st Edition
Decolonising Research Indigenous Methodologies in Sub-Saharan Africa
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Chapter One: Introduction to the Book. Winnifred Bedigen and Nankie M. Ramabu
Chapter Two: Beyond the Insider/Outsider Binary in Fieldwork: Intersectionality as an Alternative Analysis of a Fieldwork Experience in Uganda. Eunice Akullo
Chapter Three: Fluid Ethnography: Ceremony Research Methodology (CRM) in Nilotic Societies of Southern South Sudan. Winnifred Bedigen
Chapter Four: Ceremonial Taboos for Uncovering Gendered Power Relations in the Tachoni Circumcision Ritual. Lucy K.L Mandillah
Chapter 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 Okot
Chapter Seven: The Ontological Significance of Silence in African Communities: Exploring How Silence Communicates in Botswana, and southern South Sudan. Nankie M. Ramabu and Winnifred Bedigen
Chapter Eight: Negotiating Power, Reflexivity and Positionality: Gender and the Joking Relationship in Researching Women in Rural Northern Ghana. Constance Awinpoka Akurugu
Chapter Nine: Decolonising Data: Indigenous Methodologies for Community-Driven Research in Sub-Saharan Africa. John Mary Kanyamurwa
Chapter Ten: Rethinking Governance Evaluation: Influencing Policy Outcomes through the African Peer Review Mechanism in Uganda. Martin Kizito
Chapter Eleven: Conclusion Winnifred Bedigen and Nankie M. Ramabu
Biography
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.
