Indigenous Knowledge Production, Digital Media and Academic Libraries in Ghana

摘要: Introduction Media is an important tool that helps us to get better understanding and appreciation understand our environment, what going on, act accordingly. The marginalization of African Indigenous Knowledge System (AIKS) as a result colonial rule has led some people question their authenticity value knowledge, capable collecting, processing, storing, dissemination by the academic libraries in 21st century. Libraries could use media change this perception. information profession, particularly those or other scholarly institutions, occupy position relation information. As depositories, collectors, organisers, distributors mediators information, librarians play enabling role who produce want sources (Nakata, 2002). library site knowledge production been collaborated Makhubela (1990) Prah (1999: 25) "... indeed, centers have, without question, regarded custodians wealth possessed given socially group. They are texts, symbols discourses can also allow deny voices right be heard". Information gathered speak people's subjectivities, identities, power, knowledge. questions asked anti-colonial/post-colonial theorists which I add my voice speaks, for whom, under conditions, extent when examining collections at libraries. very nature education social institution plays major process reproduction policies, further facilitates institutions rooted tradition history former powers whose control perpetuated, search permanent presence actualised (N'Dri, 2006). Hence, based on literature review, observation, interviews own experience with indigenous paper aims make proposals digital promote perceptions about it. specific objectives will look at: concept effect colonization AIK (African Knowledge). It discuss media; then deliberate how AIK. Concept Claxton (2010) states term, 'indigenous,' means local native country, society concerned. thus refers things originating from particular place place. For example, we may have Africans, Americans Australians originally come these places. Hunter (n.d) corroborating Claxton's definition, explains term indigenous, used international discourse refer original territory, namely traditional ethnic grouping self-conscious pre-colonial occupation land. Clearly, introduces time dimension definition "pre-colonial," critical. That say before contact encounter territories now dominated colonizers such Europeans, had ways learning world around them. Above all, affirms originator systems, values group any pejorative underpinnings. However, according (2010), 'indigenous' gradually assumed derogatory connotation shortly after beginning European adventure Africa. …