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What Do Science, Technology, and Innovation Mean from Africa? What Do Science, Technology, and Innovation Mean from Africa? Edited by Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England © 2017 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. This book was set in ITC Stone Serif Std by Toppan Best-set Premedia Limited. Printed and bound in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Mavhunga, Clapperton Chakanetsa, 1972- editor, author. Title: What do science, technology, and innovation mean from Africa? / edited by Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga. Description: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016036606 | ISBN 9780262533904 (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Technology--Social aspects--Africa. | Science--Social aspects--Africa. | Technological innovations--Social aspects--Africa. | Creative ability in technology--Africa. | Industrial policy--Africa. | Africa--Social life and customs. Classification: LCC HC800.Z9 .T486 2017 | DDC 338.064096--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016036606 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Mamadou Diouf, my professor and mentor, a selfless man gifted with boundless generosity and inspiration. Contents Preface ix Introduction: What Do Science, Technology, and Innovation Mean from Africa? 1 Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga 1 The Place of Science and Technology in Our Lives: Making Sense of Possibilities 29 D. A. Masolo 2 The Language of Science, Technology, and Innovation: A Chimurenga Way of Seeing from Dzimbahwe 45 Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga 3 The Metalworker, the Potter, and the Pre-European African “Laboratory” 63 Shadreck Chirikure 4 Plants of Bondage, Limbo Plants, and Liberation Flora: Diasporic Reflections for STS in Africa and Africa in STS 79 Geri Augusto 5 Smartness from Below: Variations on Technology and Creativity in Contemporary Kinshasa 97 Katrien Pype 6 On the Politics of Generative Justice: African Traditions and Maker Communities 117 Ron Eglash and Ellen K. Foster 7 Making Mobiles African 137 Toluwalogo Odumosu 8 Innovation for Development: Africa 151 Garrick E. Louis, Neda Nazemi, and Scott Remer viii Contents 9 Science, Technology, and Innovation in Africa: Conceptualizations, Relevance, and Policy Directions 169 Chux Daniels References 187 Contributors 225 Index 227
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