Indigenous Knowledge Management for Sustainable Development in Nigeria: A Prototype for Adoption
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2024
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NAU Journal of Library and Information Science
Abstract
This paper discusses indigenous knowledge management for sustainable development in Nigeria,
using Nonaka‟s Socialization, Externalization, Combination, and Internalization (SECI) model as
a prototype for adoption. Indigenous knowledge (IK) popularly known as traditional knowledge
has its numerous benefits, with a high capability of contributing positively to sustainable
development in Nigeria if it is rightly utilized and applied to diverse situations. This paper
discusses the categories of IK, benefits of IK, and knowledge management procedures in
managing IK, among others. It also identified some challenges limiting the use and application of
IK such as low recognition of IK, lack of IK policy, and hi unwillingness on the part of the
custodians to share IK among others. As concluded in this paper, Nonaka‟s SECI model should
be adopted in promoting a viable and feasible solution to the numerous problems affecting the
proper management of IK and scientific knowledge (SK) in Nigeria. The adoption of this model
would help to improve the capturing, sharing, and utilization of indigenous and scientific
knowledge in local and non-local communities in Nigeria. Also, this model will also help in
bringing out striking areas of differences and similarities in the application of IK and SK;
thereby promoting sustainable development rather than segregating one as inferior to the other.
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Indigenous knowledge, Sustainable development, knowledge management, Model, Adoption
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Afolayan, O.T. (2024). Indigenous Knowledge Management for Sustainable Development in Nigeria: A Prototype for Adoption, 9, 114-129