Vol. XXX, No. 3, 2005
Special Issue: All knowledge is first of all local knowledge

Guest Editors
Theophilus I. Okere, Chukwudi Anthony Njoku & René Devisch
Contents/Sommaire

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	All knowledge is first of all local knowledge: An introduction Theophilus I. Okere, Chukwudi Anthony Njoku & René Devisch Résume	I
	Is there one science, Western science? Theophilus Okere Résume	20
African Mathematical Systems
	Traditional Igbo numbering system Patrick Mathias C.Ogomaka Résume	35
	Ethnomathematics, geometry and educational experience in Africa Paulus Gerdes Résume	48
African Health Systems
	Domestication of medicinal plants in Southestern Nigeria A. E. Ibe and Martin I.Nwufo Résume	66
	Understanding Igbo medicine practitioners Patrick Iroegbu Résume	78
	Cultural modes of comprehending and healing insanity: The Yaka of DR Congo René Devisch Résume	98
African Arts
	Subjectivity in servitude: The servant and indigenous family arrangement in written Igbo drama Frances N. Chukwukere Résume	112
	I dance Ala Igbo (Poem) Chikwendu P. K. Anyanwu	130
Review Article/Revues de livres
	Spectralizing Bergson and the Dilemmas of Decolonization. A review of Messay Kebede, Africa’s Quest for a Philosophy of Decolonization, 2004. Sanya Osha	135
Book Reviews/Notes de lecture
	Richard Werbner, 2004, Reasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana: The Public Anthropology of Kalanga Elites Onalenna Doo Selolwane.	143
	Uta Wehn de Montalvo, 2003, Mapping the Determinants of Spatial Data Sharing Yoichi Mine	145

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