The updated textbook by Bagele Chilisa provides essential insights into indigenous research methodologies, catering to a new generation of scholars. It emphasizes the importance of cultural context and community involvement in research, offering a comprehensive foundation for understanding and applying indigenous perspectives in academic work.
This book explores rationales for research methodologies embedded in African contexts. Issues discussed include: contexts for adult education research in Africa; philosophical and theoretical foundations of inquiry; philosophical perspectives and their implications for research; doing a literature review; getting started with a research proposal; quantitative research designs and carrying out surveys; summarising and analysing survey data; the nature of qualitative research; carrying out qualitative studies; combining qualitative and quantitative methods; research ethics; action research; feminist research approaches; and writing up and disseminating research.