Deep theoretical foundations: African-centered, Indigenous West African, and Black radical pedagogical traditions
# African & Indigenous Pedagogical Foundations
## 📋 Project Overview
**Title**: Deep Theoretical Foundations: African-Centered, Indigenous West African, and Black Radical Pedagogical Traditions for Educational AI
**Type**: Theoretical/Philosophical Analysis (Series of focused articles)
**Target Journals**: *Race Ethnicity and Education*, *Educational Theory*, *Harvard Educational Review*, *Equity & Excellence in Education*
**Manuscript Length**: 25-35 pages per article (multiple articles from this repository)
**Status**: 🟡 In Development
**Timeline**: 24 weeks per article (6 months each)
## 👥 Authors
**Lead Author**: [Your Name]
- **Role**: Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing - Original Draft, Project Administration
- **Affiliation**: [Your Institution]
- **Email**: [Your Email]
**Co-Authors**: [To be determined]
- CRediT taxonomy roles to be assigned
## 🎯 Article Series Overview
### Article 1: Culturally Relevant & Sustaining Pedagogy
**Focus**: Ladson-Billings, Paris, Alim, Muhammad
**RQ**: How do CRP/CSP/HRL frameworks inform decolonial AI design?
### Article 2: Afrocentricity & African-Centered Education
**Focus**: Asante, Hilliard, King, Woodson, Bethune
**RQ**: What role does epistemic sovereignty play in educational AI?
### Article 3: Indigenous West African Epistemologies
**Focus**: Sankofa, Ubuntu, Ifá, Bilchiinsi, African Fractals
**RQ**: How do Indigenous knowledge systems reshape AI architectures?
### Article 4: Critical Pedagogy & Liberation
**Focus**: Freire, hooks, Giroux, Black Radical Tradition
**RQ**: What does critical consciousness mean in the age of AI?
### Article 5: Decolonial AI Scholarship
**Focus**: Birhane, Benjamin, Noble, Browne, Mohamed
**RQ**: How do we operationalize decolonial AI in educational contexts?
## 📊 Current Status
| Article | Status | Target Journal | Timeline |
|---------|--------|----------------|----------|
| CRP/CSP | ⚪ Not Started | *Race Ethnicity and Education* | 24 weeks |
| Afrocentricity | …