- Author(s): Avoseh, M. B. M.
- Volume 11, No 1, 2023
The more I explore Western knowledge and immense myself in its ways of life, the more I continue to think of the any opportunities inherent in the African epistemic universe and corporate ways of life. At every point, I continue to think of the many opportunities the African scholars and practitioners in education generally and in adult education specifically could use to infuse the local into the global without compromising the integrity of either the local or global worldviews. I used three prominent markets (Ariaria, Oja-Oba, Sabon Gari (AROGOS) in Nigeria to represent the local context and the “assorted” pedagogy that they offer for education and specifically adult learning and education (ALE). I used these three prominent markets as metaphors for ALE. AROGOS, in this paper, represents assorted African pedagogy like the assorted plate of soup in any of the three markets with a mix of everything called
“orisirisi” in Yoruba language – the dominant language of communication in South-Western part of Nigeria. I argue that AROGOS pedagogy of ALE is authentic African and Nigerian framework with eclectic and unique components that should not be compared on a line-by-line basis with the established linear pedagogy of education and ALE. I further argued that AROGOS offers a viable complement in response to UNESCO’s several calls for alternatives to existing linear pedagogies of ALE. I theorise in literature and use Paulo Freire’s humanistic pedagogy as framework for my argument and thesis. The Freirean liberating pedagogy also doubles as justification for AROGOS pedagogy. I used AROGOS loosely as pedagogy, as content, and as context to allow for a holistic analysis.