Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction: Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Youth Entrepreneurship: Recentering the Voices of Marginalized Communities in Africa Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Innocent Moyo and Lethiwe Zondo Part I: Theoretical Foundations of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Africa Chapter 1: Decolonizing Knowledge on Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in Africa: Why the Voices of Indigenous Youth Matter? Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba Chapter 2: Afrocentrism: A Post-Colonial Approach to Researching Indigenous Knowledge in Africa Endurance Uzobo Chapter 3: Involving African Indigenous Communities as Co-Researchers: Generating Indigenous Knowledge through Participatory Research Yakubu Abubakar Part II: Selected Case Studies of Application of Indigenous Knowledge and Entrepreneurship in Africa Chapter 4: Governance Institutions in Indigenous Communities: The Case of Maasai Communities in Arusha, Tanzania Ambrose Kessy Chapter 5: Reforming Governance Mechanisms for Advancement of Batwa Indigenous Youth Entrepreneurship Opportunities John Mary Kanyamurwa Chapter 6: Milk Safety Indigenous Knowledge Practices of Small Holder Banyankole Farmers in Sanga Sub County, Kiruhura District Uganda: A Gendered-Centered Assessment. Judith Irene Nagasha, Elizabeth Kyazike, Florence MunyonyoAsiimwe.and Sofia Boqvist Chapter 7: Natural Resources Governance and Sustainable Development in Southern Africa: the case of Youth Entrepreneurship development in iNanda Tribal Land surrounding iNanda Dam. Lethiwe Zondo, Khayelihle Sibisia and Wandile Zondo Chapter 8 Exploring the Role of Cultural and Knowledge Practices in Small-Scale Fisheries in South Africa Samantha Williams Chapter 9: Indigenous Communities and Access to Natural Resources: Unlocking the Entrepreneurial Potential Innocent Moyo and Jabulile Happyness Mzimela Chapter 10: Youths' Perspective on Entrepreneurship in Indigenous Communities in Africa: Vincent Eoghere Efebeh Chapter 11: Youth Perspectives on Entrepreneurship and Employment in Indigenous Communities among the Ijaws in Nigeria Philips Obololi-owei Okolo Chapter 12: Indigenous Youth and Government Entrepreneurship Programmes in Ogoni, Nigeria Kialee Nyiayaana About the Editors and Contributors.