Introduction: African science education : gendering indigenous knowledge in Nigeria / Jamaine Abidogun -- Where are the girls? / Jamaine Abidogun -- Indigenous knowledge : its role in education / Steve Willis -- Igbo indigenous science : an ethnobiologist perspective / Fred Ozioko and Felix I. Nwafor -- Going to school : Nsukka education context / Nkiru Ohia and Jamaine Abidogun -- The Shalom dream : Nigerian based education / Victoria Onu and Jamaine Abidogun -- Gendered narratives / Sarah Nixon -- Integrating indigenous science and technology into the curriculum / Georgianna Saunders -- Creating gender parity : Igbo women's indigenous science knowledge practice / Winifred Nwaefido Obasi -- Conclusion : gendering science through syncretic education / Jamaine Abidogun -- Appendix: Interview, focus group, and journal protocols