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Adult learning and education (ALE) is one such area where there have been consistent and increasing demands for diversity of perspectives. Indigenous Africa has many platforms for learning that, if made visible, could be viable additions to the existing one. The market is one such platform. I used two prominent markets in Nigeria to weave my argument. Markets in Nigeria and Africa generally offer ʺassortedʺ pedagogy that combines dialogue, critical thinking, language, and communication. I used two markets – Agbalata and Dugbe —in Nigeria as metaphors to represent assorted African pedagogy with a mix of everything called ʺassorted.ʺ I argue that market pedagogy of ALE is authentic African framework with eclectic and unique components that should not be compared on a line‐by‐line basis with the established linear pedagogy of ALE. I further argue that “assorted” market pedagogy offers a viable complement in response to UNESCOʹs several calls for alternatives to existing linear pedagogies of ALE. I theorize in literature and use Paulo Freireʹs humanistic pedagogy as framework for my argument and thesis. The Freirean liberating pedagogy also doubles as  \njustification for the assorted African market pedagogy.  \nKeywords: African, Agbalata, ALE, Dugbe, Freire, Market  \nBackground and Conceptual Clarification  \nThe background to the arguments in this paper is affirmation of the authenticity and validation of the African epistemic view. It falls within the view that the Africans, as all other humans, have their ontology and epistemic sets prior to colonialism. Several authors and scholars (Achebe, 2017; Avoseh 2001, 2011, 2022, 2024; Chilisa, 2012; Ndlovu‐Gatsheni, 2017; Olaide‐Mesewake, 2013) have advanced the thesis that Africans had their own ways of life and living that weaved everything into education and education into life. For instance, Ndlovu‐Gatsheni argued that everyone is born into a valid and legitimate knowledge system which means that “African people had  \ntheir own valid and legitimate indigenous systems of education prior to colonialism”(p. 51) . Achebe and Olaide‐Mesewake used different settings in Nigeria to describe ‐destruction to the African epistemic and total world view.  \n1Professor of Adult and Higher Education, Division of Educational Leadership, University of South Dakota; [mejai.avoseh@usd.edu](mejai.avoseh@usd.edu)  \nPage 8 • AAACE Commission for International Adult Education  \nAchebe (2017), in his classic historical novel, Things Fall Apart, used colonialism andaffirmed that, prior to colonialism, the Igbo society was composed of a people who saw themselves as one great tribe with laws and regulations that made foreign intrusion difficult. However, the moment colonialism intruded, everything that made the people a great tribe fell apart. Olaide‐Mesewake (2013) used the historical story of Vothunno (chief priest) to depict the coherence and law and order that existed in Badagry and environs prior to the evil called slave trade. He submitted that slave trade uprooted everything that made the people one; education, culture, religion, and all life‐defining things of the people were smashed by the arrival of slave trade. Avoseh (2013) traced the reasons for his sister’s lack of attendance at the white man’s “school” to themistrust his father had for colonialism especially the colonialists’ efforts at cultural transfusion of the African. Furthermore, Chilisa and Preece (2005) were specific on the objective colonialists had in the type of adult education they floated. According to the authors,“the colonial goal of adult education and literacy was primarily to support the colonial administration”(p. 6) .  \nIt is important not to assume that everyone knows and understands what we mean by adult learning and education. The complexity a","cbCailAs9zHHuyIX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailAs9zHHuyIX","pdf",282800,"English","# Abstract\n# Background and Conceptual Clarification\n## Adult learning and education definitions\n## Colonial influences on African epistemic views","[{\"question\":\"What learning platforms does the paper focus on to address ALE diversity?\",\"answer\":\"The paper highlights African indigenous learning platforms, using Nigerian markets—Agbalata and Dugbe—as the central platform and metaphor for ALE learning practices.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the author describe “assorted” market pedagogy?\",\"answer\":\"“Assorted” market pedagogy is presented as an authentic African framework with eclectic, unique components that combines dialogue, critical thinking, language, and communication.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the paper reference Paulo Freire’s pedagogy?\",\"answer\":\"Freire’s humanistic and liberating pedagogy is used as a theoretical framework to justify and support the argument for assorted African market pedagogy as a viable complement to linear ALE pedagogies.\"}]","Paulo Freire in the African Market Place of Adult Learning and Education | PDF",1792050406,25]