Pub Date : 2007-03-16DOI: 10.4314/INDILINGA.V5I2.26407
C. Chikunda, Elina Marambire, R. Makoni
The study sought to establish the content and epistemology of the Khomba curriculum and assess its impact on the formal education of girls and on women's space in general. The ethnographic case study was used as the design. Non-structured and non-scheduled interviews as well as observations were used to get an insight of Khomba. The study established that the curriculum content of Khomba is designed along gender lines. It sets one form of knowledge to be suitable for women and not for men. The Khomba ceremony seems to tell initiates that they are ‘ripe' for marriage and hence divert their attention from formal education. The curriculum teaches women to internalize their own subordinate status, to view themselves of lesser value and diminishes their sense of their own rights. By so doing, Khomba restricts women's space both in terms of their condition and position in society and restricts women to the reproductive sphere. The study recommends that the Ubuntuism framework be used to reform the Khomba curriculum so as to engender the cultural practice and create a gender responsive environment in the district. Keywords : Traditional farming, farming techniques Indilinga Vol. 5 (2) 2006: pp. 145-156
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Pub Date : 2007-03-16DOI: 10.4314/INDILINGA.V5I2.26410
F. Abayomi, G. Dedeke
A survey of some mammals useed in ethnozoological practices was carried out among the Ijebu people of south-western Nigeria. Open-ended, structured questionnaires were administered to 60 traders at various markets in five towns, namely, Ijebu-Ode, Ijebu- Imusin, Ijebu-Ife, Ijebu-Igbo and Sagamu. Ninety percent (90%) of the traders were females, sixty-four percent (64%) were traditonalists, seventy-five percent (75%) had no formal education and thirty-three percent (33%) were between the ages of 36–45 years. The traders claimed the wild vertebrates had an array of zootherapeutic uses. These ranged from cures of bone pains and rheumatism, kleptomania, leprosy, impotency, infertility, healing of wounds and bone fractures and the preparation of aphrodisiacs. Other uses included the preparation of charms or amulets for protection, good fortune, reverence from peers and elders, love charms and money rituals. Eleven of the twenty-three species surveyed were listed as threatened in Nigeria's Endangered Species (Control of International Trade and Traffic) Decree 11 of 1985 and the Control of International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Some of these include leopard, pangolin, gorilla, colobus monkey, wildcat and chimpanzee. Further research is necessary to authenticate the therapeutic claims of the traders. It is also important to educate the traders and people in general on the effect of their trade on the threatened species and the likely impact on biodiversity. Keywords : zootherapy, ethnozoology, impact, uses. Indilinga Vol. 5 (2) 2006: pp. 175-187
在尼日利亚西南部的Ijebu人民中对用于民族动物学实践的一些哺乳动物进行了调查。对Ijebu-Ode、Ijebu-Imusin、Ijebu-Ife、Ijebu-Igbo和Sagamu五个城镇不同市场的60名商人进行了开放式结构化问卷调查。90%的交易者为女性，64%的交易者为传统主义者，75%的交易者未受过正规教育，33%的交易者年龄在36-45岁之间。商人们声称，野生脊椎动物有一系列动物治疗用途。这些包括治疗骨痛和风湿病、盗窃癖、麻风病、阳痿、不育症、愈合伤口和骨折以及制备春药。其他包括准备护身符或护身符，以保护，好运，来自同龄人和长辈的尊敬，爱情护身符和金钱仪式。在被调查的23个物种中，有11个被尼日利亚1985年第11号《濒危物种(国际贸易和交通管制)法令》和《濒危物种国际贸易管制》列为受威胁物种。其中包括豹子、穿山甲、大猩猩、猴、野猫和黑猩猩。需要进一步的研究来证实这些商人声称的治疗效果。同样重要的是，教育贸易商和普通民众，让他们了解贸易对濒危物种的影响以及对生物多样性的可能影响。关键词:动物疗法;民族动物学;影响;《印染》Vol. 5 (2) 2006: pp. 175-187
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Pub Date : 2007-03-16DOI: 10.4314/INDILINGA.V5I1.26399
L. Nyaumwe
This paper argues that each culture has its unique applications of mathematical concepts. It presents this argument by showing how the Great Zimbabwe Monument that was built between the 12th and 14th century applied some geometrical concepts that some secondary school students in Zimbabwe find difficult to comprehend. Examples of how different trades in Zimbabwe apply mathematical concepts with precision without the practitioners receiving formal education are drawn from common cultural economic activities. The discussion exposes some benefits that secondary school students might derive from the inclusion of ethnomathematics in their curriculum. The inclusion might facilitate the implementation of child-centred instructional practices that view mathematical knowledge as context based and a social construct that continuously evolve from human activities to solve emerging social needs. In conclusion the paper highlights the implications for including ethnomathematics in the secondary school and teacher education curricula. Keywords : Mathematical concepts, geometrical concepts, ethnomathematics, child-centred methods. Indilinga Vol. 5 (1) 2006: pp. 50-61
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Pub Date : 2007-03-16DOI: 10.4314/INDILINGA.V5I1.26401
Oluwatoyin Dare Kolawole
This paper explores the indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) approaches to soil conservation in Nigeria. It specifically identifies various indigenous/local and modern methods employed in the process of utilizing an integrated approach to soil conservation by all stakeholders (local farmers, governmental and non-governmental organisations) to preserve the structures, water and nutrient retention and augmentation of the soil. It also reports some crucial factors associated with the utilisation of indigenous knowledge systems for soil fertility conservation by farmers. The article further presents a conceptual framework on the interrelationship between culture and the development and utilisation of local knowledge by the grassroots people. The current global campaign for the preservation of knowledge systems and the use of low-external input to stem environmental degradation inform the emphases on the need to build or improve on existing local knowledge in order to enhance meaningful and sustainable development. Keywords : Indigenous knowledge systems, soil conservation, soil fertility, indigenous approach. Indilinga Vol. 5 (1) 2006: pp. 75-86
本文探讨了尼日利亚土着知识系统(IKS)的土壤保持方法。它具体确定了在利用所有利益相关者(当地农民、政府和非政府组织)综合方法进行土壤保持的过程中所采用的各种土著/地方和现代方法，以保留结构、水和养分保持和增加土壤。它还报告了与农民利用土著知识系统保持土壤肥力有关的一些关键因素。文章进一步提出了文化与基层人民对当地知识的开发和利用之间相互关系的概念框架。当前保护知识系统和利用低外部投入阻止环境退化的全球运动表明，需要建立或改进现有的地方知识，以加强有意义和可持续的发展。关键词:本土知识体系;土壤保持;土壤肥力;《印染》Vol. 5 (1) 2006: pp. 75-86
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Pub Date : 2007-03-16DOI: 10.4314/INDILINGA.V5I2.26409
A. Afolayan, P. Masika, O. Odeyemi
This study was conducted to document the knowledge of small-scale farmers regarding indigenous insect pest control methods in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. A survey was carried out using a combination of questionnaires and Focus Group Discussions. More than 70% of the farmers were literate, with both males (46%) and females (54%) actively involved in farming. 58% of the farmers were pensioners. Crops cultivated included maize and vegetables. The level of pest awareness among the farmers was high (92%), with over 70% of farmers relying on synthetic insecticides for pest control. 63% percent of the farmers were, however, were aware of indigenous methods of insect pest control. Unfortunately, such methods are currently being neglected and knowledge of their application was found to be eroding. It is necessary to re-popularise the indigenous methods of insect control given that they are mostly safer and cheaper than synthetic insecticides. Keywords : farmers' knowledge; indigenous insect control Indilinga Vol. 5 (2) 2006: pp. 167-175
进行这项研究的目的是记录南非东开普省小农关于本地虫害防治方法的知识。调查采用问卷调查和焦点小组讨论相结合的方式进行。超过70%的农民识字，男性(46%)和女性(54%)都积极参与农业生产。58%的农民是领取养老金的人。种植的作物包括玉米和蔬菜。农民对病虫害的认识水平很高(92%)，超过70%的农民依靠合成杀虫剂防治病虫害。然而，63%的农民了解当地的虫害防治方法。不幸的是，这些方法目前正被忽视，人们发现对其应用的了解正在减少。有必要重新推广本地防治昆虫的方法，因为它们大多比合成杀虫剂更安全、更便宜。关键词:农民知识;乡土昆虫防治，Vol. 5 (2) 2006: pp. 167-175
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Pub Date : 2007-03-16DOI: 10.4314/INDILINGA.V5I2.26411
J. P. Castiano
The article explores the roots of Community-Based-Research (CBR) in Africa. The main questions are: How to access the knowledge produced and circulated within communities and make them subject of teaching in schools? Can we derive methodological questions that could be related specifically to the African context from the CBR as it is being implemented? The exposition of these questions is illustrated with examples focused on education. Mozambique is used as an example to discuss the possibility of merging local and universal knowledge through community based research which informs curricula changes in primary schools. Keywords :Community-based-research, local knowledge, universal knowledge discourse, oral tradition Indilinga Vol. 5 (2) 2006: pp. 108-124
本文探讨了非洲社区基础研究(CBR)的根源。主要问题是:如何获得在社区内产生和传播的知识，并使其成为学校教学的主题?我们能否从正在实施的CBR中推导出具体与非洲背景相关的方法学问题?这些问题的阐述以教育为重点的例子来说明。本文以莫桑比克为例，讨论了通过基于社区的研究将地方知识和普遍知识结合起来的可能性，这些研究为小学课程改革提供了信息。关键词:基于社区的研究，地方知识，普遍知识话语，口述传统。《印度》Vol. 5 (2) 2006: pp. 108-124
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Pub Date : 2007-03-16DOI: 10.4314/INDILINGA.V5I1.26397
Kwasi Konadu
This article argues that resort to and competency in the deployment of indigenous knowledge archives are a prerequisite rather than a supplement for studying African life and phenomena, and I use the Bono (Akan) of West Africa and a shared dimension of African cultural knowledge — indigenous medicinal knowledge — to elucidate this position. The issue is not that indigenous knowledge has not been valuated inasmuch some revere European archives but rather indigenous archives have been left malnourished and after our hiatus to ‘things Western,' the realization is that the latter can provide its own interpretative perspective on African realities. Indigenous African archives of knowledge ‘have things to say,' which presupposes that these archives have a language that functions as a repository and transmitter of culture — in spiritual, conceptual, and material terms — and serves as a nexus between the life of this language and the life of its speakers. The production of knowledge on indigenous therapeutic or other systems, especially from the perspective of indigenous specialists and the culture in which they are a part, are challenges left in abeyance. The following, therefore, represents an attempt to explore the relationship between indigenous medicine and the proverbial, ‘gold weight,' adinkra symbolism, and oral narrative archives of the Akan. Keywords : Indigenous knowledge archives, indigenous medicinal knowledge, proverbial archives, oral archives. Indilinga Vol. 5 (1) 2006: pp. 12-26
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Pub Date : 2007-03-16DOI: 10.4314/INDILINGA.V5I2.26405
Severino Elias Ngoenha
Ultra-liberalism and globalization are carried by large international economic organizations. Since the second half of the twentieth century, they have been the vectors of an increasing injustice and have widened inequalities between rich countries and the poor countries, the North and the South. These three meta-narratives – ultra-liberalism, globalization and (in)justice – mobilize a growing number of intellectuals. The main question is: can liberalism achieve a planetary justice, and, if the answer is no, which alternative model can one think of? Through the concept of Ubuntu (restorative justice), South Africa and African philosophy contribute, by their specific contribution in terms of practices and theory, to the debate of political philosophy to which justice is central. In theorizing the concept of Ubuntu, African philosophy could bring the first important contribution of the African continent in the philosophical – or multi-field – debate, which largely exceeds the African dimension. By recalling the history and the bonds between the Afro-Americans and South African Renaissance, this text develops the concept of Ubuntu and suggests how this concept makes it possible to weave – or reweave – the relations at the planetary level rather than to deepen wounds. By exceeding the concept of punitive justice, we can imagine globalization not as an economic apartheid but as a world made of the recognition of one humanity equal in dignity. Keywords : Ubuntu, global justice, restorative justice, liberalism, political philosophy, African philosophy model Indilinga Vol. 5 (2) 2006: pp. 125-134
极端自由主义和全球化是由大型国际经济组织承载的。自二十世纪下半叶以来，它们一直是日益不公正的载体，并扩大了富国与穷国、北方与南方之间的不平等。这三种元叙事——极端自由主义、全球化和正义——动员了越来越多的知识分子。主要问题是:自由主义能否实现全球正义?如果答案是否定的，我们还能想到哪种替代模式?通过乌班图(恢复性正义)的概念，南非和非洲哲学通过他们在实践和理论方面的具体贡献，为以正义为中心的政治哲学辩论做出了贡献。在将乌班图概念理论化的过程中，非洲哲学可以在哲学或多领域辩论中带来非洲大陆的第一个重要贡献，这在很大程度上超出了非洲的范畴。通过回顾非洲裔美国人和南非文艺复兴之间的历史和联系，本文发展了乌班图的概念，并提出了这个概念如何使编织或重新编织行星层面的关系成为可能，而不是加深伤口。通过超越惩罚性正义的概念，我们可以想象全球化不是一种经济上的种族隔离，而是一个由承认尊严平等的人类组成的世界。关键词:乌班图、全球正义、恢复性正义、自由主义、政治哲学、非洲哲学模式。《Indilinga》Vol. 5 (2) 2006: pp. 125-134
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Pub Date : 2007-03-16DOI: 10.4314/INDILINGA.V5I1.26396
P. Higgs
Indigenous African knowledge systems are concerned with local knowledge. But the question that this raises is how valid is such local knowledge? Can such local knowledge be generalized and claim universal validity? Or stated differently, what is the epistemic foundation of local knowledge? This article sets out to reflect critically on the epistemic status of local knowledge and concludes with a defence of local knowledge based on work done in the anthropology of science. Keywords : Indigenous knowledge systems, local knowledge, anthropology of science. Indilinga Vol. 5 (2) 2006: pp. 1-11
非洲土著知识系统与当地知识有关。但这带来的问题是，这些地方性知识有多有效?这种地方性的知识是否可以普遍化并声称具有普遍的有效性?或者换句话说，什么是本地知识的认识论基础?本文旨在批判性地反思地方知识的认识论地位，并以科学人类学工作为基础对地方知识进行辩护。关键词:本土知识体系，本土知识，科学人类学《印染》Vol. 5 (2) 2006: pp. 1-11
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Pub Date : 2007-03-16DOI: 10.4314/INDILINGA.V5I2.26404
P. Nel
The title of the paper requires some brief reflection on the main topics implied. It is appropriate to start off with a definition of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) as well as a statement regarding the constitutional status of a community. Thereafter I will expand on the merits of IKS towards community development as well as the possible negative implications of the ideological rhetorics surrounding IKS. I will then try to define a more productive space for the IKS debate and relate it also to “communities in the making”. It becomes apparent that “communities'' of different character may share communal identity and participation in sacred spaces exactly because of the indigenous knowledge they share. These spaces should be protected in a way which ensures continuity of the dynamics of community constructed as yet not fully accounted for. Keywords : Community-based-research, local knowledge, universal knowledge discourse, oral tradition Indilinga Vol. 5 (2) 2006: pp. 99-107
这篇论文的题目要求对其隐含的主要主题作一些简要的反思。从土著知识系统(IKS)的定义以及关于社区宪法地位的声明开始是合适的。之后，我将详述IKS对社区发展的好处，以及围绕IKS的意识形态修辞可能带来的负面影响。然后，我将尝试为IKS辩论定义一个更有成效的空间，并将其与“正在形成的社区”联系起来。很明显，不同特征的“社区”可能共享公共身份并参与神圣空间，正是因为他们共享土著知识。这些空间应该得到保护，以确保社区动态建设的连续性，但尚未得到充分考虑。关键词:社区研究、地方知识、普遍知识话语、口述传统。《印度文化》Vol. 5 (2) 2006: pp. 99-107
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