Seeds of Africa

Sunday, 28 February 2016 - 11:00am to 11:30am

REVIVING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS

Western scientists have an obligation to acknowledge and make amends for the damage that their coloniser disciplines have wreaked on Indigenous knowledge systems in regards to unsustainable agricultural and mining practices.

This week on Earth Matters Sudanese ecologist Alawiyya Jamal and Kenyan man, Gathuru Mburu from the African Biodiversity Network, discuss reviving Indigenous knowledge systems in Africa.