Review of indigenous knowledge in Uganda: implications for its promotion
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Date
2012
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Afrika focus
Abstract
Indigenous knowledge (IK) is an important resource that contributes to social and
economic needs, community sustainability and sustainable development (Broadhead &
Howard, 2on). IK holders use it to exploit, manage and conserve their environments. In
Uganda, a wide diversity of IK exists such as that associated with traditional medicine.
However, IK is undergoing rapid change and is weakening because of factors that include
the outside influence of western cultures and inadequate documentation. These issues
are explored here. Specifically we review the role of IK for household and community
well-being, discuss the weakening of IK and describe opportunities in the existing national
legal and institutional structures for valorizing IK.
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Traditional knowledge, Conservation, Traditional medicine, Ethnobotany
Citation
Tabuti, J. R., & Van Damme, P. (2012). Review of indigenous knowledge in Uganda: implications for its promotion. Afrika focus, 25(1), 29-38.