Blog – African Institute for Culture and Ecology

March 21, 2025

AFRICE PUSHES FOR NATIONAL RATIFICATION OF A RESOLUTION TO PROTECT SACRED NATURAL SITES IN UGANDA

BY AFRICE ADMIN In a significant move to safeguard Uganda’s cultural and ecological heritage, the African Institute for Culture and Ecology (AFRICE) has started pushing for national ratification of a resolution aimed at protecting the sacred natural sites. The African Commission Resolution 372, passed in 2017, calls on African states to recognize and protect Sacred Natural Sites and Territories (SNST) […]

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March 20, 2025

How do indigenous people understand climate and how it changes?

How do indigenous people understand climate and how it changes? We need to know how indigenous people know climate in their context instead of us the elite (western educated elite) to force them “understand” the meaning of climate according to our understanding. I have spent the bigger part of my life learning from my father (now late) about how our […]

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March 19, 2025

Indigenous Bio cultures and Rights of Nature in Uganda

Dennis Tabaro shares insights in the interview about his work on the rights of nature and the significance of indigenous knowledge and culture in Uganda. By Dennis Tabaro 27 January 2025 The Buliisa elders and Custodians of SNS drawing an Ancestral map of the Sacred Natural Sites. licence infos The interview questions were posed by dossier coordinator Imke Horstmannshoff. What […]

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December 5, 2024

INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND LANGUAGE OF WOMEN FARMERS IN AFRICA; HOW THINGS WERE, HOW THEY ARE NOW AND POSSIBLE FUTURES.

Indigenous knowledge. Simply put, indigenous knowledge is a combination of human mental and practical knowledge, in most cases unwritten or undocumented. This knowledge has been passed by, and acquired from, one generation to another inform of stories, songs and practical forms (skills) by old to young ones. Indigenous knowledge is developed and maintained in an open system of exchange, reciprocity […]

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November 18, 2024

Success Story-Buliisa

Kwanke Alice,61 years old, a small holder farmer from the Bagungu community in Buliisa District, Western Uganda, grew up deeply connected to the land and its ancestral traditions. For her, farming was not merely a means of sustenance but a sacred duty tied to the stewardship of her community’s Sacred Natural Sites, which her ancestors had carefully protected for generations. […]

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November 7, 2024

RESTORING A CULTURAL FOREST IN BUBEKE SUB – COUNTY KALANGALA DISTRICT

Forests are essential to the survival of our planet playing an essential role in biodiversity conservation

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July 22, 2024

AFRICE HOSTS INTERNATIONAL EARTH JURISPRUDENCE
PRACTITIONERS

AFRICE is one of the founder members of the African Jurisprudence Collective (AEJC), whichwas formed early 2018 by the pioneer graduates of a 3- year-intensive training in EarthJurisprudence practice, facilitated by the Gaia Foundation.The AEJC, composed of the course graduates, facilitators and indigenous communities(custodians of nature) is now hosted by the Earthlore organization in Zimbabwe. The collectiveis vibrant and practical […]

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April 4, 2024

Seed fair at Igaaniriro Rya Kubumbu demonstration farm

Africe discusses remedies for food security at community seed learning center kikarara and why the national food policy should be reviewed

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June 21, 2023

Cultural conservation

Experts converge in Buliisa to discuss cultural concervation

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June 21, 2023

Buliisa leads in protecting sacred natural sites in Bunyoro

Buliisa has been identified as the leading district in efforts to preserve sacred natural sites in Bunyoro as promoted by the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights under Resolution 372 made in 2017. The district is dominated by the indigenous Bagungu and Batyaba are the communities. Buliisa has been identified as the leading district in efforts to preserve sacred […]

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