Blog – African Institute for Culture and Ecology

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 […]

Agroecology 0 16 min read

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. […]

Community ecological governance 0 2 min read

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

climate 0 5 sec read

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 […]

Earth Jurisprudence 0 5 min read

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

Agroecology 0 7 sec read

June 21, 2023

Cultural conservation

Experts converge in Buliisa to discuss cultural concervation

cultural conservation 0 3 sec read

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 […]

News 0 3 min read

March 27, 2023

REALISATION OF RIGHTS OF NATURE THROUGH INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE

Various scholars have described and explained what indigenous knowledge is. What seems to be agreed as a conventional definition, which I also subscribe to, is that indigenous knowledge is that collection of information, ideas, skills, technology or and a body of knowledge acquired through intergeneration learning of a people over long period of time. We often talk about indigenous knowledge […]

cultural conservation 0 3 min read

February 23, 2023

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights ACHPR

popularizing The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights ACHPR in Uganda

Uncategorized 0 4 sec read

November 11, 2022

AFRICE, Bunyoro to partner in protecting sacred natural sites, indigenous foods

Bunyoro’s sacred natural sites and indigenous food systems that are at the verge of extinction due to industrialisation, encroachment and modernity could be saved following a mooted partnership between Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom and African Institute for Culture and Ecology (AFRICE), a conservation organisation. This comes at a time the current generation has no or less value for culture which is causing […]