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Indigenous and Trans-Systemic Knowledge Systems (ᐃᐣdᐃgᐁᓅᐢ ᐠᓄᐤᐪᐁdgᐁ ᐊᐣd ᐟᕒᐊᐣᐢᐢᐩᐢᑌᒥᐨ ᐠᓄᐤᐪᐁdgᐁ ᐢᐩᐢᑌᒼᐢ)

Engaged Scholar Journal, 2021
This special issue addressing the theme of “Indigenous and Trans-Systemic Knowledge Systems” seeks to expand the existing methods, approaches, and conceptual understandings of Indigenous Knowledges to create new awareness, new explorations, and new ...
Marie Battiste, Sa’ke’j Henderson
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Indigenous knowledge systems and science education

South African Journal of Science
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Margaret A.L. Blackie
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Indigenous Knowledge on the Uses, Sustainability and Conservation of African Ginger (Siphonochilus aethiopicus) among Two Communities in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Diversity, 2022
Harvesting of medicinal plants in the wild has an impact on sustainability of medicinal plants, which leads to the need for intervention in terms of conservation strategies.
Boinelo P. Seile, Sechaba Bareetseng, Motheo T. Koitsiwe, Adeyemi O. Aremu   +3 more
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A Review on Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Headache in Africa

Plants, 2021
The use of medicinal plants in the management of diverse ailments is entrenched in the culture of indigenous people in African communities. This review provides a critical appraisal of the ethnobotanical uses of medicinal plants for the management of ...
Ebenezer Kwabena Frimpong, John Awungnjia Asong, Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu   +2 more
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Improving Rural Livelihood through the Cultivation of Indigenous Fruits and Vegetables: Evidence from Ondo State, Nigeria

Agriculture, 2022
The potential value of the efficient utilization of rural lands to cultivate indigenous fruits and vegetables to improve the livelihood of farming households cannot be overemphasized. Using primary data from 400 randomly selected rural farming households
Similoluwa Felicia Olowo, Abiodun Olusola Omotayo, Ibraheem Oduola Lawal, Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu   +3 more
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Green Synthesis of Characterized Silver Nanoparticle Using Cullen tomentosum and Assessment of Its Antibacterial Activity

Antibiotics, 2023
Plants serve as an important source of medicine and provide suitable candidate compounds to produce eco-friendly therapeutic agents. They also represent a source of bio-reducer and stabilizer for the development of nanoparticles for downstream ...
John Awungnjia Asong, Ebenezer Kwabena Frimpong, Hlabana Alfred Seepe, Lebogang Katata-Seru, Stephen Oluwaseun Amoo, Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu   +5 more
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Ethnobotanical Survey of Plants Used by Subsistence Farmers in Mitigating Cabbage and Spinach Diseases in OR Tambo Municipality, South Africa

Plants, 2022
Annually, significant crop losses are reported due to diseases caused by phytopathogens. Most subsistence farmers cannot afford the high cost of chemical treatments thereby resulting in the increasing dependence on plant extracts to manage crop diseases.
James Lwambi Mwinga, Wilfred Otang-Mbeng, Bongani Petros Kubheka, Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu   +3 more
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Using Oral History to Redress Moral Degeneration Amongst the Youth in Higher Education Institutions of South Africa [PDF]

E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies
Africa has a rich oral history of indigenous peoples that is enshrined in their indigenous stories, folklore, myths, and legends. Indigenous elders in Africa have remained the key aspect who transmit knowledge from generation to generation by word of ...
Sebea Busi Promsie, Kunene Welile Bongiwe, Maditsi Mothusiotsile Edwin   +2 more
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Natural resources used as folk cosmeceuticals among rural communities in Vhembe district municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2020
Background Skin-related diseases affect every individual irrespective of age, gender or social status. Since time immemorial, humans have explored natural resources from their environment for the maintenance of the skin.
Mamokete Venolia Setshego, Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu, Obakeng Mooki, Wilfred Otang-Mbeng   +3 more
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Ethnoveterinary Knowledge and Biological Evaluation of Plants Used for Mitigating Cattle Diseases: A Critical Insight Into the Trends and Patterns in South Africa

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Cattle farming is a traditional agricultural system that contribute to the rural economic, social and cultural values of the communities. Cattle as common with other livestock, are affected by many diseases that cause mortality and economic losses.
Mompati V. Chakale, Mulunda Mwanza, Mulunda Mwanza, Adeyemi O. Aremu, Adeyemi O. Aremu   +4 more
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