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‘Water and fertilizer influence on yield of grain sorghum varieties produced in Burkina Faso
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: S. Palé --- , Burkina Faso S.C. Mason --- , USA S.J.B. Taonda --- , Burkina FasoGrain sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is the major cereal crop used in the Central Plateau of Burkina Faso to produce the traditional beer called “dolo”. Experiments combining five water management techniques (WMT) and four fertilizer treatments (FT) in a... -
Underutilised indigenous and traditional crops: why is research on water use important for South Africa?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: G.R. Backeberg --- , A.J. Sanewe Water --- ,The answer to the question ‘why is research on water use important for South Africa?’ is quite straightforward: more research is needed because there is a major gap in knowledge on water use of indigenous crops. These indigenous edible plants... -
IMPLICATIONS OF WATER RELEASE FROM THE PONGOLAPOORT DAM FOR THE FISH AND FISHERY OF THE PHONGOLO FLOODPLAIN, ZULULAND
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences • Authors: G.S. Merron --- , South Africa M.N. Bruton --- , South Africa P. la Hausse de Lalouviere --- , South AfricaWetland fish stocks can usually be sustained as long as the natural flood regime is maintained, but unnatural disruption of the flooding pattern can interfere with fish spawning and feeding. The dynamics of the Phongolo floodplain fish community are determined... -
Maasai Mara — an ecosystem under siege: an African case study on the societal dimension of rangeland conservation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: John Waithaka'Let me assure you all that our commitment to the preservation of wildlife and the habitat in the Maasai Mara reserve is total. We do not deny that the reserve is of vital economic importance to us, but we also... -
Institutions and governance of communal rangelands in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: JamesE Bennett --- Department of Geography, Environment and Disaster Management and Centre for Agroecology and Food Security, UKThe creation of local institutions with a mandate over land access and control is seen as a prerequisite for successful decentralisation of land tenure and effective local resource management in sub-Saharan Africa. However, with land tenure reform in South Africa... -
Traditional Healing as Indigenous Knowledge: Its Relevance to HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa and the Implications for Counselors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lisa Lopez Levers --- Duquesne University,This article integrates the results of several culture-based studies conducted over the past decade. Specifically, links are made between the continued relevance of the African traditional healer's corpus of knowledge, the efficacy of the healer's cultural authority, and the need... -
Female Genital Mutilation: A Human Rights Perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kola Odeku --- University of Fort Hare, Symphorosa Rembe --- University of Fort Hare, Joel Anwo --- University of Fort Hare,Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) constitutes all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for cultural or non-therapeutic reasons. The practice remains an extremely complex and culturally sensitive... -
Violation of Children's Rights by Traditional and Cultural Practices and the Responses by States in Eastern and Southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Symphorosa Rembe --- University of Fort Hare, Kola Odeku --- University of Fort Hare,This article reviews traditional and cultural practices which lead to violation of children's rights in some of the countries in Eastern and Southern Africa and various measures taken by the States to address them. Traditional and cultural practices reviewed include... -
Traditionally-Grounded Strategies for Sexual Abuse Prevention among Children of African Descent in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nareadi Phasha --- University of Johannesburg,THIS article attempts to strike the balance between different worldviews in strengthening the existing anti-sexual abuse efforts so as to maximise their effectiveness and relevance to all people in South Africa. It discusses some of the practices associated with African... -
The Experiences of Rural VhaVenda Women Involved in Polygamous Marriages
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Masefako Andronica Gumani --- University of Venda, Tholene Sodi --- University of Venda,The study explored the experiences of five rural VhaVenda women involved in polygamous marriages aged between twenty seven and sixty four years. The five participants were selected through snowball sampling method from four villages in Vhembe District (Limpopo Province). Data... -
Voices of African Traditional Healers: Cultural Context and Implications for the Practice of Counselling in Sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lisa Lopez Levers --- Duquesne University, USA Lynne Radomsky --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Tamara Shefer --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaThe healing paradigm implicit in many sub-Saharan African cultures is embedded in African cosmology, and thus the recognition of this is essential for understanding Traditional African Healing practices and implementing collaborative counselling practices. To this end, this article focuses on... -
South African Educators' Voice on the Potential Role of Traditional Healers (THs) in Education Support Services
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Johanna L. Geldenhuys --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South AfricaThe aim of this qualitative research was to explore and describe perceptions of the potential role of traditional healers in education support services. Participants were 42 teachers (males = 13, females = 29) from a school district in the Eastern... -
African Female Adolescents' Experience of Parenting and Their Sense of Well-Being
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Vicki Koen --- North-West University, South Africa Chrizanne van Eeden --- North-West University, South Africa Chris Venter --- North-West University, South AfricaThe objective of this study was to explore and describe South African, African female adolescents' experience of parent-adolescent relationships and their perceptions of the influence of the parent-adolescent relationship on aspects of their sense of well-being. Sixty-two African female adolescents... -
Cultural Embeddedness of Health, Illness and Healing: Prospects for Integrating Indigenous and Western Healing Practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Tholene Sodi --- University of Limpopo, South Africa Olaniyi Bojuwoye --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaCulture influences conceptualizations about illness, health and healthcare. In this article we argue that Western-oriented health care models have limited success when applied to health conditions of people of non-Western cultures and contend that culture is an important factor in... -
Ethnic Identification as Contributor to the Development of Moral Identity in Child-Headed Households
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Jacqueline Pretorius --- Private Practice, Piet Retief, Susanne Jacobs --- North West University, South Africa Marie van Reenen --- North West University, South AfricaThis study explored whether ethnic membership was a core construct in the moral identity development of adolescents in Zulu child-headed households. A convenience sample of 60 participants (31 male and 29 female) were recruited for the study from a mixed... -
AIDS as chronic illness: epidemiological transition and health care in south-eastern Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Julie LivingstonThis paper suggests that people in south-eastern Botswana experience the AIDS epidemic as part of a recent epidemiological transition in which rates of chronic debilitating illness have risen, even as the degree of acute infectious disease has fallen (HIV/AIDS aside)... -
Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of HIV/AIDS among traditional birth attendants and herbal practitioners in Lagos State, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ahmed Omowunmi Odunukwe Nkiru Raheem Yekeen Efienemokwu Chinyere Junaid Muinat Adesesan Segun Ogedengbe Olasubomi Harry Tekena Salako LateefRecognising the widespread role of traditional birth attendants (TBAs) and herbal practitioners (HPs) in health care at community level in Nigeria, we set out to assess their knowledge, attitudes and practices in relation to HIV infection and prevention. Questionnaires were... -
It's never as easy as ABC: Understandings of AIDS in Botswana1
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Suzette Heald --- , United KingdomThis paper argues for the importance of examining the way the messages of Government AIDS educational campaigns in Africa are interpreted at the local level. One of the striking features of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Botswana is that it is... -
Complex negotiations: ‘spiritual’ therapy and living with HIV in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Benjamin Kobina Kwansa --- Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, The NetherlandsMany people living with HIV in Ghana make use of spiritual therapy, however complex. This paper describes the complexities of these therapies in the context of increasing access to antiretroviral (ARV) drugs and high levels of HIV stigma. The study... -
‘If the doctors see that they don't know how to cure the disease, they say it's AIDS’: How older women in rural South Africa make sense of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Enid Schatz --- Department of Health Sciences/Department of Women's & Gender Studies, 535 Clark Hall, Leah Gilbert --- Department of Sociology, South Africa Courtney McDonald --- Department of Psychology and Sociology, USASouth Africa, like other sub-Saharan African countries, is in the midst of the AIDS epidemic. Older women, here defined as aged 60 years and older, while at lower risk of infection than those aged 20–50, are amongst those deeply ‘affected’... -
Myths or theories? Alternative beliefs about HIV and AIDS in South African working class communities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: David Dickinson --- Department of Sociology, South AfricaDespite three decades of public health promotion based on the scientific explanation of HIV/AIDS, alternative explanations of the disease continue to circulate. While these are seen as counter-productive to health education efforts, what is rarely analysed is their plurality and... -
Indigenous names of fish and fishing gear in the Cuvelai, Kavango and Caprivi regions of Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: DanielO Okeyo George Mubita ThomasK Harris DagberthE Sahombu Josephat Namundjanga Samson Mulonga S KapirikaThis study discusses the local names of the inland fresh water fish species of the Cuvelai, Kavango and Caprivi regions of Namibia, in five indigenous languages: OshiWambo/OshiNdonga, RuKwangali, RuGciriku, SiLosi and SiSubia. It also discusses local names of the indigenous... -
New perspectives in small-scale fisheries management: challenges and prospects for implementation in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: M Sowman --- Environmental Evaluation Unit, South AfricaWorldwide, the past 15–20 years has seen a significant shift in thinking and approaches to the management of small-scale fisheries. This is in response to the recognition that conventional fisheries management is not equipped to deal with the complexities, uncertainties... -
Traditional healers, HIV/AIDS and company programmes in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: David DickinsonThis paper explores the organisational structures of traditional healers, outlines their explanations of HIV/AIDS, and discusses how they can be integrated with company programmes. The South African Traditional Health Practitioners Act seeks to register, regulate and promote traditional healers, but... -
Mobilising indigenous resources for anthropologically designed HIV-prevention and behaviour-change interventions in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: EdwardC Green --- , United States Cedza Dlamini --- , South Africa NicoleC D'Errico --- Graduate School of Humanities, Private Bag, South Africa Allison Ruark --- , United States Zoe Duby --- Departments of Anthropology and Epidemiology, United StatesHIV prevention is often implemented as if African culture were either nonexistent or a series of obstacles to overcome in order to achieve an effective, gender-equitable, human rights-based set of interventions. Similarly, traditional or indigenous leaders, such as chiefs and... -
Gonad development in the freshwater oyster Etheria elliptica (Bivalvia: Etheriidae) in northern Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: A Ampofo-Yeboah --- Department of Renewable Natural Resources, M Owusu-Frimpong --- Department of Applied Biology, K Yankson --- School of Biological Sciences,Gonad development in the freshwater oyster Etheria elliptica from the White Volta River at Nawuni and the Oti River at Sabari (northern Ghana) was studied by histological examination from March to July 1999. Five developmental stages—developing, ripening, ripened, spawning and... -
Communal area grazing strategies: institutions and traditional practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: B Moyo S Dube M Lesoli PJ MasikaGrazing strategies found in communal areas are a result of interactions between social, ecological and institutional factors. To understand the processes in operation, and help in improving management, the perceptions of communal people on institutional structures, utilisation patterns and possible... -
Post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage following traditional uvulectomy in an adult patient
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Tshifularo --- Dept. of ENT, CA Joseph --- Dept. of ENT, GA Ogunbanjo --- Dept. of Family Medicine & PHC, -
Community perception of traditional circumcision in a sub-region of the Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: BL Meel --- Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences,The ritual of traditional male circumcisions (initiation) of young adults goes back generations among Xhosa people of South Africa. Xhosa tribe is committed to preserving the old cultural traditions. Recently, this ritual has been tarnished by serious complications that have... -
Use of traditional medicine versus use of the community-based primary health care clinic by the San community at Platfontein
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GF De Jager --- Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, EAM Prinsloo --- Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, G Joubert --- Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences,Introduction: Working amongst a San community led to the observation that, despite the availability of modern healthcare, high mortality and morbidity associated with disease, such as dehydration, malnutrition and tuberculosis, still prevailed. This study aimed to determine how traditional beliefs... -
Traditional values in modern practice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: VM De Andrade --- Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology,In South Africa's multicultural and multiethnic population, many people consult with traditional health practitioners in order to receive treatment for a variety of problems. However, the semantics around the term “traditional health practitioner” need to be explored. This is because... -
Evaluation of a project to reduce morbidity and mortality from traditional male circumcision in Umlamli, Eastern Cape, South Africa: outcome mapping
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: O Nwanze --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, R Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Background: Traditional circumcision is common among the amaXhosa in Umlamli, Eastern Cape. Circumcision is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The need to reduce complications was identified as a priority by the local community. The aim was to design, implement... -
Bridging the gap: exploring the attitudes and beliefs of nurses and patients about coexisting traditional and biomedical healthcare systems in a rural setting in KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: M Grant --- Centre for Rural Health, L Haskins --- Centre for Rural Health, B Gaede --- Centre for Rural Health, C Horwood --- Centre for Rural Health,Objectives: Health care in South Africa takes place within a diverse cultural context and includes perceptions about health that strongly link to cultural beliefs and values. Biomedical healthcare professionals, particularly nurses, are exposed to and expected to cope with cultural... -
Other health-seeking behaviour of HIV and AIDS patients visiting private sector doctors in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Panjasaram Naidoo --- Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South AfricaObjectives: Although allopathic medicines are used in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), many HIV-infected patients visit alternate medical and health practitioners, and take alternative therapies for their HIV condition. This study was conducted to confirm whether or not... -
Traditional medicine use and the anaesthetist
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: GD Nethathe --- Chris Hani Baragwanath Intensive Care Unit, South Africa SL Russell --- Department of Anesthesia, CanadaThis review considers traditional medicine, with an emphasis on traditional African medicine and its influence on perioperative care. Western and Eastern herbal remedies are widely used. The paucity of good quality evidence concerning these medicinal products has led to only... -
Traditional Acholi mechanisms for reintegrating Ugandan child abductees
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Eric Awich Ochen --- Department of Social Work and Social Administration, UgandaUsing a mainly qualitative approach, this paper analyses the presence, significance and efficacy of traditional mechanisms for the protection of children from conflicts and other adverse situations. Contemporary child protection debates seem to put emphasis on the western construction of... -
Conditions frequently self-treated with herbal remedies by patients visiting a tertiary hospital in Gauteng, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: André Marais --- Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, South Africa Vanessa Steenkamp --- Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, South Africa Wim J Du Plooy --- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, South AfricaBackground: Herbal medications are used worldwide for a variety of diseases and conditions. Patients often elect not to disclose their herbal use history, or health care practitioners fail to enquire about specific alternative therapy. The aim of this study was... -
Transfer pricing methods in the context of intangible property
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: M Steyn --- Department of Taxation, School of Accounting Sciences,The purpose of this study is to evaluate the suitability of existing acceptable transfer pricing methods and their application to international transactions between related parties involving intangible property, more specifically intellectual property that is legally protected. The application of the... -
A concepts based model for the teaching of an introductory accounting course
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: David L Kolitz --- Senior Lecturer in the Department of Accounting at the University of the Witwatersrand,This paper examines the procedural and conceptual approaches to the teaching of introductory accounting. The focus of this paper is on a concepts model that integrates the procedural and conceptual approaches by teaching first year accounting students to understand the... -
The influence of gender roles and traditional healing on cervical screening adherence amongst women in a Cape Town peri-urban settlement
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Despina Learmonth --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Anica Jansen van Vuuren --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Chantelle De Abreu --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaBackground: Cervical cancer is the third most common gynaecologic malignancy worldwide and is the second most common cancer among South African women. Although entirely preventable, cervical cancer is responsible for the death of approximately 3 027, 53% of those diagnosed,... -
Confidentiality protection in consulting with modern medicine following use of traditional medicine: perspectives of South African clients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sidwell Matlala --- Department of Nursing, South Africa Elzabe Nel --- Department of Nursing, South Africa Mary Chabeli --- Department of Nursing, South AfricaThis study explored the confidentiality values and needs of clients of traditional medicine practitioners who also consulted with modern medical care facilities. Participants were 12 clients of traditional healers who were also receiving modern medicine services (9 males; Sotho, Sepedi... -
“He who pays the piper…”, the anomaly of custom and constitution local government and traditional leadership
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Michael de Jongh --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, South AfricaIn December 2003 the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act 2003 (No 41 of 2003) was eventually promulgated. This was the culmination of an extended process of submissions Consultation releasing of a draft White Paper workshops activities of a White... -
The end of culture? Some directions for anthropology at the University of Pretoria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: John Sharp --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,This is the text of on inaugural lecture as Professor of Anthropology and Head of the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Pretoria delivered on 19 October 2004. Several changes have been made to the text to... -
Succession to Bogosi among the Batlhako ba Matutu in a changing dispensation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: RD Coertze --- School of Law, University of South Africa, FC de Beer --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology,Dealing with a succession dispute among the Batlhako ba Matutu required a study of their politico-administrative structure, their marriage rules and procedures, as well as the genealogical succession of their senior traditional leaders since 1830. Research findings disclosed traditional rules... -
South African roots towards global knowledge: music or molecules?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Julie Laplante --- Sociology and Anthropology, University of Ottawa Pavillon Desmarais, CanadaThis study highlights current global health biopolitics in conjunction with politics of indigeneity. The illustration is achieved by looking at the politics of knowledge at play in the pre-clinical trial of a traditional medicine in Cape Town, South Africa. The... -
The pragmatics of knowledge transfer: an HIV/AIDS intervention with traditional health practitioners in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: J Wreford --- AIDS and Society Research Unit, Centre for Social Science Research,The persistence of the binary of scientific and indigenous or traditional medicine in contemporary South Africa is particularly unhelpful in the context of HIV/AIDS and encourages biomedical disengagement from a potentially helpful cohort of health professionals recognised within their communities... -
Wisdom and counselling: A note on advising people with HIV/AIDS in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sjaak van der Geest --- Sociology-Anthropology Department, The NetherlandsThis article raises the question of whether the practice of HIV/AIDS counselling in Ghana can be linked to the wisdom that older people are said to have and use when they give advice to younger family members. Older people believe... -
Traditional medicine use in surgical patients in a South African tertiary hospital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: GD Nethathe --- Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa T Matamba --- Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa J Malumalu --- Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa N Dladla --- Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa T Bayibayi --- Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa SL Russell --- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, CanadaBackground: The use of traditional medicine (TM) in South Africa is reportedly high. TM use in a South African surgical population presenting for elective surgery is unknown. -
Traditional healers and the “Fast-Track” HIV response: is success possible without them?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Suzanne Leclerc-Madlala --- Office of HIV and AIDS, Global Health Bureau, USA Edward Green --- Department of Anthropology, USA Mary Hallin --- College of Business Administration, USAThe rapid scale-up of effective HIV prevention strategies is a central theme of the post-2015 health and development agenda. All major global HIV and AIDS funders have aligned their policies and plans to achieve sharp reductions in new HIV infections... -
The strength of Gunnera perpensa’s “evidence of traditional use”
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Lehlohonolo J Mathibe --- Therapeutics and Medicines Management, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, South AfricaIn South Africa, and in several countries in the world, several traditional medicines are used often, although their pharmacology is not yet clear and the extent, if any, of their benefit is not scientifically documented. The Australian’s “Therapeutic Goods Administration”... -
License to cut and kill practice: a case report on botched circumcision in Mthatha region of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Banwari L Meel --- Department of Forensic Medicine, South AfricaThe objective of this letter is to highlight the problem of deaths related with traditional circumcisions in the Mthatha region of South Africa. Mr. XY, a schoolboy, died as a result of traditional circumcision. He went to a traditional surgeon... -
Gunnera perpensa L.: A multi-use ethnomedicinal plant species in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Fitsum K. Mammo --- Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, South Africa Viresh Mohanlall --- Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, South Africa Francis O. Shode --- Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, South AfricaGunnera perpensa L. is a medicinal plant used in many parts of South Africa to treat several human ailments. G. perpensa is inherited from and linked to the Siswati, Changana, Sotho, Venda, Shona, Tsonga, and Zulu traditional healing systems, particularly... -
Bereavement care support in a traditionalist South African community setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mpsanyana Makgahlela --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Tholene Sodi --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThe present study investigated the bereavement care support as experienced by 14 Northern Sotho (n = 14, males = 50%; mean age = 59 years, SD = 13.7 years) community members. The study adopted the descriptive phenomenological approach. Data on... -
Therapeutic powers of medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kavango, Namibia, for mental illness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Michael Murundu Shirungu --- Academic Affairs, Namibia Ahmad Cheikhyoussef --- Multidisciplinary Research Centre, Science and Technology Division, NamibiaThis paper examines the position, usage and healing power of medicinal plants in the treatment of mental illness in two regions in the Kavango, Namibia. It focuses in particular on three common, locally identified mental disorders, namely nyambi, kasenge, and... -
Biomedical healthcare and African traditional healing in the management of HIV and AIDS: complimentary or competing cosmologies?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Elvis Mendu --- Department of Social Work, South Africa Eleanor Ross --- Centre for Social Development in Africa, South AfricaIn South Africa, African traditional healers and biomedical practitioners play important roles in the management of HIV and AIDS, but provide healthcare services in isolation of each other, despite legislative recognition of both types of healing. An interpretive, qualitative research... -
Factors affecting the choice of marketing outlet selection strategies by smallholder farmers in Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Bongiwe Porrie Dlamini-Mazibuko --- Discipline of Agricultural Economics, South Africa Stuart Ferrer --- Discipline of Agricultural Economics, South Africa Gerald Ortmann --- Discipline of Agricultural Economics, South AfricaThis paper explores smallholder vegetable farmers’ marketing channel selection decisions using data collected from a sample of 140 farmers from Manzini and Hhohho regions of Swaziland. Multivariate probit analysis was applied to examine the determinants of marketing channels participation. The... -
Ethnomedicinal use of vultures by traditional medicinal practitioners in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Maxwell K Boakye --- PO Box KS 11041, Ghana Edward D Wiafe --- Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, Ghana Meyir Y Ziekah --- Kumasi Zoological Garden, Forestry Commission (Wildlife Division), GhanaVultures form an important ingredient used by traditional medicinal practitioners for the preparation of their therapeutic remedies. The aim of this study was to determine the vulture body parts used for alleviating human ailments by traditional medicinal practitioners in Ghana... -
Traditional healing and counselling services partnership in multicultural South Africa: A multiple case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Petro van der Merwe --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored partnership opportunities between traditional healing and counselling psychology services in South Africa. Informants comprised a traditional healer and two counselling psychologists who completed interviews on practices in which they engaged and that could be bridged for the... -
Therianthropes as human-animal relations: contextualising rock art in anthropological perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Robert J. Thornton --- , South AfricaSouthern African rock art is painted on exposed but sheltered rock faces and features involved collocations of images in generally ambiguous relation to one another. Therianthropes — mixtures of parts of humans and animals — condense in one image a... -
Traditional belief systems and trade in vulture parts are leading to the eradication of vultures in Nigeria: an ethno-ornithological study of north-central Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Michael M Williams --- , Nigeria Ulf Ottosson --- , Nigeria Talatu Tende --- , Nigeria Justus P Deikumah --- , GhanaThe population of various species of vultures are declining rapidly across Africa, with noticeable declines in most areas including protected areas. This sudden decline of vultures in African countries, especially Nigeria, is quite alarming. One of the most common species... -
Coalescing intellectual property incentives, gender inclusiveness and environmental sustainability for female traditional healers in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ofonmbuk Esther Ekong --- , NigeriaThe prevalence of women in the knowledge-based enterprise of traditional healing underscores the role of women in sustainable development. The World Health Organization (WHO) finds that about three quarters of the world’s population depend upon traditional remedies for their health... -
Unleashing traditional ecological knowledge for biodiversity conservation and resilience to climate change in Rwanda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Nathan Kanuma Taremwa --- , Rwanda Marie-Christine Gasingirwa --- , Rwanda Donat Nsabimana --- , RwandaThe purpose of this study was to assess how traditional ecological knowledge systems can be leveraged to achieve biodiversity conservation and build resilience to climate change. A sequential mixed methods approach was used to study 379 local people residing around... -
Parental decision-making in infant and child male circumcision: a case study in two townships in Gauteng, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Eurica Palmer --- , South Africa Lochner Marais --- , South Africa Michelle Engelbrecht --- , South AfricaParental decision-making in infant and child male circumcision is influenced by complex, interrelated factors on many levels. Several studies have highlighted reasons for the acceptance and non-acceptance of child male circumcision. This study investigates the factors that influence parental decision-making... -
Older black rural South African adults’ perceptions on organ donation: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Monareng Moropa --- , South Africa Jabu Mokwena --- , South Africa Mpsanyana Makgahlela --- , South Africa Tholene Sodi --- , South AfricaIn this study, we explored older rural South African adults’ perceptions of organ donation. Twelve older Pedi adults (male = 50%; age range 51 to 78 years) completed in-depth interviews on their knowledge of organ donation, cultural views, and influences... -
Cultural knowledge and perceptions of students towards mental illness in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Bianca Lima-Smit --- , South Africa Kathryn Nel --- , South Africa Mokgadi Setwaba --- , South AfricaThis study explored perceptions of mental illness and the mentally ill in a South African setting. Informants were a purposive sample of 16 undergraduate students (female = 10, male = 6; age range = 18 to 25 years). Data were... -
Traditional healers as caregivers to HIV/AIDS clients and other terminally challenged persons in Kanye community home-based care programme (CHBC), Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: S. M. Kang'ethe --- Centre for Continuous Education (CCE), University of Botswana,The research study done at the Kanye village of Botswana was qualitative in design and exploratory in nature. While the broad goal aimed at assessing the contributions of caregivers in the Kanye CHBC programme, this article aims at evaluating the... -
HIV knowledge and health-seeking behavior in Zambézia Province, Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Carolyn M. Audet [d209e19] Mohsin Sidat Meridith Blevins Troy D. Moon Alfredo Vergara Sten H. VermundHIV prevalence rates in Zambézia Province were estimated to be 12.6% in 2009. A number of educational campaigns have been aimed at improving HIV transmission and prevention knowledge among community members in an effort to reduce infection rates. These campaigns... -
HIV in (and out of) the clinic: Biomedicine, traditional medicine and spiritual healing in Harare
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Stephen O'Brien --- , , Australia Alex Broom --- , , AustraliaContemporary lived experiences of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are shaped by clinical and cultural encounters with illness. In sub-Saharan countries such as Zimbabwe, HIV is treated in very different ways in various therapeutic contexts including by biomedical experts, traditional... -
Traditional healers as client advocates in the HIV-endemic region of Maputo, Mozambique: results from a qualitative study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Radhika Sundararajan --- University of California, USA Patricio V. Langa --- Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique Trisha Morshed --- Vituity Physician Group, USA Sandra Manuel --- Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, MozambiqueTraditional healers are commonly utilised throughout sub-Saharan Africa instead of – and in concert with – biomedical facilities. Traditional healers are trusted providers and prominent community members and could be important partners in improving engagement with HIV services in endemic... -
Frog and reptile conservation through the lens of South Africa’s nature-based cultural practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Fortunate M Phaka --- North-West University, South Africa Jean Hugé --- Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Belgium Maarten PM Vanhove --- Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Belgium Louis H du Preez --- North-West University, South AfricaEthnoherpetology improves our understanding of the conservation implications of nature-based cultural practices through investigations of the influence of traditional culture on frog and reptile species (herptiles). Improved understanding of the implications of human activities on these taxa is especially important... -
Moringa oleifera regulates the health of people living with HIV in developing countries: a systematic review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Phyllis Waruguru --- University of Nairobi, Kenya Dasel Wambua Mulwa --- University of Nairobi, Kenya Michael Okoth --- University of Nairobi, Kenya Wesley Bor --- Kabarak University, KenyaIf left untreated, HIV has the potential to increase morbidity and mortality rates to 14 times higher than that of HIV and AIDS-free persons of the same sex and age group. Currently, treatment of HIV is by use of ART,... -
Primary moult of adult Laughing Doves Spilopelia senegalensis: introduction of the relative duration index and a comparison of moult indices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Tanya Scott --- University of Cape Town, South Africa Les G Underhill --- University of Cape Town, South Africa George D Underhill --- University of Cape Town, South AfricaA new moult index, the relative duration index (RDI), was developed to quantify progress through moult using the Underhill–Zucchini model of primary avian moult, with the Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis as a case study. The RDI weights individual primaries in... -
Towards a New Poetics of Comedic Performance in Kenya Following COVID-19
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Anne Lanoi Keton --- Maasai Mara University, Kenya Denis Waswa Barasa --- Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, KenyaStand-up comedy in Kenya before COVID-19 relied on close proximity between comedians and their audiences. However, COVID-19 disrupted this arrangement and subverted the performance space of ‘traditional theatre.’ This article examines alternative comic spaces embraced by selected Kenyan stand-up comedians... -
Hooded Vultures Necrosyrtes monachus are still declining in West Africa: a nearly 50-year assessment study (1969–2019)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Clément Daboné --- University Centre of Tenkodogo/University Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso Idrissa Ouédraogo --- University Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkina Faso Adama Ouéda --- University Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkina Faso Lindy J Thompson --- , South Africa Peter DM Weesie --- University of Groningen, The NetherlandsLarge-scale declines in vulture populations have been recorded in West Africa. One concern is that the current trend in Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus populations in West Africa is poorly known. To help fill this knowledge gap, we conducted nationwide road... -
Local knowledge, utilisation and consumption of seaweed in coastal communities of southwestern Madagascar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: C Rodine --- Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM), University of Toliara, Madagascar A Rakotoarimanana --- University of Toamasina, Madagascar AB Ramamonjisoa --- Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM), University of Toliara, Madagascar LN Ranivoarivelo --- Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM), University of Toliara, Madagascar C Rakotomahazo --- Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM), University of Toliara, Madagascar GBG Todinanahary --- Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM), University of Toliara, Madagascar G Tsiresy --- University of Toamasina, ISTRCE [East Coast Regional Higher Institute of Technology], Madagascar H Jaonalison --- University of Liège, Belgium AL Nomenisoa --- Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM), University of Toliara, Madagascar I Eeckhaut --- University of Mons, Belgium ME Remanevy --- Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM), University of Toliara, Madagascar JS Obe --- , Madagascar R Rasolofonirina --- Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM), University of Toliara, Madagascar T Lavitra --- Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM), University of Toliara, MadagascarThis study explored the local knowledge, utilisation and consumption of seaweeds (lomotsy in Malagasy) among coastal communities in southwestern Madagascar. Primary data were collected in eight villages, through a survey questionnaire (with a total of 629 respondents) and daily focus... -
Local knowledge and uses of the Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus in northern Benin
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Hermann Cyr Toni --- Université Nationale d’Agriculture, Benin Ayékotchami Jacques Dossou --- Université Nationale d’Agriculture, Benin Mèvognon Pacôme Mama --- Université Nationale d’Agriculture, Benin Christel Kenou --- , Benin Agossou Bruno Djossa --- Université Nationale d’Agriculture, BeninHumans rely on several services delivered by biodiversity for their subsistence. Relationships between humans and biodiversity vary among sociocultural groups. Considering the increasing threats on parrot species worldwide, this study assessed local knowledge and uses of the Senegal Parrot Poicephalus... -
Why traditional diets are more relevant than ever today
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Karen Cheryl Morris --- Naturopath, South Africa Thandi Puoane --- University of the Western Cape, SAThe current epidemic of obesity and its co-morbidities reflect an urgent need to reform our modern eating patterns. This commentary proposes the reclamation of our traditional diets of the precolonial, preindustrial era, which are argued to be more sustainable, in... -
Does parental education moderate the association between personal growth initiative, purpose in life and subjective well-being among Chinese college students?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Xiaoxia Huang --- Huzhou Vocational and Technical College, China Hong Li --- Zhoukou Vocational and Technical College, China Yungui Guo --- Hunan University of Science and Technology, ChinaWe investigated the moderating effect of parental education on the relationship between personal growth initiative, purpose in life, and subjective well-being. Two-wave time-lagged data with an interval of three months were collected from 491 students (mean age = 19.58 years,... -
Adapting to climate change amidst innovation diffusion and declining indigenous agricultural knowledge and practices in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Pius Siakwah --- University of Ghana, Ghana Austin Dziwornu Ablo --- University of Ghana, Ghana Rosina Sheburah-Essien --- University of Ghana, Ghana Mariama Zaami --- University of Ghana, Ghana Joseph Awetori Yaro --- University of Ghana, GhanaThis paper examines how farmers adapt to climate change through innovation diffusion amidst declining indigenous agricultural knowledge and practices in Ghana. Small-scale farmers rely on indigenous practices and technological diffusion to cope with change even where the adoption levels of... -
Revitalizing tribal economic systems through indigenous entrepreneurship: Innovations and strategies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Anjali Chandulal Lakum --- Parul Institute of Social Work, Parul University, IndiaAmid growing global interest in sustainable and inclusive development, indigenous entrepreneurship and grassroots innovations are increasingly recognized as powerful yet underexplored pathways for community resilience. This study investigates how such innovations contribute to the revitalization of tribal economic systems, with...
