Forest conservation is important in climate change mitigation. The Indigenous Knowledge
(IK) or Indigenous Knowledge System (IKS) has recently been recognised in forest …

Drawing on five years of intermittent ethnographic fieldwork, this article examines the ritual
ecology of the Nkolola girls' initiation practice of the Tonga-speaking people of Mola …

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary African Women highlights the achievements and
progress being made by African women across a wide range of sectors in society. Without …

This chapter examines how indigenous knowledge systems from the Ndau people could be
used to ensure food security in the face of climate change effects. The depletion of herbs that …

Using the work of women farmers in the Luangwa Valley of Eastern Zambia, this chapter
explores how Zambian women utilize indigenous knowledge systems to mitigate climate …

This chapter examines some of the controversial Zimbabwean Pentecostal beliefs and
practices, enshrined in their theology of survival. The deployment of the theology of survival …

The African belief system appears to outline concerns and care for the environment, which
can form a basis for sustainability. This system also seems to speak to gender roles and …

This chapter reflects on the interface of religion, gender, and climate change in Zimbabwe.
The writing of this chapter has been ignited by the ongoing climate change induced …

In developing countries, agriculture, while providing livelihoods to communities, is adversely
affected by climate change. The communities that depend on this sector of activity respond …

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO 2006), food
security is achieved when “all people at all times, have physical, social and economic …