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2010, Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
International journal of agriculture, environment and bioresearch, 2023
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings
The Ecumenical Review, 2017
2017
This review paper on indigenous knowledge of rain making and climate change provides important update on an earlier work in this field of study. There are debates surrounding climate change causes, its effect and how they can be combated. Harnessing the potential of indigenous rain making can be a sustainable strategy for combating the negative effects of climate change. Debate on rain making practices has been around since the early 20 century. ReShel (2017) argues that rain making represents the sacred relationship between humans and the Divine. It also represents the relationship between man and science. Now the debate ranges from whether rain making can be a prerogative of man or God. An Afrocentric approach will be the focus in this review. However, a review of conventional rain making is crucial in order to establish how best the two can complement each other.
Weather, Climate, Culture (eds) S. Strauss & B. Orlove, 2003
2008
This paper reports on findings regarding one African community that has practiced rainmaking until the early 1960s. Rainmaking among Africans was recorded in 19th century travel writing by imperialist Europeans such as Rider Haggard in his books Ayesha: the ...
Foreign and western modernity continue to influence indigenous knowledge in Africa many decades after the struggle against colonization was won. For example, cloud seeding is a technology commonly used for rain making. However, in Zimbabwe those who believe in western science look down upon renowned traditional rain makers. Considering the fact that climate change causes water and food insecurity, there is need to build an understanding of how indigenous and scientific knowledge systems can be integrated to combat this problem. Thus, an exploratory study was conducted in Chimanimani District of Zimbabwe focusing on this theme. A semi-structured interview guide was used to facilitate conversations with a judgmental sample of five Shona-speaking rain makers and thirteen community members whopredominantly were more than 70years old. These were regarded as key informants. Thematic content analysis was used to analyze the qualitative data. Therespondents lamented the erosion of the rain making tradition, which they argued had helped conserve flora and fauna for centuries. This was attributed to the failure of coexistence of scientific and indigenous knowledge, religious orientations, political interference, poor environmental management and general decay in human factor. It is concluded that the suggestions that the rain makers made on the integration of scientific and indigenous knowledge to combat the negative effects of climate change on water and food security be tested.
Weather, Climate, and Society, 2020
This study investigated the abiotic and biotic environmental indicators used among pastoralists and arable farmers to predict the onset and cessation of rain as well as to make short-term and seasonal forecasts in the Rwenzori region of Western Uganda. We used a mixed-methods approach that included surveys of 907 households, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews. The results indicate that resident birds such as white-browed coucals and turacos and migrant birds such as eagles and swallows were important indicators of the onset of rains. Butterflies were an important indicator for the cessation of rains, and red ants were an indicator for the onset of rains. Among the abiotic indicators, winds, clouds, earthquakes, and cloud formation on Mount Rwenzori were important indicators. Behavior of cattle at the onset of rains was important among the pastoralists, and flowering of coffee plants was important among the arable farmers. The behavior of the biotic indicators was ...
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Revista Facultad De Ciencias Economicas Investigacion Y Reflexion, 2012
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), 2007
Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, 2012
International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts, 2024
ICI Beyrouth, 2024
Anais do Museu Paulista, 2024
Route Educational & Social Science Journal, 2024
صحيفة اليمن , 2024
International Meeting of the STACK Community 2024, 2024
Management Information Systems Quarterly, 2014
Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, 2012
Physical Review A, 1971