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Research data: INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS
2012 Cultural practices and political changes in the South: the role of intellectuals and artists
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Download this report2011 Realising a science and indigenous knowledge systems curriculum: a case study of a dialogical argumentation-based teaching approach
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Download this report2010 Local is lekker: indigenous knowledge should be encouraged
Indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) have an important contribution to make to socioeconomic growth and sustainable development and should be ...
2007 Indigenous healing practices in Malawi
One of the most important areas of African culture in which the significant presence of traditional beliefs can be seen is through sickness ...