Voices from the forest
Jacana Media (Verlag)
978-1-4314-0299-1 (ISBN)
The link between people and nature is explored in this fascinating book, revealing how plants, animals, and landscapes are profoundly reflected in South Africa’s Xhosa language, stories, poetry, religious rituals, healing practices, and everyday customs. While the South African landscape has for centuries been molded and manipulated by humans, the country and its plants and animals have in turn influenced South Africans’ cultural and spiritual development. Based on 10 years of research, it consists of unique photographs that portray how both contemporary rural and urban South Africans still find great value in nature. A fresh, positive approach to biodiversity conservation, this volume serves as a guide to sustainable practices in the future.
Tony Dold is a plant taxonomist, an ethnobotanist, and the curator of the Selmar Schonland Herbarium at the Albany Museum in Grahamstown. Michelle Cocks is a research officer at the Institute for Social and Economic Research at Rhodes University and the recipient of the prestigious Achiever Award for Woman Researcher. They have documented and photographed indigenous plant use in the Eastern Cape for the past 20 years and were awarded a certificate in recognition of outstanding accomplishments in the category ""Preserving Customs and Traditions"" by the Provincial Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts & Culture.
Ihlathi lesiXhosa - Fish River Bush to Albany Thicket; Amayeza esiXhosa - Xhosa Medicine; Ubugqi namakhubalo - Magic and Charms; Amasiko esiXhosa - Rituals and Rites; Ulwaluko - Rite of Passage; Imifino neqhilika - Pot-herbs and Honey Beer; Ubungcibi kwaXhosa - Ceremonial Crafts; Iimbhola zesiXhosa - Xhosa Cosmetics; Inkcubeko nendalo - Dance of Diversity; Imithi yesiXhosa - Medicinal Plants.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 12.5.2012 |
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| Verlagsort | Johannesburg |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 210 x 265 mm |
| Gewicht | 500 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4314-0299-0 / 1431402990 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4314-0299-1 / 9781431402991 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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