Un catalogue des connaissances botaniques traditionnelles des Masaï, principalement transmises de manière orale. Il montre les fonctions médicinales, culinaires, récréatives, cosmétiques, religieuses ou artisanales de ces plantes. ©Electre 2025
A lot has been told about the Maasai... by outsiders.
For the first time, Maasai are writing their own stories.
Due to the pressure of the modern world, their oral knowledge and their cultural values are disappearing very fast. That's why they decided to record them in order to preserve them before they vanish. They have chosen plants as a means to recount their story. Indeed botanical knowledge underlies many aspects of their cultural heritage. « Oreteti » transcribes the oral Maasai tradition through the use, the value and the meaning of wild plants in the every day life of the Maasai people.
This functional catalogue is meant to provide a truer perspective and insight into the Maasai world, but most of all to preserve this extraordinary legacy for present and future Maasai generations. It offers an opening for Maasai students to do further research on the rich knowledge of their people and stresses on the necessity to protect the natural resources of Maasailand.
This document is also an appeal to all indigenous peoples to start documenting and recording their valuable traditional knowledge so that it can be safeguarded for generations to come and shared with the world
Paru le : 01/03/2019
Thématique : Anthropologie
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Kenny Matampash Auteur : Lucie Hubert
Éditeur(s) :
Le Petit Flamboyant éditions
Nature&Savoirs
Collection(s) : Non précisé.
Contributeur(s) : Préfacier : Nigel Crawhall - Photographe : Elza Kortenoever
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 979-10-90855-03-8
EAN13 : 9791090855038
Reliure : Broché
Pages : 397
Hauteur: 25.0 cm / Largeur 21.0 cm
Épaisseur: 2.6 cm
Poids: 0 g
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