Mauritius president says traditional science can save Africa
By This Is Africa on July 24, 2015
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President Ameena Gurib-Fakim of Mauritius. Photo: Legacy Project
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Speaking to the BBC in London, President Gurib-Fakim encouraged African education institutions to promote intra-African science, similar to intra-African trade, so as to find ‘African solutions to African problems’.
She added that the science community needs to revisit African traditional knowledge systems for addressing solutions that the continent could use.
“We need to re-look at what we refer to as ‘traditional knowledge’…in the threats and challenges coming up like climate change, traditional knowledge as well as science will provide a third way for addressing solutions which African can depend on”
She also urged governments to endorse traditional medicine and science, in similar ways to how the governments of China and India have established the systems in their countries.
She added that the science community needs to revisit African traditional knowledge systems for addressing solutions that the continent could use.
“We need to re-look at what we refer to as ‘traditional knowledge’…in the threats and challenges coming up like climate change, traditional knowledge as well as science will provide a third way for addressing solutions which African can depend on”
She also urged governments to endorse traditional medicine and science, in similar ways to how the governments of China and India have established the systems in their countries.
Listen to the interview below: http://thisisafrica.me/ameenah-gurib-fakim-says-traditional-science-can-save-africa/
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