dc.contributor.author | Baki, P | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-02T12:16:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-07-02T12:16:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Astronomy for the developing world IAU Special Session no. 5, 2006 J.B. Hearnshaw and P. Martinez, eds | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/44045 | |
dc.description.abstract | The African perspectives of astronomy are explored from the point of view of using
indigenous knowledge of the night sky for purposes of addressing local challenges such as food insecurity and periodic natural weather phenomena such as droughts and floods.The local ethnic groups use stellar positions, and plant and animal behavior changes for purposes of forecasting the weather and climate for the coming seasons.These traditional indicators give rise to an inter-disciplinary discourse that could benefit the community in environmental protection measures and boost the tourism industry in some countries in Africa. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.subject | Traditional indicators, eco-system, eco-tourism, cultural value of astronom | en |
dc.title | Astronomy in The Cultural Heritage of African Societies | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Department of Physics | en |