TITLE:
Exploring the Impacts of Ogoni/African Indigenous Knowledge (AIK) in Addressing Environmental Issues in Ogoniland, Nigeria
AUTHORS:
Lele Dominic Dummene
KEYWORDS:
Ogoniland, Indigenous Knowledge, Environment, Environmental Education
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.10 No.5,
May
17,
2023
ABSTRACT: Environmental issues are predominant in rural areas where indigenous people reside. These environmental issues cover environmental, health, social, economic, and political issues that emanate from poor environmental management and unfair distribution of environmental resources. These issues have greatly affected the lives of the indigenous people and their daily activities. As these environmental issues grow in communities, environmental experts, scientists, and theorists have proposed and developed methods, policies, and strategies to address these environmental-related issues in indigenous communities. Thus, this paper explores how the Ogoni indigenous knowledge and cultural practices could be used to address environmental issues such as oil pollution and other environmental-related issues that have destroyed the Ogoni environment.