Climate Change and Indigenous Akan Religio-Cultural Practices

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Climate Change and Indigenous Akan Religio-Cultural Practices "
Samuel Awuah-Nyamekye

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1086092
Doc. No	:	LA129721
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15685357-02301007‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Samuel Awuah-Nyamekye
Title & Author	:	Climate Change and Indigenous Akan Religio-Cultural Practices [Article]\ Samuel Awuah-Nyamekye
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	23/1
Page No	:	59–86
Abstract	:	Most national and international discussions have not seriously recognized the role religio-cultural practices of indigenous Africans can play in mitigating the effects of climate change. This paper, examines the contribution the indigenous people can make towards the mitigation of the effects of climate change, using the Akan of Ghana as a case study. Mostly, indigenous people who are the major stakeholders in land use in Ghana are marginalized when policies aimed at reducing environmental degradation are made. This has resulted in low gains in the fight against environmental degradation despite several interventions in Ghana. A recent report puts Ghana into a net-emitter of GHG bracket. This means the country has to embark on a Low Carbon Development Strategy to address the situation. This paper, therefore argues that unless indigenous people—major stakeholders of land use—are duly involved; it will be difficult to address the effects of climate change in Ghana. Most national and international discussions have not seriously recognized the role religio-cultural practices of indigenous Africans can play in mitigating the effects of climate change. This paper, examines the contribution the indigenous people can make towards the mitigation of the effects of climate change, using the Akan of Ghana as a case study. Mostly, indigenous people who are the major stakeholders in land use in Ghana are marginalized when policies aimed at reducing environmental degradation are made. This has resulted in low gains in the fight against environmental degradation despite several interventions in Ghana. A recent report puts Ghana into a net-emitter of GHG bracket. This means the country has to embark on a Low Carbon Development Strategy to address the situation. This paper, therefore argues that unless indigenous people—major stakeholders of land use—are duly involved; it will be difficult to address the effects of climate change in Ghana.
Descriptor	:	Apɛ
Descriptor	:	climate change
Descriptor	:	indigenous Akan
Descriptor	:	policy makers
Descriptor	:	Proka
Descriptor	:	religio-cultural
Descriptor	:	the institution of sacred grove
Descriptor	:	worldview
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15685357-02301007‬