The Cultural Use of the Wild Olive Tree by the amaXhosa People in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa:

Cocks, Michelle L; Dold, Anthony P

Title: The Cultural Use of the Wild Olive Tree by the amaXhosa People in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa:
Creator: Cocks, Michelle L
Creator: Dold, Anthony P
Date Issued: 2008
Date: 2008
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/141314
Identifier: vital:37961
Identifier: DOI: 10.1558/jsrnc.v2i3.292
Description: The cultural meanings of harvested plants have for the most part been ignored in academic research on non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in southern Africa. Historically scientists have tended to ignore the complex relationships between nature and culture. Given the country's unique political and economic past and the current search for sustainable use of natural resources, a focus on the convergence of natural science and cultural diversity is important at this time. Empirical data on cultural practices is being collected in order to develop fresh and relevant insights into the complex relationships between culture and bítKÜversity. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that the concept of culture needs to be brought into our understanding of the role of NTFPs. We dtxrument the use and value of a specific tree, Olea europaea L. subsp. africana (Mill.) P,S. Green, called Umiicjuma in the Xhosa language, for cultural purposes, by both rural and urban households.
Format: 17 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture
Relation: Cocks, M.L. and Dold, A.P., 2008. The Cultural Use of the Wild Olive Tree by the amaXhosa People in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, 2(3). pp 297-308
Relation: Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture volume 2 number 3 292 308 December 2008 1749-4915
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