African Local Knowledge & Livestock Health by William Beinart... - 9781847010834

African Local Knowledge & Livestock HealthDiseases & Treatments in South Africa\nAuthor(s): William Beinart, Karen Brown\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: James Currey, United Kingdom\nImprint: James Currey\nISBN-13: 9781847010834, 978-1847010834\nSynopsis\nA much needed examination of contemporary approaches to animal healing in South Africa, and the role of local knowledge.\n\nUnderstanding local knowledge has become a central academic project among those interested in Africa and developing countries. In South Africa, land reform is gathering pace and African people hold an increasing proportion of thelivestock in the country. Animal health has become a central issue for rural development. Yet African veterinary medical knowledge remains largely unrecorded. This book seeks to fill that gap. It captures for the first time the diversity, as well as the limits, of a major sphere of local knowledge.\n\nBeinart and Brown argue that African approaches to animal health rest largely is