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[permaculture] Tree gardening and the Chaga people of Mt. Kilimanjaro

From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
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Subject: [permaculture] Tree gardening and the Chaga people of Mt. Kilimanjaro
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 21:54:36 -0800

Chaga people live on the slopes of "Kibo", or Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania,
Africa
and have been there for a long time. They practice a unique form of
agriculture:
tree gardening or replication of jungle within their cropping zone, the
survival
and sustainability of which is owed to the natural resources of Kilimanjaro.

Part of the religious tradition they have developed involves growing the
masawe plant
which they use in a religious observance honoring their ancestors.

See: Nova production on PBS, showing now 9:53PM EST 11/25/2003

LL
--
L.F.London
lfl@intrex.net
http://market-farming.com
http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech

[permaculture] sheep management, sam bucus, 11/25/2003
- Re: [permaculture] sheep management, polyculture grazing, John Schinnerer, 11/25/2003
- [permaculture] Tree gardening and the Chaga people of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 11/25/2003