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VOL. 9, ISSUE 1 (2024)
The efficacy of Buganda clan system’s pedagogy in wildlife conservation in Uganda: A case of the three indigenous counies of Buganda kingdom
Authors
Mbalangu Adolf, Andrew Peters Yiga, Kiyingi Frank Pio
Abstract
The study evaluated the efficacy of Buganda
Clan system’s Pedagogy in Wildlife Conservation in Uganda: A case of the three
Indigenous Counties of Buganda Kingdom. The truth immerged that, today in
Buganda Kingdom, Uganda, Africa and the world over, wildlife is decreasing and
terribly deteriorating at a rate unseen and unheard of before which could be
addressed by the intervention of Buganda clan system’s pedagogy. A
phenomenological research design in the study was employed since it focused on
the commonality of lived experiences (verbatim) within a particular group or
individuals, aiming to arrive at a description of the nature of the particular
phenomenon. As a qualitative study, sample size of 48 from the population size
of 3,392,333 people was used for the study. This was because a qualitative
study is supposed to have a large enough sample size to uncover a variety of
opinions, but limited the size at the point of saturation which occurs when the
collection of new data does not shed any further light on the issue under
investigation. Findings showed that, Buganda’s traditional wildlife
conservational knowledge based on totemism, taboos and people’s traditional
spirituality was very effective in wildlife conservation, and the same
knowledge is still applicable and relevant in nature conservation today. A
‘Culturally Based Conservation Model (CBCM) was arrived at aiming at amending
the existing conservation policies by the Government of Uganda, integrating
them with Buganda’s indigenous traditional conservation knowledge. The study
therefore recommends that, environment authorities like National Environment
Management authorities and (NEMA) and Uganda Wildlife authority (UWA) should
work with various cultural institutions and researchers to ensure integration
of the indigenous knowledge into modern conservation strategies.
Pages:7-16
How to cite this article:
Mbalangu Adolf, Andrew Peters Yiga, Kiyingi Frank Pio "The efficacy of Buganda clan system’s pedagogy in wildlife conservation in Uganda: A case of the three indigenous counies of Buganda kingdom". International Journal of Advanced Educational Research, Vol 9, Issue 1, 2024, Pages 7-16
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