(pronounced buˈra) A word that has origins in East Africa. For some Kenyan natives, it means rain, while for others in Tanzania it means ‘leader in Africa’.
Indigenous religion in Africa was often tied to the natural environment, with influence on community and land management. An example is the Kikuyu tribe in Kenya that prayed for mbura (rain) facing Mt. Kenya when droughts occurred.
Our stories!
With awareness, communities would not only be empowered, but also be enabled to lead their own resilience stories. While this is happening in some places, it is not commonplace and yet it should be!
Where, awareness of the changing climate is borne out of local experiences and detached from the climate science. Our experiment explores conversations that help natives make the leap.
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Firstly, we plan to map out the rural communities that have climate knowledge in their native languages versus those that do not. To do this, we need your help!
We will turn to these individuals to scale our experiment; to help us process their communities to find out if they have climate knowledge in their native languages or not
With a team of project leads, field assistants, and tools for promotion and outreach, your support will go a long way in making sure we have enough resources to see the Mbura Experiment through.