Word ForestWithin the vocabulary of our species there are thousands of words for trees. But what is the difference between ‘arbre’ and ‘mti’? Our latest article is exploring the impact of biocultural loss, how the language we use to discuss the environment shapes the conversations that can be held and what this means for the work we do here at Word Forest.
Mother Tongue, Mother Nature: How Identity, Language and Environmental Knowledge are interlinked - Word Forest
‘Kaya’: a fortified settlement whose cultural spaces are indispensable for the enactment of living traditions that underscore the identity, continuity and cohesion of the Mijikenda communities. The Mijikenda is a group of nine Bantu-speaking ethnic groups in the Kaya forests of coastal Kenya, for whom performing arts related to the sacred forests is central to […]