Savoirs locaux

My name is Abdou Sidibé, Kayes Banzana.  I planted these trees because when we were young we used to see big trees, but now there are no more. We lack trees and the lack of trees is linked to the lack of rainfall. I felt that something had to be done and so I planted these few trees.  The beginning

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The use of endogenous resources is one of the means of resilience to climate change. For example, the inhabitants of Bougarila harvest the leaves of the baobab tree. The men harvest the baobab leaves from the tree. The harvested leaves are then dried in the sun and crushed by the women. The powder obtained is used in cooking.

In the village of Bouillagui, a year ago, the inhabitants were trying to find solutions to the flooding that destroyed their habitat, caused by the rains.  They had the idea of building mini-dams, which did not work.  Thanks to various trips made by a village delegate, Wally Traoré (as part of the documentary on the project to other villages) was

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The village of Monzona is going to present an example of the climate change effets that the village has experienced, as well as the solution found by its inhabitants to slow its progression. You see this pond, back in the 2000s, it was vast, deep and never dried up. Both sides were thick with trees, there were all kinds of

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Voici la chanson en l’honneur de Djiguiba Camara, chef de canton de Damaro, dans la période coloniale tardive, en konianké et en traduction française Hymne de Djiguiba Camara – Kôrôni gnama Djeli mousso : Kôrôni gnama wo kôrôni gnama Môtô : An an kôrôni gnama Djeli mousso : Mousso igbarani kôma kolélé tchè igbarani djiba oulen né Djeli mousso :

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In this video, we see a father helping his son to harvest groundnuts. They use animal power combined with human power. This work began in the second half of October to take advantage of the soil moistened by the morning fog. The unearthed groundnuts are collected in small heaps by the other members of the family (women and children) and

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At the end of October, the groundnuts are dug up by grouping the dug-up plants into small piles and leaving them to dry under the sun. In November, these piles are grouped together in a very large heap. After this work, the heap is threshed with sticks and the seeds are separated from the hay.

Here we have a young man who went to harvest the fonio. He’s mowing the fonio and putting it down. The others are going to take it to tie it up. I also have another video which shows the young people picking up what they have cut to tie it up.

Here we see one of the maize fields in Monzona. We fertilise the soil of the maize fields with local fertiliser made from cow dung and other animals that come to spend the dry season in our fields, which are over five hectares in size, to leave their dung. It is only animals that can fertilise this crop land, our

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In Bougarila, villagers organise themselves collectively to compensate for the effects of climate change and improve harvest results. First of all, the villagers cultivate one of the village fields together.  But they also help each other on private plots, from preparatory work to harvesting! The young people of the village prepare the land together to make it a market garden.

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