ABSTRACT
Information is to social
interaction, what blood is to the human body. This is because, at the root of
anyrelationship lays the generation, exchange and utilization of information.
Every human society, therefore, thrives on information. As existence and the
activities that go with it continue in every human settlement, different forms
of information are generated. Whilst some of the information-creating
activities are deliberate, others are clearly products of happenstance and
chance discovery. This information matures over time as it passes through
refinement, validation and acceptance to become knowledge. Interestingly, every
community has its own unique corpus of knowledge. The activities and forces of
social interaction within such cultural setting determine the nature of the
knowledge found therein. Knowledge that abounds within a locale influences the
behavioural pattern of people from that area. The influence is so strong that
it sometimes becomes difficult to dissociate peoples' actions from their
ancestral background. Although such knowledge may not be understood or
appreciated by those who do not belong to the setting in which it is created
and utilized, the prevalent knowledge forms in a place is not easily discarded
as it forms part of their history and heritage. This is the background to the
concept of indigenous knowledge.
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