Indigenous Nutritional Ecology and Holistic Healing in Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Wizard of the Crow
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.63001/tbs.2026.v21.i02.S.I(2).pp176-185Keywords:
ecological knowledgeAbstract
Colonial expansion into Africa constituted a deeply intrusive process that
fundamentally altered the cultural, ecological, and epistemological foundations of colonised
societies. Colonial powers, in extending their control, employed strategies that went beyond
military conquest and political administration, permeating everyday life, the natural
environment, and indigenous systems of sustenance. Nature became an instrument of control
as colonial regimes appropriated land, restructured agricultural practices, and redefined human-
environment relationships. Western discourse often misrepresented Africa as a continent
shrouded in darkness and primitivism, constructing a narrative that justified colonisation as a
benevolent civilising mission. These representations obscured the continent’s rich cultural
diversity, ecological knowledge, and longstanding traditions.



















