Explain four characteristics of African indigenous science.

      

Explain four characteristics of African indigenous science.

  

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John
i) Mystical - Starnge and strong powerd that made things to happen and they could not be explain or questioned.

ii) Remeditive/ treatment - All issues in the society had a cause and a solution

iii) Observable - Swaying of trees implied rains were about to come

iv) Predictability - Invasion of farms by locust implied coming of draught/ famine

v) Hypothetical - Area of medicine - some herbs were believed to treat certain ailments

vi) Beliefs - Some beliefs were symbolic - the cry of owl was associated misfortune somebody had to die
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