Indigenous Knowledge

Indigenous Knowledge = Innate knowledge + Knowledge acquired from the exploration of nature. 

Such knowledge evolved into cultural practices, uniquely demonstrating how the ingenuity of Africans delivered pragmatic solutions to dire necessities: INVENTIONS

The Yòrùbá saying: 

"Àgbò T'Nfèyìn Rìn, Agbára L'Nlo Mú Wá"

Translation: The Ram that recedes by moving backwards is not admitting defeat, but accumulating energy before charging forward.

This essence of this Saying demonstrates the pre-existing indigenous knowledge that informed principles within natural science disciplines such as:

• Biomechanical Motion
• Potential & Kinetic Energy 
• Acceleration, Collisi

NatureLab

Be inspired by nature.

Biomimicry: Hair braiding inspired by the ancient wild Einkorn Wheat.

From prehistory to modernity, Africans have investigated nature for varied reasons — to regenerate, emulate, modify, invoke, ‘bottle’ or contain her — and these investigations enabled access and insight into the structures of many of nature's manifestations.