As the backbone of Indigenous communities, Indigenous women preserve and transmit traditional ancestral knowledge. As custodians of natural resources and keepers of scientific knowledge, they are integral to the collective and community. Indigenous women are also taking the lead in defending indigenous lands and territories and advocating for indigenous people's collective rights worldwide.
Even so, indigenous women often face intersecting levels of discrimination based on their gender, class, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status despite playing a crucial role in their communities as breadwinners, caregivers, knowledge keepers, and human rights defenders.
Nevertheless, Indigenous women still manage to pass on Traditional Knowledge.
We spoke to the founder of the Koena Art Institute, Lukretia Booysens who told us more.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Voices: Lukretia Booysen (Nama,Griqua)
Music: "Anania2, by The Baba Project, used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.