This book explores the environmental activism and biocultural preservation efforts of Dzomo La Mupo, a community-based organisation led by indigenous activist Vho-Mphatheleni Makaulule in Venda, South Africa. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research, Kimberly Ross examines how land legislation, extractive industries, and gender politics have undermined indigenous knowledge systems, while highlighting the central role of women, particularly the makhadzi, in reclaiming ancestral authority to protect sacred sites, ecosystems, and cultural sovereignty in the post-apartheid era.

ISBN: 978-1-77615-224-7

Year of publication: 2025

Publisher: Unisa Press