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Abstract：
Indigenous groups across Africa mobilized Indigenous Knowledge (IK) practices, albeit not without challenges, to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) continue to be sidelined in formal healthcare policies and programmes. This underscores the urgency to liberate Africa\'s epistemologies. Employing the decoloniality lens, this paper examined the colonial influences inherent in African responses to COVID-19 while also exploring the role of IKS in the uMkhanyakude District Municipality (UKDM). The argument is made that, in the case of the UKDM, the efficacy of IKS was demonstrated in the response to and fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the basis for the call to embrace and recognize that IKS is a legitimate body of knowledge comparable to Western science. Such recognition paves the way for more equitable, contextually relevant, and sustainable health strategies that can better address the complexities of current and future pandemics.
摘要：
非洲各地的土著群体动员了土著知识(IK)实践，尽管并非没有挑战，以应对COVID-19大流行。然而，土著知识系统（IKS）继续在正式的医疗保健政策和计划中被边缘化。这凸显了解放非洲认识论的紧迫性。使用去色透镜，本文研究了非洲对COVID-19的反应所固有的殖民地影响，同时还探讨了IKS在uMkhanyakude区市（UKDM）中的作用。有人认为，在UKDM的情况下，IKS的有效性在应对和对抗COVID-19大流行中得到了证明。这是呼吁接受并认识到IKS是与西方科学相媲美的合法知识体系的基础。这种承认为更公平，上下文相关，和可持续健康战略，可以更好地应对当前和未来大流行的复杂性。
