Interview with Usman Ibrahim Babagana from the University of Maiduguri and Ramat Library about the preservation of indigenous knowledge of climate change adaptation.

Ibrahim is a PhD Researcher at the University of Maiduguri and aims to preserve indigenous knowledge from the rural communities in the north of Nigeria, especially about climate change Adaptation, but also about medicine, culture and other aspects of daily life.

The interviewer Yvonne Tunnat (from ZBW Kiel) had heard Ibrahim’s presentation at iPRES in Belgium in fall 2024 and then invited him for further questions to the nestor podcast.

Ibrahim is not only collecting the data (pictures, interview transcripts, short videos), but also taking care of the preservation of these data at Ramat Library and also aims to make the data accessible for a broader audience. There is also a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Hildesheim, where he will spend some time in 2025.

He is working with the help of DPC RAM: Digital Preservation Coalition Rapid Assessment Model by the DPC (Digital Preservation Coalition). 

The interview was recorded in January 2025.

Persons involved:

• Yvonne Tunnat: Projektmanagerin Digitale Langzeitarchivierung, ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
• Usman Ibrahim Babagana, PhD researcher at the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria

Links:

• Maiduguri University:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maiduguri
• Ramat Library:https://unimaidelibrary.com/ 
• Digital Preservation of indigenous Knowledge in Ramat Library (University of Maiduguri, Nigeria) by Usman Ibrahim Babagana and Gladys Kemboi; URL:https://doi.org/10.21428/5676bf2d.783b0f9e 
• DPC RAM:http://doi.org/10.7207/dpcram24-03 (PDF)