Contrary to the culturalist and the evolutionist point of view which says that the access to modernity implies the crushing of local knowledge in extensor, this article suggests to pay attention to the representations of the local communities for a better fight against the negative consequences of climate change. Hence, a fieldwork has been carried out on the peasants of the village called Louggol-Bam
Contrary to the trapping and the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) and the other Green House Gas (GHG) strategies which are being implemented in developed countries, this article attempts to seize the process of adaptation to climate change from a purely African point of view. After a survey on the peasants in the village called Louggol-Bame in the Northern Cameroon region, the work presents a metaphysical option of overcoming the irregularities of the rain. On the one hand, the faithful of monotheistic religions
Northern Cameroon includes the Cameroonian Sudano-sahelian and Sahelian which are the most sensitive areas to climate change because of their proximity to Sahara which is the centre of climate dynamics. This work is the result of more than twenty years of direct fieldwork observations and surveys carried out on the peasants with respect to: - The perception of climate change and the degradation of the environment; - The strategies adopted in order to face the said changes. The objective is to show that in these dry areas where rural activities are still heavily linked to natural conditions, the general drainage of the landscape jeopardizes day after day the livelihood of the populations. Hence, they diversify new experiences in their daily activities in order to insure their survival.
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