Indigenous People in Africa : Contestations, Empowerment and Group Rights /

This volume is an attempt to provide this intersectional and reflexive space. The thinking behind the book began in Lamu in mid-2010. It was a time when growing community resistance emerged towards the Kenyan government's plan to build a second seaport under a trans-frontier infrastructural pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Sing'Oei, Korir (Editor), Laher, Ridwan (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pretoria, South Africa : Institute for Global Dialogue, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Human rights > Africa.
Indigenous peoples > Legal status, laws, etc. > Africa.
Indigenous peoples > Africa.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface / Michelo Hansungule
  • Notes and References
  • Acknowledgements
  • About the Editors
  • About the Contributors
  • Introduction / Ridwan Laher and Korir Sing'Oei
  • Indigenous as equals under the African Charter: The Endorois Community versus Kenya / Cynthia Morel
  • Historical development of indigenous identification and rights in Africa / Felix Ndahinda
  • The Impact of Dominant Environment Policies on Indigenous Peoples in Africa / Melakou Tegegn
  • Gender and indigenous peoples' rights / Soyata Maiga
  • Constitutional reform and minority exclusion: The case of the Bajuni and Lamu county / Paul Goldsmith
  • Advocacy for indigenous peoples' rights in Africa: Dynamics, methods and mechanisms / George Mukundi Wachira and Tuuli Karjala
  • A challenging nexus: Transitional justice and indigenous peoples in Africa / Laura A. Young
  • The past is never just in the past: Indigenous peoples and a framework for confrontation and redress / Ridwan Laher
  • Conclusion / Ridwan Laher and Korir Sing'Oei.

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