The Human Rights Situation Of Indigenous Peoples In Africa. and gatherers, namely the Hadza, dorobo and Sandawe of he many pastoral peoples of East africa. characterize the plight of indigenous peoples throughout the http://www.cwis.org/fwj/22/hra.htm
Extractions: Working Group on Indigenous Populations in Genéve, Switzerland on August 3, 1989. Madam Chairperson, fellow representatives and friends in the struggles of indigenous peoples rights, first, I convey from Africa the message of unity and resolute determination to consolidate the strive for our common course. I have learnt that this is the first time that representatives of any community in Africa have been able to attend this very important forum. This is a historic moment for us. We are only two in attendance, both from Tanzania, of the Haxza and Maasai communities. I take this opportunity to express our very profound appreciation of the generosity of the United Nations Voluntary Fund and the NGO Human Rights Fund for Indigenous Peoples, which have helped to sponsor our trip to Geneva. We look forward to the future when more delegates from Africa will be able to make use of this valuable forum. Also would you please accept my wish for your attention and time to introduce our plight and to provide you with some basic information about the situation in Africa, which has not been aired in this forum before. The environment for human rights in Africa is severely polluted by the ramifications of colonialism and neo-colonial social and economic relationships in which we are compelled to pursue our development and sovereignty in a global system replete with injustices and exploitation. Let us keep in mind the fact that the over whelming majority of African countries attainted political independence only in the decade of the 1960s. That is, most have existed sovereign political entities for a period of less than three decades. And indeed the process of decolonialization is still in progress in Africa. The struggle of peoples of South Africa against direct and indirect bondage of apartheid allied with the might of Western economic hegemony provides ample testimony of the agonies of Africa in its determination to overcome the inhumanities of colonialism and neo-colonialism.
Extractions: Africa - The Birthplace of Modern Humans You either love it or hate it . . . Africa Map Click here to see large map Features of Africa Africa is the second-largest continent , after Asia, covering 30,330,000 sq km; about 22% of the total land area of the Earth. It measures about 8,000 km from north to south and about 7,360 km from east to west. The highest point on the continent is Mt. Kilimanjaro - Uhuru Point - (5,963 m/19,340 ft) in Tanzania. The lowest is Lake 'Asal (153 m/502 ft below sea level) in Djibouti. The Forests cover about one-fifth of the total land area of the continent. And the Deserts and their extended margins have the remaining two-fifths of African land. World's longest river : The River Nile drains north-eastern Africa, and, at 6,650 km (4,132 mi), is the longest river in the world. It is formed from the Blue Nile, which originates at Lake Tana in Ethiopia, and the White Nile, which originates at Lake Victoria. World's second largest lake : Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and the is the world's second-largest freshwater lake - covering an area of 69,490 sq km (26,830 sq mi) and lies 1,130 m (3,720 ft) above sea level. Its greatest known depth is 82 m (270 ft).
Profile Of The Mukogodo People Of Kenya of East africa. The earlier Southern Cushites were the first settlers we know of following the indigenous San (Bushmen early Cushitic peoples by the name dorobo. The "dorobo" are http://www.geocities.com/orvillejenkins/profiles/mukogodo.html
Extractions: Status Location : The Mukogodo live in the Mukogodo Forest of west central Kenya. They were originally an Eastern Cushite group, predating the Nilotes and Bantu in this area. There are no remaining speakers of the original language, called Yaaku. History : The Mukogodo represent a second wave of Cushite immigration into the Rift Valley area of East Africa. The earlier Southern Cushites were the first settlers we know of following the indigenous San (Bushmen). The San were here first before the time of Christ. Then came the Southern Cushites in the first millennium AD, then Eastern Cushites, followed by the Highland Nilotes (Kalenjin Cluster), then the early Bantu. Later came intermingled waves of Plains Nilotes (Maasai-Teso-Karamojong-Turkana), later Bantu (Logoli-Kuria-Ganda, etc.) and River-Lake Nilotes (Luo and related Uganda peoples still stretching up into the Waa River marshes in Sudan). Identity : Various old Cushite groups in the Rift Valley of Kenya and Tanzania have become affiliated with various Nilotic tribes as clients, mostly as a self-defense for their own preservation under the various waves of Nilotic migration into their ancestral area.
Extractions: Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi ... African cinema videography (via U. Pennsylvania) Films and Documents About Women in Africa (via UCB African American Studies Dept.) African Cinema and African Cinematic Representation: A Short Bibliography/Videography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Libraries Africa. 8 part series by Basil Davidson. The story is unfolded on location all over Africa, showing life as it is today, plus archive film and dramatized reconstructions. Two programs per cassette, each an hour long. 1984. Different But Equal (Part 1). Describes how some of the world's greatest early civilizations had their origins in the heart of black Africa and discusses some of their artistic, technical and scientific achievements. Video/C 2487 Mastering a Continent (Part 2). Looks at two important developments in early African society, the growth of cattle keeping and agriculture. Focuses on the activities of three communities, the Pokot in Northern Kenya, Sukor in Nigeria and the Dogon of Mali. Video/C 2487 Caravans of Gold (Part 3).
IPACC - Regional Information: East Africa Groups claiming indigenous identity include huntinggathering and fishing peoples, including the Dahalo, Elmolo, Yaaku, Waata, and Il dorobo. http://www.ipacc.org.za/regional/regional.asp?Region=East_Africa
Ogiek.org: In-Depth Rather, the term dorobo referred to the original meeting on decentralizing local governance in africa. DRAFT DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF indigenous peoples. http://www.ogiek.org/indepth/
Extractions: In-Depth: About the Ogiek's struggle The Ogiek people have a long history of resistance and struggle that has sustained their unity, identity and cultural distinction. Lately however, more than at any other time in their history, the very existence of the Ogiek as a distinct people has come under concerted threat: excision of large chunks of land from their forest homes and settlement of purported squatters thereon. The documents below provide more information about the Ogiek's history and struggle to maintain their heritage. Discussion on Intellectual Property Rights (07.May 2004) DO THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE IN HERBAL MEDICINE BELONG TO THE PASTROLISTS OR HUNTER-GATHERER GROUPS? - I THINK IT SHOULD BELONG TO THE HUNTER - GATHERERS AS IT RELATES TO TREES-THEIR NATURAL FRIENDS...WHAT ABOUT YOU? Hunters-Gatherers The earliest ancestors of man may well have originated in what is now East Africa, as far back as five - perhaps even eight million years ago, taking into consideration the recent findings of the Tugen Man in Kenya. Most of this pre-history of mankind is contained in bones and stones, in middens (dunghills or rubbish heaps) and museums, in scholarly theories and painstaking excavations. The history of our ancestors continues to live in present peoples and cultures.
Indigenous Peoples Rights Question In Africa I have learnt that this is the first time that representatives of any community in africa have been able to attend this very important forum. This is a historic moment for us. DOCUMENT PARKIPNY.TXT THE indigenous peoples RIGHTS QUESTION IN africa Moringe Parkipuny, Member of and gatherers, namely the Hadza, dorobo and Sandawe together with many ethnic http://www.cwis.org/fwdp/Africa/parkipny.txt
News 2004 The US africa policy will continue to be characterized forests (January 14, 2004) The dorobo and Ogiek A Decade of Rhetoric for indigenous peoples (January 12 http://www.ogiek.org/news/index2004.htm
Extractions: News 2004 The latest news articles are available on our News page. To receive the latest news and press releases about the Ogiek's struggle to retain their rights by e-mail, contact us using our Web form or send a blank e-mail to subscribe.ogiek@ecoterra.net Residents say no to forest project DAILY NATION - 24. May 2004 Loggers owe Sh32m, says forest boss (May 24, 2004) Defaulters told to pay up or face arrest An MP is among the people who owe the Government Sh32 million for forest materials bought on credit since 1998, a forestry official said yesterday. The Eldama Ravine Mp Mr Musa Sirma, owes more than Sh10 million for materials obtained on credit in Koibatek District, the Koibatek District Forest Officer, Mr Joshua Charana. Mr Sirma is a former District Forest Officer. We Say: No to APEC In Opposition to Free Market Globalization and Neo Colonialism (Mapuche Nation for the Self Determination of Indigenous Peoples and Nations) Mapuche Organizations and Regional Entities reject APEC summit in their ancestral territory - Contrary to the claims made by governments, businesses and transnational corporations about economic globalization, we do NOT understand globalization as a world of opportunity.
Home Planet Explorations- Dorobo Fund and all of our Safaris in East africa are in dorobo is now significantly larger but goals are still the same Helping indigenous peoples confront the http://planetexploration.com/dorobo.shtml
Extractions: Dorobo Fund for Tanzania H ome Planet Exploration is proudly associated with the Dorobo Fund for Tanzania and all of our Safaris in East Africa are in coordination with the Dorobo Fund and its projects. Proceeds from every client go into the Dorobo Fund, because all wilderness excursions are at some time within Dorobo project areas. The Dorobo project started out small, as any vision does. Dorobo is now significantly larger but goals are still the same: Helping indigenous peoples confront the modern age while preserving their land resource as wilderness. Home Planet Exploration is actively involved with the Dorobo Fund projects through its operations, proceeds, and staff participation. The Dorobo Fund and its vital cause are the driving force behind our partnership and contributions. D orobo is a collective name for hunter gatherer peoples of mixed ethnic background found in remnant groups scattered throughout both the Kenyan and Tanzanian Maasailand. It is believed that before the migration of the Bantu, as well as, Cushite and Nilo-Hamitic pastoralist, the land was sparsely populated by clans of hunter gatherers. These early bands of people were gradually pushed out by the overpowering intruders, but were able to coexist in some regions of their former territory. A ll Dorobo, regardless of ethnic background , have been culturally influenced in varying degrees by the stronger and more dominant Maasai culture. For example, most Dorobo have lost their language, now speaking only Maa. They live as Maasai live, within the Maasai Kraal. In many ways the Dorobo have become culturally part of the Maasai people, providing honey for their beer, and performing the circumcision rituals on males. The future of these Dorobo is quite clear; they are becoming Maasai. Further south however, where Maasai expansion occurred later, there are groups of Akie Dorobo who still speak their own language, but only in private and among themselves. These clans of indigenous peoples are truly living beyond the realms of time and inherently bring value to all humanity.
Ogiek.org: In-Depth InDepth About the Ogiek's struggle. The Ogiek people have a long history of resistance and struggle that has sustained their unity, identity and cultural distinction. in africa? indigenous africans are mostly from hunting and gathering societies or from nomadic herding peoples The dorobo peoples of Kenya http://www.ogiek.com/../indepth
Extractions: In-Depth: About the Ogiek's struggle The Ogiek people have a long history of resistance and struggle that has sustained their unity, identity and cultural distinction. Lately however, more than at any other time in their history, the very existence of the Ogiek as a distinct people has come under concerted threat: excision of large chunks of land from their forest homes and settlement of purported squatters thereon. The documents below provide more information about the Ogiek's history and struggle to maintain their heritage. Discussion on Intellectual Property Rights (07.May 2004) DO THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE IN HERBAL MEDICINE BELONG TO THE PASTROLISTS OR HUNTER-GATHERER GROUPS? - I THINK IT SHOULD BELONG TO THE HUNTER - GATHERERS AS IT RELATES TO TREES-THEIR NATURAL FRIENDS...WHAT ABOUT YOU? Hunters-Gatherers The earliest ancestors of man may well have originated in what is now East Africa, as far back as five - perhaps even eight million years ago, taking into consideration the recent findings of the Tugen Man in Kenya. Most of this pre-history of mankind is contained in bones and stones, in middens (dunghills or rubbish heaps) and museums, in scholarly theories and painstaking excavations. The history of our ancestors continues to live in present peoples and cultures.
Home Planet Explorations-About Us of specialized adventure travel in East africa. in remote places while simultaneously benefiting the indigenous peoples. relationship with the dorobo Fund and http://planetexploration.com/about.shtml
Extractions: About Us H ome Planet Exploration is the provider of specialized adventure travel in East Africa. We work hard to provide the customer with an unprecedented experience in remote places while simultaneously benefiting the indigenous peoples. Home Planet Exploration has a working relationship with the Dorobo Fund and its projects; a fund organized to preserve wilderness areas and indigenous ways of life as one. It is a daunting challenge in the new millennium when human expansion is at its fastest rate ever. T o operate a tour business without exploiting the land takes a plan and an idea. The alliance of Home Planet Exploration and the Dorobo project is our way of operating in Africa while providing the most benefit to the African people whose land we use to earn a living. Without creating the circular cycle within and through Home Planet Exploration and the indigenous peoples, there is less chance for success with the idea of sustained wilderness through natural cycles. It is important to help these people understand that a land use pattern that sustains wilderness is more valuable in the long run and must be implemented for both their future and the future of the land as it now exists. Derek Akin, Owner/Operator.
Africa On The Matrix: The People Of The Samburu Region He is from the dorobo tribe, which were traditionally hunters instead of shepherds. Other indigenous peoples Himba Herero and Masai. Other africa Pages http://www.on-the-matrix.com/africa/samburu_people.asp
Extractions: The Samburu people inhabit an arid region in northern Kenya. They have traditionally herded cattle, though lately some have taken up farming. Others have started raising camels, which do well in this dry area. The Samburu share many customs with the Masai Like the Masai, the Samburu have rather elaborate "coming of age" traditions. Boys are circumcised in their early teens in a ceremony attended by the entire village. The boy who even flinches dishonors himself and his family. Among the photographs you will see Frances, a moran about 20 years old. Frances had received some schooling and was able to speak English well enough to carry on a conversation. He told me a bit about his life and showed me how he uses his spear, club, machete and cattle prod. He is from the Dorobo tribe, which were traditionally hunters instead of shepherds. Frances has already married, but as a moran he must still live outside the village and apart from his wife. He is also forbidden to eat meat in the presence of his wife until he becomes a junior elder of the village. That time will come within the next few years. Then, he will cut his hair short and forego the red ochre and tight braids he now wears. Other indigenous peoples: and Masai Antelope (Small) Antelope (Large) Baboons Birds (Birds of Prey) Birds (Hornbills) Birds (Miscellaneous) Birds (Waterbirds) Cape Buffalo Cheetah Chimpanzees Elephants (Main Page) Elephants Greeting Elephant (Dead) Giraffe Gorillas Great White Sharks
Business & Human Rights: Indigenous Peoples 1997-2001 The Ogiek (sometimes referred to as dorobo ) are a Bulletin, in WOZA Eco South africa, Apr. Special Rapporteur on Rights of indigenous People (United Nations http://209.238.219.111/Indigenous-1997-2001.htm
Extractions: back to home Business and Human Rights: a resource website Indigenous peoples: 1997-2001 See also other materials on "Indigenous peoples" Brazil Sees Promise in Jungle Plants, but Tribes See Peril: The Brazilian government, increasingly fearful of what it regards as "biopiracy" by foreign pharmaceutical companies, universities and laboratories, is moving to impose stricter controls on medicinal plants in the Amazon region. (Larry Rohter, New York Times , 23 Dec. 2001) Brazil's Indians take path toward medicinal patents:...In their crusade, Brazilian officials and Indian representatives this week will take a declaration from a convention of Indian spiritual leaders and witch doctors to the United Nations' World Intellectual Property Organization meeting in Geneva. (Andrei Khalip, Reuters , 12 Dec. 2001) Brazil Shuts Down Illegal Mahogany Trade: In a major victory for environmentalists, the Brazilian government Wednesday announced the cancellation of all but two mahogany logging operations in the Amazon. (Jim Lobe, OneWorld US , 6 Dec. 2001)
Buisness & Human Rights: Kenya of Tanzania; the Bushmen of South africa; and the attention to the plight of indigenous peoples living in The Ogiek (sometimes referred to as dorobo ) are a http://209.238.219.111/Kenya.htm
Extractions: back to home Business and Human Rights: a resource website Kenya NEW (recent additions to this section; top item is most recent addition) Group Opposing Mining of Titanium is Dissolved [Kenya] - A farmers' group formerly opposed to the titanium mining project in Kwale has been disbanded. The farmers said they would join hands with a committee elected last week to look into the project. The Maumba Nguluku Welfare Association chairman, Mr Frank Mutua, said they took the decision because the government had shown the willingness to address their grievances. (Jonathan Manyindo, The Nation [Kenya], 7 Apr. 2003) Titanium Mine License Eludes Canadian Firm in Kenya - The mining of the world's largest titanium fields on the east African coast of Kenya appears to have hit another snag after the country's new government announced that it is planning to conduct a public forum to discuss whether Tiomin Resources Inc., a Canadian mining firm, should be licensed to start mining the mineral in Kenya. (Jennifer Wanjiru, Environment News Service , 26 Mar. 2003)
SOAS: Centres ac.uk Lecturer in Anthropology, SOAS indigenous medicine and organisation in East africa; Maaspeaking peoples (Samburu, Maasai, Chamus, dorobo) and the http://www.soas.ac.uk/centres/centreinfo.cfm?navid=693
Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible well as East african peoples (Samburu, dorobo, etc.) and africa, tells us about his people s struggle with of its triple heritage what is indigenous, what was http://www.mlb.ilstu.edu/crsres/poisonwood.htm
Extractions: The Book and the Author Literacy Contexts Historical and Political Background Social and Cultural Contexts Bell, Millicent. "Fiction Chronicle." Partisan Review Bromberg, Judith. "A Complex Novel about Faith, Family and Dysfunction.' National Catholic Reporter Byfield, Ted and Byfield, Virginia. "The Evil Missionary." Alberta Report Campbell, Kim. "Barbara Kingsolver Gets Uncomfortable." Christian Science Monitor Glazebrook, Olivia. "Abandoning the Code." Spectator Greene, Gayle. "Independence Struggle." Women's Review of Books Hussein, Aamer. "Daughters of Africa." Times Literary Supplement (5 Feb. 1999): 21. Kerr, Sarah. "The Novel as Indictment." New York Times Magazine (11 Oct. 1998): 6, 53. Klinkenborg, Verlyn. "Going Native." New York Times Book Review (19 Oct. 1998): 7. Leonard, John. "The Poisonwood Bible." Nation Neely, Alan. "The Poisonwood Bible." International Bulletin of Missionary Research http://www.kingsolver.com/dialogue/poisonwood.html http://www.harpercollins.com/catalog/guide_xml.asp?isbn=0060175400 Siegel, Lee. "Sweet and Low." New Republic Stafford, Tim. "Poisonous Gospel."
Untitled the Netherlands), The africa Development Foundation the Maasai, Barabaig, Hadzabe and Ildorobo. reintegrating marginalized indigenous peoples into Tanzanian http://www.asa2000.anthropology.ac.uk/cameron/cameron.html
Extractions: The passing of the Land Bill by the Bunge (Parliament) in Dodoma in 1998 was the official culmination of a process set in motion some ten years earlier when the Tanzanian government, bowing to the pressures of the International Monetary Fund, commenced its disengagement from the national economy of Tanzania. For some in the Tanzanian NGO community it merely signalled the de jure recognition by the state that pasture lands were officially open for sale . Indeed the social and economic problems of transhumant pastoralists, who move their livestock seasonally, have increased due to schemes that largely ignore their traditional land rights whether it be from state farms, conservation interests, private agribusiness, or in-migration by small scale agriculturalists. Pastoralists have been the main victims of land settlement and registration policies in Tanzania . Mobilized and registered during the beginning of the transition to political liberalisation, these pastoralist organizations worked hard together advocating on the problem of land alienation in pastoralist areas from the local to international levels. In June 1993, pastoralist NGOs formed a task force to establish an advocacy centre and to coordinate donor and local NGO activities. Early in 1994, pastoralist NGOs held several meetings with the aim of strengthening the task force on advocacy and coordination, and establishing different means of collaboration and mutual support. On 5 March 1994, a meeting of pastoralist NGOs in Arusha decided to convene a special meeting to be held in Terrat-Simanjaro in the Maasai Steppe to form a CBO/NGO network for pastoralist and hunters/gatherers. On 8 April 1994, PINGOs Forum was established as an open and informal network with the aim of supporting and facilitating mutual support of participating organizations.
Aneesa Kassam And Ali Balla Bashuna A mirror in the forest. The dorobo huntergatherers as an image of the other, africa 51 (1) 477-495. africas indigenous peoples First peoples http://www.abdn.ac.uk/chags9/1kassam.htm
Extractions: This paper tells the story of the Waata, former Oromo hunter-gatherers of East and Northeast Africa, who specialized in elephant hunting. It relates how the Waata way of life was brought to an end in the colonial period due to the enactment of wildlife conservation laws and the creation of national parks. Through this policy and that of the containment of ethnic groups to tribal reserves in Kenya, the Waata lost their place in the regional system of production. As a result, they lost their autonomy and became servile members of the Boorana and Gabra Oromo pastoral groups with whom they had traditionally interacted. They thus suffered both external, state, and internal, cultural, discrimination. The paper describes the Waata struggle for self-determination in postcolonial Kenya and reflects on the problems of advocating their cause, both from an emic and etic point of view. The story is told emically, from the inside, from the point of view of a Waata social activist from Northern Kenya (Bashuna 1993; forthcoming), and etically, from the outside, from the perspective of a social anthropologist (Kassam 1986; 2000). Both researchers have been analysing the problem of the Waata in different ways. Their present collaboration is the outcome of a dialogue that began in Kenya over a decade ago. The paper also reflects on this dialogical process and on the problems of advocating the Waata cause.
Policy Failure In Kenyan Conservation And Maasailands area usually was left, in which huntergatherer dorobo lived. Human Rights Watch/africa. Asiema, JK and FDP Situma, 1994, indigenous peoples and the Environment http://www.environmentalaction.net/kenya/kenya_policy_failure.html
Extractions: TRADEOFF OR LOST MUTUALISM? by Ted Cheeseman INTRODUCTION This paper explores two large classes of policy failure which have caused deviation from Pareto optimality between principal stakeholders in the southern Kenyan Maasailands. First, an inappropriate settlement and privatization scheme attempted to give Maasai title to land historically theirs while ushering them into the Kenyan market economy, but instead caused fragmentation of their rangeland ecology and culture. Second, wildlife conservation in Amboseli National Park and the Masai Mara Game Reserve is dangerously unsustainable in large part through shortsighted, inadequate and poorly implemented policy. The situation has created conflict between conservation interests and the Maasai, and funnels the economic benefits of tourism away from those who bear the costs of lost land rights. STAKEHOLDERS Five principal groups exert force over natural resource control in the southern Kenyan Maasailands:
Report On The 20th Session Of The Working Group On Indigenous In central africa many governments do not recognise IPs am from the Mount Elgon dorobo community, Kenya The indigenous peoples Rights Act states All members of http://www.unpo.org/news_detail.php?arg=01&par=197
