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International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
The present volume contains the papers that came out of a conference on "The Question of Indigenous Peoples in Africa" jointly organised by The International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) and the Centre for Development Research (CDR) in Copenhagen. It is not the intention that the papers contained in this volume provide an exhaustive tour of indigenous groups of people in... Read more
An introduction I PASTORALISTS OF EASTERN AFRICA Community Rights and State Control in Tanzania, The Barabaig Land Case, The state strikes back, Maasai Pastoralists in Kajiado (Kenya), Inuyat a-Maa/Maa Pastoralists Development Organisation II BUSHMEN OF SOUTHERN AFRICA Indigenous Peoples, the State, and Resource Rights in Southern Africa, Statement by the permanent secretary, Ministry of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (MLRR), Namibia, Statement by the Ministry of Local Government, Lands & Housing. The Republic of Botswana, Statement on behalf of The First People of Kalahari, Statement by representatives of The First People of Kalahari, Experiences of a Student Teacher, CO-OP Management and Land Rights, Statement on behalf of the Barakwena in Namibia III. PYGMIES OF CEN TRAL AFRICA The Relationship between The Batwa and the State of Rwanda, The Ethnic Batwa and their Physical Situation in Rwanda, Slave and Enclave IV. THE TUAREG PASTORALISTS OF NORTHWESTERN AFRICA Reflections on The Concept of Indigenous Peoples in Africa, The process of a Peace Agreement, The tuareg and the School V. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND THE COLONIAL STATE Indigenous Peoples and the State, Racism in Islamic Disguise? The Development of International Recognition of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Biography
Hanne Veber, Anthropologist, Researcher at the Centre for Development Research, Copenhagen, Denmark. Jens Dahl is a Danish anthropologist and former director and Board member of IWGIA who has followed the organization's development for the last 40 years.
