WHO IS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN AFRICA?...
THE UNITED NATIONS IDENTIFIES INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AS HAVING THE FOLLOWING FEATURES...
*First peoples of a territory
*Politically, socially and economically marginalised
*A close relationship to the land and the sustainable use of natural resources
*A claim to specific territory based on a genealogical and cultural descent line
*Physically distinct from the dominant groups in some instances.
*Politically, socially and economically marginalised
*A close relationship to the land and the sustainable use of natural resources
*A claim to specific territory based on a genealogical and cultural descent line
*Physically distinct from the dominant groups in some instances.
THEIR LIFESTYLE...
Africa's main indigenous groups are nomatic pastoralist who move from place to place in search of a better life. They are found in sub-saharan eastern Africa but can also be traced to countries in North Africa, like Algeria.
Besides pastoral nomads, some of them are hunter-gatherers, including the San people of Southern Africa, who are known as 'bush peolpe' in Namibia, Angola and Botswana. They are mostly from hunting and gathering societies or from nomatic herding peoples (cattle, sheep and camel herders). Still today Africa has the largerst number of peoples livinBesides pastoral nomads, some of Africa's indigenous peoples are hg as hunter-gatherers or herders.
PROBLEMS FACING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN AFRICA...
*The presence and identity of indigenous peoples is not acknowledged by most African governments
*Human rights of indigenous peoples are regularly violated
*Ancestral territories, including forest areas, have been taken over by private ownership or activities such as agriculture, logging and infrastructure projects (roads, oil pipeline etc)
*Indigenous peoples’ customary laws and land rights are not recognised under Bantu customary law or national legislation
*Indigenous peoples are being displaced from their lands, without alternative livelihoods or land compensation
*Traditional food and medicine is cut off and ancestral lands and forests are being destroyed
*Valuable traditional knowledge and culture is being lost as indigenous peoples are denied access to their lands and forests
*In most African countries, indigenous peoples are not represented in government or administration
*Indigenous peoples are vulnerable to AIDS and other diseases when their lands are opened up to outsiders.
*Human rights of indigenous peoples are regularly violated
*Ancestral territories, including forest areas, have been taken over by private ownership or activities such as agriculture, logging and infrastructure projects (roads, oil pipeline etc)
*Indigenous peoples’ customary laws and land rights are not recognised under Bantu customary law or national legislation
*Indigenous peoples are being displaced from their lands, without alternative livelihoods or land compensation
*Traditional food and medicine is cut off and ancestral lands and forests are being destroyed
*Valuable traditional knowledge and culture is being lost as indigenous peoples are denied access to their lands and forests
*In most African countries, indigenous peoples are not represented in government or administration
*Indigenous peoples are vulnerable to AIDS and other diseases when their lands are opened up to outsiders.
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