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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Indigenous Claims in Africa Under Global Perspective
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INDIGENOUS CLAIMS IN AFRICA UNDER GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
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International and Regional Legal Position of Claimant African Indigenous Peoples
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INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEGAL POSITION OF CLAIMANT AFRICAN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
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Indigenousness in Africa Under Selected Cases
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INDIGENOUSNESS IN AFRICA UNDER SELECTED CASES
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Empowerment of Marginalized Ethno-Cultural Identities
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EMPOWERMENT OF MARGINALIZED ETHNO-CULTURAL IDENTITIES
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About this book
Following the internationalization of the indigenous rights movement, a growing number of African hunter-gatherers, pastoralists and other communities have channelled their claims for special legal protection through the global indigenous rights movement. Their claims as the indigenous peoples of Africa are backed by many (international) actors such as indigenous rights activists, donors and some academia. However, indigenous identification is contested by many African governments, some members of non-claimant communities and a number of anthropologists who have extensively interacted with claimant indigenous groups.
This book explores the sources as well as the legal and political implications of indigenous identification in Africa. By highlighting the quasi-inexistence of systematic and discursive – rather than activist – studies on the subject-matter, the analysis questions the appropriateness of this framework in efforts aimed at empowering claimant communities in inherently multiethnic African countries. The book navigates between various disciplines in trying to better capture the phenomenon of indigenous rights advocacy in Africa.
The book is valuable reading for academics in law and all (other) social sciences such as anthropology, sociology, history, political science, as well as for economists. It is also a useful tool for policy-makers, legal practitioners, indigenous rights activists, and a wide range of NGOs.
Dr. Felix Mukwiza Ndahinda is Associate Professor at the International Victimology Institute Tilburg (INTERVICT), Tilburg University, The Netherlands.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Indigenousness in Africa
Book Subtitle: A Contested Legal Framework for Empowerment of 'Marginalized' Communities
Authors: Felix Mukwiza Ndahinda
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-6704-609-1
Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press The Hague
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: T.M.C. ASSER PRESS, The Hague, The Netherlands, and the author 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-6704-333-5Published: 11 April 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-6704-976-4Published: 18 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-90-6704-609-1Published: 27 April 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 393
Topics: Human Rights
