Indigenousness in Africa: A Contested Legal Framework for Empowerment of 'Marginalized' Communities

ISBN-13: 9789067043335 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 250 str.

Felix Mukwiza Ndahinda

Opis

Analyses the implications of the recognition under international law of a particular community as an indigenous African people.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: indigenous identity in Africa

Part I. Indigenous Claims in Africa under Global Perspective

2. Overview of narratives on indigenousness;

3. Contextual application of indigenousness in Africa

Part II. International and Regional Legal Position of Claimant African Indigenous Peoples

4. International legal framework and indigenous claims in Africa

5. Indigenous claims and rights under African regional institutions

Part III. Indigenousness in Africa under selected cases

6. Twa marginality and indigenousness in Rwanda

7. Indigenization of pastoralist Maasai in Kenya

Part IV. Empowerment of Marginalized Ethno-Cultural Identities

8. Indigenousness, human security and empowerment of marginalized identities in Africa

9. Indigenousness, ethnicity, marginality and empowerment: which path to the future?