African Indigenous Peoples
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By: Tyson Yunkaporta
The forcible and illegal removal of Bushmen from their homelands is conflict in anybody's language. But under the Kimberly Process, these diamonds are clean. more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
The Nuba, having remained aloof from colonial culture and trade since ancient Egyptian times, are now succumbing to the ravages of war, mining and business interests. more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
Chagos Islanders have won the right to return to their native lands, from which they were once expelled by the British to make room for the American military. more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
Ethiopian indigenous peoples are threatened as much by colonial constructs of their identity as they are by bullets, drought and famine. more...
African Ancient History Denied
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
Colonists once claimed ancient Shona ruins as belonging to a "lost white civilisation". This myth was used to justify European occupation in Southern Africa. more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
Do you remember the good old Band Aid lyrics? Patronising? Perpetuating indigenous myths and stereotypes? You be the judge. more...
Berbers, Tuareg, or Imazighen?
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
Assimilation of indigenous Imazighen in places like Algeria has disastrous results. But outsider definitions and labels can be equally damaging. more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
The Christ poll I ran was misleading - Jesus' appearance is irrelevant to his African ethnicity, and to his politics - aboriginal activism against colonial oppression. more...
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