African Indigenous Peoples

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.

Oct 9, 2007 – Woorama

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.

Sep 4, 2007 – Woorama

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.

Aug 7, 2007 – Woorama

Ethiopian indigenous peoples are threatened as much by colonial constructs of their identity as they are by bullets, drought and famine.

May 16, 2007 – Woorama

Colonists once claimed ancient Shona ruins as belonging to a "lost white civilisation". This myth was used to justify European occupation in Southern Africa.

Jan 7, 2007 – Woorama