Mongabay

Indigenous communities in South Africa sue, protest off-shore oil and gas exploration

Thousands of South Africans, including Indigenous communities, mobilized in a national protest last Sunday against Shell’s planned seismic survey in search for oil and gas reserves off the country’s ...
Forbes

African Indigenous Crops Fuel A Growing Food Business Boom

In Lagos, Nigeria, where the hum of the city mingles with the aroma of freshly baked bread, Chef Juliet Aigbe, known affectionally as “Chef Juls,” slides a grain-free wedding cake into a large ...
YES! Magazine

Another Legal Win for South Africa’s Indigenous Communities

“Wild Coast communities are using the courts to fight for the right to determine what happens in their territory and strengthening their hand in a country heavily marred by colonialism.” In a court ...
Grist

South Africa’s High Court sided with Indigenous communities

This story was originally published by Hakai Magazine and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In a court decision reached late last year, Indigenous communities from the Wild ...
National Catholic Reporter

In Africa's Congo Basin, Indigenous peoples lose homes to conservation efforts

Bernard Messono today lives by the roadside. A 28-year-old Indigenous Baka man from Elango village in Cameroon's East Region, he was forced out of his natural home in the forest by encroaching logging ...
Grist

Indigenous leaders say Africa’s conservation plan puts lives at risk

Last week, leaders from more than fifty African countries convened for the first Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) to discuss solutions to escalating climate and biodiversity crises. Held in ...
Mongabay

Conserve wildlands in southern Africa by protecting Indigenous rights (commentary)

The COP15 agreement and its pledge to preserve 30% of the world’s biodiversity by 2030 (30×30) sounded like a resounding success for conservation, but not if it comes at the expense of Indigenous ...
The Africa Report

As Shell and ExxonMobil sell onshore assets, are Africa’s indigenous producers ready?

A long-term shift by oil majors towards deep offshore African oil exploration raises new challenges for indigenous African producers which have yet to be fully addressed. The fiscal terms applicable ...
Global Voices Online

How Africans are bridging the language digital divide

The underrepresentation of Indigenous African languages online has long been a challenge. In recent years, Africans have taken up the task of bridging this digital divide, recognizing the importance ...
The Nation Newspaper

Christianity and the African indigenous church

THE discourse on the growth, evolution and universal spread of Christianity must take into account how a provincial religious formation became a universal force. How, in other words, did a religion ...
The Conversation

COVID was a setback for indigenous languages: South African lecturers on what went wrong

South African indigenous languages are among those at risk of a serious decline due to the increasing use of digital technologies. By some estimates only 5% of the world’s languages are likely to ...
The Citizen

iPendoring awards marks 31 years of celebrating South African mother tongue creativity

Local news News iPendoring awards marks 31 years of celebrating South African mother tongue creativity ONLINE HEADLINE FOR AF ...