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Land Rights and the Forest Peoples of Africa: Historical, Legal and Anthropological Perspectives
This composite publication
presents and complements a
study conducted on the land
rights of indigenous peoples in
five countries of the forested
region of Africa, namely
Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC),
Rwanda and Uganda. Building
on historical facts and legal
developments, the study
highlights indigenous peoples’
loss of resources and land to
colonists, commercial enter-
prises and conservation initiatives. It also de
scribes how, having been dispossessed of their
ancestral lands and, in many cases, not alloca
ted alternative land, indi
genous forest peoples
in Africa today live in extremely vulnerable
conditions and experience marginalisation and
poverty
The Author Dorothy Jackson is the Africa Programme Coordinator for the
individuals who gave financial and other assistance for thi