Ethnic Group

Indigenous peoples across the continent of Africa are subject to a lack of respect for their rights to land, territory, resources, self-determination, and basic human rights. Explore cases by ethnic group to get a closer look at how the people of Africa are experiencing violations.

Afar

Eritrean Afar in DankaliaOctober 28, 2023
Afar in DjiboutiSeptember 26, 2020

Amazigh

State-based Discrimination Against Tebu and Amazigh LibyansSeptember 6, 2024
Language Rights of Amazigh People vs. Government of MoroccoOctober 6, 2023
Amazigh vs. Tamalout DamOctober 5, 2020
Guiche L’Oudaya vs. Real Estate DevelopmentOctober 5, 2020
Amazigh vs. Noor Ouarzazate Solar PlantOctober 5, 2020
Imider Silver Mine vs. AmazighOctober 5, 2020
Amazigh vs. Violations in AlgeriaSeptember 23, 2020

Anywaa (Anuer)

Anywaa (Anuak) vs. Nuer vs. Gambella

Bagungu

East African Crude Oil PipelineDecember 7, 2023
Bagungu vs. Murchison Falls National ParkOctober 11, 2020

Baka

Denial of Legal Recognition for Baka in CameroonNovember 23, 2021
Baka Communities Face Eviction in the Congo BasinJune 15, 2021
Baka of Gabon vs. Conservation and DevelopmentOctober 5, 2020
Baka vs. Nki National ParkSeptember 26, 2020

Bakonjo

Bamba

Bamba and Bakonjo Peoples in Mt. Rwenzori National Park

Barabaig

Basarwa

Basongora

Bassari

Bassari People in Senegal

Batwa

Benet

The Benet

Berom

Fulani Herders vs. Farmers

Berta

Bodi

Borana

Chabu

The Chabu

Dassanech

Datoga

Makao Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Meatu District

Endorois

Fellata

Fellata vs. Citadel Capital and Concord Agriculture

Fulani

Guiche L’Oudaya (Guich)

Guiche L’Oudaya vs. Real Estate Development

Gumuz

Hadza

Hamar

Indigenous Peoples vs. Gibe III Dam

Hanang

Bagamoyo

Idioma

Fulani Herders vs. Farmers

Ik

Ik vs. Kidepo Valley National Park

Ingessana

Sherkole and Tsore Refugee Camps

Jie

Indigenous Peoples vs. Al Ain Wildlife

Jukun

Fulani Herders vs. Farmers

Jumjum

Sherkole and Tsore Refugee Camps

Kachipo

Indigenous Peoples vs. Al Ain Wildlife

Kamba

Kara

The Kuraz Sugar Development Project

Karamojong

Karamojong vs. Land Grabbing

Karayu

Karayu vs. Land Grabbing in Oromia

Karo

Indigenous Peoples vs. Gibe III Dam

Kel Tamasheq

Khoisan (Khoekhoe, San)

Khoisan in South Africa

Komo

Komo vs. Resettlement

Kunama

Kunama v. Nevsun Mining

Kwegu

Luba

Luba and Batwa Conflict

Maasai

Majangir

Mambila

Fulani Herders vs. Farmers

Mao

Mbenga

Mbuti

Meru

LAPSSET Infrastructure in Isiolo County

Murle

Mursi

Nama

Indigenous Land Rights Efforts in Namibia

Nandan

Fulani Herders vs. Farmers

Nuer

Nyangatom

Ogiek

The Ogiek

Ogoni

Ogoni vs. Shell

OvaHimba (Himba)

Himba vs. Hydroelectric Dam Proposals in Kunene Region

Ovatwa

Indigenous Land Rights Efforts in Namibia

Parakuyo

Mkomazi

Pojulu

Pojulu vs. Nile Trading & Development

Rif

Rif vs. Jerada Mining

Samburu

San

Sengwer

Shinasha

Somali

LAPSSET Infrastructure in Isiolo County

Sukuma

Suri

Taturu

Tiv

Fulani Herders vs. Farmers

Turkana

Twa

Wodabbe

Zemba

The University of Michigan has its origins in land coercively purchased by the United States Federal Government from the Anishinaabeg (including Odawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi) and Wyandot nations. While this project documents ongoing cases of land expropriation and dispossession outside of the United States, we are also based in a university that stands, like almost all property in the United States, on lands obtained from indigenous peoples, generally through violence, intimidation, and dishonesty. Knowing and acknowledging where we live and work does not change this, but a thorough understanding of the ongoing consequences of these histories must shape our research, teaching, and outreach to create a future that supports human flourishing and justice for all individuals.