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Category: Language Violation

For indigenous peoples, language is a vital part of life that facilitates cultural transmission, passing down of ancestral histories and traditional knowledge, practices, and customs. It is directly linked to the identities of indigenous groups. The historical and ongoing marginalization of indigenous peoples in Africa features the exclusion of Indigenous languages within the public sphere, attempts at linguistic assimilation policies, and lack of original recognition for indigenous languages. These policies are often a part of nation-building agendas to build national unity or attempts to prioritize dominant languages and follow the pressures of globalization, and are further fueled by discrimination against Indigenous identities and lack of representation within the government.

State-based Discrimination Against Tebu and Amazigh Libyans

Even in a post-Ghaddafi world, Libya’s non-Arab ethnic minorities face language, citizenship, and cultural discrimination supported by law.

Published September 6, 2024
Categorized as Amazigh, Language Violation, Libya, Tebu

Language Rights of Amazigh People vs. Government of Morocco

Analyzing the Conditions of Tamazight Language Revitalization in Morocco.

Published October 6, 2023
Categorized as Amazigh, Language Violation, MoroccoTagged AllAfrica, Amazigh, Language, Language Rights, Morocco

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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.

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