Heading Towards Extinction? Indigenous Rights in Africa: The Case of the TWA of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9788790730314)

Heading Towards Extinction documents and discusses the case of the Twa, so-called "pygmy" people, of the Kahuzi- Biega forests, South Kivu Province in Eastern Congo. Their case is presented in the African context as well as in the context of emerging and established international norms and principles of indigenous peoples' rights. Heading Towards Extinction? is a plea for recognition of the legal rights that the Twa are entitled to as an indigenous people. The book calls for the reform of the assimilationist approach taken by the Congolese government, as well as the agencies involved in managing the Kahuzi-Biega National Park.

Albert K. Barume is a completing his graduate studies in the Department of Law/Human Rights Center of the University of Essex, United Kingdom.

Author: Alberto Kwokwo Barume
ISBN-10: 8790730313
ISBN-13: 9788790730314
Publisher: International Work Group for Indigenous Affai
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2000
Pages: 142
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.50w x 0.40d