Tanzania accused of backtracking over sale of Masai’s ancestral land | World news | The Guardian
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/16/tanzania-government-accused-serengeti-sale-maasai-lands
Tanzania accused of backtracking over sale of Masai’s ancestral land | World news | The Guardian
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/16/tanzania-government-accused-serengeti-sale-maasai-lands
anzania has been accused of reneging on its promise to 40,000 Masai pastoralists by going ahead with plans to evict them and turn their ancestral land into a reserve for the royal family of Dubai to hunt big game.
Activists celebrated last year when the government said it had backed down over a proposed 1,500 sq km “wildlife corridor” bordering the Serengeti national park that would serve a commercial hunting and safari company based in the United Arab Emirates.
Now the deal appears to be back on and the Masai have been ordered to quit their traditional lands by the end of the year. Masai representatives will meet the prime minister, Mizengo Pinda, in Dodoma on Tuesday to express their anger. They insist the sale of the land would rob them of their heritage and directly or indirectly affect the livelihoods of 80,000 people. The area is crucial for grazing livestock on which the nomadic Masai depend.
Tanzania evicting 40,000 people from homeland to make room for Dubai royal family
▻http://www.salon.com/2014/11/17/tanzania_will_sell_masai_homeland_to_dubai_royal_family
40,000 Masai people will be evicted from their homeland in Tanzania, because the Dubai royal family has bought it with the intention of using it as a reserve to hunt big game. Last year, the Tanzanian government had resisted the purchase, proposing instead a “wildlife corridor” dedicated to hunting near the Serengeti national park. However, the deal will still reportedly go through, and the Masai will have to leave by the end of the year.
LeTemps.ch | Un label nommé Massaï
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Un peuple peut-il s’enregistrer comme une marque déposée ? Confrontés à l’utilisation de leur image pour la vente de toute sorte de produits, les nomades africains s’y emploient. Et ils ne sont pas les seuls
Un peuple nomade enregistré comme une marque déposée ? Un rituel sacré et secret protégé par un brevet ? Un capital immatériel incorporé dans le beurre de karité ? C’est possible. Partout sur la planète, des démarches sont en cours. Bienvenue dans le monde méconnu de la propriété intellectuelle des communautés indigènes.
The #Bullshit Files : #Mindy_Budgor
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Loads of our readers have been badgering us to blog about Mindy Budgor, a young white, middle class American from Southern California (her site comes with a health warning) who traveled to Kenya for a PR campaign for Under Armour sports clothing prior to starting an MBA degree and disguised the trip as a white […]
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Des femmes Masaï mettent fin aux rites d’excisions traditionnels
►http://gamsfrance.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/des-femmes-masai-mettent-fin-aux-rites-dexcisions-traditionnel
Une cérémonie de deux jours marque la fin d’un rite incluant des mutilations génitales pour 52 jeunes filles Masaï
Sauvons les terres des Masaï en Tanzanie !
►http://www.avaaz.org/fr/sauvons_la_terre_des_masai/?tWQWuab
À tout moment, une grosse entreprise spécialisée dans les chasses commerciales pourrait signer le contrat qui chassera de leurs terres ancestrales jusqu’à 48 000 membres de la fameuse ethnie Masaï
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