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Title: | Establishing indigeneity in African pluralities using PRO 169 parameters and a case study for measuring their inclusivity |
Author: | Gagnon, Jean-Paul |
Year: | 2011 |
Periodical: | African and Asian Studies (ISSN 1569-2094) |
Volume: | 10 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 323-346 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Africa Uganda |
Subjects: | indigenous peoples Acholi |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1163/156921011X605580 |
Abstract: | The concept of the indigenous person or group in Africa is contentious. The current argument is that there exist no indigenous people in Africa because all Africans are indigenous. The counterargument considers as indigenous Africans who have a specific relationship to the land they inhabit and have a distinctive culture, often inclusive of language and art, which has not succumbed to postcolonial global consumerism. This paper argues in favour of the latter on the basis of the categorization of the PRO 169 (Convention 169) committee of the International Labour Organization. It argues that this cultural divergence between global consumerism and indigenous pre-nation-State social structures is the major identifying point to settle the indigenous/non indigenous African debate. The arguments are applied to the case of the Acholi in Uganda. Finally, the paper looks at inclusive development and provides a new political analysis model for quantifying inclusivity so as to measure the inclusivity of indigenous peoples. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract, edited] |