Indigenous Peoples and Violent Conflict: Life Amidst Chaos. David S. Wilkie.
by Wilkie, David S; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 70Global Issues. Publisher: Cultural Survival Quarterly, 2005ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Africa -- Economic conditions | Belgium -- Colonies | Civil war -- Africa | Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History | Efe (African people) | Ethnic relations | Ituri Forest (Congo) | Kabila, Laurent (1938-2001) | Lese (African people) | Transportation -- Africa | Usages of tradeDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Efe foragers and Lese farmers of the Ituri Forest in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have faced a constant struggle against adversity. How they have dealt with food shortages, a powerful brew of debilitating and deadly diseases, historical depredations by Arab slave traders and Belgian colonial agents, the post-independence collapse of political authority and rule-of-law, and most recently a spate of civil wars, speaks both to their resilience and their vulnerability." (CULTURAL SURVIVAL QUARTERLY) This article examines how conflict and environmental factors have affected two indigenous groups in Congo.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Indigenous Peoples and Violent Conflict: Life Amidst Chaos, Spring 2005; pp. 20-23.
"Efe foragers and Lese farmers of the Ituri Forest in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have faced a constant struggle against adversity. How they have dealt with food shortages, a powerful brew of debilitating and deadly diseases, historical depredations by Arab slave traders and Belgian colonial agents, the post-independence collapse of political authority and rule-of-law, and most recently a spate of civil wars, speaks both to their resilience and their vulnerability." (CULTURAL SURVIVAL QUARTERLY) This article examines how conflict and environmental factors have affected two indigenous groups in Congo.
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