Jun 25, 2020 · The global health crisis has highlighted the resilience of some indigenous communities. But above all, it has revealed the fragility of these populations – whose poverty, …

Jan 10, 2019 · For indigenous peoples, languages not only identify their origin or membership in a community, they also carry the ethical values of their ancestors – the indigenous knowledge …

Jan 6, 2025 · Chen Xiaorong UNESCO Indigenous peoples are essential for cultural diversity but face increasing threats. It is estimated that half of the world’s approximately 7,000 languages …

Jul 3, 2024 · Created by enslaved people fleeing forced labour or by black communities after the abolition of slavery, quilombos remain spaces of memory and resistance. But many are now …

Jan 1, 2020 · Our image of the wild and warlike prehistoric human, which persists even today, is actually a myth, devised in the second half of the nineteenth century. Archaeological research …

Sep 6, 2018 · For many people in the Bantu language countries of Africa, the term Ubuntu/botho encapsulates all the qualities of a respected member of society. But the term is also used by …

Jun 16, 2021 · At least a quarter of the world’s land area is traditionally owned, managed, used or occupied by indigenous peoples. But while their knowledge is increasingly being recognized, it …

Misunderstood and maligned, the victims of prejudice and even of persecution, Gypsies form one of the minorities whose image has been the most grossly distorted throughout their long and …

Oct 4, 2018 · The current debates that question the universality of the Declaration of Human Rights are bringing to the fore the initiatives that UNESCO has been taking since 1947, to …

Jan 10, 2019 · As the preferred media for defending the rights of indigenous peoples, community radio stations are not necessarily easily accessible, in spite of commitments made by the …