More than twenty years ago, a small-farming community who found themselves in the middle of a terrible war decided to organise and resist in their territory. Continue reading For the love of land
Category Archives: Land: culture and conflict
Beautiful Mother Earth
There are two rivers in the small village of Alto Guayabal, the smallest is turquoise in colour and is called Jancadía and the largest is amber-green in colour and is called Jiguamiandó which means river that brings fever in the Emberá indigenous language. Continue reading Beautiful Mother Earth
Pedeguita y Mancilla: legal delays and threats
“If you won’t sell it to me, I’ll buy it tomorrow from your widow”. Continue reading Pedeguita y Mancilla: legal delays and threats
Urabá, a contemporary history of violence and territory
Urabá is always thought of as something of a lawless region, marked by endemic violence and fought over by the armed groups in the conflict.[1] Continue reading Urabá, a contemporary history of violence and territory
The Jiw and Sikuani fight for their ancestral lands
The Jiw and Sikuani indigenous peoples are engaged in a lengthy battle for the return of ancestral lands where, in keeping with their culture and traditions, they wish to subsist by hunting and fishing. Continue reading The Jiw and Sikuani fight for their ancestral lands