Elisabeth Benkam, VoicesofAfrica alumna, Yaounde, Cameroon
The indigenous peoples in central Africa are confident that the United Nations will put pressure on governments to end their age-long marginalisation and improve their living conditions.
The representatives of these people from Burundi, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville and Kinshasa, Rwanda and Chad, recently met in Yaoundé, Cameroon, under the patronage of the United Nations Centre for human Right and Democracy and with the support of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). They include the Aka, Muti, Baka, Bedzang, Bagyeli, Bakola, Babongo, Twa and Bororos.
In this report, a representative of the Bororo in Cameroon explains the challenges facing his community.
