VIDEO: Reviving our Culture, Mapping our Future – in Venda
The story of a special gathering in South Africa, and a community process in eco-cultural mapping.
In November 2009, indigenous leaders from Altai (Russia) and the Colombian Amazon, and NGO representatives from South Africa, Kenya and Ethiopia, accompanied Tshidvizhe community as they explored a simple yet powerful way to express the past and present of their territory and livelihoods onto hand-drawn maps. The maps highlight the importance of their culture, sacred sites and territory, and empower them to map the future they need to strive for.
