Evicted from their forests, Kenyan hunter-gatherers fight for their rights


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Members of the Lake Bogoria Moran Dancers group give a perfomance showcasing traditional dance and props during the 6th Annual Ogiek Cultural festival at Nkareta ward, Narok County. — Photos: AFP

Fred Ngusilo stooped to pick up a leather pouch, once used to collect honey, and a discarded shoe from the Mau Forest floor, painful reminders that his hunter-gatherer community once flourished in southern Kenya, before they were evicted and their homes destroyed.

Ngusilo belongs to the Ogiek group, which is among the last hunter-gatherer communities in Africa and one of the most marginalised in Kenya.

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