fPcN interCultural:

friends of Peoples close to Nature

An Interview with Roy Sesana, Botswana Bushmen and founder of the "First People of the Kalahari". He is the winner of the Alternative Nobelprize 2005. The Film is made by fPcN Germany.

The Hadzabe thanks fPcN for the help in their struggle for independence (english o-voice). A team of fPcN Germany and ECOTERRA Intl. (partner organsation of fPcN) visited the Hadazbe in January 2008. We met Naftali Kitandu, the new leader.

The unique film describes the situation of the Hadzabe till the late 90ies, the involvement of fPcN Germany in protecting their culture and support their struggle. The Hadzabe are one of the last hunter and gatherers in East Afrika. The film is made by fPcN Germany.

The ambitious DNA profiling "Genographic project" (See.. http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic) which seeks to retrace the path of human settlement on Earth has been encountering resistance among indigenous people. After a boycott-appeal by the US- American Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism http://www.ipcb.org, now some Maori and African First Nations have also announced concerns over the project .

Several Articles

Christian fundamentalist groups and Pentecostal churches are spreading over Africa. They promise salvation by submission. They are the most grotesque side phenomenon of Africa´s social crises. 21st century christianity will be “bigger, younger, louder, softer, more shining- and more black”, as US-scientist Danny McCain, a minister himself, sees it.