Search

En Cochabamba Bolivia, se realizó hoy la apertura de la  III Cumbre de Comunicación Indígena Aya Yala con más de mil participantes, entre ellos nuestra representante Avex Cojtí y la lideresa Indígena, comunicadora social, y cineasta, Rosa Jajla de Radio Copacabana a quien Cojtí aprovechó para entrevistarla.  Escuchemos parte de sus declaraciones.

“La mejor forma de Liberación es la Comunicación”, asegura Evo Morales, Presidente de Bolivia en la III Cumbre Continental de Comunicación Indígena, Abya Yala, en Cochabamba, Bolivia en la que participan alrededor de 1500 comunicadores  de todo el continente, en estas se discuten algunos temas entre estos los principios y retos de comunicación Indígena para la descolonización, escuchemos el reporte que nos envía desde Cochabamba nuestra productora Avex Cojtí.

En esta entrevista realizada por nuestra representante en la III Cumbre Continental de Comunicación Indígena, Avex Cojtí, escucharemos a una representante del Movimiento de Mujeres Indígenas Bartolina Sisa en Bolivia quien nos habla sobre el patriarcado y la Descolonización de Mujeres Comunicadoras.

Te invitamos a descargar y compartir la entrevista con Alberto Márquez, Jefe de la Unidad de Radios de Pueblos Originarios de Bolivia, RPO´S, quien destaca  que por medio de las radios comunitarias "los indígenas nunca más deben ser invisibilidades en sus actividades, cultura, lógica, filosofía, en su lengua". 

En este spot te presentamos la cuarta y quinta cláusula de la declaración que surgió al concluir la 3ra Cumbre Continental de Comunicación Indígena, esta fue leída por Franklin Columbia de Ecuador, puedes sentirte libre de descargar y compartir con tu audiencia. 

The world will indeed be a poorer place without the languages and cultures of Indigenous Peoples.
So it is necessary to celebrate and promote Indigenous Languages, thereby improving the lives of the peoples who speak the languages.
Producer:  Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan, South Africa)

Interview: Kaimana Barcase, Hawaii and Denver Breda, South Africa.

Music : Whispers by Ziibiwan, used with permission.

Picture:  A man plays a Khwe finger piano, West Caprivi Strip. Photo by Julie Taylor 2007, Courtesy of Cultural Survival

The  18th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues ran from  22 of April until 3 May 2019.
The theme was Traditional knowledge: Generation, transmission and protection.
This program is about the the importance of Indigenous languages in the digital era.

Producer:  Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan, South Africa)
Sound Clip: Alili Kiskitalo (Sami), Co-chair of IYIL steering committee.
Music : Whispers, by Ziibiwan, used with permission.

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is the UN’s central body dedicated to all matters relating to the rights of the approximately 370 million Indigenous Peoples around the World.
In 2019, The 18th session of the Forum in New York will highlight the year that has been declared the International Year of Indigenous Languages.
Cultural Survival's Avexnim Cojti spoke to Richard Grounds from the Yuchi Nation, who tells us how this commemoration came about.

This radio program  is part of a series of programs produced by Indigenous Rights Radio, to commemorate the International Year of Indigenous Languages, 2019. In this program, we showcase the Newar Indigenous Language which is called, Nepal-Bhasa. The Newar are one of the 59 Indigenous Peoples recognized so far by the government of Nepal. They are the original habitants of Kathmandu valley, the capital city of modern Nepal. The Newar people have diversity in terms of religion, rituals and culture, but share one common language. 

Naro is spoken by the Ncao Khwe , which means the red people, sometimes referred to as the San people of Botswana.
This program provides a sound clip of Naro, and gives some information about the Indigenous People who speak the language.

PRODUCTION
Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)
Indigenous Rights Radio Intro track features "Burn your Village to the Ground" by @a-tribe-called-red. Used with permission.
Music: Lights in the Forest by Yarina. Used with permission.

Khwedam is spoken by the Bwabwata San People in Namibia. There are also some speakers in Botswana and South Africa.
This program provides a sound clip of Khwedam, and gives some information about the Indigenous People who speak the language.
PRODUCTION
Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)
Indigenous Rights Radio Intro track features "Burn your Village to the Ground" by @a-tribe-called-red. Used with permission.
Music: Lights in the Forest by Yarina. Used with permission.

This program includes short voice clips of four different languages spoken by four different sub-clans of Rai Indigenous communities of Nepal namely: Bantawa, Chamling, Kulung and Puma. Rai is one of Nepal’s 59 Indigenous Peoples, legally recognized by the government, but debate among Rai Indigenous communities still continues about Rai not being their ethnic identity, but posts given to the topmost leaders during the ancient kingship system of Nepal.

Tharu is the mother tongue of the Tharu people, and it is divided into 2 categories, namely Rana Tharu and Dangaura Tharu, both belonging to the Indo-aryan language family. The Tharu peoples  areamongst the largest indigenous communities in Nepal, they number 1.8 million people according to 2011 census. The Tharu are one of Nepal’s 59 Indigenous communities, comprised of 50 different clans with cultural differences. Each clan has slightly different dialects and tones when speaking their mother tongues. Among the 1.8 million, some 1.5 million speak their mother tongue.