The African Earth Jurisprudence Collective

As well as work on the ground, the African Earth Jurisprudence Collective is collaborating with traditional communities to play a pivotal role in practice-based advocacy for the recognition of customary, Earth-centred laws and governance from local to pan-African levels.

Albert Lake in Uganda

The African Earth Jurisprudence Collective: Navigating towards a Resilient Future

A new, uniquely African hope is emerging to counter threats to the continent’s most precious ecosystems and to revive ways of life that restore the relationship between communities and their lands and waters after centuries of colonial harm.

October 8, 2021