Saleh Ahmed, assistant professor in School of Public Service, and global studies students Kaitlyn Bellamy, Victoria Garcia and Adriana Archila published an article in the Feb. 2 edition of Journal of Poverty. Bellamy was the lead author.
“Ethnic Difference at the Center of Land Struggles in the Americas: A Complex History of Marginalization and Multidimensional Challenges among the Garifuna in the Northern Honduras” explores the critical role natural resources play in shaping livelihoods among ethnic and indigenous communities, specifically highlighting the struggles faced by Garifuna in northern Honduras regarding land ownership. For Garifuna, who are are constitutionally recognized yet ignored by the government, land struggles are also racial struggles as contested land ownerships are the outcomes of historical discriminations.