Maria Sapignoli (B.A., M.A. University of Bologna, PhD University of Essex) is an Italian anthropologist in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Milano. She works on issues relating to indigenous peoples, identity, international organizations (notably, the United Nations and the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights), and the legal and anthropological aspects of indigenous and minority rights. Some of her fieldwork was conducted at the United Nations in the Secretariat of the UNPFII. Since 2006, she has carried out fieldwork in Botswana, mainly in areas related to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, in western Botswana (Ghanzi District), in Gaborone, and in the High Court of the country. As part of her work, she did analyses of two Botswana High Court legal cases involving the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (2004-2006, and 2010-2011).
Robert Hitchcock is a professor of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA and a board member of the Kalahari Peoples Fund, a nonprofit organization working on helping the peoples of southern Africa. Trained as an archaeologist, anthropologist, and remote sensing specialist, he examines issues relating to development, land use, and resettlement, primarily in eastern and southern Africa. Much of his work has been with the San (Bushmen) peoples of southern Africa. Hitchcock has had nearly 40 years of experience working on resettlement-related issues for several African governments (Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, Somalia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe).
