Africa adding much to the fabric of indigenous african cultures The Standard Bank of South africa provides detailed and religious beliefs of the Akan asante peoples. http://pershing.sandi.net/swres/history/midages/africa/africa.htm
Extractions: Content Standard 7.4 Performance Standard 7.4.1 The student describes the geographical and cultural factors leading to the growth of trade and state-building in West Africa. 1C, 1F, 2C, 2D, 2F,3C Performance Standard 7.4.2 The student describes the development of towns and maritime trade in East and Southern Africa. 1C, 1E, 2F, 3C Performance Standard 7.4.3 The student describes the effects of population movement, trade, and cultural diffusion on sub-Saharan Africa. 1A, 1D, 2B, 2D, 2F, 3B, 4A Africa Guide The Africa Guide is a complete and comprehensive guide to all of Africa with detailed information for each country - containing hundreds of links to other sites. Africa Guide is a GREAT resource for information about Africa! Civilizations of Africa Start with this first link and learn about the spread of the use of iron in Africa. Using the navigation bar at the bottom of the page learn more about the early Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Zimbabwe to name a few. Kingdoms of the Medieval Sudan "Kingdoms of the Medieval Sudan" provides a narrative historical overview of Mali, Songhay, Kanem-Bornu, and Hausaland before the modern era, a hyperlinked glossary with pronunciation helps, and self-tests on the history of these regions.
Extractions: Source: The Library of Congress Country Studies Unavailable Figure 2. Asante Expansion and Major European Fortresses in the Eighteenth Century Source: Based on information from Daryll Forde and P. M. Kaberry, eds., West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century , London, 1967, 208; and Ivor G. Wilks, Asante in the Nineteenth Century , London, 1975, 19. By the end of the sixteenth century, most ethnic groups constituting the modern Ghanaian population had settled in their present locations. Archeological remains found in the coastal zone indicate that the area has been inhabited since the early Bronze Age (ca. 4000 B.C.), but these societies, based on fishing in the extensive lagoons and rivers, left few traces. Archeological work also suggests that central Ghana north of the forest zone was inhabited as early as 3,000 to 4,000 years ago. Oral history and other sources suggest that the ancestors of some of Ghana's residents entered this area at least as early as the tenth century A.D. and that migration from the north and east continued thereafter. These migrations resulted in part from the formation and disintegration of a series of large states in the western Sudan (the region north of modern Ghana drained by the Niger River). Prominent among these Sudanic states was the Soninke kingdom of Ghana. Strictly speaking
FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY peoples GEOGRAPHY. 1045. Sept 3 5 EARLY indigenous africa HISTORY. From asante, MK and KW asante, african Culture The Rhythms of Unity, Chapter 3Yansane http://faculty.uncfsu.edu/doyler/TCHNG/HIST490SYL.htm
Extractions: FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY College of Arts and Sciences DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT AND HISTORY FALL 2002 COURSE SYLLABUS: SENIOR SEMINAR HIST 490 AFRICAN CULTURAL HISTORY 3 SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS I. LOCATOR INFORMATION Instructor's Name: Dr. Dianne W. Oyler Office Location: JKSA 115 Office Phone: Office Hours: OR BY APPOINTMENT Alternate phone: Department Secretary 672-1573 Ms. Lashley II. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is a study in the nature of human society through its cultural setting. The humanities will be the medium through which the diverse societies of sub-Saharan Africa will be explored in their similar approaches to uses of the environment; oral tradition; religion; myths and legends; visual arts; music; dance; and theatre which effect social policies and an individual culture's vision of its own future. COURSE GOAL: This is an interdisciplinary course which introduces and discusses with some depth a specified cultural setting. Like the more generalized humanities course, the topics covered are those broad-based aspects of culture and the arts that help the students improve their skills in thinking, understanding, and communicating aesthetic and ethical judgments about the world. The student will be able to illustrate the cultural products that individual societies in this part of the world have regarded as aesthetically pleasing and the ways in which they were produced. III. TEXTBOOKS:
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Extractions: By Mwatabu S. Okantah I understand, now, why Langston Hughes titled one of his autobiographies, " I Wonder As I Wander." The wondering and the wandering began in my life at about the same time I discovered my affinity for the work of Hughes, and several other black writers: Zora Neale Hurston, Aime Cesaire, Gwendolyn Brooks, Leon Damas, Lance Jeffers and Toni Morrison. I did not realize then that this wondering and wandering that began in some distant place in my mind would lead me to my own cultural heritage in West Africa. I did not realize then that there was relief to be found waiting inside the culture, that there was peace to still the tension; self-knowledge to embrace the alienation.
RAI: Interv_mcleod By Gustaaf Houtman to know about the changes they face in africa. indigenous peoples have also participated directly in many of our For example, the asante and the Madagascar http://www.rai.anthropology.org.uk/pubs/at/museums/interv_mcleod.html
Extractions: His early background was not in museums or even in anthropology. Born in 1941 in Edinburgh, in 1965 he completed his first degree in history at Oxford. He took up an interest in anthropology, in which he completed a BLitt two years later at the age of 26, also at Oxford. From 1967-69 he was lecturer at the department of sociology, University of Ghana. Upon his return to England in 1969, he accepted a post as assistant curator at the Museum of Archaeology ad Ethnology in Cambridge, which was the beginning of a career in museums. In 1974 he was appointed to his present post at the Museum of Mankind.
BBC - Radio 3 - Africa On Your Street - DJ Ify us. picture of Shaheera asante Shaheera asante african global and control of the authentic indigenous musical format Dike, Ugbala, Musik africa and peoples Club. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/africaonyourstreet/djify_feb04.shtml
Extractions: A couple of years ago while playing at a party as a DJ, I was completely rattled off-balance by the dynamic voice and energetic performance of Highlife performer Edu boy Superstar . This handsome man was part of the side attractions at the occasion but he definitely stole the show. From then on, Edu Boy superstar became a musician I will not hesitate to recommend to anyone who loves good music. Based in London , though currently in Nigeria promoting his albums, Edu Boy Superstar has talents yet to be uncovered. He has released three successful albums: Ojemba, Noni and Gwam Gwam Gwam. Try out 'Gwam Gwam Gwam' for a bit more funk and the usual groovy guitar work, ensuring high energy levels on the dance hall floors and in your cars.
AFRICA Christians affected a disunion of indigenous African people The asante believe that lineage should be passed of authority to sit while lesser peoples will stand http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~yaselma/africa.html
★ Reviews Of Books About Africa symbol of prowess and freedom of the asante people. The commercialized use, more than indigenous peoples use of at the root of africa s environmental problems http://africa.vacationbookreview.com/africa_65.html
Extractions: More Pages: africa Page 1 Books to read if you're planning a vacation in "africa" , sorted by average review score: Colors of Ghana Published in Hardcover by Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media (January, 1997) Authors: Holly Littlefield and Barbara Knutson Average review score: Colors of Ghana Each section of the books begins with a pronunciation guide that facilitates the utterance of the color in question. Crisply clean illustrations adorn each section, adding meaning and better understanding of the various ideas presented. This book is extraordinary in the sense that within a few pages, the reader is introduced to a vast repertoire of Ghanaian history, culture, and other factual pieces of information. Littlefield does an excellent job of weaving suspenseful stories around each color. Both children and adults will find Colors of Ghana a delightful companion. Come to Africa and Save Your Marriage, and Other Stories Published in Hardcover by Soho Press, Inc. (October, 1987)
T DOCUMENTS ON MINORITIES E. GyimahBoadi and Richard asante, situations involving minorities and indigenous peoples - Report on the second workshop on multiculturalism in africa, http://www.unhchr.ch/huridocda/huridoca.nsf/FramePage/Subject minorities En?Open
Guide To Diversity Studies Resources asante, Molefi K. The Historical and Cultural Atlas Black Quest for Freedom in africa, the Americas to world resources on indigenous peoples, including african http://www.gac.edu/oncampus/academics/library/subjectguides/ethnicstudies.html
Extractions: This guide points out some of the reference materials available-print and electronic-that have an emphasis on diversity or focus on a particular culture group. It is by no means complete, but serves as a sampling of what the reference collection offers; don't hesitate to ask a librarian for assistance if you aren't finding what you need. Reference Works Finding Books Finding Articles Diversity Studies Journals ... Citing Your Sources General reference books and bibliographies: Ref Atlases E Allen, James Paul and Eugene J. Turner. We the People: An Atlas of America's Ethnic Diversity . New York: Macmillan, 1988. Represents in maps the distribution of 36 ethnic groups according to the 1980 census, with comparisons to the 1920 census. Includes tables, bibliography, and explanatory text. Ref E American Immigrant Cultures: Builders of a Nation . New York: Macmillan Reference, 1997. Covers culture groups from Acadians to Zoroastrians, covering each groups defining features, patterns of cultural variation, immigration history, demographics, cultural characteristics, and relevant published literature. Ref GN Encyclopedia of World Cultures . Boston: G. K. Hall, 1991. This multivolume set covers over 1,500 culture groups, alphabetically arranged within regions. The information summarizes information on the distribution, belief systems, kinship structures, and history of the groups and provides selective bibliographies for further research.
Davis Publications - /artslides/slidesets/slideset.asp africa PEOPLE IN indigenous COSTUMES. These are a few examples of people from different regions in Adinkra cloth robe, Nkoranza by asante PEOPLE Catalog Number http://www.davis-art.com/artslides/slidesets/slideset.asp?action=select&pk=1969
African Timelines Part I scholars like Molefi Kete asante and Abu S AND CULTUREAs Africas peoples established themselves and diversified Spoken African languages indigenous to the continent are http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimeline.htm
Untitled Document important that educational officials in South africa raise the All Americans, other than the indigenous people, are relative newcomers to Molefi Kete asante. http://www.asante.net/articles/index01.html
Extractions: The naming of things is the defining of things. The naming of persons is the defining of persons. Today we claim the names that relate to our experiences and our histories. Those who named us gave us the names they knew. They had been denied knowledge of our true names. So our names are often French, Portuguese, English, Dutch, German, Spanish, and Irish. But we are Africans. Today we claim all of our identity. We respect those who named us first, but we fulfill the promise that they had when we were born-that we be fully human. main page books new releases reviews ... TOWARD THE CENTERED SCHOOL IN URBAN AREAS Molefi Kete Asante THE BASIC TENETS OF THE CENTERED SCHOOL main page books new releases reviews ... Improvements to Encarta Africana 2000 Molefi Kete Asante Encarta Africana 2000 is an improved version of the project undertaken by Professors Henry Louis Gates and Anthony Appiah to capture African American history and culture. Encarta Africana 2000 reflects substantive changes to content, design and format and represents a remarkable advance in conceptualizing the African and African American experience .
Untitled1 cultural traditions of the continent of africa itself. backgrounds are historically rooted in the indigenous people of the from the Ibo, or the asante from the http://www.asante.net/books/atlas1.html
Extractions: Preface African American culture is sewn into the very fabric of American society. Indeed, to speak accurately of American culture and history or world history and culture one has to consider the enormous contributions of African people in the United States. The impact is particularly significant in the contemporary American context because African American culture is a major component of what constitutes being American. In this regard, Africa in America has meant that America is more than a European nation on Native American soil; it is a combination of many cultural influences that provide the special character of the American nation. African American culture is also African at its most elemental and fundamental level. From the sentence construction in Ebonics to musical appreciation, the legacy and heritage of thousands of years of human responses to the African environment have had an impact on the nearly four hundred years of the African American sojourn in North America. The atlas has proved to be a major reference work with interest for libraries, scholars, government workers, businesspeople, tourists, and individuals with an interest in presenting a portrait of the African American community. The original atlas was directed toward an American as well as a world audience. In revising the atlas we have endeavored to enliven the spatial representation of some of the most important events, personalities, and facts about African Americans with new maps, charts, and photographs.
SIRIS Image Gallary AnyiBaule, Ashanti asante Ashanti asante, Bakota Bakota, Basuto, South africa South africa, Swahili Swahili. the earliest images of indigenous people worldwide; and http://sirismm.si.edu/siris/naaLot97africaculture.htm
African Holocaust & Diaspora deaths of even greater numbers of indigenous peoples in the Thus, as African peoples were globally dispersed, they modes of verbal activity (asante and Abarry http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/diaspora.htm
Extractions: http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/SocSci/1998/ss-981006.html The African Holocaust: (hol e kost), n. 1a. a great or complete slaughter or reckless destruction of life. "The Black Holocaust is one of the more underreported events in the annals of human history. The Black Holocaust makes reference to the millions of African lives which have been lost during the centuries to slavery, colonization and oppression. The Black Holocaust makes reference to the horrors endured by millions of men, women, and children throughout the African Diaspora. In sheer numbers, depth and brutality, it is a testimony to the worst elements of human behavior and the strongest elements of survival."
African Timelines Part I Spoken African languages indigenous to the continent are two or more neighboring countries (in asante and Abarry are common to most African peoples (see Judith http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimeline.htm
AsanteSana Islamic culture as well as its own indigenous African cultural Even more beautiful than this are the peoples of Kenya. asante sana to U of L and the University http://www.louisville.edu/a-s/honors/AsanteSana.htm
Extractions: Sociology 02 Jambo ! The Honors Program has truly changed my life! This past spring semester, the University Honors Program offered an International Seminar on "Current Issues in African History and Thought" taught by Dr. Dismas Masolo, a distinguished scholar at U of L from Kenya in East Africa. Along with 14 other students I traveled across Kenya for three weeks learning firsthand about the peoples and cultures of this country. The course was designed to give students a background in contemporary East African political, social and cultural discourse within the historical context of the diverse forms of colonial experience that have affected Africas own indigenous heritage. Throughout the semester we were given a general introduction to the impact of the tri-cultural heritage of Africa that has been influenced by Western and Islamic culture as well as its own indigenous African cultural values. We examined the consequences of colonialism in Africa and learned that although independence has been in place for almost fifty years, social and political stability are still fragile due to the historical consequences of Western expansion. At the end of the course we all made the long-awaited trip to Kenya. We began our field study in Nairobi, the largest city in East Africa. As soon as we got off the plane I knew that nothing I had ever learned in any book or course lecture could have ever taught me the unique experience of African culture. The experience of this trip has now given me a better understanding of African culture, its peoples, its history and the social and political obstacles that it faces.
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