Global Volunteer Update #6 national capacities including the training of indigenous people. the role of young people as community INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER WORK CAMP baga Toiruu, Mongolia http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/news/gu_eng/gu_2004_03.htm
Petit Aperçu Des L'histoire Des Amazigh Au Maghreb Canaries The indigenous people were Berber were spoken all over the country, not many people knew how au IIIe siècle avant JC par le souverain berbère baga. http://www.bladi.net/modules/newbb/sujet_18713_5.html
Art Africain Info The baga, 15th or 16th-century migrants from the Sudan now The ndako gboya appears to be indigenous; a spirit that during the 7th century by people related to http://artafricain.ifrance.com/artafricain/art-africain-info.htm
Extractions: Fon iron image of Gun, the god of iron and war, Dahomey. Museum Pottery head found at Sokoto, Nigeria. Height 45cm Bambara dance wood headdress in the form of an antelope West Africa Scholars divide the visual arts of West Africa into three broad areas: the western Sudan, the Guinea Coast, and Nigeria. This is done partly to enable the outsider to comprehend the diversity of styles and traditions within the region, while recognizing that there are themes common to all of the areas. This is the name conventionally given to the savanna region of West Africa. It is an area dominated by Islamic states situated at the southern ends of the trans-Saharan trade routes. The sculpture here is characterized by schematic styles of representation. Some commentators have interpreted these styles as an accommodation to the Islamic domination of the area, but this is probably not an adequate explanation since Islam in West Africa has either merely tolerated or actually destroyed such traditions while exerting other influences. Among the better-known sculptural traditions of the western Sudan are those of the following peoples.
JAIC 1992, Volume 31, Number 1, Article 2 (pp. 03 To 16) conclusions presenting a possible African view of indigenous material culture People of wood Baule figure sculpture. The art of the baga A preliminary inquiry http://aic.stanford.edu/jaic/articles/jaic31-01-002.html
Extractions: JAIC 1992, Volume 31, Number 1, Article 2 (pp. 03 to 16) Some specific examples in African art where nontangible attributes might have an effect on treatment decisions can be seen in the following: Should we look inside a Yoruba beaded crown (fig. 1), considered to be the premier piece of divine regalia, to mend the textile lining (fig. 2), or lend slides of its interior to the education department, when in cultural context it is forbidden for anyone, including the king, to view the interior? Should we secure loose and detached fragments of sacrificial patination on a Bamana Komo headdress (fig. 3), when the amount and thickness of this incrustation (fig. 4) are directly related to the degree and effectiveness of its cultural power? How do we justify the public exhibition of an Igala shrine figure (fig. 9), which would have been restricted from public view and seen only by people of a specific age, sex, or initiate? Fig. 1. Crown, Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Glass beads, basketry, textile, vegetable fiber, metal, H 30 ¾ in (78. 1cm). NMAfA 24-1989-01 (private lender). Photograph by Jeffrey Ploskonka
Invisible Mask mask is designed to emphasize the baga ideals of to keep the essential aspects of indigenous culture and as during puberty when young people become accepted as http://www.ceeba.at/arts/arts_masques_africains.htm
Extractions: INVISIBLE MASK by OLUMIDÉ, A. SOWUNMI Masks are a universal art form. Various cultures around the world, from the Japanese to the Eskimos, have indigenous masks. In different societies masks take on diverse functions ranging from the sacred and spiritual to the mundane and comical. In my thesis the focus is on masks of West African origin, and further exploration of the masking tradition in African culture. The objective is to view the masquerade from a postmodern perspective, and incorporate modern computer technology in preserving this ancient art form. This approach is not entirely new. The Dadaists, in the early 1900s, had explored this field in their happenings at the Cabaret Voltaire. Apparently they were better informed about Japanese masks since there was very little awareness of "African art" in Europe at the time. Non-Western art, and in particular "African art" had such profound effects on Modernism, through artists like Paul Gauguin and Pablo Picasso, it is therefore quite logical to expect a similar influence on Postmodernism. An example is Joseph Beuys' performance, How to explain Pictures to a Dead Hare, where the artist had his face painted with a gold foil mask. This line of thought makes it possible to see the traditional masquerade as a precursor to Postmodern performance art. The computer as a medium of artistic expression The visual component of the project involves the use of the computer as a medium of artistic expression, through three dimensional modeling and animation. This is achieved using Alias/Wavefront Maya to model and animate the characters. The theme of the animation is ritual performance, and the objective is to change the present popular perception of African masks by regarding them as an essential part of performance rituals.
Extractions: (Nairobi, May 2002) Name of authors : Jeremias G. Mowo, Stephen T. Mwihomeke, Justin B. Mzoo and Teonas H. Msangi Strategic Pillar: WATER, environment and development Thematic Issue: Sustainable natural resources management in the mountain areas with special emphasis on watershed management, agro-forestry and biodiversity in mountain areas Author's affiliation: Jeremias G. Mowo (PhD) is a Senior Researcher (Soil Fertility and Management) with the Directorate of Research and Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. Currently he is the Site Co-ordinator of The Lushoto Benchmark Site of the African Highland Initiative (AHI). Stephen T. Mwihomeke (MSc.) is a Principal Forest Researcher (Agro-forestry) with the Tanzania Forest Research Institute based at the Silviculture Research Centre, Lushoto (West Usambaras) and currently the head of The Community and Farm Forest Section at the centre. Justin B. Mzoo (MSc.) is an irrigation Agronomist with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and currently the project manager of TIP -Lushoto (Traditional Irrigation Project) Lushoto
ALN - No. 90, April 1997 The choice of Ngere, for the people known as 06518) issued Catalog 136 (North africa and the publisher the cultural politics of indigenous publishing in http://www.lib.msu.edu/lauer/aln/aln90.html
Extractions: Selected New Books Editor's Comments The past quarter has had more than its share of sad news. Two colleagues died unexpectedly and business will not go on as usual. The Spring meeting at Syracuse was canceled because of the death of Meseratch Zecharias, our host. John Howells death deprives us of his leadership with CRL projects and electronic publishing. I first met Meseratch during the 1973 ASA meeting in Syracuse, while visiting a classmate from the University of Wisconsin. While her other duties limited our contacts until the 1990s, she impressed me as a positive and thoughtful person. John Howell said we first met in the late 1960s, when he was in the African language and literature program in Madison. That memory is vague; but no one could miss his presence and contributions with ALC over the past 15 years. One of my few achievements as chair of CAMP in 1988-90 was to recruit the University of Iowa as a member and John as the new chair. I will miss his wide range of interests, his persistence, and his ability to stay on good terms with everyone. Further details can be found in ALC/CAMP NEWS.
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Extractions: VETWORK UK ........linking the health and welfare of people, animals and the environment return to Vetwork UK home page Carla Roncoli (University of Georgia), Keith Ingram (University of Georgia), Paul Kirshen (Tufts University). Abstract: Keywords: farmer knowledge, indigenous meteorology, seasonal rainfall forecasts, climate variability, environmental indicators, Burkina Faso. Introduction Communication of scientific information to lay users must hinge on a thorough understanding of pre-existing cognitive systems (Kempton et al. 1995). In order to guide ongoing efforts to disseminate meteorology-based climate forecasts, this paper presents ethnographic data on rainfall forecasting knowledge held by farmers of Burkina Faso. Attention to differences and similarities between farmers and scientists forecasts can help introduce the latter in ways that are culturally appropriate and locally relevant. Comparison between forecasts can also generate important theoretical insights into the relationships between knowledge systems. In exploring the interface of different knowledge systems we do not embrace a rigid dichotomy of self-exclusive categories, such as technoscience vs. ethnoscience, modern vs. traditional, or western vs. indigenous (Agrawal 1995, Nader 1996b, Strathern 1996, Sillitoe 1998b, Gray 2000). Although aspects of farmers knowledge may challenge deep-seated assumptions or well-founded theories that underpin modern scientific rationality, local knowledge need not be posited as an incompatible alternative to science (Nader 1996a). Rather, evidence shows that local knowledge can and must be integrated with research-generated information and technology in efforts to improve rural livelihoods (Brokensha et al. 1980, Richards 1985, Gladwin 1989, McCorkle 1989, Thrupp 1989, Flora 1992, Moock and Rhoades 1992, Warren et al. 1995, Chambers 1996, Sillitoe 1998a).
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ReliefWeb: Ethiopia: Hararghe & Shinille Zone Food Security Assessment on the assumption that farmers have enough indigenous knowhow to migration of livestock, displacement of people in Shinile It is followed by the baga hot, dry http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/0/6bf44476b81af164c1256d6d003df217?OpenDocume
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Extractions: Kerala is a small state situated at the southwest corner of India. The land which Parasurama (sixth of the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu) retrieved with his axe. The land blessed by nature. The land of festivals. The land of Kathakali. The land of coconut trees. And now the land of complete literacy. The modern state of Kerala was formed in 1956 when India was reformed into states on linguistic basis. The legislative assembly in Kerala has 141 seats. There are 14 Districts, 63 Taluks, 991 Panchayaths, 54 Municipalities and 3 Corporations in Kerala. Kerala has 44 rivers, the longest being Bharathappuzha(Also known as Nila, ~250 kilometers).
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Extractions: BPSP Contacts in Northeast and East Asia INTRODUCTION TO BIODIVERSITY PLANNING SUPPORT PROGRAMME(BPSP) The Biodiversity Planning Support Programme is a multi-donor initiative implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) with core financing from the Global Environment Facility. The Governments of Norway and Switzerland also provide co-financing.
Community Planning Handbook: Contacts Government, Governor s Municipality, baga Toiruu, Mongolia t Innovative project helping people develop their P3DM) for merging indigenous technical knowledge http://www.communityplanning.net/contacts/contacts.htm
AFRICA africa, the name of a continent representing the largest of the three great southward projections from the main mass of the earth's surface. It includ On this account South africa has a general http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/A/AF/AFRICA.htm
Extractions: AFRICA , the name of a continent representing the largest of the three great southward projections from the main mass of the earth's surface. It includes within its remarkably regular outline an area, according to the most recent computations, of 11,262,000 sq. m., excluding the islands.1 Separated from Europe by the Mediterranean Sea, it is joined to Asia at its N.E. extremity by the Isthmus of Suez, 80 m. wide. From the most northerly point, Ras ben Sakka, a little west of Cape Blanc, in 37 21' N., to the most southerly point, Cape Agulhas, 34 51' 15" S., is a distance approximately of 5000 m.; from Cape Verde, 17 33' 22" W., the westernmost point, to Ras Hafun, 51 27' 52" E., the most easterly projection, is a distance (also approximately) of 4600 m. The length of coast-line is 16,100 m. and the absence of deep indentations of the shore is shown by the fact that Europe, which covers only 3,760,000 sq. m., has a coast-line of 19,800 m. I. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY The main structural lines of the continent show both the east-to-west direction characteristic, at least in the eastern hemisphere, of the more northern parts of the world, and the north-to-south direction seen in the southern peninsulas. Africa is thus composed of two segments at right angles, the northern running from east to west, the southern from north to south, the subordinate lines corresponding in the main to these two directions. Main Orographical Features.The mean elevation of the con-1 With the islands, 11,498,000 sq. m.
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Portland Imc - Features Archive - Page 66 Her presentation was entitled, indigenous Thinking on Sustainability. Winona, of the Objibway people, is not only a skillful and eloquent speaker, but is http://portland.indymedia.org/en/feature/archive66.shtml
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Extractions: Linked Images The Baga Peoples The Baga people, 45,000 in total, live along the coast of Guinea Bissau, in villages divided into between two and four quartiers, which are in turn divided into five or six clans. Traditionally, each village was headed by the eldest member of each clan, who met secretly, but today this system has been replaced by an elected mayor. Spiritually, they believe in a single god, known as Kanu, who is assisted by Somtup, a male spirit, and by A-Bol, a female spirit. Below them, the spirit A-Mantsho-nga-Tshol, who is often represented as a snake, serves as the patron of the two lowest grades of the To-lom society which overseas the different initiation ceremonies. Baga figures first appeared in the West in the 1950s after the conversion to Islam and the abandonment of traditional rites and beliefs. These circumstances meant that Western dealers were able to export Baga masks and headdresses. Today, Baga people are attempting to revive their culture with the help of their elders - they are re-creating the ceremonies and festivities that once gave their lives rhythm. MASKS The most famous Baga mask is known as the Nimba (d'mba in the Baga language). It is a shoulder mask which stands on four legs, has a large pair of breasts, a typical enlarged head with semicircular ears, a pointed chin and nose and is worn by dancers at births, marriages, harvest festivals and other joyful ceremonies. Two styles of Nimba mask have been identified: the first, better known in the West, has a concave face, while the second has a convex face.
