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Extractions: Topics Education : Teaching about Africa for K-12 Search: Countries Topics Africa Guide Suggest a Site ... Africa Home See also: Eight episodes cover the Savanna and a woman moving from the city to rural life (Serengeti, Tanzania), the Sahara (a 9 year old boy from Niger crosses the desert on camel to collect and sell salt, etc. Each episode has a slide shows, video clips (requires sound card, speakers). Photoscopes cover AIDS, urban life, conflict, women. There is an African Challenge quiz and teachers' guide (in Adobe PDF). In the Africa for Kids section , spend a day with kids from Ghana and e-mail them, play the thumb piano / record your tune, (requires Flash, sound card), listen to a Swahili tale or read it yourself, make a Dogon mask. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/ Guide to children's literature on Africa. Reviews are written by univ. faculty, librarians, and teachers many of whom are in African studies or have lived in Africa. Use the Search to locate, for ex., Swahili culture. Edited by Brenda Randolph. http://filemaker.mcps.k12.md.us/aad/
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Extractions: Contribute Or upload your Photos Sub Menu Segment Navigator Main Site Navigator African Arts General Arts Batics Masks Sculptures Zanzibar Doors Africa Today Art Education Gallery Health Housing Landscapes Religion Transport Wildlife Work Main Site Menu Africa Today African Nations African Leaders African Lifestyles News Headlines Africa's Shop Support Programs Creative Support Street Kids HIALEM Page FAQ Index Contact Forms African Masks Masking refers to a broad spectrum of ceremonies and beliefs that have traditionally been practiced in Africa and other parts of the world. To wear a mask and its associated vestment was to conceal one's own identity in the guise of another. Whether this other was a spirit, ancestor, or another person-either revered or feared-the ceremony in which the masked performer participated marked a time of transition, when otherworldly powers were invoked to aid in human affairs.
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Extractions: about submit item become an editor feedback the entire directory only in this category Top Regional Africa : Links Abdullah Ibrahim's Mantra Modes - Devoted to the inspirational music and artistry of leading South African composer, pianist, and bandleader Dr. Abdullah Ibrahim (formerly known as Dollar Brand). a f r i b e a t - South African based African music and arts site. Reviews, artist profiles, African film, music festivals, etc. Africa Festival - International African music festival held in Wuerzburg, Germany. Site in German and English. African Australian Cultural Homepage - African musicians in Australia. African Australian Music - African Australian music, musicians, and instruments African Drum Beat - Site dedicated to West African rhythms from Senegal, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Guinee and particularly Djembe, Saba, and Panlogo drums; the aim is to educate and inform. Lists drumming teachers and drum makers, and includes rhythm samples. African Drumming and Dance with Kebba Jobateh - African Drumming and Dancing Workshops, African drum lessons and workshops covering many percussion instruments African Drumming-Olatunji Music - Babatunde Olatunji is a virtuoso of West African percussion. His album "Drums of Passion" was a smash hit. He received a Grammy Award for his perfromance on Planet Drum.
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Extractions: (an archive of past stories) Coverage of OSU Research Reports on national news stories Frontiers (a magazine about cancer research and treatment) Synergy (a magazine produced by the College of Biological Sciences) Reporting on Cancer (a reporter's guide to the disease) Science Communications Staff Who we are and what we do. (Last updated 7/26/99) COLUMBUS, Ohio In everything from braided hairstyles to the design of housing settlements, the geometric structures known as fractals permeate African culture. In a new book, an Ohio State University scholar examines the unlikely pairing of this mathematical concept and the culture and art of Africa. "While fractal geometry is often used in high-tech science, its patterns are surprisingly common in traditional African designs," said Ron Eglash, senior lecturer in comparative studies in the humanities. Eglash is author of African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design (Rutgers University Press, 1999).
