Extractions: note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2003 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 46.1% (male 3,057,855; female 3,036,705) 65 years and over: 2.9% (male 161,914; female 219,443) (2003 est.) Population growth rate: 2.6% (2003 est.) Birth rate: 44.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.) Death rate: 18.76 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.) Net migration rate: migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
Extractions: note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2003 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 43.6% (male 29,322,774; female 28,990,702) 65 years and over: 2.8% (male 1,890,043; female 1,910,151) (2003 est.) Population growth rate: 2.53% (2003 est.) Birth rate: 38.75 births/1,000 population (2003 est.) Death rate: 13.76 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.) Net migration rate: 0.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
Davis Publications - /artslides/slidesets/slideset.asp africa PEOPLE IN indigenous COSTUMES. Number 9358; Schoolteacher, Ara by HAUSA PEOPLE Catalog Number Man s basketry hat by fulani PEOPLE Catalog Number 28986. http://www.davis-art.com/artslides/slidesets/slideset.asp?action=select&pk=1969
Benin, Country, Africa: Land And People Land and People. The fulani live in the north. French is the country s official language; Fon, Yoruba, and other indigenous tongues are also spoken. http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0856903.html
Extractions: Encyclopedia Benin, country, Africa voodoo originated here some 350 years ago but was only officially recognized in 1996. About 15% are Christian (largely Roman Catholic) and an equal number (living mostly in the north) are Muslim. Benin's population is concentrated in the southern portion of the country and in rural areas. Sections in this article: Introduction Land and People Economy Government History Bibliography ... Economy The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia,
Yes, The People Of The Arabian Peninsula Are Not Africans At All! is constituted by the Afroasiatic peoples of the They are neither assimilated Arabs nor indigenous Africans but a The fulani, Haussa and the Tukhrir(Toucouleur http://afrikan.i-dentity.com/wwwboard/messages/711.html
UN-Cast News Wire clarify reports that he told nonindigenous people to leave Muslim fulani cattle herders and Christian Tarok farmers have In 2001 more than 1,000 people died in http://networks.org/?src=bbc:world:africa:3683015
Boston.com / News / World / Africa / Nigerian Muslim Leader Says 300 Killed Jos was torn apart by ethnic and religious fighting in 2001 that killed about 1,000 people. The Tarok say the fulani are not indigenous to the area; the http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2004/05/06/nigerian_muslim_lead
Extractions: Today's Globe Politics Opinion Magazine ... Africa May 6, 2004 LAGOS, Nigeria Nigeria's top Islamic leader said yesterday that 300 people, mostly Muslims, were killed by ethnic Tarok Christians in an attack on the central town of Yelwa on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT Justice Abdulkadir Orire, secretary general of Jama'atu Nasril Islam, described the killings with machine guns in the remote farming town as ''genocide." He said 700 to 800 people had now been killed in three months of ethnic violence in central Nigeria. ''The information we have is that 300 people died [in Yelwa], and they are mostly Muslims," Orire said in a telephone interview from his Kaduna headquarters. ''We call it a genocide because they are killing women and children." Conflict between the Christian Tarok and Muslim Fulani is rooted in competing claims over fertile land at the heart of Africa's most populous nation. It also is fueled by religious and ethnic differences. Orire, a leader of Nigeria's 60 million Muslims, criticized Plateau state governor Joshua Dariye, a Christian, saying he had not taken care of the region's people.
LAM Online - Living Abroad Magazine - LAM Online News Africa LAM Online News africa. of the Christian Tarok tribe against Muslim fulani cattle herders heard that the government said nonindigenous people should move http://www.lam-online.co.uk/news/africa/story.jsp?story=518590
Debunking The Northern Myth Of The So Remo, a substantial minority of Hausa/fulani have resided migrated from the corner of West africa come to or burukutu party held by the indigenous people but a http://www.gamji.com/NEWS1199.htm
Extractions: Debunking the Northern Myth of the So-called Belief in Violence by the Yorubas and the Supremacy of Ethnicity as Factors in Nigerian Politics By Omoba Oladele Osinuga osinugao@hotmail.com It is imperative that in writing this article, issues raised in previous articles by Ahmed Tafida Jalingo titled Ethnic cleaning Hausa/Fulani in Dilemma Dr Aliyu Tildes; Ige and nemesis have sought to misrepresent the role of the Yorubas in nation building. In shaming a minority group of writers who take delight in peddling disunity and asserting cultural hegemony, I should start by espousing my antecedents and family ties to Northern Nigeria (could they say the same about themselves?). Firstly two uncles of mine both of blessed memory, Chief Hassan Odukale the late Chief Executive and Founder of Leadway Assurance PLC and his brother Pa A. Odukale, late Principal Private Secretary to the golden voice of Africa the late Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa extolled the virtues of coexistence, tolerance and living in harmony with people of Northern Nigeria. Secondly my spouses maternal grandmother family ties are Hausa. Thirdly as an indigene of the Ijebu Remo, a substantial minority of Hausa/Fulani have resided in the Sabo area of Sagamu Remo since the turn of the last century. At this juncture it is pertinent to address the issues raised by certain disingenuous Northern writers within the past few weeks.
CheatHouse.com - Political Instability Of Africa emphasized by the interaction between the people in the of Islam They do maintain an indigenous home This home was established to avoid the fulani This looks http://www.cheathouse.com/eview/41260-political-instability-of-africa.html
Ecoi.net - Themenpapier » Nigeria » Ethnizität (Haussa-Fulani) The Living africa Ethnic Groups Hausa. indigenous people blame some of the attacks on fulani herdsmen who, they say, have been seeking to avenge the http://www.ecoi.net/doc/de/NG/content/7/11674-12272
Africa the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages Oshivambo English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), fulani, the first language of most people is one http://www.ethiotrans.com/africa.htm
Extractions: ALRC County Flag Language Support Algeria Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects Yes Angola Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages Yes Benin French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north) Yes Botswana English (official), Setswana Yes Burkina Faso French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population Yes Burundi Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area) Yes Cameroon 24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official) Yes Central African Republic French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national language), Arabic, Hunsa, Swahili Yes Chad French (official), Arabic (official), Sara and Sango (in south), more than 100 different languages and dialects Yes Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Africa.iafrica.com | Countryinfo | Burkina Faso | People BURKINA FASO People. groups Mossi about 24%, Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, fulani. Religions indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian (mainly Roman http://africa.iafrica.com/countryinfo/burkinafaso/people/
Extractions: [Select country] Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Cent.Afr.Rep Chad Comoros Cote D'Ivoire DRC Djibouti Egypt Eq. Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia, The Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rep. of Congo Reunion Rwanda Sao Tome Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa St Helena Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda W. Sahara Zambia Zimbabwe
Africa.iafrica.com | Countryinfo | Nigeria | People NIGERIA People. Religions Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%. Languages English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, fulani. http://africa.iafrica.com/countryinfo/nigeria/people/
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FAF - Preamble did not mean competition was totally absent in indigenous africa. in the Economy of the Nomadic fulani of Niger Field, MJ Social Organization of the Ga People. http://www.freeafrica.org/concept_of_wealth.html
Extractions: The Concept Of Wealth In Traditional Africa George B.N. Ayittey Most lineages in traditional Africa have a "family pot," a general welfare fund managed by the head of the extended family. Income-earning members are obligated to make contributions to this fund. Obligations vary from family to family and tribe to tribe. The contributor in some cases may make a minimum regular payment. In other cases, the contribution may be irregular and based upon financial ability. In some families, contributions may be entirely voluntary for those who no longer live in the village. However, failure to contribute is often interpreted as an abandonment of one's family, which is considered a serious transgression. The offender may be ostracized or caused to forfeit his inheritance rights. However, atonement can often be made with one "large" contribution to cover past arrears. Across Africa, the family pot, called the agbadoho among the Ewe seine fishermen of Ghana, is used for a variety of purposes: to provide the initial start-up capital for a business or trade; to finance the education, hospitalization and the foreign trip of a member of the extended family; to cover funeral expenses; to finance improvement costs to the family land; or to construct new dwellings. The African family pot, not well understood, has also been the source of much confusion and myth. The erroneous corollary was the assumption that there were neither poverty nor rich peasants in pre-colonial Africa. Even the United Nations Regional Department on Social Welfare Policy and Training of the Economic Commission for Africa, succumbed to this myth in 1972:
Africa > Guinea > Country Information > People & Society An estimated 85% of the 7 million people in Guinea also spoken these languages include Susu, Malinke and fulani. of only a smattering of indigenous arts and http://www.journeymart.com/DExplorer/Africa/Guinea/cipeople_inc.htm
Extractions: Guinea is multi-ethnic and its population is more than 7 million. The Susu in the coastal area, the Malinke (Mandingo) and Fula (Fulani) in the east, Tenda and Kissi in the south are the main ethnic groups. Religion An estimated 85% of the 7 million people in Guinea are Muslim and 8% are Christians. 7% of the population follows native religions and animist beliefs. Language The official language of Guinea is French and is spoken in all major towns and remote areas as well. Local African languages are also spoken - these languages include Susu, Malinke and Fulani. Food Local cuisine is made of staples such as cassava, yam and maize. Hot maize soup is is one of the local specialties and are served from calabashes. International cuisine is available only in the restaurants in capital city, Conakry. Jollof rice, stuffed chicken with chips, delicious fish dishes and French pastries are some of the goodies on the menu in the major cities.
SIM Country Profile: Mauritius Ethnic Groups There are no indigenous peoples; all ethnic groups immigrated within the descended from early settlers, who brought workers from africa for the http://www.sim.org/country.asp?cid=32&fun=2
Africaresource.com: Voices - Back To Africa colonial oppression, and the changing of indigenous names to see myself in these tall, slender black people. be told that I was light skinned like the fulani. . http://www.africaresource.com/voi/okantah3.htm
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.
