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AARDOC: African-American Religion In The Atlantic World of African descent also encountered an indigenous population with all the people of the kingdom of kongo. are an increasing number of Native American peoples. http://www.amherst.edu/~aardoc/Atlantic_World_1.html
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Extractions: Equatorial Africa has been inhabited since at least the middle Stone Age. Late Stone Age cultures flourished in the southern savanna after ca. 10,000 B.C. and remained viable until the arrival of Bantu-speaking peoples during the first millennium B.C. Evidence suggests that these Stone Age populations lived in small groups, relying for subsistence on hunting and gathering. Some of these groups may have remained long enough in one vicinity to be considered permanent residents, but others moved, following game along the extensive river network and through the rainforest. The development of food-producing communities in Equatorial Africa is associated with the expansion of Bantu speaking peoples. In a long series of migrations beginning ca. 1,000 B.C. and lasting well into the mid-first millennium A.D., Bantu speakers dispersed from a point west of the Ubangi-congo River swamp across the forests and savannas of modern DRC. A northern group moved northeastward around the swamp and across the northern regions of DRC and settled in the forest zone. Meanwhile, other groups moved south and southwest, the former then migrating up the congo as well as into the inner part of the congo basin, while the southwestern Bantu speakers spread into modern Gabon, Congo, and lower DRC.
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Extractions: Allen, Paula Gunn. Life is a Fatal Disease: Collected Poems 1962-1995 . Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1996. More than eighty poems are collected in Life is a Fatal Disease ; the volume both records Paula Gunn Allen's poetic trajectories during the past four decades and consolidates her reputation as a major voice in American Indian Literature. Although much of the work addresses aspects of Indian cultures, the book also includes excursions into other areas of experience in the Americas, including the autobiographical. Ashcroft, Bill, Gareth Griffiths, and Helen Tiffin. Key Concepts in Post-Colonial Studies . New York: Routledge, 1998. As a subject, post-colonial studies stands at the intersection of debates about race, colonialism, gender, politics and language. This volume provides an essential guide to understanding these intersections and the issues that characterize post-colonialism: explaining what it is, where it is encountered, and why it is crucial in forging new cultural identities. There are suggestions for further reading at the end of each entry, a comprehensive glossary, and a bibliography of essential writings. Brown, Stewart, ed.
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Extractions: BLACK RELIGIONS WE AFRICANS HAD OUR OWN RELIGIONS BEFORE THE WHITEMAN STOLE "US AND FORCED US THRU THE INSTUTION OF SLAVERY TO FOLLOW HIS FAITH AND BELIEF CHRISTIANITY. WE AFRICANS IN AMERICA DID NOT and DO NOT HAVE FREEDOM OF RELIGION; THE PRINCIPAL OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON DO NOT APPLY TO US . WE ARE FREE TO FOLLOW THE WHITEMANS VERSION OF CHRISTIANITY AND PERSECUTED IF NOT! NJWEEDMAN AN EXAMPLE OF THIS PERSECUTION In April of 2002 I was ordered by New Jersey "State Officials" not to talk about "MARIJUANA" a sacrament in my faith (RASTAFARI) and was jailed (from August 02 - Jan 03) when I continued to do so! FACT: In 1457, the "Catholic/Christian Council of Cardinals" met in Holland and sanctioned, as a RIGHTEOUS and progressive idea, of the enslavement of AFRICANS for the purpose of conversion to the Christian faith. The Christian church sanctioned the exploitation of AFRICANS in the labor market as chattel. This devilish scheme speedily became the standard policy of the Christian Church for over 400 years. One of the first things a slave owner did was to quickly try to break the new AFRICAN slave of their traditional religion's and customs by forcing them to accept un-natural Christian customs such as the "one-man one woman concept, eating pork, abortions and acceptance of white dominance over them. For nearly 350 years (1619-1865) White Christian's used certain biblical verse's to program Africans that they were supposed to be owned by white's, these teachings still affect African Americans to this day. The cross became the tool of slavery and to this day it is still used by white society to civilize the African male. I had my child taken for me in 1998 because I openly admitted to not following the WHITEMANS faith!
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Extractions: Zaire Zaire Family planning began late and was accepted slowly in Zaire. In 1972 the Mobutu regime officially expressed interest in limiting births to "desirable" ones and thus promoted family planning for reasons of health and as a human right. In 1973 a presidential decree created an official clearinghouse committee for familyplanning information. It was not until 1978, however, that the state established a nongovernment organization dedicated to family planning, namely the Zairian Association for Family Well-Being (Association Zaïroise pour le Bien- Être FamilialAZBEF). It was formed in order to acquire technical and financial aid from the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Evaluation teams sent in 1981 were unable to evaluate the impact of the early programs because of the lack of data and the small numbers of acceptors. Not until the launching of an AID-funded program in 1982the Project for Planned Birth Services (Projet des Services des Naissances DésirablesPSND)did family-planning efforts begin in earnest. Problems in coordinating PSND efforts with AZBEF led to the establishment of three systems working in parallel, PSND, AZBEF, and Rural Health (Santé RuraleSanru), a rural family health care project with a family-planning component. PSND statistics have been the most complete. PSND selected fourteen urban areas with a target population of about 800,000 women and aimed to increase contraceptive use from 1 percent to 12 percent by 1986. Early returns were disappointing, with only 1.6 percent usage reported by a mid-term evaluation mission in 1985. Later trends were more encouraging, including a 1984-87 quadrupling of family-planning acceptors (see
Extractions: African shamans, warriors, hunters, and healers all employ the power of ashe to accomplish the task at hand. There is a venerable history that is not very prominent in general literature about the deft skill with which these specialized members of the community combine sticks, stones, roots, bones, and minerals to capture and direct power. The names of these skilled professionals vary from culture to culture. The goal is to capitalize off the synergy generated from bringing together disparate parts together to create a single more powerful unit. The parts are usually organic, but minerals, stones, and metals are also combined with herbs, roots, and flowers to heal, protect, assure success, and attract prosperity. This article is an excerpt from my new Llewellyn book, Sticks, Stones, Roots and Bones: Hoodoo Rootwork for a New Age. This article focuses on ways to harness the powers of the universe inherent in stone, metal, and minerals called ashe. My approach is historical and folkloric with practical applications. Remedies are treated as folklore and should never replace professional help. Since magic is drawn from within, I can give no guarantee concerning the efficacy of rituals or recipes presented. The missing ingredients are your personal powers, focus, and intent.
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Extractions: (Born: 1946) King Sunny Ade, sometimes also called the Minister of Enjoyment, was born in Oshogbo, Nigeria in 1946, the son of a Methodist minister. He began his musical career when, after dropping out of grammer school, he drifted to Lagos and joined a highlife band. Inspired by the music of I.K. Dairo, he joined the Rhythm Dandies, led by Moses Olaiya (later known as Baba Sala, Nigeria's preeminent funny man and a prolific film maker). King Sunny was influenced by the legendary Tunde Nightingale (early Juju pioneer extraordinare) and borrowed stylistic elements from Nightingale's 'So wa mbe' style of juju. In 1966 he formed his own band, the Green Spots. King Sunny Ade and The African Beats tour with the typically large African line-up of 20-30 members. They play a spacey, jamming sort of Juju, characterized by tight vocal harmonies, intricate guitar work, backed by traditional talking drums, percussion instruments, and even adding the unusual pedal steel guitar and accordian. Agricon Africa Agricon Africa involves itself in all facets of agribusiness development and project implementation throughout the Central and Southern regions of Africa. Its mission is to provide practical, sustainable, professional agricultural and agribusiness advice and supervision based on grass roots research of the sub continent of Africa. Our objective is to ensure the shape and prosperity for the African people, who live and work in the rural sector, for generations to come. This stems from our on-the-spot experience of the land, its economic potential and the capacity to determine and manage any inherent risk factors.
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Extractions: Search 101,000 essays @ Direct Essays! Angola is a country that has been detrimentally affected by colonization and imperialism. It has experienced years of war and conflict as a result of the Portuguese colonizers consistent exploitation and disregard for human life. Through examining the religious and ethnic make-up of Angola, the effect of imperialism can be illustrated to some extent. Additionally, a brief look at the history of Angola will further illustrate the injurious effect of imperialism on the livelihood and happiness
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Extractions: Index Throughout the world there are conflicts and issues that have wide-ranging effects. This site can help students understand some of these current events. For example, the religious situations in Afghanistan, Northern Ireland, or on the West Bankthis site covers them all and more. You even have the opportunity to voice your own opinions. Discover ways to get involved by visiting other links and learning more about global issues. Visit Site 1998 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge Languages English Students James Windsor High School, Windsor, CT, United States Christopher Windsor High School, Windsor, CT, United States Jeff Windsor High School, Windsor, CT, United States Coaches Diane Windsor High School, Windsor, CT, United States Want to build a ThinkQuest site? The ThinkQuest site above is one of thousands of educational web sites built by students from around the world. Click here to learn how you can build a ThinkQuest site. Privacy Policy
Gods And Former Kingdoms Of Africa indigenous beliefs emphasize continuity between people and nature kingdoms in Democratic Republic of Congo, the most known is the kongo kingdom (15th http://www.linknet.com.au/adcnet/messages/40.html
Extractions: The Spirits of the Dead, called the Fumbi, are also of paramount importance to the Palero. Paleros work with Spirit Guides to obtain information and wisdom, as well as with lower spirits that serve a variety of functions at the Tata (Father) or Yaya's (Mother) behest. These lower spirits are sometimes referred to as perros, or dogs. In Palo Mayombe, the gods and goddesses that the Palero worships and calls upon for help are called the Nkisi. Each Nkisi rules over a different aspect of life and nature. The Nkisi are housed in special pots that are called prendas. The prenda also houses the Fumbi, are Spirits of the Dead who aid and serve the Nkisi as well as the Palero. Without the Nkisi and the Fumbi, the Palero is powerless.
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Extractions: Angola: Civil Conflict and the Legacy of Portuguese Educational Policy The war that rages in Angola, is the longest running civil conflict on the African continent having spanned some three and a half decades. All too often African civil wars are dismissed as age-old ethnic conflicts played out in the modern era of mechanized warfare. Though it is a verifiable truth that the front in Angolas civil war, like many others on the African continent, is drawn along ethnic lines, this analysis grossly oversimplifies the situation, and reflects the tired old European portrait of a savage Africa. It also rests upon the assumption that African peoples retain their traditional ways of life, all but untouched by five centuries of contact with and domination by European colonial powers. Indeed, the legacy of imperialism can be seen in the jigsaw puzzle borders that carve up the continent, the patterns of development and infrastructure, the models of post-colonial government, and even the national languages of countries across Africa. This war which has left the country economically dependant, and unable to support themselves in their traditional ways, was spawned from the struggle for independence.
Extractions: Flags Maps Sightseeing Travel Warnings ... National Parks More Categories Introduction Topography Local Life Local Cuisine Local Holidays Festivals-Events Embassies Administration News Stand Worth a See !! Sight Seeing Maps Flags Shopping Eating Out Recreation Travel Essentials Country Facts Geography People Government Economy Communications Transportation Military 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 2001 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 48.24% (male 12,988,488; female 12,878,232)
Democratic Republic Of The Congo / DRC (Kinshasa) An annotated guide to internet resources on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. www.aequatoria.be/archives_project/ africa Focus. Articles on Congo Beatriz, "a 17thcentury kongo woman of http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/zaire.html
Cabinda of Cabinda, which stands at around 300,000 indigenous people, is comparable the Kingdom of the Bakongo, a Bantu People whose King, the Mani-kongo, had his http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/cabinda.htm
Extractions: Successive attempts over a quarter of a century to end a "secessionist" conflict in Angola's Cabinda enclave are yet to bear fruit. Political tensions are high in some areas of Cabinda as separatist groups demand a greater share of oil revenue for the province's population. The separatist groups often kidnap foreign nationals in an attempt to draw attention to their independence claims. The ongoing low-level insurgency group, Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC), active in Cabinda province has a history of threatening foreign nationals with kidnapping. Often dubbed "Angola's forgotten war", the decades-long conflict in the oil-rich province of 250,000 people took a new turn with a government offensive in October 2002 in the Buco-Zau military region, in northern Cabinda. The armed secessionist movements, with a combined estimated force of no more than 2,000 troops, are no match for the battle-hardened Angolan Armed Forces (FAA - a Portuguese acronym), who in 2002 had finally forced Angola's UNITA rebel movement to sue for peace after three decades of war in the country. The Angolan economy is highly dependent on its oil sector, which accounts for about half of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and over 90% of export revenues. Cabinda faces a situation similar to the Niger Delta states in Nigeria. Cabinda produces more than half of Angola's oil and accounts for nearly all of its foreign exchange earnings. The province receives about 10% of the taxes paid by ChevronTexaco and its partners operating offshore Cabinda.
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Extractions: The Former Kingdoms The western bantou are at the origin of more Ancient kingdoms in Democratic Republic of Congo, the most known is the Kongo kingdom (15th century) and the other one is probably the Kuba kingdom (17th century). The oriental bantou began with the kingdoms Luba (16th century) and Lunda (17th century). The Kongo, Lunda, Luba, and Kuba state systems shared certain common features, I.The Kongo kingdom The Kongo Kingdom was the first state on the west coast of Central Africa to come into contact with Europeans. Portuguese sailors under Diogo Cao landed at the mouth of the Congo River in 1482 . Cao traveled from Portugal to Kongo and back several times during the 1480s, bringing missionaries to the Kongo court and taking Kongo nobles to Portugal in 1485. In the 1490s, the king of Kongo asked Portugal for missionaries and technical assistance in exchange for ivory and other desirable items, such as slaves and copperwares a relationship, ultimately detrimental to the Kongo, which continued for centuries. Competition over the slave trade had repercussions far beyond the boundaries of Kongo society. Slave-trading activities created powerful vested interests among both Africans and foreigners; the Portuguese and later the Dutch, French, British, and Arabs.
