Carleton College: Art Gallery: Burkina Faso centuries ago, they subjugated indigenous populations fiercely independent, politically decentralized peoples to the Bwa, Bobo, Kassena, Lela, lobi, Nuna, Nunama http://www.carleton.edu/campus/gallery/exhibitions/2002/burkinaFaso/
Extractions: April 3 - May 8, 2002 The art works gathered here come from Burkina Faso, the West African nation formerly known as Upper Volta. In 1984, former President Thomas Sankara (1949-1987) renamed the country Burkina Faso, drawing together words from the languages of the country's major populations, the Mossi and the Dyula. Roughly translated, Burkina Faso means "the land of upright people." Located at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, with national boundaries drawn by the French during the colonial era, many diverse peoples live in this dry, landlocked country, independent since 1960. Burkina Faso's population is made up of more than sixty different ethnic groups. The country's complex cultural diversity is reflected in this exhibition which includes works of art by Bwa, Bobo, Kassena, Lela, Lobi, Mossi, Nuna, Nunama, Toussian, Turka, and Winiama artists. While Burkina Faso is often described as one of the most economically impoverished countries in the world, with an average annual per capita income of between two and three hundred dollars, in terms of cultural traditions, it is one of the richest places on earth. The peoples of Burkina Faso create a wide range of objects, diverse in form, function, size and scale, and employing many different materials and technologies. Within their original contexts, art works are valued not only for their aesthetic qualities, but also for their functional efficacy. In Burkina Faso, art is not just something to look at, but also serves life-sustaining purposes, vital to the well-being of individuals and the larger society.
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Africana Studies: Program Achivements learn some basic Arabic and some indigenous African languages such as Akan, Malinke, Kru, lobi, and Wolof for the study of issues affecting African peoples; and; http://www.potsdam.edu/SOCI/AFRICANA/PROACH.HTM
Extractions: A team of five SUNY Potsdam faculty members headed by Dr. Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi, has been awarded a major grant of over $104,000 from the U.S. Department of Education's Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program . Other members of the expansion team are: Dr. Phillip Neisser, Politics; Dr. Lora Lunt, International Education; Dr. Celine Philibert, Modern Languages; and Dr. Janet Shideler (one of the original team members who is no longer employed at SUNY Potsdam). The grant is intended to expand the college's Africana Studies Program andenhance student exposure to, and learning of, foreign languages over a two-year period (1999-2001). The specific objectives of this grant are: to develop five new courses and revise five existing ones to support the expansion of SUNY Potsdam's Africana Studies Program; to expand course offerings in French with increased cultural components for Francophone Africa, possibly leading to the creation of an African concentration in the French major; to provide travel funds for the Director of Africana Studies to negotiate student and faculty exchanges with Vista University, South Africa, and the National University of Cote d'Ivoire;
Extractions: Echoing Images Couples in African Sculpture The Metropolitan Museum of Art February 10 to September 5, 2004 Commemorative Couple, Vezo peoples, Madagascar, 19th-20th Century, wood, male figure is 22 7/8 inches high, the female figure is 17 11/16 inches high, private collection By Carter B. Horsley In contrast with the stupendous and gargantuan exhibition on Byzantium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the spring of 2004, this intimate show of "Echoing Images, Couples in African Sculpture" at the same institution demonstrates the maxim that small can often be better. A themed rather than chronological show, it is not encyclopedic but the few objects on display are mostly of extremely high and memorable quality. The finest "couple" in the exhibition is unquestionably a 19th-20th Century commemorative couple, Vezo peoples, from Madagascar. The male wood figure is 22 7/8 inches high and the female figure is 17 11/16 inches high and both come from a private collection. Somewhat eroded, these figures are remarkably graceful and have quite lyrical and almost Oriental poses. These world-class figures are exquisite. Commemorative couple, Sakalava peoples, Madagascar, 19th-20th Century, wood, male figure is 70 7/8 inches high, female figure is 61 7/16 inches high, private collection
Adherents.com: By Location src Weeks, R. (ed.), Muslim peoples A World 1998), indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian (mainly lobi, Burkina Faso, , -, -, 1 country, 1995, Haskins, J http://www.adherents.com/adhloc/Wh_46.html
Extractions: Notes Protestant Bulgaria Goring, Rosemary (ed). (Larousse: 1994) pg. 581-584. Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% "; Protestant "includes all non-Roman Catholic denominations " Protestant Bulgaria *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World Table "Religions "; total population: 9,036,000 Roma Bulgaria 1378 C.E. Malcom, Noel. Bosnia: A Short History . Washington Square, NY: New York University Press (1994), pg. 114. "Gypsy villages in western Bulgaria are mentioned in a grant of land in 1378; this suggests that they had already been established for quite a long period in that area. " Tenrikyo - graduated from Shuyoka Bulgaria *LINK* official Tenrikyo web site; page: "A Statistical Review of Tenrikyo: 2 of 2 " (viewed 10 Dec. 1999)
AllAfrica.com: West Africa for total war as they face Nigeria s lobi Stars this For most people, Dirk Smet is one of the Kese a Festival Showcasing Excellence in indigenous Governance http://allafrica.com/westafrica/bydate/?n=24
Africa And The Diaspora, Ann Arbor, April 1997 Rackham Assembly Hall Presenter Krakaba lobi, University of Diane Thram, Indiana University indigenous Gospel Music Daily Life of African People Yaya Diallo http://www.sun.rhbnc.ac.uk/Music/Conferences/97-4-afr.html
Extractions: Ann Arbor, April 1997 ************* MUSIC AND DANCE OF AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA: The Present State and Potential in the United States University of Michigan April 3-5, 1997 http://www.umich.edu/~ovpama/music lmonts@umich.edu 3084 Fleming Admin. Bldg. The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340 http://www.umich.edu/~ovpama
AMU CHMA NEWSLETTER #10 (05/25/1993) recent discoveries about indigenous African mathematics of the Tchokwe and neighbouring peoples in Angola Gouro, Kroumen, Koulango, Djan (lobi), Malinke (Dioula http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/AMU/amu_chma_10.html
Extractions: AMUCHMA-NEWSLETTER-10 Chairman: Paulus Gerdes (Mozambique) Secretary: Ahmed Djebbar (Algeria) TABLE OF CONTENTS NEWSLETTER #10 Objectives of AMUCHMA Meetings Current research interests Bibliography on Astronomy in Africa south of the Sahara ... back to AMUCHMA ONLINE 2. MEETINGS 2.1 First AMU Symposium on Mathematics Education in Africa for the 21st Century William Ebeid, Chairman of the AMU Commission on Mathematics Education, presented at the First AMU Symposium on Mathematics Education in Africa for the 21st Century (Cairo, Egypt, 5-10 September, 1992) a paper entitled "Research in Mathematics Education in Egypt". He gave an overview on the 240 theses (171 M.Ed. and 69 Ph.D.) in Mathematics Education defended at Egyptian universities in the period 1954-1990. 2.2 Seminar "Mathematics, Philosophy, and Education" Salimata Doumbia (Côte d'Ivoire) and Paulus Gerdes (Mozambique) conducted a workshop on 'Ethnomathematics / Mathematics in the African Cultural Environment' at the international seminar "Mathematics, Philosophy, and Education" (Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, 25-29 January, 1993). In one of the plenary sessions of the same seminar, Gerdes presented a paper entitled 'Ethnomathematics as a new research area in Africa'. 2.3 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Part I Barker, Peter (1986), peoples, Department of History, University Lettre de Bouna les lobi condamnés au Bening, Raymond B. (1973), indigenous Concepts of http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/ejab/7/biblio.html
Encyclopedia: Demographics Of Burkina Faso Most of Burkina s people are concentrated in the south groups Mossi over 40%, Gurunsi, Senufo, lobi, Bobo, Mande, Fulani Religions indigenous beliefs 40 http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Demographics-of-Burkina-Faso
Extractions: several. Compare All Top 5 Top 10 Top 20 Top 100 Bottom 100 Bottom 20 Bottom 10 Bottom 5 All (desc) in category: Select Category Agriculture Crime Currency Democracy Economy Education Energy Environment Food Geography Government Health Identification Immigration Internet Labor Language Manufacturing Media Military Mortality People Religion Sports Taxation Transportation Welfare with statistic: view: Correlations Printable graph / table Pie chart Scatterplot with ... * Asterisk means graphable. Burkina Faso 's 10 million people belong to two major West Africa n cultural groupsthe Voltaic and the Mande . The Voltaic are far more numerous and include the Mossi, who make up about one-half of the population. The Mossi claim descent from warriors who migrated to present-day Burkina Faso and established an empire that lasted more than 800 years. Predominantly farmers, the Mossi are still bound by the traditions of the Mogho Naba, who hold court in Ouagadougou
Extractions: Are you interested? This is tour is no longer offered by InfoHub. To find similar tours or other tours available, click for more information. Arrival in OUAGADOUGOU, transfer, dinner and night in the Palm Beach hotel. D BOBO DIOULASSO- After breakfast, depart for BOBO DIOULASSO. You will make a stop to see the sacred crocodiles living in the pond of SABOU. We will stop at some small local villages along our journey, a highlight being KORO; a small Bobos village built on high rock. Dinner and night at the Auberge. B L D BOBO DIOULASSO - BOBO DIOULASSO is a wonderfully green city. Today you will tour the local museum .You will also discover BOBO DIOULASSO S old district and its mosque in "banco", built more a century ago. After diner, an evening party with traditional music is foreseen for those who are interested. Night at the Auberge. B L D BANFORA- Depart for BANFORA, where you will tour sugar cane plantations. You will stop along the way to admire the domes of FABEDOUGOU, followed by a walk around the waterfalls of KERFIGUELA, where swimming is possible. You will also stop in some local villages to meet with the local people and learn about daily life. Then, you will sail in a dugout canoe on the lake of TENGRELA and look for hippopotamus. Dinner and night in the Canne à Sucre hotel in Banfora.
Burkino Population HIV/AIDS people living with HIV/AIDS 350,000 Mossi over 40%, Gurunsi, Senufo, lobi, Bobo, Mande Religions indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian http://www.nationbynation.com/Burkino/Population.html
Extractions: BACK TO THE FRONT PAGE BASIC INFO. ECONOMY GEOGRAPHY ... BURKINA FASO Most of Burkina's people are concentrated in the south and center of the country, sometimes exceeding 48 per square kilometer (125/sq. mi.). This population density, high for Africa, causes annual migrations of hundreds of thousands of Burkinabe to Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana for seasonal agricultural work. A plurality of Burkinabe adhere to traditional African religions. The introduction of Islam to Burkina Faso was initially resisted by the Mossi rulers. Christians, predominantly Catholics, are largely concentrated among the urban elite. POPULATION GRAPH Population: 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 2002 est.) Age structure:
International Fellowship Of Intercessors - Berkina Faso Home Page the region were the Bobo, lobi and Gurunsi had the enthusiastic support of urban young people. Ouagadougou Major languages French, indigenous languages Major http://www.ifa-usapray.org/IFI_Burkina_Faso.htm
Extractions: Born in 1950 and trained as a soldier in Cameroon and Morocco, Blaise Campaore served under Thomas Sankara as minister of state to the presidency, before deposing and executing him in 1987. He disarmed local militias and, despite his reputed left-wing leanings, embarked on a program of privatization and austerity measures sponsored by the International Monetary Fund. After officially eschewing socialism, he was elected president unopposed in 1991, and re-elected by a landslide in 1998. Prime Minister: Ernest Paramanga Yonli; Foreign Minister: Youssouf Ouedraogo; Defense Minister: Kouame Louge; Economy and Finance Minister: Ernest Paramanga Yonli. The Ministry of Communication and Culture supervises the administration of all media. The Superior Council of Information also regulates broadcasters. There are about a dozen private radio stations, one private television channel and numerous independent publications. Libel and defamation laws have been invoked occasionally. However, normally the media, which is often critical of the government, operates with little interference.
The Blacksmith's Art From Africa to interpret the metallurgical processes the people witnessed when inexpensive iron onto the shores of africa. By 1920 indigenous furnaces ceased to produce http://www.africans-art.com/index.php3?action=page&id_art=363
Extractions: African American Black Blood Donor Emergency COUNTRY RACIAL and/or ETHNIC ANALYSIS of PEOPLE GROUPS Afghanistan Pashtun 38%, Tajik 25%, Uzbek 6%, Hazara 19%, minor ethnic groups (Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others) Albania Albanian 95%, Greeks 3%, other 2%: Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians Algeria Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1% Andorra Spanish 61%, Andorran 30%, French 6%, other 3% Angola Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, Mestico (mixed European and Native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22% Antigua black, British, Portuguese, Lebanese, Syrian (see Barbuda) Argentina European 97% (mostly of Spanish and Italian descent), 3% other (mostly Indian or Mestizo) Armenia Armenian 93%, Azeri 3%, Russian 2%, other (mostly Yezidi Kurds) 2% (1989) Note: as of the end of 1993, virtually all Azeris had emigrated from Armenia
Vitalog.com - Search By Location Ethnic groups Mossi about 24%, Gurunsi, Senufo, lobi, Bobo, Mande, Fulani Religion indigenous beliefs 40 search people who Born Died Burial. http://www.vitalog.com/cgi-bin/exploring/country.cgi?cod=1040&ctype=birth&sort=n
TRACES OF ANCESTRAL CULTURES Visit of Obire ( an animist people who adore their kings like DAY 10 lobi COUNTRYPO Going for the Gourounsi day and mixing with the indigenous populations of http://www.yenenga.com/yenen_is/circuitos/circu_is5.htm
Extractions: During this day will be realized a short excursion on foot in fill of many villages hung on the cliff which permit to observe the ability of Dogon people, expressed in suggestive artistic forms; masks, ritual figures and doors. Departure in the evening to wards Bandiagara. Lodging. DAY 5: BANDIAGARA-DJENNE-MOPTI
Religious Freedom Page People Population 10,623,323 (July 1996 est.) Age structure 0 Mossi about 24%, Gurunsi, Senufo, lobi, Bobo, Mande, Fulani Religions indigenous beliefs 40 http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Burkina_Faso/dem.html
