Worldstats: Providing Information About Our World! including such large tribes as the sukuma and the 0 mainland Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35 the mother tongue of the Bantu people living in http://www.worldstats.org/world/tanzania.shtml
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.) Population growth rate:
My Student Medical Mission To Mwanza, Tanzania income of $260 and approximately 480,000 people live in 45% as Christian, and 10% practice indigenous beliefs ethnic groups, of which the sukuma, Haya, Nyakyusa http://www.duke.edu/~wjf2/tanzania.html
Extractions: According to the U.S. Department of State, Tanzania is a country of 30 million people with a per capita income of $260 and approximately 480,000 people live in the city of Mwanza. 45% of Tanzanians identify themselves as Muslim, 45% as Christian, and 10% practice indigenous beliefs. The literacy rate is 67% and the workforce is primarily (80%) agricultural. The infant mortality rate is 98/1,000 and life expectancy is 52 years. Bugando Hospital, where I worked, is one of the 4 largest specialist hospitals in Tanzania and serves as the referral hospital for a patient population of 7 million. Although it was built by the German Catholic Church, it functions under joint government-church leadership. "The African population of Tanzania consists of more than 120 ethnic groups, of which the Sukuma, Haya, Nyakyusa, Nyamwezi, and Chaga have more than 1 million members. The majority of Tanzanians, including such large tribes as the Sukuma and the Nyamwezi, are of Bantu stock. Groups of Nilotic or related origin include the nomadic Masai and the Luo, both of which are found in greater numbers in neighboring Kenya. Two small groups speak languages of the Khoisan family peculiar to the Bushman and Hottentot peoples. Cushitic-speaking peoples, originally from the Ethiopian highlands, reside in a few areas of Tanzania. Non-Africans residing on the mainland and Zanzibar account for 1% of the total population. The Asian community, including Hindus, Sikhs, Shi'a and Sunni Muslims, and Goans, has declined by 50% in the past decade to 50,000 on the mainland and 4,000 on Zanzibar. An estimated 70,000 Arabs and 10,000 Europeans reside in Tanzania."
Extractions: Judy Kendall, a photojournalist working for the UBS in Maputo, accompanied workers on a distribution trip. They drove into Macia, not far from a spot where people had recently sought refuge by climbing trees. Some of those survivors had been rescued by helicopter, holding above their heads what in some cases was their only possession - a Bible. In Macia a Bible Society staff member started passing out Bibles from the relative safety of our truck. Within seconds, scores of flood victims screaming for Bibles had surrounded the vehicle. A sea of arms desperately extended empty hands, pleading for the sustenance of God's Word. "When one of them would receive the treasured gift, his face would light up and he would hoot with joy," Kendall reported. "Here, in his hands, was potential hope and healing."
Extractions: Amid signs that the decade-long civil war could end soon, the Bible Society in Sierra Leone (BSSL) is planning to distribute thousands of Scriptures to bring hope to the country's suffering people. The Society will initially provide 1,000 replacement Bibles for Christians who have lost everything in the war, and will make available 4,000 Portions, entitled God is our Refuge and Strength, for distribution among refugees. Some 24,000 displaced people are living in six camps around the capital. These Portions are designed to reassure readers of God's love for them, and point to the strength and comfort in God's Word - a particularly apt message for people who have experienced so much brutality. Many of the refugees who escaped to Freetown were badly mutilated or had one of their limbs cut off as a gruesome message from the rebels to elected President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah. Churches Burned More than 20 churches in the capital were burnt down by rebels. The BSSL hopes to offer some of these churches lectern Bibles to replace those they have lost. In addition, there are plans to make available some 50 sets of the New Testament on audio cassette. Later, the Society hopes to make other distributions further afield.
June-July 1989 to pray about adopting an unreached people group. Church of Tanzania (AICT, the indigenous church planted of 1100 congregations of the sukuma tribe, the http://www.missionfrontiers.org/1989/0607/jj8910.htm
Extractions: BACK ISSUES June/July 1989 DIRECTORY Editorial Comment Nothing Fails Like Success Christian Endeavor ... At the Center Brown notes that social restructuring, begun at Tanzanian independence in 1961, prompted an unprecedented ripeness for the gospel among many tribes, and many people have come to faith in Christ. Yet at least 19 tribes remain unreached. The committee began informal correspondence with the Africa Inland Church of Tanzania (AICT, the indigenous church planted by AIM) about partnering in outreach to an unreached tribe. The AICT replied that it favored such a partnership. Composed primarily of 1100 congregations of the Sukuma tribe, the AICT has been heavily involved in outreach to unbelieving Sukumas, but not in cross-cultural evangelism. Cedar Crest Church raised $10,000 for the trip and sent Boone, elder Glenn Miller, and deacon John LoRusso to Tanzania in July 1988. During the month-long trip, one tribe arrested their attention. The animistic Sandawe of north-central Tanzania appeared ready to hear the gospel. And, with five known believers among a population of 40,000 and no indigenous church, the Sandawe seemed ideal for missionary outreach. The Cedar Crest team returned to Pennsylvania and reported its findings. The mission committee encouraged the elders to lead the church in officially adopting the Sandawe; the resolution passed in November 1988. For further information, contact: Cliff Boone, Cedar Crest Bible Fellowship Church, 1151 S. Cedar Crest Blvd., Allentown, PA 18103.
Virtual Exhibition of the people (ie indigenous knowledge, attitude and therefore improved livelihood of the people. worked Local Communities (sukuma people), Local Government http://www.virtualexhibit.net/new/globalShowcaseTemplate.php?project_id=338®i
Extractions: Good News for Every Nation - Via Inculturation The nations ( gentes ) to whom the Christian community is divinely sent, and supposed to become incarnate through faithfulness to the missionary principle of inculturation, are not the worlds politically constructed nation-states as such. They are, rather, the multitude of indigenous ethno-cultural nations, sometimes sill called "tribes," enclosed within the boundaries of politically constructed nation-states. This view of missionary activity has far reaching social, cultural, ethical, theological and ecclesial implications. Introduction This paper offers some reflections on the political and religious dimensions of humankinds historical existence as a multitude of distinctive ethno-cultural groups of people. The particular focus is upon those living in Africa south of the Sahara. Their total population is about five hundred million, currently threatened massively by an HIV/AIDS pandemic; also by countless struggles for power, wealth and mere survival, not to mention neo-colonial controls and constraints. Under colonialism these peoples were categorized politically as "tribes." In the terms of 19 th century Social Darwinism they were taught in schools and churches, at least implicitly, to see themselves as backward peoples, or even as aggregates of competing individuals, marching slowly along a road called "progress." Their modernizing "development"-consisting largely in the pursuit of wealth and power by
World Agroforestry Centre - Annual Report 2003 - Agroforestry In Action collaborative effort, many of the sukuma people of the at an alarming rate while its people suffer from are identifying the most valuable indigenous fruit tree http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/AR2003/agroforestry_action.htm
Extractions: World Agroforestry Centre Website Annual Report Home Annual Report Downloads Annual Report Home ... Director General's Introduction Our Themes Land and People Trees and Markets Environmental Services Strengthening Institutions Complementary Publications Agroforestry in Action Partners in Agroforestry Strategic Opportunities More Highlights Research Publications Report Downloads Agroforestry in Action These two page publications include the technical content in this year's annual report, and have also been derived from past work of the World Agroforestry Centre. They provide short summaries of the major on-going research and community development projects of the Centre. Agroforestry: a natural remedy for the decline in traditional medicine The Lake Victoria Basin Initiative: restoring health to a beleaguered lake and landscape Finding the Limits: Agroforestry technologies in the fight against poverty in western Kenya When a tree becomes a garden vegetable baobab gardens in Mali ... Caring for the land, the people and the future
African Proverbs, Sayings And Stories - Book Reviews The author cites a lot of examples of what embodies this sukuma oral literature in the typical indigenous language of the people and provides http://www.afriprov.org/resources/bkreview.htm
Extractions: The author is an American citizen who was born and grew up in Tanzania. She has spent nearly 50 years in East Africa and has lived in Nairobi since 1974. This booklet contains 50 of her best vignettes each matched with an African proverb. Through the use of African proverbs, Annetta Miller relates her experiences in Africa detailing her interpretation of the beauty, richness and diversity of African culture while making comparisons with that of Western culture.
Extractions: 1. A farmer breaking ground by hand and wishing for a good harvest. Views of Siaya 2. A market in Siaya where vegetables and fruits are sold. People had to use most of their income for food before the project. 3. Scenery of a village in in the Uranga district where the project is taking place. The houses are made from mud and dried grass. 4. The population growth rate of Kenya is 3.4 % which is very high. A family usually has about 6-7 children. It is not easy to get enough food for all family members. They also have widespread problems in the arenas of environment, education, housing, and health. 6. A map of the Siaya district (population 700,000) showing the location of the 15 villages with community groups involved in the project. Toward Making the Project Effective 7. The Project's one-year operational plan.
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.
Contemporary Africa and Castle Khoikhoi and the Founding of White South africa. New Haven Yale U. Press, 1977. DT764.K45E.41977; Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, The Harmless People. http://www.kean.edu/~jspauldi/jlsafricon.html
Extractions: Greetings, and welcome to this course! Few subjects offer richer possibilities for discovery and the achievement of insight than does the examination of contemporary Africa. During our time together we will encounter Africa through the sharing of responses to some directed readings and via discussion of internet research. We will attempt to identify and learn to appreciate some African perspectives toward key issues, and to assess the opportunities and limitations of alternative courses of action by African political leaders. Regular class attendance and participation; alert yourselves to news from Africa.
