Africa Indigenous People Baule africa, african Anthropology General Resources. By peoples. Nok Nuna Oron Owo Pende Pokot Punu San Senufo Shambaa Shona Songo Songye Suku swahili Tabwa Tuareg http://www.archaeolink.com/africa_indigenous_people_baule.htm
Extractions: Baule Home Africa, African Anthropology General Resources By peoples Akan Akuapem Akye Anyi ... Zulu ArtWorld AFRICA - Baule "One of the Akan group sharing similar language and, in general, matrilineal inheritance. They broke away from the Asante of Ghana in the 18th century, bringing with them craftsmanship in gold and gold leaf decoration." - From University of Durham - http://artworld.uea.ac.uk/teaching_modules/africa/cultural_groups_by_country/baule/welcome.html Baule People "The Baule belong to the Akan peoples who inhabit Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. Three hundred years ago the Baule people migrated westward from Ghana when the Asante rose to power. The tale of how they broke away from the Asante has been preserved in their oral traditions." You will find material related to history, culture, religion, political structure, art and more. - From University of Iowa - http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Baule.html
WorldViews: The Peoples Of Africa africa africa World Press Guide. compiled and edited by WorldViews. africa'S peoples. A rich diversity of ancient and proud societies express a focused concern on the state of the world's indigenous peoples, with the peoples of africa included among them J. McIntosh; and The swahili, by Mark Horton http://www.igc.apc.org/worldviews/awpguide/peoples.html
Extractions: A rich diversity of ancient and proud societies T here are strengths and weaknesses attached to the study of Africa through a focus on the continent's diverse and numerous peoples. The strengths are that the continent is reduced to a more manageable size, the diversity and the rich traditions of Africa's peoples are accentuated, and the similiarities and differences among peoples everywhere in the world can be identified and analyzed. Finally, a study of the particularities of discrete societies throughout the African continent cha llenges the misperception of Africa as an undifferentiated mass of peoples. The attendant weaknesses in this approach are that Africa's population of 735 million may be reduced to exotic images and stereotypes of one or another African society or they may remain frozen in the context of the particular historical period or geog raphic locale being studied. In the introdution to his book, The Shona and their Neighbours (Beach 1994), historian David Beach (University of Zimbabwe) clearly delineates the traps that can ensnare the unwary in a study of the peoples of Africa. H e takes, as just one example, the rock paintings and stone buildings for which inhabitants of the Zimbabwean plateau are reknowned. "From the standpoint of Shona studies," Beach points out, "[the paintings and buildings] have been both a blessing and a cu rse. On the one hand, the sheer beauty of the former attracted many of the minority of educated whites into the discipline of archaeology, but it also ensured that they devoted their attention to a period and people fairly remote from the [modern-day] Sho na and their recent neighbours." Clearly, as Beach suggests, the particularlities and generalities must be kept in proper balance at all times.
RIGHTS: Indigenous Peoples Push For Restitution Suomi. Svensk. Français. Português. swahili. Thai. Hindi. Sinhala. Tamil at the Vth IUCN, World Parks Congress in South africa. The indigenous peoples are lobbying to create a high level http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=20351
RIGHTS: Under Fire, World Bank Launches Indigenous Peoples Fund Nederlands. Norsk. Suomi. Svensk. Français. Português. swahili. Thai. Hindi. Sinhala. Tamil. Chinese. Nepali. Indonesian. Italiano. Homepage. Global affairs. africa. AsiaPacific. Caribbean. Europe . http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=18167
Soren Gigler Development Gateway Leading portal on economic development, offering project information, articles, community features and many other resources. indigenous peoples and Poverty The Cases of Bolivia, Guatemala, Honduras and How much do you know about africa? ( contributed you know the story of our swahili friend Prince Sadaka http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/182233/dg-directory/shared/community-memb
Africa Anthropology Ancient african Civilization african Archaeology. By peoples teaching and learning about East africa and about swahili, the most widely spoken language The indigenous peoples Rights Question in africa "This statement by Moringe Parkipuny http://www.archaeolink.com/indigenous_anthropology_africa_i.htm
Extractions: Indigenous Studies - African Anthropology Home Ancient African Civilization African Archaeology By peoples Akan Akuapem Akye Anyi ... Zulu Abang Dance: Radiance from the River and Efik Ideal of Femininity "To dance is human, and humanity expresses itself in dance. Dancing interweaves with many aspects of life, such as art, communication, belief systems, social relations and political dynamics. Interwoven in Abang dances are three modalities: space, rhythm, and unity. Each of these modalities conveys its own distinct message(s) but interacts with each other to produce a specific form of dance as an expression and communicative art." - From Africa Resource Center - http://www.ijele.com/ijele/vol1.1/onyile.html Acacia Initiative: International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Centre de recherches pour le développement international (CRDI) (3.1) "The Acacia Initiative: Communities and the Information Society in Africa Program Initiative is an international program to empower sub-Saharan communities with the ability to apply information and communication technologies (ICTs) to their own social and economic development." - From International Development Research Centre - Africa Online: Kids Only A great kids site about Africa. Language, people, land and culture. Offers games and online quizzes. - illustrated - From AfricaOnline.com -
African Studies - History And Cultures african indigenous Science and Knowledge Systems Page Culture in africa Archives in Popular swahili of the Eastern involving the Mande peoples of West africa, and the neighbors http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/Africa/cult.html
Extractions: Africa Forum (H-Africa, H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences OnLine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.) "History facing the present: an interview with Jan Vansina" (November 2001) and Reply by Jean-Luc Vellut "Photography and colonial vision," by Paul S. Landau (May 19, 1999, Dept. of History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut) H-Africa Africa Forum Home Page H-Africa Network Home Page
Indigenous Knowledge - Home Page - Africa Region - The World Bank World Bank, launches the first swahili Website of of the disease, the Bank s africa Region indigenous Collaborative management and indigenous peoples management http://www.worldbank.org/afr/ik/newsflsh.htm
Extractions: theme: "Traditional Healing & HIV/AIDS" will take place at Hotel Meridien President, Dakar, Senegal, West Africa in July 20-21, 2004. The conference is being organized in association with the Government of the Republic of Senegal and ENDA TM. Archives AUGUST: First Global Summit on Indigenous Tourism . Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. For more information: send an e-mail to Marsha_Smoke@hotmail.com June 30-July 8: 4th Intercultural Encouter in the Amazonian Region and Territory and Culture Forum . Amazonas, Colombia. For more information: visit http://www.rds.org.co/amazonia , or send an e-mail to javier@rds.org.co July 24-July 25: Intellectual Property Rights of the Traditional Healer info@africa-first.com , or visit www.africa-first.com/3rdICTM.asp The 2nd International Conference on Medicinal Mushrooms: From Traditional Knowledge to Modern Technology, Cholburi, Thailand, 17-19 July 2003.
Lecture On Colonialism In Africa Ancient Empires and peoples of africa. Later Empires and peoples of region expanded and redirected indigenous production systems. Foreign languages in africa and swahili poetic verse. http://griots.tripod.com/cal/colonialism_Africa.html
Extractions: Lecture on Colonialism in Africa In the reality of the International Division of Labor (IDL), some countries specialize in only one or two sectors of the economy. This is the result of the historical process which created the world system. One Commodity Countries - many developing countries rely on one commodity for over half of their export earnings. Why? World Empires develop: Example of Rome The law of diminishing returns encourages expansion . . . Colonization is carried out for economic reasons. The IDL brought about a substantial increase in world trade and a surge in the overall size of the capitalist world economy. Let's see how the IDL of the world system was set up using the example of European Colonization in Africa Mansa Musa of Mali - ruled over one of the richest and most powerful countries of the 14th century. Mansa Musa of Mali - 1375 Early Empires in West Africa - were concentrated inland around the grassland area of the Sahel. Unlike the North or East Africans, West Africans were more oriented towards the interior of the continent than to trans-oceanic trade. Ancient Empires and Peoples of Africa Later Empires and Peoples of Africa (above maps were from: Maps of Africa and Ghana http://cnmat.cnmat.berkeley.edu/~ladzekpo/maps.html)
East Africa Living Encyclopedia and indigenous inhabitants formed the swahili culture and royal charter to operate in East africa. From the beginning, the indigenous peoples strongly resisted http://www.africa.upenn.edu/NEH/khistory.htm
Joshua Project - Peoples By Country Profiles Region africa. 10/40 Window No. Onsite Church Planting Team indigenous Fellowship of 100+ http//www.blissites.com/kenya/people/swahili.html. http://www.joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php?rop3=100807&rog3=TZ
Extractions: April 25, 2000 Spring # 15 Url: http://isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/ E-mail: africa@msu.edu Please submit information on Africa-related events or news seven to 10 days in advance of the day it should appear in the Tuesday Bulletin. Submissions may be brought, faxed, or e-mailed to the African Studies Center, Room 100, Center for International Programs, Michigan State University. Telephone: (517) 353-1700, Fax: (517) 432-1209. Summer 2000 Intensive Swahili Language Program will be held from June 19 to July 21, 2000 This five-week Intensive Summer Program in Swahili will be preceded by a three-day gratis seminar on East Africa. The three-day workshop on East African culture for students, faculty, and members of the public with a special interest in East Africa will be offered June 15-17, 2000. Lecturers will be drawn from across the nation and from MSU faculty who have taught, worked, and conducted research in East African countries. A limited number of FLAS fellowships are still available to Intermediate and Advanced Swahili students. Application forms for the FLAS fellowships are available from the Center.
WorldViews: The Peoples Of Africa on the state of the world s indigenous peoples, with the McIntosh and SJ McIntosh; and The swahili, by Mark the african People (July 1992) and peoples of africa http://worldviews.igc.org/awpguide/peoples.html
Extractions: A rich diversity of ancient and proud societies T here are strengths and weaknesses attached to the study of Africa through a focus on the continent's diverse and numerous peoples. The strengths are that the continent is reduced to a more manageable size, the diversity and the rich traditions of Africa's peoples are accentuated, and the similiarities and differences among peoples everywhere in the world can be identified and analyzed. Finally, a study of the particularities of discrete societies throughout the African continent cha llenges the misperception of Africa as an undifferentiated mass of peoples. The attendant weaknesses in this approach are that Africa's population of 735 million may be reduced to exotic images and stereotypes of one or another African society or they may remain frozen in the context of the particular historical period or geog raphic locale being studied. In the introdution to his book, The Shona and their Neighbours (Beach 1994), historian David Beach (University of Zimbabwe) clearly delineates the traps that can ensnare the unwary in a study of the peoples of Africa. H e takes, as just one example, the rock paintings and stone buildings for which inhabitants of the Zimbabwean plateau are reknowned. "From the standpoint of Shona studies," Beach points out, "[the paintings and buildings] have been both a blessing and a cu rse. On the one hand, the sheer beauty of the former attracted many of the minority of educated whites into the discipline of archaeology, but it also ensured that they devoted their attention to a period and people fairly remote from the [modern-day] Sho na and their recent neighbours." Clearly, as Beach suggests, the particularlities and generalities must be kept in proper balance at all times.
Extractions: Africa - The Birthplace of Modern Humans You either love it or hate it . . . Africa Map Click here to see large map Features of Africa Africa is the second-largest continent , after Asia, covering 30,330,000 sq km; about 22% of the total land area of the Earth. It measures about 8,000 km from north to south and about 7,360 km from east to west. The highest point on the continent is Mt. Kilimanjaro - Uhuru Point - (5,963 m/19,340 ft) in Tanzania. The lowest is Lake 'Asal (153 m/502 ft below sea level) in Djibouti. The Forests cover about one-fifth of the total land area of the continent. And the Deserts and their extended margins have the remaining two-fifths of African land. World's longest river : The River Nile drains north-eastern Africa, and, at 6,650 km (4,132 mi), is the longest river in the world. It is formed from the Blue Nile, which originates at Lake Tana in Ethiopia, and the White Nile, which originates at Lake Victoria. World's second largest lake : Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and the is the world's second-largest freshwater lake - covering an area of 69,490 sq km (26,830 sq mi) and lies 1,130 m (3,720 ft) above sea level. Its greatest known depth is 82 m (270 ft).
Ujima : Kenya's History coast that gave rise to the swahili language and In the 19th century most of africa came under Strong resistance from indigenous peoples in the interior was http://www.dalton.org/ujima/history.cfm
Extractions: Greek sailors and traders seem to have traveled along the Kenyan coast by the 4th century AD, and these were followed by Arab, Persian, Indian, Indonesian and Chinese merchants. The Arabs built large settlements at Mombasa and Malindi along the coast, and it was the merging of African and Arab peoples and cultures along the coast that gave rise to the Swahili language and culture. The slave trade and the ivory trade formed the major commerce with the world beyond eastern Africa. The Portuguese briefly sought to establish a foothold at Mombasa, but the Arabs drove them out, and subsequently took control over the interior slave trade from the Kamba people. In the end, British intransigence and military advantage proved futile. The political, social and economic tides were turning towards independence throughout the world, even within Britain itself. In 1963, after three years of transitional government, Kenya became an independent state. At its head was its newly elected president, Jomo Kenyatta, who had long been a dominant figure in Kenyan politics. The new government, under President Mwai Kibaki, represents new hope for the Kenyan people. It also faces challenges greater than any Kenyan government that has gone before it. On top of the long-standing problems mentioned above, the AIDS epidemic is now taking an enormous human toll, and the years of governmental corruption and neglect have left most aspects of Kenya, including its educational system, in very poor condition. However, the new government is determined to tackle these challenges, and, for the first time in decades, Kenya has an opportunity to move freely forward.
Bulliet | The Earth And Its Peoples, Second Edition africa This map shows various indigenous kingdoms and the Delhi Sultanate, Mali, Gupta, the swahili Coast, Great to The Earth and Its peoples (Second Edition http://college.hmco.com/history/world/bulliet/earth_peoples/2e/students/web_acti
Essay Topic : Africa - 007-020 the spread of Islam among the indigenous peoples of africa of positive and negative impacts to those peoples. Islam in the swahili Civilization send me this http://www.select-an-essay.com/categories/007-020.html
Extractions: *** Select An Essay Topic *** - Personal Finance - Corporate Finance - Economics - Economic Theory - Economic History - International Economics - International Finance - Misc. Economic Issues Africa Anthropology Argumentative / Pro-Con Essays - Artists, Art Genre - Famous Works Of Art - Social Issues In Art - Political Issues In Art - Art From Ancient Cultures - Graphic Arts - Photography Asian Studies - The Phillipines - India - Miscellaneous Astronomy Biographies Black Studies - Black Social Issues - Black Politics - Black Philosophy - Racism - Historical Figures Business Management - Management Theory - Advertising Issues - Business Ethics - Human Resource Issues - Management Of Information Systems - International Business - Management Theory - Applied Operations Mgt.
Human Rights | BBC World Service ENGLISH (africa) To mark World Human Rights Day, the as the death penalty and the rights of indigenous peoples. swahili Jumbe Omare Jumbe travelled to Kenya http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/ihavearightto/low_b/programmes
I Have A Right To | BBC World Service Josephine Onike Hazeley English for africa To mark the death penalty and the rights of indigenous peoples. Fernández Jumbe Omari Jumbe - swahili Jumbe Omari http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/ihavearightto/four_b/producers
Extractions: BBC Producers: English (Africa) English (Global) Albanian Arabic ... Urdu The global education project "I have a right to..." features radio programmes produced in 2000-2001 by BBC World Service producers who have traveled the world over, from Sierra Leone to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Mounira Chaib visited the Headquarters of the United Nations Commission for Human Rights in Geneva and attended a conference organised by Article 19, the human rights and press freedom organisation based in London. Her radio series marked the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR).
Extractions: Zanzibar doorway in Stone Town Zanzibar , island in the United Republic of Tanzania, located in the Indian Ocean about 30 km (about 20 mi) off the East African coast. Zanzibars sister island of Pemba lies an equal distance to the northeast. Zanzibar extends 85 km (53 mi) north to south and 43 km (27 mi) east to west and has an area of about 1660 sq km (about 640 sq mi). Covered with luxuriant tropical plant life, Zanzibar is a low-lying coral island with elevations no higher than 120 m (400 ft). Temperatures average between 24º and 27º C (75º and 81º F) throughout the year and are tempered by ocean breezes. Zanzibar's average annual rainfall, influenced by Indian Ocean monsoon wind patterns, is more than 1520 mm (more than 60 in). The islands once prevalent forests have largely been replaced by cultivated crops, including cloves, bananas, and coconuts. Animal life is limited to small mammals and abundant birds. woman in Stone Town The population of Zanzibar in 1995 was an estimated 456,934. The port city of Zanzibar is the islands principal urban center and is located on Zanzibars sheltered western shore. Smaller Zanzibari towns include Chwaka on the eastern shore, Kizimkazi in the south, and Mkokotoni in the northwest. Beit el Ajaib a Palace for the Sultan More Photos of Stone Town Zanzibars principal inhabitants are black Africans, descendants of the indigenous Hadimu, Tumbatu, and Pemba peoples. These were Bantu-speaking peoples who immigrated to Zanzibar from the nearby mainland, drawn by the islands fertile soils and abundant water sources. The indigenous peoples later became known collectively as Shirazi to distinguish them from more recent black African arrivals. By the 10th century Arabs from Oman and other parts of southwest Asia had settled on the island. The Arabs formed Zanzibar's political, social, and economic elite until the islands 1964 revolution forced out most of the Arab population. Sunni Islam is the religion of most of Zanzibars inhabitants. A small Indian community that includes believers in Shia Islam as well as Hindus and other religious groups is also present. Swahili is the primary language of island residents, with Arabic and English holding lesser influence.
