New Zealand Travel - Africa - Saying 'karibu' To Crazy Kenya and popularised (by films such as Out of africa). And then there were the indigenous people with a English and swahili, the common languages, are spoken by http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/travelstorydisplay.cfm?storyID=3401978&thesecti
Africa South Of The Sahara - Culture And Society Popular swahili Texts in Books and Articles an and cultural autonomy of indigenous people Has photographers November 1997) from the africa Policy Information http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/culture.html
History Of Tanzania supplied the Bantu base of swahili, the mother In the midnineteenth century, Ngoni peoples migrated from to the country of an indigenous people called the http://www.drh-movement.org/TextPage.asp?TxtID=368&SubMenuItemID=18&MenuItemID=3
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World Racism PostApartheid South africa Discussed at Washington Forum. more. neo-Nazism, indigenous peoples. http://archive.wn.com/2004/05/13/1400/worldracism/
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Mozambique: A Country Profile With Map Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South africa, Swaziland Area The indigenous people of Mozambique are descendants of traders along the coast, swahili is also http://gbgm-umc.org/africa/mozambique/mprofile.html
Extractions: History - Kenya is the heart of African safari country, boasting the most diverse collection of wild animals on the continent. The first of many genuinely human footprints to be stamped on Kenyan soil were left way back in 2000 BC by Nomadic Cushitic Tribes from Ethiopia. A second group followed around 1000 BC and occupied much of central Kenya. The rest of the ancestors of the country's medley of tribes arrived from all over the continent between 500 BC and AD 500. Drawn by the whiff of spices and money, the Portuguese started sniffing around in the 15th century. After venturing further and further down the western coast of Africa, Vasco da Gama finally rounded the Cape of Good Hope and headed up the continent's eastern coast in 1498. Seven years later, the Portuguese onslaught on the region began. By the 16th century, most of the indigenous Swahili trading towns, including Mombasa, had been either sacked or occupied by the Portuguese - marking the end of the Arab monopoly of the Indian Ocean trade. The remainder of the 18th century saw the Omani dynasties from the Persian Gulf dug in along the East African coast. Europeans suddenly tramping all over Africa in search of fame and fortune, even Kenya's intimidating interior was forced to give up its secrets to outsiders. It was downhill from here for the Maasai. As white settlers demanded more fertile land, the Maasai were herded into smaller reserves. The Kikuyu, a Bantu agricultural tribe from the highlands west of Mt Kenya, also had vast tracts of land ripped from under their feet.
About Mozambique : Kurarma HIV/AIDS Campaign : Africa : AFSC national languages including Shona, Cinyu and swahili. Religion indigenous beliefs (50%), Christian (30%), Muslim of approximately 16 million people where more http://www.afsc.org/africa/aids/mozambique.htm
:: Literature - United States International University :: or their contribution to the life and letters of africa (WI) Prerequisite legends, jokes, etc.); examination of oral literature of selected indigenous peoples. http://www.usiu.ac.ke/programs/catalogue/0304/literature.htm
Extractions: A survey of the development of the African novel from its beginnings to 1970. This is a reading course in the African novel; students are required to read one novel each week for ten weeks, as well as read closely and do an oral presentation and term paper on one particular novel during the quarter. Class time is devoted to discussions of a different novel each week, and students are expected to have read that novel, or substantial portions thereof, before coming to class. (WI) Credit: 3 units
Social Studies School Service Search Results List the impact of European contact with America s indigenous peoples. of Afghan activity (jobs), people, and scenery as Project for the swahili language includes http://www.socialstudies.com/c/@vDx0wO0VkHmsI/Pages/search.html?Record_Type=Rela
HighBeam Research: ELibrary Search: Results French (official), Sangho (national), Arabic, Hunsa, swahili. 25%, Roman Catholic 25%, indigenous beliefs 24 Their contact with Bantu people produces the http://www.highbeam.com/library/search.asp?FN=AO&refid=ency_refd&search_almanacs
HighBeam Research: ELibrary Search: Results Portuguese people settle in Angola and Mozambique, and other areas. Principal languages swahili, English (both official), numerous indigenous languages http://www.highbeam.com/library/search.asp?FN=AO&refid=ency_refd&search_almanacs
Kenya coastal population of Kenya are part of the swahili people who occupy it has recently been shown that the swahili are an indigenous people who converted to http://archnet.org/library/dictionary/entry.tcl?entry_id=DIA0412
Extractions: THE SWAHILI COAST EPISODE The Swahili people number approximately half a million, inhabiting a string of small settlements along the East African coast in parts of Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania. They are believed to have descended from Bantu-speaking agriculturalists who lived in an area reaching roughly from Kenya's Tana River in modern Kenya to the Webi Shebelle region of Somalia. Although they had long supplemented their farming with fishing, it is believed that around 500 A.D. these people began to trade and migrate along the coast. Over the next three centuries migrant groups moved south by ship, establishing settlements both on the coast and on adjacent islands. These independent polities were linked by trade as well as by a common culture and language, Swahili . From an early date, merchants from the Arab peninsula, Persia, and India settled among and intermarried with the Swahili towns' African founders. By the 12 th century Swahili culture exhibited Arab and Asian cultural influences. A distinctive Swahili architecture had emerged, which reflected these influences. Houses made of coral rag and coral stone had replaced the circular mud-and-wattle buildings found in parts of inland East Africa. The ruins at the Gedi in Kenya provide one example of early Swahili architecture. Islam was also well established along the Swahili Coast by the 12
Extractions: Hip hop music and culture, once considered an American phenomenon, exists throughout the world today. In each cultural area, hip hop artists filter American and other foreign hip hop styles through their own local musical, social, and linguistic practices, creating unique musical forms. Tanzania and Malawi, two African countries, are no exception to this creative process. Both countries have vibrant hip hop communities that draw heavily on their knowledge of international, as well as local and national, hip hop music and culture. In mediating between various hip hop communities, rap artists and enthusiasts in both countries have established distinctive rap cultures, particularly in regards to language use in their music and everyday conversations. In this paper, we examine language choices made by Tanzanian and Malawian hip hop enthusiasts and artists. Tanzanian youths draw from both English and Swahili, using whichever language is appropriate to a particular situation, while Malawian youths follow a similar pattern utilizing either Chichewa or English. Language use patterns in the two countries diverge, however, with regard to country-specific social and economic dimensions of rap musical practice, defined here as including performance, clothing styles, dance, and discourse about rap music. Since Malawi and Tanzania border one another, the distinct yet overlapping uses of language among local hip hop artists emphasize cultural and historical differences that have influenced the development of the two national scenes. What are these differences and how do they play out in each country's respective hip hop musics? What is distinctive about each country's language use and how does this affect local hip hop music?
Civilizations In Africa: Ghana was filled by desert Berbers, an indigenous African people time (11801230), the Soso people, who were http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CIVAFRCA/GHANA.HTM
Extractions: Sahara , which in Arabic simply means "The Desert." Around 750 AD, under the influence of Islamic peoples, northern and western Africans began to use the camel to transport goods across this forbidding terrain. Camels do several things exceptionally well: they can carry unbelievably heavy loads for impossibly long distances and they can keep their footing on sandy terrain. It was as if someone had invented sand ships and its effect on western African culture was just as profound as if they were sand ships. The most important developments occurred in the Sahel area just south of the Sahara; the Sahel provided southern terminal points for the goods being shipped across the Sahara. The Sahel is a dry, hot area with fertile areas and grasslands; all of the major north African kingdoms grew up in this area: Ghana, Mali, Songhay, and Kanem-Bornu: the Sahelian kingdoms
Information About Kenya In actuality most of the government is in swahili. The indigenous languages are referred to as the mother unique to the various tribes that people grow up http://lighthouseforchrist.org/about_kenya.htm
Extractions: About Kenya Bible Institute Board of Directors Daughter Churches ... Home Kenya is revered by anthropologists as the "cradle of humanity". It is also the heart of African safari country, boasting the most diverse collection of wild animals on the continent. The annual migration of wildebeests is an awesome event and could probably be considered as one of the wonders of the world. Millions of these ungainly antelopes move en masse in July and August from the Serengeti in search of lush grass. They head south again around October. Kenya is situated in East Africa and provides the globe's most magnificent game parks, unsullied beaches, thriving coral reefs, memorable mountains capes, and ancient Swahili cities. The flora and fauna is awesome. Animals include lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, rhinos, buffalos, wart hogs, zebras, giraffes, hyenas, gazelles, monkeys, wildebeests, and many others. Check out this wildlife site for more info. Full country name: Republic of Kenya Provinces: Kenya has 8 administrative provinces, namely; Central, Eastern, Nairobi, North Eastern, Nyanza, Rift Valley and the Western and Coast Province.
Extractions: Dictionaries: General Computing Medical Legal Encyclopedia Word: Word Starts with Ends with Definition The population of DROC was estimated at 46.7 million in 1997. As many as 250 ethnic groups have been distinguished and named. The most numerous people are the Kongo, Luba, and Mongo. Although 700 local languages and dialects are spoken, the linguistic variety is bridged both by the use of French and the intermediary languages Kikongo, Tshiluba, Swahili, and Lingala. About 80% of the Congolese population are Christian, predominantly Roman Catholic. Most of the non-Christians adhere to either traditional religions or syncretic sects. Traditional religions embody such concepts as monotheism, animism, vitalism, spirit and ancestor worship, witchcraft, and sorcery and vary widely among ethnic groups; none is formalized. The syncretic sects often merge Christianity with traditional beliefs and rituals. The most popular of these sects, Kimbanguism, was seen as a threat to the colonial regime and was banned by the Belgians. Kimbanguism, officially "the church of Christ on Earth by the prophet Simon Kimbangu," now has about 3 million members, primarily among the Bakongo of Bas-Congo and Kinshasa. In 1969, it was the first independent African church admitted to the World Council of Churches. Before independence, education was largely in the hands of religious groups. The primary school system was well-developed at independence; however, the secondary school system was limited, and higher education was almost nonexistent in most regions of the country. The principal objective of this system was to train low-level administrators and clerks. Since independence, efforts have been made to increase access to education, and secondary and higher education have been made available to many more Congolese. Despite the deterioration of the state-run educational system in recent years, about 80% of the males and 65% of females, ages 6-11, were enrolled in a mixture of state- and church-run primary schools in 1996. At higher levels of education, males greatly outnumber females. The elite continues to send their children abroad to be educated, primarily in Western Europe.
Extractions: Dictionaries: General Computing Medical Legal Encyclopedia Word: Word Starts with Ends with Definition Population distribution in Tanzania is extremely uneven. Density varies from 1 person per square kilometer (3 per sq. mi.) in arid regions to 51 per square kilometer (133 per sq. mi.) in the mainland's well-watered highlands to 134 per square kilometer (347 per sq. mi.) on Zanzibar. More than 80% of the population is rural. Dar es Salaam is the capital and largest city; Dodoma, located in the center of Tanzania, has been designated the new capital, although action to move the capital has stalled. The African population 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. Although much of Zanzibar's African population came from the mainland, one group known as Shirazis traces its origins to the island's early Persian settlers. 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.
