61. Global Volunteer Update #6 national capacities including the training of indigenous people. the role of young people as community INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER WORK CAMP baga Toiruu, Mongolia http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/news/gu_eng/gu_2004_03.htm

WorldVolunteerWeb.org www.worldvolunteerweb.org Global Volunteer Update: Information about volunteerism worldwide March 2004 Dear Friend, We would like to thank all of you who were able to spare time and share with us information about your International Volunteer Day (IVD) activities in December 2003. Our latest count of IVD information compiled on the WorldVolunteerWeb.org shows that 126 countries celebrated IVD, with 73 of them focussing their campaign on at least one of the eight Millennium Development Goals. Although the submission deadline has passed on 22 February 2004, we still receive reports and questionnaires and we are processing them. We will undertake a final analysis of the IVD information in the coming weeks and will share the results with you. Best wishes. Editor, WorldVolunteerWeb.org IN THIS EDITION 2. NEWS: OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS FOR VOLUNTEERS IN IRELAND BEYROUTH EMBELLIE PAR DES VOLONTAIRES PHILIPPINES SEARCH FOR BEST VOLUNTEER ESSAY 1200 YOUNG VOLUNTEERS READY TO SERVE IN BOLIVIA AFRICAN WILDLIFE BECKONS ADVENTUROUS VOLUNTEERS 3. UPCOMING EVENTS

62. Petit Aperçu Des L'histoire Des Amazigh Au Maghreb Canaries The indigenous people were Berber were spoken all over the country, not many people knew how au IIIe siècle avant JC par le souverain berbère baga. http://www.bladi.net/modules/newbb/sujet_18713_5.html

Accueil Forum Actualité Chat ... Devenez membre de bladi.net ! Bladinautes inscrits! Rejoignez sur le chat ! Visiteurs en Ligne! Connexion Pseudo Mot de Passe Mot de Passe perdu? Inscrivez-vous! Sommaire Accueil Proposer un article Proposer un site Recettes Marocaines ... Personnalités Marocaines Dossiers Moudawana : Réforme du statut de la femme 40 ans d'immigration marocaine en Belgique Qui est en ligne ? Il y a bladinautes en ligne bladi Kalaloly Xapela ENIGMA ... S'enregistrer pour poster A plat Imbriqués Le plus ancien en premier Le plus récent en premier Expéditeur Conversation chico Bladinaute régulier Inscrit le: 17/3/2003 Envois: 876 For centuries Berbers have fought to prevent their language and culture from being swamped by Arabs. Most numerous in Morocco, they are scattered across nine countries. Their voice has been most loudly heard, amidst outbreaks of violence, in Algeria. Q: Who are they? The Berbers are a non-Semitic people who since prehistoric times inhabited the Mediterranean coastline from Egypt to the Atlantic. They dominated North Africa until it was conquered by Arabs in the 7th century. Ethnically, a majority of Moroccans and Algerians are Arabicised Berbers. Today it is more language and culture that set Berbers apart. Berber speakers account for some 50% of Moroccans and 30% of Algerians.

63. Art Africain Info The baga, 15th or 16th-century migrants from the Sudan now The ndako gboya appears to be indigenous; a spirit that during the 7th century by people related to http://artafricain.ifrance.com/artafricain/art-africain-info.htm

Start Statues masques africains Objects ... sculptures info [ Art Africain Info ] News Formulaire Tuyaux d'achats Fon iron image of Gun, the god of iron and war, Dahomey. Museum Pottery head found at Sokoto, Nigeria. Height 45cm Bambara dance wood headdress in the form of an antelope African arts West Africa Scholars divide the visual arts of West Africa into three broad areas: the western Sudan, the Guinea Coast, and Nigeria. This is done partly to enable the outsider to comprehend the diversity of styles and traditions within the region, while recognizing that there are themes common to all of the areas. Western Sudan This is the name conventionally given to the savanna region of West Africa. It is an area dominated by Islamic states situated at the southern ends of the trans-Saharan trade routes. The sculpture here is characterized by schematic styles of representation. Some commentators have interpreted these styles as an accommodation to the Islamic domination of the area, but this is probably not an adequate explanation since Islam in West Africa has either merely tolerated or actually destroyed such traditions while exerting other influences. Among the better-known sculptural traditions of the western Sudan are those of the following peoples.

64. JAIC 1992, Volume 31, Number 1, Article 2 (pp. 03 To 16) conclusions presenting a possible African view of indigenous material culture People of wood Baule figure sculpture. The art of the baga A preliminary inquiry http://aic.stanford.edu/jaic/articles/jaic31-01-002.html

JAIC 1992, Volume 31, Number 1, Article 2 (pp. 03 to 16) THE EXHIBITION AND CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN OBJECTS: CONSIDERING THE NONTANGIBLE STEPHEN P. MELLOR 1 INTRODUCTION Some specific examples in African art where nontangible attributes might have an effect on treatment decisions can be seen in the following: Should we look inside a Yoruba beaded crown (fig. 1), considered to be the premier piece of divine regalia, to mend the textile lining (fig. 2), or lend slides of its interior to the education department, when in cultural context it is forbidden for anyone, including the king, to view the interior? Should we secure loose and detached fragments of sacrificial patination on a Bamana Komo headdress (fig. 3), when the amount and thickness of this incrustation (fig. 4) are directly related to the degree and effectiveness of its cultural power? How do we justify the public exhibition of an Igala shrine figure (fig. 9), which would have been restricted from public view and seen only by people of a specific age, sex, or initiate? Fig. 1. Crown, Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Glass beads, basketry, textile, vegetable fiber, metal, H 30 ¾ in (78. 1cm). NMAfA 24-1989-01 (private lender). Photograph by Jeffrey Ploskonka

65. Invisible Mask mask is designed to emphasize the baga ideals of to keep the essential aspects of indigenous culture and as during puberty when young people become accepted as http://www.ceeba.at/arts/arts_masques_africains.htm

INVISIBLE MASK by OLUMIDÉ, A. SOWUNMI Masks are a universal art form. Various cultures around the world, from the Japanese to the Eskimos, have indigenous masks. In different societies masks take on diverse functions ranging from the sacred and spiritual to the mundane and comical. In my thesis the focus is on masks of West African origin, and further exploration of the masking tradition in African culture. The objective is to view the masquerade from a postmodern perspective, and incorporate modern computer technology in preserving this ancient art form. This approach is not entirely new. The Dadaists, in the early 1900s, had explored this field in their happenings at the Cabaret Voltaire. Apparently they were better informed about Japanese masks since there was very little awareness of "African art" in Europe at the time. Non-Western art, and in particular "African art" had such profound effects on Modernism, through artists like Paul Gauguin and Pablo Picasso, it is therefore quite logical to expect a similar influence on Postmodernism. An example is Joseph Beuys' performance, How to explain Pictures to a Dead Hare, where the artist had his face painted with a gold foil mask. This line of thought makes it possible to see the traditional masquerade as a precursor to Postmodern performance art. The computer as a medium of artistic expression The visual component of the project involves the use of the computer as a medium of artistic expression, through three dimensional modeling and animation. This is achieved using Alias/Wavefront Maya to model and animate the characters. The theme of the animation is ritual performance, and the objective is to change the present popular perception of African masks by regarding them as an essential part of performance rituals.

66. "Managing Natural Resources In The West Usambara Mountains: A Glimmer Of Hope In zones namely Umba, Soni and baga river Inventory of indigenous agroforestry systems in practice in Institutions, and the Environment People, Institutions, and http://www.mtnforum.org/resources/library/mowox02a.htm

Managing Natural Resources in the West Usambara Mountains: A glimmer of hope in the horizon MOUNTAINS HIGH SUMMIT CONFERENCE FOR AFRICA (Nairobi, May 2002) Name of authors : Jeremias G. Mowo, Stephen T. Mwihomeke, Justin B. Mzoo and Teonas H. Msangi Strategic Pillar: WATER, environment and development Thematic Issue: Sustainable natural resources management in the mountain areas with special emphasis on watershed management, agro-forestry and biodiversity in mountain areas Author's affiliation: Jeremias G. Mowo (PhD) is a Senior Researcher (Soil Fertility and Management) with the Directorate of Research and Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. Currently he is the Site Co-ordinator of The Lushoto Benchmark Site of the African Highland Initiative (AHI). Stephen T. Mwihomeke (MSc.) is a Principal Forest Researcher (Agro-forestry) with the Tanzania Forest Research Institute based at the Silviculture Research Centre, Lushoto (West Usambaras) and currently the head of The Community and Farm Forest Section at the centre. Justin B. Mzoo (MSc.) is an irrigation Agronomist with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and currently the project manager of TIP -Lushoto (Traditional Irrigation Project) –Lushoto

67. ALN - No. 90, April 1997 The choice of “Ngere,” for the people known as 06518) issued Catalog 136 (North africa and the publisher the cultural politics of indigenous publishing in http://www.lib.msu.edu/lauer/aln/aln90.html

Africana Libraries Newsletter No. 90, April 1997 TABLE OF CONTENTS Editor's Comments Acronyms ALC/CAMP NEWS Calendar of Future Meetings Meseratch Zecharias John Bruce Howell W. David Rozkuszka 40th Anniversary Conference CAMP Chair African Newspaper Union List and Preservation Project OTHER LIBRARY NEWS News from other Associations Calendar ALA International Relations Office ALA/USIA Library Fellows American Association of Law Libraries Seminar on Accessing Information Resources in Southern Africa Other Personnel News: Berman, Ezera Book Reviews, by Phyllis B. Bischof Chakava, Publishing in Africa Altbach, Challenge of the Market REFERENCE SOURCES Notes New Reference Titles Vendor Announcements Events Literature on the Book Trade Online Files Serial Changes New Serials Selected New Books Editor's Comments The past quarter has had more than its share of sad news. Two colleagues died unexpectedly and business will not go on as usual. The Spring meeting at Syracuse was canceled because of the death of Meseratch Zecharias, our host. John Howell’s death deprives us of his leadership with CRL projects and electronic publishing. I first met Meseratch during the 1973 ASA meeting in Syracuse, while visiting a classmate from the University of Wisconsin. While her other duties limited our contacts until the 1990s, she impressed me as a positive and thoughtful person. John Howell said we first met in the late 1960s, when he was in the African language and literature program in Madison. That memory is vague; but no one could miss his presence and contributions with ALC over the past 15 years. One of my few achievements as chair of CAMP in 1988-90 was to recruit the University of Iowa as a member and John as the new chair. I will miss his wide range of interests, his persistence, and his ability to stay on good terms with everyone. Further details can be found in ALC/CAMP NEWS.

68. GBF NCARTT, PO Box 639 19381 baga, Jordan agrobio Gender, Biodiversity, and Local indigenous Knowledge Systems(LinKS among policy makers rural people and development http://www.gbf.ch/ab_received.asp?no=3&lg=EN&app=&now=3

69. Vetwork UK: Reading The Rains baga) form another class of spiritualists who foresee displacement to empowerment for Third World people. dimension of development indigenous knowledge systems http://www.vetwork.org.uk/rains.htm

VETWORK UK ........linking the health and welfare of people, animals and the environment return to Vetwork UK home page Reading the Rains: Local Knowledge and Rainfall Forecasting in Burkina Faso Carla Roncoli (University of Georgia), Keith Ingram (University of Georgia), Paul Kirshen (Tufts University). Abstract: Keywords: farmer knowledge, indigenous meteorology, seasonal rainfall forecasts, climate variability, environmental indicators, Burkina Faso. Introduction Communication of scientific information to lay users must hinge on a thorough understanding of pre-existing cognitive systems (Kempton et al. 1995). In order to guide ongoing efforts to disseminate meteorology-based climate forecasts, this paper presents ethnographic data on rainfall forecasting knowledge held by farmers of Burkina Faso. Attention to differences and similarities between farmers’ and scientists’ forecasts can help introduce the latter in ways that are culturally appropriate and locally relevant. Comparison between forecasts can also generate important theoretical insights into the relationships between knowledge systems. In exploring the interface of different knowledge systems we do not embrace a rigid dichotomy of self-exclusive categories, such as technoscience vs. ethnoscience, modern vs. traditional, or western vs. indigenous (Agrawal 1995, Nader 1996b, Strathern 1996, Sillitoe 1998b, Gray 2000). Although aspects of farmers’ knowledge may challenge deep-seated assumptions or well-founded theories that underpin modern scientific rationality, local knowledge need not be posited as an incompatible alternative to science (Nader 1996a). Rather, evidence shows that local knowledge can and must be integrated with research-generated information and technology in efforts to improve rural livelihoods (Brokensha et al. 1980, Richards 1985, Gladwin 1989, McCorkle 1989, Thrupp 1989, Flora 1992, Moock and Rhoades 1992, Warren et al. 1995, Chambers 1996, Sillitoe 1998a).

70. African Ancestor Eve for All World s People Portrayed allAfrica African Independent Churches African indigenous Churches African com/warehouse/rpg0308.htm baga ancestor figure http://www.genealogy-4u.com/8/african-ancestor.html

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71. FAQs Costa Rica are included in the total costs and that you receive when you arrive in South africa. People of african, Asian, and particularly indigenous descent, as http://www.ots.duke.edu/~abarbee/academic/web/faqCR.htm

72. ReliefWeb: Ethiopia: Hararghe & Shinille Zone Food Security Assessment on the assumption that farmers have enough indigenous knowhow to migration of livestock, displacement of people in Shinile It is followed by the baga hot, dry http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/0/6bf44476b81af164c1256d6d003df217?OpenDocume

73. ReliefWeb: Ethiopia: Hararghe Food Security Hampered By Long-term Drought Condit danger of clashes between sedentary indigenous people and nomadic migration of livestock, displacement of people in Shinile It is followed by the baga hot, dry http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/0/55abbb7707b8a3d985256cfd005ea1d2?OpenDocume

74. Kerala Travel,Kerala India Travel,Travel To Kerala In due course many indigenous religions and philosophical systems People A state with 100% literacy, world standards as to several countries of africa and West http://www.kerala-goa-holidays.com/kerala-tourism/kerala-travel.html

Kerala Travel Information Kerala Holiday Goa Holiday Kerala Backwaters Alleppey Backwaters ... Kerala Ayurveda Tour more Tour Packages in Kerala Beaches in Kerala Kovalam Kappad ... Kerala Travel Special Package Goa Beach Holidays Anjuna Beach Baga Beach Benaulim Beach ... Visit Kerala Kerala Travel Information General Information Location : South India Area : 38,863 sq km Capital : Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) Religion : Hinduism, Christianity, Islam Time : GMT + 5:30 (IST) Climate : Tropical Weather Population : 29,011,237 (Census 91) Literacy : 95 % Famous For : Backwater, Beaches, Ayurveda Rejuvenation Introduction Kerala is a small state situated at the southwest corner of India. The land which Parasurama (sixth of the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu) retrieved with his axe. The land blessed by nature. The land of festivals. The land of Kathakali. The land of coconut trees. And now the land of complete literacy. The modern state of Kerala was formed in 1956 when India was reformed into states on linguistic basis. The legislative assembly in Kerala has 141 seats. There are 14 Districts, 63 Taluks, 991 Panchayaths, 54 Municipalities and 3 Corporations in Kerala. Kerala has 44 rivers, the longest being Bharathappuzha(Also known as Nila, ~250 kilometers).

75. ͨѶ IV International indigenous Forum on Biodiversity, Seville Partnerships for People Plants 1st European EPA Environmental Protection Agency baga toiruu 44 http://www.chinabiodiversity.com/shengwudyx2/frames2.htm

Northeast and East Central Asia National Biodiversity Newsletter Issue Funded by: United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP) Global Environment Facility (GEF) Edited by: Bureau of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Biodiversity Working Group / China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (BWG/CCICED) Editors: XIE Yan, WANG Sung; Institute of Zoology, CAS, Beijing, China, 100080 Tel/Fax: (8610) 6264 7675; E-mail: wangs@panda.ioz.ac.cn; http://www.bpsp-neca.brim.ac.cn Contents Introduction to biodiversity planning Support Programme(BPSP) Introduction to Bioplan List Serve-Bioplan Introduction to BPSP for Northeast and East Central Asia(NECA) BWG/CCICED'S Recommendations to China's Tenth five-year Plan ... BPSP Contacts in Northeast and East Asia INTRODUCTION TO BIODIVERSITY PLANNING SUPPORT PROGRAMME(BPSP) The Biodiversity Planning Support Programme is a multi-donor initiative implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) with core financing from the Global Environment Facility. The Governments of Norway and Switzerland also provide co-financing.

76. Community Planning Handbook: Contacts Government, Governor s Municipality, baga Toiruu, Mongolia t Innovative project helping people develop their P3DM) for merging indigenous technical knowledge http://www.communityplanning.net/contacts/contacts.htm

Contacts A-Z Contacts A-Z Home Page About this site About community planning General Principles A-Z ... Feedback An annotated selection of contacts for further information and support on community planning. Emphasis on organisations able to: supply contacts, publications or films supply local, national or international contacts or with useful website links provide more information on methods on the website For latest contact listing visit www.wates.demon.co.uk Go to: A B C D ... Y Contacts key to links: t telephone e email f fax w web site Contacts A Action Towards Local Sustainability e anna@environ.org.uk w www.sustainability.org.uk European project helping local authorities to improve quality of life through sustainable development. Website has policy guidance, case studies and techniques. Includes a 'community toolkit' of participatory techniques. Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) Somerford Court, Somerford Road, Cirencester, Glos GL7 1TW, UK

77. 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

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 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.

78. Welcome To Africans-art.com Welcome to Africansart.com Africans-art portal is a unique ressource for African art collectors with information and links on african ethnies - african region and countries - primitive art http://www.africans-art.com/index.php3?action=page&id_art=363

79. Portland Imc - Features Archive - Page 66 Her presentation was entitled, indigenous Thinking on Sustainability. Winona, of the Objibway people, is not only a skillful and eloquent speaker, but is http://portland.indymedia.org/en/feature/archive66.shtml

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80. ETHNOGRAPHICA - FINE AFRICAN ART & ORIENTAL CARPETS African Art Oriental Carpets Primitive Art Tribal Art Patina Sacrificial material African sculpture African Masks Masks mask Archeological Bronze Terracottas Kilim Natural Dyes Hand Knotted The http://www.ethnographica.com/african_art/baga_peoples_gallery.htm

Linked Images The Baga Peoples The Baga people, 45,000 in total, live along the coast of Guinea Bissau, in villages divided into between two and four quartiers, which are in turn divided into five or six clans. Traditionally, each village was headed by the eldest member of each clan, who met secretly, but today this system has been replaced by an elected mayor. Spiritually, they believe in a single god, known as Kanu, who is assisted by Somtup, a male spirit, and by A-Bol, a female spirit. Below them, the spirit A-Mantsho-nga-Tshol, who is often represented as a snake, serves as the patron of the two lowest grades of the To-lom society which overseas the different initiation ceremonies. Baga figures first appeared in the West in the 1950s after the conversion to Islam and the abandonment of traditional rites and beliefs. These circumstances meant that Western dealers were able to export Baga masks and headdresses. Today, Baga people are attempting to revive their culture with the help of their elders - they are re-creating the ceremonies and festivities that once gave their lives rhythm. MASKS The most famous Baga mask is known as the Nimba (d'mba in the Baga language). It is a shoulder mask which stands on four legs, has a large pair of breasts, a typical enlarged head with semicircular ears, a pointed chin and nose and is worn by dancers at births, marriages, harvest festivals and other joyful ceremonies. Two styles of Nimba mask have been identified: the first, better known in the West, has a concave face, while the second has a convex face.

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