81. Benin / Benin :: Culture & Tourism Links : Kulturális és Idegenforgalmi Linkek általános és kulturális linkek general cultural links. benin Hotels. http://katalogus.kulturinfo.hu/bj.html

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82. SOS Children's Villages UK : Country Information On Benin benin is a member of ECOWAS, an organisation to promote economic cooperation anddevelopment of the West African states. culture. The cultural history of benin http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/html_uk/country_information_on_benin.html

Country Information on Benin The coast of Benin is a sandy barrier beach with no natural harbours. Immediately north of the beach is a patchwork of shallow lagoons and estuaries, and farther north is a fertile highland called "Terre de Barre". North of the highland area the regularly flooded Lama marshlands are located, consisting of clayey soil difficult to drain. Country Information on Cote d'Ivoire In 1949 political tensions led to violent clashes, a year later Houphou?t-Boigny started making compromises and co-operated with the French. Country Information on Algeria Algeria ranks as one of Africa's wealthiest nations. Agriculture plays a strong role in the economy, but because of low productivity, Country Information on Tanzania Tanzanian music is very popular in East Africa. Strong in rhythm and renowned for catchy lyrics, Country Information on Benin Terrain The coast of Benin is a sandy barrier beach with no natural harbours. Immediately north of the beach is a patchwork of shallow lagoons and estuaries, and farther north is a fertile highland called "Terre de Barre". North of the highland area the regularly flooded Lama marshlands are located, consisting of clayey soil difficult to drain. Further north, the Lama marshlands open to arable land. However, the major part of the country's surface area is dominated by hardened, infertile and iron-containing soils. In northern Benin the land rises to include the edge of a 488-m high plateau of ancient rocks and mostly infertile soils and, in the northwest, the rugged Atakora Mountains (800 m). In the south, cultivated land including immense palm groves and coconut plantations lines the coast. The main rivers of northern Benin are the Niger, which forms part of the boundary with the republic of Niger, and its tributaries, the Sota, Mékrou, and Alibori rivers.

83. AFRICA African Leaders Guiding the New Millennium. 261 p. benin Mathieu Kerekou, pp 1217. Statesman sYearbook The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/africa02/afr1302.htm

AFRICA July 2002 Compiled by Joan T. Phillips, Bibliographer Air University Library Maxwell AFB, AL Benin Botswana Benin The appearance of hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Air Force of this Web site or the information, products, or services contained therein. For other than authorized activities such as military exchanges and morale, welfare and recreation sites, the U.S. Air Force does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. Such links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this DoD Web site. Internet Resources Background Note: Benin. . Washington, United States. Dept. of State, December 2001. Available online at: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/6761.htm CIA World Factbook 2001 Available online at: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html General information about each country including a map. Political Resources on the Net: Africa Available online at: http://www.politicalresources.net/africa.htm Provides political information about each African country. Books 2002 Index of Economic Freedom , edited by Gerald P. O'Driscoll, Jr. and others. Washington, Heritage Foundation and Dow Jones, 2002. 428 p.

84. MSNBC - At Last, Moderately Priced Cultural Tours Of Africa Spector s Saturdayto-Saturday Roots and culture Tour to Beninoffers another fascinating slice of West africa. Starting with http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4264155/

MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Shopping ... Money document.write('') Web Search: document.write(' logoImg("http://sc.msn.com"); MSNBC News Alerts Newsletters Help ... MSNBC Shopping Search MSNBC: Advanced Search   RESOURCE GUIDE Buy Life Insurance Yellow pages expedia.com Shopping ... Small Business Tips Africa At last, moderately priced cultural tours of Africa Tracing Nelson Mandela's footsteps to an island prison, touring ancient slave-market cities, and biking through coastal villages offer perspectives you won't get on a safari Dave Hogan / Getty Images A view of Nelson Mandela's former prison cell is seen on Robben Island, off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa By Joann Biondi Updated: 12:38 p.m. ET Feb.28, 2004 Thundering herds of wildebeest, prides of lions, great masses of elephants and giraffes, chattering monkeys, and lumbering water buffalo-all of them viewed from the safety of an open-topped van. That's the portrait of Africa to which most of the travel industry limits itself; the overwhelming majority of Africa tours tend to be wildlife safaris. For viewing an altogether different aspect of that immense continent - the vitally important cultures, politics, and society of Africa-the travel programs are few and rarely available for less than $4,000 or $5,000 per person. advertisement Until now, that is. Just in the past several years, a handful of dedicated Africa tour operators have begun to offer travel programs to the cities (and therefore the actual life) of Africa, priced as low as $2,500, and occasionally, for a breathtaking $1,550, including round-trip airfare from the United States. Though these expenditures are far above the usual recommended levels of Budget Travel, they are at least explained by the high airfare cost for reaching most African capitals, and they are justified by the importance of the subject matter.

85. African Artists Overcome Maps Again! Meaning of Art in the African Cosmos. On January 13, there will be visits to artschools and a courtesy call on the Minister of culture, benin Republic, among http://www.dailytimesofnigeria.com/SundayTimes/2004/January/4/Africanartists.asp

Business Times Headlines Lagos Weekend Saturday Times ... CHAT ROOM CONTACTS: CEO Editor Advertising Info ... CHATROOM powered by FreeFind African artists overcome maps again! By Emeka Agbayi Some organisations are what they are only in name. This is more evident in this era of proliferation of NGOs, each trying to impress us and outdo the other with its high falutin, polysyllabic name, each trying to affirm its relevance by ascribing vast territories – Africa, the Caribbean, the Commonwealth as their areas of coverage. No doubt Overcoming Maps is an ambitions project, but going by the track record of the Pan Africa Circle of Artists, one can safely assume that it will be pulled off successfully. The study tour will last for about three weeks – from January 8-30, 2004 and will take the participants through some six African countries: Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali and Ghana. To document the historic event for posterity, the Pan-African Circle of Artists shall publish an exhibition catalogue as an accompaniment to the Overcoming Maps exhibition. There shall also be a book of general reports which will contain reports on various aspects of the tour, including the journeys themselves, the exhibitions and the roundtable conferences, to be published after the event. The book shall also feature photographs of important art sites, personalities, and artifacts in Africa, among other things. One cannot help but look forward with hope and copious enthusiasm that the Pan-African Circle of Artists pulls off this ambitious but necessary project. this is because Overcoming Maps has implications as grand as its dimensions. Incisively, one looks forward with hope and faith, not with trepidation, because Overcoming Maps comes as a sequel to Crossing Boundaries and Frontiers, a similarly grand event organised in 2002 by PACA. With the benefit of hindsight and experience, Overcoming Maps should be even more successful than the others.

86. African Dance Resources From Artslynx Sacred rituals of the Ewe people of Ghana, Togo, and benin. We are always addingmaterial about the music and culture of the Ewe and other African ethnic groups http://www.artslynx.org/dance/afro.htm

DANCE TOPICS African Dance Ballet Rep Notes Books Choreographers ... Video Sources ARTSLYNX DEPARTMENTS DANCE FILM MUSIC THEATRE ... WHAT'S NEW African Dance and African American Dance Resources Page Content: African Dance Master Sites African Dance Companies Schools (note most of the companies also have schools attached) Scholarship/Research Festivals Ballet or Modern Dance Oriented Companies Misc African Dance Master Sites C. K. Ladzekpo African Music and Dance WONDERFUL Site! Full of research, sounds, video, etc! Sacred rituals of the Ewe people of Ghana, Togo, and Benin. We are always adding material about the music and culture of the Ewe and other African ethnic groups, along with related graphics, sound, and videos that you can download. Free to Dance Website from the PBS Special offers an extensive collection of links and resources WADaBo (West African Dance in Boston) "We are a group of individuals engaged in a collective effort to promote West African Dancing, Drumming, Music and Culture in and around Boston.

87. Panapress Official Website hold 28 August in five benin towns, organisers NEPAD), deputy director general forAfrica Noureini Tidjani PANA) - Mauritian Arts and culture Minister Motee http://www.panapress.com/RubIndexlat.asp?code=eng006

88. ArtLex On African Art Nigeria, benin people, Ruler s Ancestor Altar, c. 1914. of african Art celebratesthe rich visual traditions and extraordinarily diverse cultures of africa. http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/a/african.html

A frican art - Ceremonial sculpture masks , and crafts produced by African tribal cultures , as well as by the African cultures of colonial and post-colonial periods. Generally African art means sub-Saharan art, with the cultures of Africa's northern parts typically referred to as Egyptian and North African. Making generalizations about the visual culture of any group of people is a crude endeavor, especially with a culture as diverse as Africa's. With this thought in mind, know that this survey, as any must be, is tremendously limited in its breadth and depth. Examples of African art: Ife (Yoruba), Nigeria, Shrine Head , 12th century - 14th century, terra cotta , 12 x 5 3/4 x 7 inches, Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Mali, Bougouni or Dioila area, Bamana peoples, Mother and Child , 15th-20th century, wood height 48 5/8 inches (123.5 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Nigeria, Edo peoples, Court of Benin, Pendant Mask: Iyoba , 16th century, ivory iron copper height 9 3/8 inches (23.8 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. See mask and pendant Nigeria, Edo peoples, Court of Benin

89. Africana Blackboard Lesson Plans And Learning Exchange: Ancient African Kingdoms exploration of articles, video clips, and still pictures, students will become familiarwith the culture of the West African kingdom and city of Ancient benin. http://www.africana.com/blackboard/bb_his_000065.htm

Ancient African Kingdoms: A Time Traveler's Look at Ancient Benin Subject Area: World History Related Subject Areas: Language Arts, Geography, African Kingdoms Grade Level: Estimated Time Requirement: Two class periods (one for research, one for creation of presentation boards and presentations) (see related lesson plans on other African kingdoms). Lesson Objectives: Students will have the opportunity to: Research a specific topic as it relates to Ancient Benin. Create a visual presentation board showing research findings. Communicate research findings to class through oral presentations. Generate questions to ask classmates about a topic on which they have become an expert. National Standards: World History Understands the major characteristics of civilizations. Understands the economic, political, and cultural interrelations among people of Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Language Arts Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the writing process. Gathers and uses information for research purposes.

90. BENIN Translate this page , africa 2000*. -, Rencontre et Detente*. -, Le Monde des affaires*. *Communà tous les pays. AGENCE DE RENCONTRE. . CHATROOMS. . -, Afrique. -, benin. http://www.africatime.com/Benin/pays.asp?no_categorie=4

91. BENIN de la création, continue d agiter le milieu africain de la culture. http://www.africatime.com/Benin/index_pana.asp?no_categorie=4

92. IllumiRate Directory Regional Local Africa Benin 0 opinions. 10. The World Factbookbenin Offers cultural, politicaland geographical information for this country in Western africa. http://www.illumirate.com/categories.cfm?Cat_ID=414732

93. Review Presholdt On Kerma And Benin Exhibits a knowledge of the kingdom s culture and history giving much attention to a contextualizedBenin history the selfrepresentation of this African civilization in http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Proceedings_Rev/kerma_revw.html

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER Review: Presholdt on Kerma and Benin Exhibits "African Urban History thorough Art" REVIEW OF "The Ancient Nubian City of Kerma, 2500- 1500 B.C." and "The Ancient West African City of Benin, A.D. 1300-1897." National Museum of African Art Washington, D.C. Continuing Exhibitions By: Jeremy Pretholdt Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution As a method of historical interpretation, African art possesses the ability to visually detail the construction of African cultural and material history. Artistic traditions graphically render African self-perception, yet art and material culture are very rarely critically examined by African historians.(1) The National Museum of African Art's joint exhibits, "The Ancient Nubian City of Kerma, 2500-1500 B.C.," and "The Ancient West African City of Benin, A.D. 1300-1897," provide a forum to address this oversight. Though not without minor short comings, they succeed in informing historian and layperson alike on topics relating to African artistic expression and self-representation in two historical contexts. The National Museum of African Art's brochure dutifully notes, "Most African art objects are made from organic materials," and therefore, "do not last long because they cannot resist the damaging effects of the climate and insects." In this light, the two recent exhibits are of particular significance, as their manufactures are of great permanence. The Kerma collection is constituted mainly by articles of four media; metals, precious minerals, ivory, and pottery. Royal Benin Art, on the other hand, highlights the medium of copper-alloy produced uniquely for a palatial setting.

94. The Colonial Encounter and the images of colonial culture disseminated by focuses on the representationsof two African colonies, Dahomey (now the state of benin) and Algeria http://www.roland-collection.com/rolandcollection/section/3/87.htm

Text Search Automatic translation by Systran The Colonial Encounter This title is no longer available from the Roland Collection. Details remain on this site for the reference of previous customers. Past and Present Ways of Representing and Categorizing the Culture of Ex-French Colonies in Africa Availability This title is no longer available from the Roland Collection Additional information Order number: 87 Credits Director Nick Levinson Presenter Annie Coombes Open University/BBC 25 minutes Color Recommended audience age range 18-adult sales@roland-collection.co.uk The Roland Collection

95. Masks Rock Africa's Cradle Of Voodoo, Explorer Says next five years to study the web of cultural diversity around Davis, Rainier recentlytraveled through the West African countries of benin and Togo http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/11/1119_031119_dancingmasks.html

Sign up for our free e-mail newsletter Also see: Today's Top Stories This Story Home E-mail this story Sponsored in part by Win a National Geographic photo workshop in Santa Fe Looking for the ideal gift for Dad or Grads? Send the gift of National Geographic for a special price of $19! Masks Rock Africa's Cradle of Voodoo, Explorer Says Chris Rainier for National Geographic News Updated February 10, 2004 View a West Africa Dancing Mask Photo Gallery by Chris Rainier: Go: >> Editor's note: Chris Rainier is a National Geographic Society photographer and co-director of the Society's Ethnosphere Project, a series of expeditions over the next five years to study the web of cultural diversity around the Earth. Together with anthropologist and National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis, Rainier recently traveled through the West African countries of Benin and Togo to explore the roots of the voodoo religion in the cradle of its origin. Deep within the soul of Africa there can be heard a distant sound, the pulse of the rhythmic beat of dancing drums. Scattered throughout tiny villages during festival season, the dancing masks of West Africa can be heard and seen. Read the full Egunun masks during a ceremony in Benin, West Africa, pause to watch other masks dance. Waiting to possess people gathered to watch, the masks can be considered very dangerous. If touched by these powerful deities, a person can instantly die and be taken back to the afterworld.

96. Faculty Profile: Paula Ben-Amos Girshick In Iowa Studies in African Art , I, C. Roy , Ed., pp. 6786. Studies in benin Iconography.Los Angeles Museum of culture History. 1980, The Art of benin . http://www.indiana.edu/~anthro/people/girshick.html

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to search Paula Ben-Amos Girshick Professor of Anthropology and African Studies Email Office Hours B.A., Philosophy, Stanford University Geographical Areas of Specialization: Field research conducted in the Benin Kingdom, Nigeria (1966-67, 1973, 1975-76, 1981) and museum and archival research in England (1981, 1994) Germany (1981), and Portugal (1983). Topical Interests: Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology and the Arts. Current Courses: TBA Selected Publications Profile: My research focuses on the anthropology of art. Within our field, art has typically been treated as a passive reflection of other, more important aspects of culture, but I am interested in its centrality in formulating identity and enacting political agendas. I conduct fieldwork in the Benin Kingdom of Nigeria, a research site that enables a long historical perspective on artistic production. My research has focused on the history of Benin art, particularly in the 18th century and 20th centuries, and on the social organization of guild artists and their notions about the nature of art. My main concern is the political and religious symbolism of royal and village arts. I am currently working on two projects. The first is a history of the study of art in anthropology, with special emphasis on the role of museums and worlds fairs. I teach courses on related topics, as well as regularly consulting with museums. The second is a project under the auspices of the Social Science Research Council Joint Committee on Africa. It focuses on popular arts and culture in Africa and relates to current concerns with local global interactions, the social life of things, and commodification.

97. African Traditional Religion in Christianity. 11) Bringing African culture into the Church Buti Tlhagalepresents aspects of culture for inculturation. 12) Teaching http://www.afrikaworld.net/afrel/

AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION Webpage maintained by CHIDI DENIS ISIZOH SOME TOPICAL ISSUES The Role of women in African Traditional Religion Concepts of Social Justice in Traditional Africa Reincarnation in the framework of African Ontology Crime in African Traditional Religion ... African Religiosity expressed in Music (Italian) African Traditional Religions and Promotion of Community Emergent Key Issues in African Traditional Religion Ancestor Veneration in Africa African Creation Myths ... The loss of ATR in contemporary society i n Be INTRODUCTION TO ASPECTS OF THE RELIGION Bibliography on African Traditional Religion Elements to admire in African Traditional Religion Country by Country Statistics (1900 - 2000) Map of Africa showing the spread of African Traditional Religion TARGETED LINKS A Yoruba Naming Ceremony Funeral Ceremonies of the Ibo Yoruba Belief- An Introduction, Man and the Gods in Yoruba Belief, ... Ancient Africa A Great Oral Tradition MEETING POINTS OF THE THREE GREAT RELIGIONS IN AFRICA African Traditional Religion And ISLAM 1) 1000-year cohabitation and the resulting compromises 2) Islam's response to African Traditional Religion in Nigeria African Traditional Religion And CHRISTIANITY 1) «Conversion» in African Traditional Religion The meaning of "conversion of heart" in African Traditional Religion.

98. Afrol News - Your Portal To Africa! Algeria. http://www.afrol.com/html/Index/indexpages.htm

afrol News Frontpage Latest News Subscriptions Countries ... Contact Us Welcome to your African portal. afrol.com - african online services Your guide to Africa and the Internet afrol INDEX pages! Welcome to the afrol INDEX pages ! This is your window to the www orld. Here you'll find all possible links about Africa and subjects that might interest you. Our categorization follows two parallel structures: subject categories and countries. Countries are of higher priority, meaning that if you look for links about Namibian cooking, you should go directly to Namibia, and look for culture, gastronomy there. However, you'll find the same links in culture, countries, Namibia. On this page - you'll find "Jumps" to country index pages and main categories. » Next, there is an

99. Panapress Official Website up a commission to prepare the junior national football team for the youth AfricanNations Cup Books seeks revival of Gaani cultural fiesta in benin. http://www.panapress.com/paysindexlat.asp?code=eng003

100. Cultural Insights: Benin - Cultural Context Cultural Insights benin. http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/cfsi-icse/cil-cai/inter-source/cc-en.asp?iso=bj

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