41. Africa Direct-Ethnographic Art, Trade Beads, Masks, Carvings, Artifacts, Textile A fine piece with old insect damage and indigenous repair of cracks, using reed. . . igbo people. Nigeria. Fang or Bulu People. Cameroon and Gabon. http://www.africadirect.com/specials2.html?category=Specials&pagenum=12&start=33

42. Africa Direct-Ethnographic Art, Trade Beads, Masks, Carvings, Artifacts, Textile Masks – Ogbodo Enyiigbo-ELEPHANT MASK $550.00. Masks - Ogbodo Enyi North-East igbo people. Nigeria. Bwa people. Burkina Faso. indigenous repair made to top. http://www.africadirect.com/ccproducts2.php?category=11&subcategory=96

43. Religions Of The World -- African Buganda s indigenous Religion A southern Ungandan Tradition, ozric of Zimbabwe The Shona Ndebele peoples, www.stg igbo Religion in Nigeria Diffused Monotheism, www http://members.aol.com/porchfour/religion/african.htm

Interfaith Religion and Beliefs for an Internet Generation PORCH NUS The E-Zine of The Front Porch Religions of the World African Religions and Their Derivatives African and African-Derivative Religions are a large group of beliefs and practices based upon ancient indigenous faiths of sub-Saharan African peoples. Within the last 100 years in Africa (see Table of Statistics ) indigenous religion has declined under the influence of colonialism, Western acculturation and proselytizing by Islam and Christianity. In the African Diaspora (mainly in the Americas) African-derived belief systems are in a state of impressive growth. ithin just the last two years the amount of information made available through the Internet is also impressive. Some of the best information comes to us from Italy, Sweden and Brazil. We are no longer dependent upon reports from academia or encyclopedias. There are now numerous websites maintained by the faithful themselves and, while the quality and quantity of information varies enormously among them, one may now hear from practitioners their own statements of faith. In many, if not most, cases African spirituality has evolved in the Americas. Ancient practices brought westward by slaves became syncretized, more or less, with religious traditions of the slaves' masters. This syncretization is most noticeable in areas dominated by the Catholic faith and where the celebration of saints, votive offerings and other practices found parallels in ancient traditions.

44. SIRIS Image Gallary Hura Hura, Ibo igbo Ibo igbo, Ivory Coast Ivory Sotho Basuto, South africa South africa, Swahili Swahili. of the earliest images of indigenous people worldwide; and http://sirismm.si.edu/siris/naaLot97africaculture.htm

Photograph Collection ca. 1860-1960 Africa Culture Groups: African Afrikander Boer Afrikanders Ambo Ovambo Angola Angolan Antandroy Antanosy Anyi-Baule Ashanti Asante Bakota Bambara Bamileke Bangi Bantu Bantu, Interlacustrine Bara Ibara Bateke Baule Boers Boki Nki Bolki Bushmen Cameroon Chagga Wadschagga Chokwe Comoros Congo Democratic Republic Dan Dogon Habe Edo Bini Equatorial Guinea Fang Fan Fang Mpangwe Fang Pahuin Fon Dahomean Gabon Ganda Baganda Gcaleka Ge Gio Gola Hausa (African People) Haya (African People)" Herero Hottentot HottentotGrigriqua HottentotKorana Hura Ibo Igbo Ivory Coast Kalanga Makalaka Kamba (African People) Kissi Kisi Koba Kuba Kongo Konkomba Kota Kru Kru (African People) Kuba Bakuba Kuba Bushongo Kwangare Li Bali Liberia Lika Walika Lori, Barotse Luhya Bantu Kavirondo Lumbo Balumbo" Malagasy Rebulic Malinke Mandingo Mangbetu (African People) Masaka Mbundu Mbweni Namba Ndebele Manala Ndebele Matabele Ngere Ngwaketse Bangwaketse Nigeria Nusani Sarwa Masarwa Owerri Ibo Pelle Pessi Pende Bapende Pondo Mpondo Pygmies Rega Rhodesia Rolong Baralong Ruanda Senufo Shaangan Shangama Shona Mashona Siena Sierra Leone Soho Soko Soko Basoko Sotho Basuto South Africa Swahili Swazi Swazi Amaswazi Syrian Teke Thonga Shangana Tonga Togo Transvaal Ndebele Transval Ndebele Tswana Tswana Bechuana Tuareg Vai Vili Loango Viye Bihe West (African People)s Xosa Kaffir Yaka Bayaka Yombe, Bayombe

45. Nigeria or Fulanis found in other parts of africa . Since the igbo people in Nigeria face all the resource control, ethnic/religious and indigenous group victimization http://www.gamji.com/NEWS2716.htm

Nigeria Canada , Igbo People and Igbo Efulefu: My Vision By Emeka Njoku emekanjoku@rogers.com Many people have asked me to advance solutions to the Nigeria problem, a vision for Igbo people, and if I would return to Nigeria for political office. I am not a Nigerian politician. I am a principled person and a leader (not a ruler or demigod). I am also not a sell-out despite ample opportunities to do so. My only weapon is the truth without fear or favour; fairness; Godly principles (not religious or a mosque/church goer); and concern for the oppressed/poor. I have spent my life fighting for the truth, social justice, freedom, human/civil rights and peace for Black people. My claim to fame is when the Canadian parliament invited me to meet Nelson Mandela, in recognition of my struggles against racism/injustice in Canada and also against apartheid in South Africa . I find myself now fighting the same evil issues as ethnic, religious and political injustice, oppression and terrorism (deliberately inflicting fear, intimidation, injuries, death and destruction on civilians/property for political or religious goals) against certain groups in

46. FAF - Preamble of wealth were very much a feature of indigenous africa. and not in fact, as the igbo recognized achievement wealth just as any other people, and differences http://www.freeafrica.org/concept_of_wealth.html

Home Indigenous Africa The Concept Of Wealth In Traditional Africa George B.N. Ayittey Most lineages in traditional Africa have a "family pot," a general welfare fund managed by the head of the extended family. Income-earning members are obligated to make contributions to this fund. Obligations vary from family to family and tribe to tribe. The contributor in some cases may make a minimum regular payment. In other cases, the contribution may be irregular and based upon financial ability. In some families, contributions may be entirely voluntary for those who no longer live in the village. However, failure to contribute is often interpreted as an abandonment of one's family, which is considered a serious transgression. The offender may be ostracized or caused to forfeit his inheritance rights. However, atonement can often be made with one "large" contribution to cover past arrears. Across Africa, the family pot, called the agbadoho among the Ewe seine fishermen of Ghana, is used for a variety of purposes: to provide the initial start-up capital for a business or trade; to finance the education, hospitalization and the foreign trip of a member of the extended family; to cover funeral expenses; to finance improvement costs to the family land; or to construct new dwellings. The African family pot, not well understood, has also been the source of much confusion and myth. The erroneous corollary was the assumption that there were neither poverty nor rich peasants in pre-colonial Africa. Even the United Nations Regional Department on Social Welfare Policy and Training of the Economic Commission for Africa, succumbed to this myth in 1972:

47. GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Africa - Nigeria - People Facts And Figures HIV/AIDS people living with HIV/AIDS 3.5 Religions Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%. English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, igbo (Ibo), Fulani. http://www.geographyiq.com/countries/ni/Nigeria_people.htm

Home World Map Rankings Currency Converter Countries from A to Z A B C D ... Nigeria (Facts) Nigeria - People (Facts) Population: 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.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 43.6% (male 29,322,774; female 28,990,702) 15-64 years: 53.6% (male 36,513,700; female 35,254,333) 65 years and over: 2.8% (male 1,890,043; female 1,910,151) (2003 est.) Population growth rate: 2.53% (2003 est.) Birth rate: 38.75 births/1,000 population (2003 est.) Death rate: 13.76 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.) Net migration rate: 0.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.99 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2003 est.) Infant mortality rate: total: 71.35 deaths/1,000 live births

48. Review: African Anarchism: The History Of A Movement in precolonial africa the igbo, the Niger still are) constantly being transferred from africa to the taxation laws imposed on the indigenous people, a new http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/ws98/ws55_africa.html

Review: African Anarchism: The history of a movement by Sam Mbah and I.E. Igariwey Few people would associate anarchism with Africa. However, it is certainly beginning to take root in there. This book is written by two members of the Awareness League, a 1000-strong anarcho-syndicalist organisation in Nigeria. Starting with a good introduction to anarchism, the authors outline its relationship with Africa in an attempt to "enrich anarchism and anarchist principles with an African perspective and to carve a place for Africa within the framework of the worldwide anarchist movement". Although anarchism as a conscious social movement is relatively new in Africa, pre-colonial African societies contained many "anarchic elements". This book presents a very interesting study of anarchist tendencies in traditional African societies. While certainly not anarchist, these societies, based on communalism, were self-governing and independent where "every individual without exception takes part, either directly or indirectly in the running of community affairs at all levels." Mbah and Igariwey go on to illustrate their point by giving three case studies of stateless societies in pre-colonial Africa: the Igbo, the Niger Delta people and the Tallensi. Some common characteristics in the structure of such societies were the lack of centralisation, the communal mode of production, and the general absence of social stratification.

49. Ethnomathematics Digital Library (EDL) mathematical practices of the indigenous peoples of America have more meaning, and people s cultural heritage Bakuba (Zaire), Egyptian, igbo (Nigeria), Mayan http://www.ethnomath.org/search/browseResources.asp?type=cultural&id=84

50. Legitimizing Spiritually-centred Wisdoms Within The Academy Amadiume (1997) terms Nzagwalu, an igbo expression for of African people and other indigenous peoples Kunnie (1998 8 doing fieldwork on our people and on http://www.kk.ecu.edu.au/sub/schoola/research/confs/aiec/papers/igoduka04.htm

Welcome Papers African/indigenous philosophies: Legitimizing Spiritually-centred wisdoms within the academy Ivy Goduka, Central Michigan University Back Up Conclusion As I conclude this journey, I would like to emphasize two major points. First, I caution the reader to appreciate the limitations of writing such an important piece of work. Alas! Only some of the many facets of indigenous philosophies can be discussed in such a short space of time and place without compromising the rich and varied body of spiritually-centred wisdom thriving in indigenous thought. Therefore, indigenous learners and scholars in Africa and around the globe are challenged to engage in extensive research and writing to legitimize indigenous epistemologies in the library, classroom, and wherever other knowledges, sciences and technologies are in existence. Such cultures and experiences have been devalued and denigrated in the academy; even worse, they have been treated as if they never existed. As we enter the next millennium, there is growing anger among indigenes and a desire to engage in what Amadiume (1997) terms

51. Map & Graph: Africa:Countries By People: Ethnic Groups Hausa and Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, igbo (Ibo) 18 who had been slaves), Congo People 2.5% (descendants Mozambique, indigenous tribal groups 99.66% (Shangaan, Chokwe http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/peo_eth_gro/AFR

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52. Africa the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages Oshivambo English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, igbo (Ibo), Fulani, the first language of most people is one http://www.ethiotrans.com/africa.htm

Home About Africa Services Health Education Portfolio Get Quote ... ALRC County Flag Language Support Algeria Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects Yes Angola Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages Yes Benin French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north) Yes Botswana English (official), Setswana Yes Burkina Faso French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population Yes Burundi Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area) Yes Cameroon 24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official) Yes Central African Republic French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national language), Arabic, Hunsa, Swahili Yes Chad French (official), Arabic (official), Sara and Sango (in south), more than 100 different languages and dialects Yes Congo, Democratic Republic of the

53. Chinua Achebe are a mixture of Arab stock with indigenous peoples such as introduced to the major rituals of igbo life. they have seen in recent generations of their people. http://www.ou.edu/cls/online/lstd2320/page4.html

Issues in Post-Colonial Change Companion Website Home Required Work Timeline Useful Resources ... OU Homepage Unit 2 Things Fall Apart and Cultural Diversity in Africa Things Fall Apart , Achebe's first novel, was published in 1958 in the midst of the Nigerian renaissance. It tells the story of an Ibo village of the late 1800's and one of its great men, Okonkwo, who has achieved much in his life. He is a champion wrestler, a wealthy farmer, a husband to three wives, a title-holder among his people, and a member of the select egwugwu whose members impersonate ancestral spirits at tribal rituals. "The most impressive achievement of Things Fall Apart ..." maintains David Carroll in his book Chinua Achebe, "is the vivid picture it provides of Ibo society at the end of the nineteenth century." (see also "The Role of Women in Things Fall Apart " The order is disrupted, however, with the appearance of the white man in Africa and with the introduction of his religion. "The conflict of the novel, vested in Okonkwo, derives from the series of crushing blows which are leveled at traditional values by an alien and more powerful culture causing, in the end, the traditional society to fall apart," observes G.D. Killam. Okonkwo is unable to adopt to the changes that accompany colonialism. In the end, in frustration, he kills an African employed by the British, and then commits suicide, a sin against the tradition to which he had long clung. Achebe achieves a balance in recreating the tragic consequences of the clash of two cultures. Killam notes that "in showing Ibo society before and after the coming of the white man he avoids the temptation to present the past as idealized and the present as ugly and unsatisfactory." [from

54. Workingpapers Terence Ranger, Christianity and indigenous peoples A Personal of the past and indigenous time concepts 1997) Axel HarneitSievers, igbo Community Histories http://www.baslerafrika.ch/workp_.html

BAB WORKING PAPERS ISSN: 1422-8769) bab@bluewin.ch 2004 Working Papers No. 1 (2004): Mattia Fumanti, Elites, Sport and the State: the Ministry of Basic Education, Sport and Culture and the Building of Public Life in Post-apartheid Rundu, 27p. 2003 Working Papers No. 1 (2003): Jean Comaroff, The End of History, Again? Pursuing the Past in the Postcolony No. 2 (2003): Patrik Germann, Imperial Communications. Human Agency in Inter-State Relations in 19th-century Southern Africa 2002 Working Papers No. 1 (2002): Saul Dubow, Earth history, natural history and prehistory at the Cape, 1860-75 No. 2 (2002): Conflict, Congregations and Community. African Christianity and the Idea of Chieftaincy in the Nineteenth-Century Eastern and Northern Transvaal No. 3 (2002): Veit Arlt, Tradition as a Resource. Changing Forms of Political Legitimacy in the Krobo States (Southeastern Ghana) No. 4 (2002): Terence Ranger, Christianity and Indigenous Peoples: A Personal Overview No. 5 (2002): The Vatican vs. Lisbon. The Relaunching of the Catholic Church in Mozambique, ca. 1875-1940 No. 6 (2002):

55. World Atlas Nigeria, Africa, Information Page HIV/AIDS people living with HIV/AIDS 2.7 Religions Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%. English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, igbo (Ibo), Fulani. http://wonderclub.com/Atlas/ngcia.htm

World Wonders Atlas Wildlife Celebrities ... South America Nigeria (Source of information on this page credited to the CIA's - The World Factbook Nigeria Background: Following nearly 16 years of military rule, a new constitution was adopted in 1999 and a peaceful transition to civilian government completed. The new president faces the daunting task of rebuilding a petroleum-based economy, whose revenues have been squandered through corruption and mismanagement, and institutionalizing democracy. In addition, the OBASANJO administration must defuse longstanding ethnic and religious tensions, if it is to build a sound foundation for economic growth and political stability. Nigeria Geography Location: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon Geographic coordinates: 10 00 N, 8 00 E Map references: Africa Area: total: 923,768 sq km land: 910,768 sq km water: 13,000 sq km Area - comparative: slightly more than twice the size of California Land boundaries: total: 4,047 km

56. African Tribes As with the igbo, Ibibio is not a single The ndako gboya appears to be indigenous; a spirit that diversity of sculptural tradition among peoples inhabiting the http://users.pandora.be/african-shop/tribe_info.htm

Home Up African-Antiques site map masks ... tribes Hear the news and discuss it, join African art goup in English or Discussions AntiquesAfricaines Français Join also our free monthly newsletter packed with auction news, fairs, exhibitions, recent items, new websites, stolen items, buying tips,... We Respect Your Email Privacy David Norden. Sint Katelijnevest 27. B2000 Antwerp. Belgium. Tel: +32 3 2273540 African tribes in African art. A complete African tribes art list, african sculptures and masks description. The visual, performing, and literary arts of native Africa, particularly of sub-Saharan, or black, Africa. The arts include the media of sculpture, painting, textiles, costume, jewelry, architecture, music, dance, drama, and poetry. visit Central Africa South Africa Madagascar Art West Africa Join our FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER packed with auction news, fairs, exhibitions, items descriptions, new websites, stolen items, buying tips,... African art Discussions in English A free group related on African art with more than 450 members. Share your love for African art.

57. Africa Nigeria. Abuja. English, Hausa, Yoruba, igbo (Ibo), Fulani. Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages. 54 countries, over 1000 languages, 797 million people. http://members.tripod.com/the_english_dept/africa.html

THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT English Speaking Countries in Africa North America Central America and the Caribbean South America ... Australia and Oceania Go to Home Site Map School Students Teachers Epals Brazil English Speaking Countries Personal Page This site belongs to Barbara Dieu EFL teacher and coordinator of the Foreign Language Department Lycée Pasteur, Curso Experimental Bilingue São Paulo, Brazil homebase for This is Our Time Project (French and Portuguese Speaking Countries) Last updated domingo 21 abril, 2002 19:12 [back to the top] Thanks to Mooney's Mini Flags Country Capital Language Botswana Gaborone English, Setswana Cameroon Yaonde English, French + 24 major African language groups The Gambia Banjul English, Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars Ghana Accra English, African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga) Kenya Nairobi English , Kiswahili , numerous indigenous languages

58. Nigeria, Federal Republic Of Nigeria - Introduction, Information And Links More people faces stoning sentences in Nigeria. English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, igbo, Fulani and more Muslim (50%), Christian (40%), indigenous beliefs (10%). http://crawfurd.dk/africa/nigeria.htm

home sitemap search help ... about me Content on this page: Short introduction Facts and figures Links Shop now! Best best of Fela Kuti Buy CD from Amazon US order European order Shopping info Nigeria A starting point for exploration of Nigeria: Country facts, history, links, news. Hopefully you will find some information of use. introduction More than any African country, Nigeria is notorious for stories of violence, corruption, police harassment and crime. This hard-to-shake-of image definitely has some truth in it, but is mostly earned from the many years under the rule of military dictatorship: Obviously there is also another side to the country which is now moving (slowly) towards democracy. The bad reputation is first of all connected to the former capital of Lagos, which is among the biggest cities of the world. Lagos has everything that goes with a million population city: including sprawl, stress, noise, dirt and crime. But also ambition, energy, fortune seekers and a world famous musical scene. The multiethnic mix has resulted in a wealth of people, sites and cultures to explore in Nigeria. Some of the finest African art is found in the country, which has a few famous museums and collections. Nigeria also has wildlife and much more to offer for a visitor - and as mentioned above this is the place to go if you're looking for musical experiences. Especially in the seventies Lagos was steamy with funky rhythms. West Africa has been inspired from Cuban music as well as Jazz and Blues from USA, but in this field it has certainly paid back this debt.

59. John C. McCall--"Rethinking Ancestors In Africa"-- Abstract in the lived experience of the people of Ohafia It is suggested that this indigenous paradigm of knowledge here to read more about the Ohafia igbo and Heuristic http://www.siu.edu/~anthro/mccall/Ancestors.html

McCall, John C. "Rethinking Ancestors in Africa." Africa. ABSTRACT Click here to read more about the Ohafia Igbo and Heuristic Research Methodologies in John C. McCall's book: Dancing Histories: Heuristic Ethnography with the Ohafia Igbo. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 1999.

60. Background History The Bronzes of Benin, Ife and igboUkwu, Nigeria, West africa. Red Sea Press, 1999 Catherine Odora Hoppers, indigenous Knowledge and People and Plants Online. http://www.africahistory.net/afrihist.htm

AFRICA'S HISTORY Dr. Gloria T.Emeagwali Professor of History and African Studies, Central Connecticut State University. MAIN SITE: www.africahistory.net This site is best viewed with EXPLORER Northeast Africa is the cradle of African civilization. Note the Legacy of Africa and the antiquity of Olduvai, Northern Tanzania. We must also take into account The Ishango Complex of East-Central Africa and several sites in Southern Africa and other parts of the continent. Africa's oldest boat has been found in Ancient Nigeria and this is about 8000 years old. Multiregional and uniregional theories of human origins point to Africa as the birthplace of humanity. Several molecular biologists and paleontologists confirm this to date. The evidence so far implies that the first humans in the world (homo sapiens) emerged in Africa about 200,000 years ago and migrated to the various continents much later-perhaps as recent as 45,000 years ago in the case of migration to Europe. Recent fossil finds suggest that the world's earliest hominids lived approximately 6 million years before that in Kenya. We note also the 4 million year old fossils of Dinknesh (Lucy) and her descendants and the 1996 discovery in Southern Ethiopia of stone tools 2.5 million years old. The Kenyan -Ethiopian- Tanzanian region is perhaps the birthplace of modern humans, subject to new finds.Note also that several religions do not accept this view on human origins. Ancient Africans migrated within Africa, vertically and horizontally, as well as OUT OF AFRICA to populate the world. For views on the African and Afro-Pacific (Afro-Australian) origins of some Ancient Americans such as the Ancient Brazilians see Dr.Walter Neves,University of Sao Paolo, Brazil (BBC Homepage: Thursday August 26, 1999).

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