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Niger Delta Art, Riches of a Plundered Land By Holland Cotter For 40 years, international fuel companies have mercilessly polluted the oil-rich Niger Delta. Today, the region which used to be an area of natural beauty is an ecological disaster. Many of its residents - traditionally fishermen, traders and farmers - lack basic necessities like clean drinking water. Edible fish has to be imported. The same region produces some of sub-Saharan Africa's most spectacular art: fabulous sculptures, acrobatic masquerades and elaborate aquatic pageants, with boats as ornately festooned as Rose Bowl floats. These regattas are staged on rivers believed to be the home of water spirits that have the potential to secure communal well-being So the modern story of the Delta and its multiethnic culture is intensely conflicted. It is a story of abundance and scarcity; catastrophe and beauty; defeat and resilience. Can a museum exhibition capture such contradictions? Not easily. The required combination of anthropological savvy, advocacy politics and sheer visual allure is beyond the scope, or the interest, of most mainstream institutions. But the U.C.L.A. Fowler Museum of Cultural History gets the balance amazingly right in "Ways of the Rivers: Arts and Environment of the Niger Delta (through Nov. 17). Organised by Martha G. Anderson, professor of art history at Alfred University, and Philip M. Peek, professor of anthropology at Drew University, the show begins underwater. Or at least that's the effect of a twilight-dim installation in which two sharks and a ghostly sawfish appear to swim. They are, in fact, carved wooden headpieces worn by performers in masquerades. And for Delta residents, the sight of them swimming through villages evokes a subaqueous theater in which humans and spirits temporary meet.

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63. Africa South Of The Sahara - Culture And Society An annotated guide to internet resources on african culture and society. Language and Popular culture in africa " The main aim of LPCA is to document and further the Photos are from Ethiopia http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/culture.html

Topics Search: Countries Topics Africa Guide Suggest a Site ... Africa Home See also: Individual Countries Adire African Textiles - Duncan Clarke History, background, and photographs of adire, adinkra, kente, bogolan, Yoruba aso-oke, akwete, ewe, kuba, and nupe textiles. The symbolism of images is often provided. One can purchase textiles as well. Clarke's Ph.D. dissertation (School of Oriental and African Studies) is on Yoruba men's weaving. Based in London. http://www.adire.clara.net Africa e Mediterraneo (Roma : Istituto sindacale per la cooperazione allo sviluppo) In Italian. A quarterly magazine about African culture and society. Has the table of contents. Topics covered: literature and theatre, music and dance, visual arts (painting, sculpture, photography), cinema, immigration. Owned by Lai-momo, a non-profit co-operative. Contact: redazione@africaemediterraneo.it [KF] http://www.africaemediterraneo.it Africa: One Continent. Many Worlds Extensive site for the traveling art exhibit from the Field Museum, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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Site Index Africa Luxury Vacations: Call 1-415-662-2683 to book. Open every day! Places in Africa Algeria Angola Benin ... Zimbabwe Niger: Geography Location: Western Africa, southeast of Algeria Area: total: 1.267 million sq km land: 1,266,700 sq km water: 300 sq km Area - comparative: slightly less than twice the size of Texas Land boundaries: total: 5,697 km border countries: Algeria 956 km, Benin 266 km, Burkina Faso 628 km, Chad 1,175 km, Libya 354 km, Mali 821 km, Nigeria 1,497 km Coastline: km (landlocked) Climate: desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south Terrain: predominately desert plains and sand dunes; flat to rolling plains in south; hills in north Elevation extremes: lowest point: Niger River 200 m highest point: Mont Greboun 1,944 m Natural resources: uranium, coal, iron ore, tin, phosphates, gold, petroleum Land use: arable land: 3% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 7% forests and woodland: 2% other: 88% (1993 est.) Irrigated land: 660 sq km (1993 est.) Natural hazards: recurring droughts Environment - current issues: overgrazing; soil erosion; deforestation; desertification; wildlife populations (such as elephant, hippopotamus, giraffe, and lion) threatened because of poaching and habitat destruction

66. Niger Travel Guide And Bicycle Touring Guide Travel guide for niger with an emphasis on independent bicyclists, bicycle touring, information sources and links. to dark you will see even more into the spirit of the culture. There are plenty http://www.ibike.org/africaguide/niger.htm

Niger: Bicycle Tour Travel Guide by David Mozer [An introduction and overview to travel in Africa is available by clicking here. If you are look for a bicycle tour to this country, this link might help you.] The information below may have been extracted from a more comprehensive " Country Supplement " to the book " Bicycling In Africa ". For information on these publications click on the links. Some of the most scenic cycling in the country is right out of Niamey along the river towards Ayorou and inland towards Filingue. The roads in to these areas can be very bone jarring. A second scenic area is the Air Mountains, near Agadez ­­ this is even more rugged riding. You will generally want to stay on prepared roads because there are some very trouble thorns in the brush. Most likely you will be riding along Route National. The national highway from Niamey to Zinder is relatively flat, paved and in good condition. Traffic volumes are so low it is nearly stressless cycling. Though the best part of your trip will probably not be Route National, but the side trips. The area out of Tahoua to Keita and Tchin­Tabaradene are culturally mixed and fascinating. From Birnin Konni to Zinder there are a number of interesting small towns. In general my favorite days in Niger have been spent at smaller towns on the weekly market day. For example: Kao, Tommaske and Keita which are near Tahoua, Guidimouni and Tessaoua near Zinder. As you travel keep asking about weekly markets in the area. Hopefully you will be able to attend a couple. If you can find accommodations and are able to walk around as dusk turns to dark you will see even more into the spirit of the culture. There are plenty of small towns, just ask around when you find yourself in a large town.

67. Somono Bala Of The Upper Niger River People, Charismatic Bards Somono Bala of the Upper niger River People, Charismatic Bards, and MischievousMusic in a West African culture (African Sources for African History, 1) Book. http://history.shoppingsavvy.com/Somono-Bala-of-the-Upper-Niger-River-People,-Ch

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Travel to Timbuktu , Djenne, Dogon country , Mopti and Bamako, in Mali the jewel of West Africa Riverboat sailing on the Niger River, from Mopti to Timbuktu Camel treks on the dunes of the Sahara Desert, to visit Tuareg villages Horseback touring, hiking and camping on the Bandiagara Escarpment Traditional dances in Dogon, Bambara and Tuareg villages Photos: SAGA TOURS ©2000 Welcome to Mali ! Timbuktu The city of legend truly exists, on the fringes of the Sahara Desert, in Mali. Timbuktu azalaïs Photo: Tuareg camp in the desert See also: Timbuktu Educational Foundation Timbuktu - City of Legends (BBC) Blue Men of the Sahara Timbuktu - World Heritage Site (UNESCO) Timbuktu - El Dorado Ancient Scholarship 18th Century Visitor's Account Salt Caravans (BBC) Timbuktu Manuscripts (BBC) Dogon Country Dogon country is home of one of the most fascinating cultures in Africa. The Dogon people have retained much of their original culture and still practice their traditional beliefs. Funerary mask dances are still performed at the end of mourning periods, to encourage the spirit of a loved one to depart the village and join the ancestors. The Dogon people fled their original homeland to escape the spread of Islam, and settled in and around the cliffs of the Bandiagara escarpment . Agriculturalists, they practice subsistence farming on the plateau above the cliffs and on the plain below. The difficult terrain made an insular people isolated even from each other, and over the generations each village formed a cultural island and developed its own dialect, often incomprehensible to its neighbors. Today there are some 50 distinct versions of spoken Dogon.

69. African Studies - History And Cultures important events and dates for africa since 1950 Cultural Survival The Djenné Project,Mali (Cambridge, Massachusetts Talo Dam Project in the niger River valley http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/cult.html

History and Cultures of Africa A B C D ... Sights and Sounds of a Continent (University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries and African Studies Program, Madison, Wisconsin) This web site offers dwnloadable images, sound files, and other materials on Africa. "This online collection ... contains digitized visual images and sounds of Africa contributed over the years to the African Studies Program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison." Africa Forum (H-Africa, H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences OnLine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.) The full text article reprinted from History in Africa. 22 (1995): 369-408. "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) Excerpt from "The visual image in Africa: an introduction" in Images and empires: visuality in colonial and post-colonial Africa, ed. by Paul S. Landau and Deborah Kaspin. H-Africa Africa Forum Home Page H-Africa Network Home Page Africa's 100 Best Books (Zimbabwe International Book Fair, Harare; via Columbia University)

70. African Arts: Economic And Cultural Prehistory Of The Niger Delta regarding the region s economic and cultural prehistory. Geology and Environment.The niger Delta is the largest delta in africa, covering approximately 75,000 http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0438/1_35/90331355/p1/article.jhtml

@import url(/css/us/style.css); @import url(/css/us/searchResult1.css); @import url(/css/us/articles.css); Advanced Search Home Help IN all publications this publication Reference Automotive Business Computing Entertainment Health News Reference Sports YOU ARE HERE Articles African Arts Spring, 2002 Content provided in partnership with Print friendly Tell a friend Find subscription deals Economic and cultural prehistory of the Niger Delta African Arts Spring, 2002 by A.A. Derefaka F.N. Anozie Lacking the written records on which the historian relies, the prehistorian seeks to reconstruct the past through means of archaeological evidence. [O]bjects recovered from archaeological excavations ... bear the evidence of man's exploitation of his natural resources and utilization of those materials that serve to fulfill his aspirations. These may be objects of warfare, tools for hunting, procuring and preparing his food, for collecting and storing drinking water, ornaments for beautifying his body, objects to satisfy psychological and philosophical needs, ritual objects, and currency. These objects and their placement within a geographical context assume added importance if they are associated with materials such as charcoal and shell for radiometric dating; or objects of trade such as beads, copper manillas and cowrie shells for cross-cultural dating. Each object has its potential for supplying information on the disposition, habits, attitudes and technological progress of the people who lived on the site or in the area under study. (Anozie 1988:141)

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Mali . The Sahel is the savannah region south of the Sahara which, after 750 AD, became the center of culturally and politically dynamic cities and kingdoms because of the strategic importance of the Sahel for trade across north Africa. Ghana , but the Islamic revolution of the Almoravids, a Berber people living north of Ghana, splintered that kingdom. The Almoravids did not succeed in building their own, Islamic kingdom in the region. The Almoravid revolution, however, led to energetic Islamic proselytizing all throughout the Sahel. Many of the ruling families converted to Islam. madrasas (Islamic universities) were endowed; Timbuctu became a meeting-place of the finest poets, scholars, and artists of Africa and the Middle East. Even after the power of Mali declined, Timbuctu remained the major Islamic center of sub-Saharan Africa. Richard Hooker Change to . . . Kush Axum The Iron Age South of the Sahara Ghana The Islamic Invasions The Almoravids Mali Songhay The Hausa Kingdoms Kanem-Bornu The Forest Kingdoms The Swahili Kingdoms Great Zimbabwe / The Mwenemutapa Empire Literary Arts and the African Civilizations African Civilizations and African Religion African Languages African Arts African Cultures Timeline Gallery of African Cultures Readings in African Culture Atlas of African Cultures A Glossary of African Terms and Concepts Internet Resources on Africa About "Civlizations in Africa" Bibliography of Sources ©1996, Richard Hooker

72. African Timelines Part II on the great bend of the niger River. Mali s legacy is the enduring cultural affiliationshared by the speakers) who today occupy large parts of West africa. http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimeline2.htm

Humanities 211 (Historical Contexts, Oral Arts, Film) Prof. Cora Agatucci 6 October 1998: Learning Resources http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/SocSci/1998/ss-981006.html Part II: African Empires AD / CE 1st - 15th centuries With Brief Discussions: Axum Advent of Islam Mali Empire Sundjata Keita, Griots ... Timbuktu African Timelines Table of Contents Contribute to African Timelines, add a link, or make a comment! New Submission Form "Let's face it think of Africa, and the first images that come to mind are of war, poverty, famine and flies. How many of us really know anything at all about the truly great ancient African civilizations, which in their day, were just as splendid and glorious as any on the face of the earth?" Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Wonders of the African World (PBS Online,1999): http://www.pbs.org/wonders/BehindSc/inter.htm#5 ca. 300 (to 700) Rise of Axum or Aksum (Ethiopia) and conversion to Christianity. (By CE 1 st century, Rome had conquered Egypt, Carthage, and other North African areas; which became the granaries of the Roman Empire, and the majority of the population converted to Christianity). Axum spent its religious zeal carving out churches from rocks

73. Africa - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia To the south of the Sahara, there are many distinct cultural areas, sometimes quitesmall South africa, 36, 1,219,912, 43,647,658. niger, 8.4, 1,267,000, 10,639,744. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa

Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Africa is the world's second-largest continent in both area and population , after Asia . At c. 30,244,050 km mi ) including the islands, it covers 20.3% of the total land area on Earth, and with over 800 million human inhabitants it accounts for around one seventh of Earth's human population. The ancient Romans used the name Africa terra Tunisia . The origin of Afer may be the Phoenician `afar , dust; the Afridi tribe, who dwelt in Northern Africa around the area of Carthage Greek aphrike , without cold; or Latin aprica , sunny. Table of contents 1 Map 2 Geography 3 History 4 Politics ... edit Map See also: World map edit Geography Main Article: Geography of Africa edit History Main Article: History of Africa Africa is home to the oldest inhabited territory on earth, and it is believed the human race originated from what is now this continent. For most of humanity's history, Africa (and all other continents) had no nation states , and was instead inhabited by many small, loosely associated tribal groups, kingdoms , and families; while

74. MALI, WEST AFRICA DOGON TREK AND NIGER RIVER EXPEDITION: Mali West Africa Timbuk between the Islamic world and Black africa. Today, life along the banks of the Nigerstill bear witness to the past and ancient tribal cultures survive in the http://www.infohub.com/TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/4990.html

You are here: Home Mali Trip Listing Service Home Categories Active Adventure Affinity Family Hobby ... Sports Destination Africa Asia Australia Caribbean ... South America Weekend Getaways Backroad CityEscape Unique Stays Castle Hotel Eco Lodge Outdoors Fishing Lodge Guest Ranch Hunting Lodge Resorts Diving Golf Naturist Spa Are you interested? This is tour is no longer offered by InfoHub. To find similar tours or other tours available, click for more information. MALI, WEST AFRICA DOGON TREK AND NIGER RIVER EXPEDITION Please, note! This Tour is no longer offered by InfoHub. Find similar tours here Mali's mystique is based on her great past, when the trade of gold and salt gave rise to magnificent empires, when cities like Djenne and Timbuktu were centers of learning and cultural exchange between the Islamic world and Black Africa. Today, life along the banks of the Niger still bear witness to the past and ancient tribal cultures survive in the remote regions of the Sahel. Your Itinerary Day 1: Welcome to Mali! Legend: (B) Breakfast, (L) Lunch

75. NIGER - PARK W: Wildlife, Elephants, Cape Buffalo, Babboons, West Africa, Africa of african wildlife, they think of East africa Kenya or Arrive Niamey Orientationand Cultural Intro. pirogue (dugout canoe) ride on the niger River makes a http://www.infohub.com/TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/6509.html

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77. Niger / Niger :: Culture & Tourism Links : Kulturális és Idegenforgalmi Linkek International catalogue of culture and tourism. Internationaler kultureller und touristischer Katalog. Nemzetközi kulturális és idegenforgalmi katalógus. http://katalogus.kulturinfo.hu/ne.html

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... where Africa comes to you ... HOME NEWS LETTER CONTACT US LINK TO US ... African Tribes AFRICAN WEDDINGS African weddings are a family affair and involve the combining of two lives, two families, and sometimes even two communities! There are many different wedding traditions in the African continent and no two are exactly alike. However, in all the communities the bride plays a very special role and is treated with respect because she is a link between the unborn and the ancestors. A bride might eventually bear a very powerful child, so she is treated with respect. In some areas of East Africa the grooms family would even move to the brides village and set up a whole new house there. There are many steps that take place before marriage starting at a very young age where training takes place in how to be a suitable partner. Girls will many times go to circumcision schools where women teach them what is involved in marriage, and in some ethnic groups even learn secret codes and languages so that they can communicate with other married women. In the Wolof tribe there is even a time where the elders of the village gather with the bride and give advice and gifts. Weddings can be very elaborate, involving feasting and dancing for days within a community, they can be very simple, or they can even be performed in huge marriage ceremonies involving many different couples.

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