African Studies: Art And Archaeology Artwork of various West African peoples, with some Makonde objects from East A collection of illustrated short essays on indigenous sculptural arts of http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/AfArt.html
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African Studies: West Africa CEFIKS is committed to the utilization of indigenous knowledge systems and other in all topics of study involving the Mande peoples of West africa, http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/West.html
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Traditional Storytelling In Africa In bamana and Maninka it is called ngoni, in Mankinka konting. Praise poetryis a genre shared by all the peoples of africa South of the Sahara, http://www.timsheppard.co.uk/story/dir/traditions/africa.html
Extractions: Home FAQ Articles Books ... Wild Times Storytelling traditions vary all over the world, yet have many things in common. This section is an attempt to gather information on customs of the oral tradition world-wide. Many people today are rediscovering the pleasures of telling stories, after their culture has lost most of its traditional storytelling, yet cannot easily find out much about the countless millennia of oral traditions with all their wisdom and techniques. I hope this site will help you discover and appreciate something of the central role which traditional storytelling has played in most cultures, and in some places still does. Your help will be welcome if you know or come across any facts or resources to add, current or historical. To begin with I'll be adding bits and pieces as I can, mainly from the perspective of musical commentators. Later on we'll have overviews and this page will split into various areas - this is a big subject! One thing to bear in mind is that in many old traditions storytelling is synonymous with song, chant, music, or epic poetry, especially in the bardic traditions. Stories may be chanted or sung, along with musical accompaniment on a certain instrument. Therefore some who would be called folk musicians by foreign music enthusiasts are just as accurately called storytellers - their true roles are more profound, as their names reflect: bards, ashiks, jyrau, griots amongst many more. Their roles in fact are often as much spiritual teachers and exemplars, or healers, for which the stories and music are vehicles, as well as historians and tradition-bearers. For instance
Encyclopedia Of African History Central africa, Northern Central Sudanic peoples Central africa, Northern Chadic Literacy and indigenous Scripts Precolonial West africa alMaghili http://www.routledge-ny.com/ref/africanhist/thematic.html
Faculty And Staff Profiles Anthropological Theory, peoples of africa, Language and Culture, Recent publications Monolingual bamana Dictionary; More than 1000 Mande Proverbs http://www.cortland.edu/sociology/faculty.html
Penn African Studies Newsletter, Mar./Apr. 97 The end of the slave trade and the collapse of the bamana state in Karta meantchanges in africa is focused on NGOs, local and indigenous philanthropy, http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Newsletters/afstd_497.html
Extractions: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER The African Studies Center is pleased to announce four annual prizes in honor of excellent work in the field. Three prizes will be awarded to students by the African Studies faculty. The fourth will be awarded by students to a faculty member for excellence in teaching. Professors Rita Barnard, Department of English, and Dan Ben-Amos, Department of Folklore and Folklife, initiated and designed the student prizes. The Undergraduate Advisory Board in African Studies, chaired by Veniese Wilkinson and Mark Kahn, are responsible for inaugurating the teaching prize. Penn President Emeritus Martin Meyerson has generously donated prize money for the first year in honor of the famous Penn alumni and former faculty members in whose names the prizes will be given. The fours prizes will be awarded as follows: 1) The Ezekiel Mphahlele African Studies Prize will be awarded annually for the best undergraduate essay on African literature (in any language, written or oral) or the arts. 2) The Nnamdi Azikiwe African Studies Prize will be awarded annually for the best Africa-related essay by an undergraduate in any of the social or natural sciences. 3) The Kwame Nkrumah African Studies Prize will be awarded every three years (starting in 1997) for the best dissertation in African Studies. In the two intervening years, the prize will go to the best graduate student essay in the field. 4) The W.E.B. Du Bois African Studies Prize will be awarded annually by the Undergraduate Advisory Board to honor excellence in teaching by an African Studies faculty member.
McNutt - Fathers Of The Empty Spaces; Strangers Forever peoples of the Horn of africa Somali, Afar, and Saho. The bamana BlacksmithsA Study of Sculptors and Their Art. Ph.D. dissertation, Yale University http://www.cwru.edu/affil/GAIR/papers/2001papers/mcnutt.htm
Extractions: One of the primary difficulties in trying to reconstruct the intended meanings of the writers of biblical texts, and how these were understood by their ancient audiences, is our inability to observe directly their socially shared experiences, and how these were expressed in their beliefs. My aim in this paper is to suggest some possible scenarios for understanding the social location of marginal social groups in ancient Israel, with a particular emphasis on how "otherness" and "difference" are represented spatially. I will be drawing in particular on the ideas of geographer Edward Soja (1996) and French "metaphilosopher" Henri Lefebvre, whose ideas have heavily influenced Soja. I am particularly interested in what Soja has to say about marginality, boundaries, and "otherness" or "difference." Soja's work is particularly interesting because he encourages us to look at space and constructs of spatiality in radically new ways. In doing this, he is not pressing us to give up our old and familiar ways of thinking about space and spatiality, but rather suggesting that we question them in new ways that are aimed at opening up and expanding the scope and critical sensibility of our already established spatial or geographical imaginations (1996: 1). As intrinsically spatial beings, and active participants in the construction of our own spatialities, Soja argues, we need to begin thinking about the spatiality of human life in much the same way that we approach life's historicality and sociality, and to become more aware of the social consequences of our constructions. In his work Soja emphasizes the interdependence and interwoven complexity of the social, the historical, and the spatial as
The Wangara, An Old Soninke Diaspora In West Africa? between foreigners and indigenous people, and animists and Moslems in The internal struggles of the bamana realm led to formation of alliances http://etudesafricaines.revues.org/document175.html
The People Of Mali The bamana of Mali use words for sculpture mafile fenw, laje fenw, meaning thingsto look People of africa Critical Inquiry Test Your Knowledge http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/p-ofmali.htm
Extractions: THE PEOPLE OF MALI Incredible @rt Dept ART HOME Program Goals Lesson Plans ... Art Home What do the people think about art What are their beliefs What are some masking trends today? Today, most of the population of Mali (estimated at 10,878,000 in 1995) is African. The major groups are the Bambara (the linguistic name for the Bamana and Bamakan people), Fulani (the English name for the Fulfulde or Peul groups), Soninka (which includes the Marka), Senoufo (the linguistic name for groups also referred to as "Senufo"), Songhai, Maninke (includes the Malinka and the Maninka), and the Dogon. Nomadic Tuaregs and other Berbers roam the Sahel and parts of the Sahara. In all, there are thirty-two languages listed for Mali, but French is the official language and Bambara is widely used. The Bambara are the largest cultural segment, but the Dogon (roughly 5% of the population) are world-renowned for their artwork and dance festivals (Grimes 1996; "Mali, Republic" 1998). The influence of the Bambara extends far beyond the areas that they inhabit. Art historians often include in discussion of the Bambara style the works of the Khassonke (of the Kassonke linguistic group- about 1% of the population of Mali), Malinke, Marka (of the Soninke group) and Minianka (the Minianka are of the Senoufo Mamara). Different variants of style cannot be easily identified from pieces that have been collected (Luezinger 1960, p. 76). While there are some distinctive differences, their sculpture was all in the hands of the Nuni (today called
Ethnomathematics Digital Library (EDL) African fractals in development indigenous science for education and development a Cultural group African, African American, bamana (Senegal), http://www.ethnomath.org/search/browseResources.asp?type=cultural&id=47
Extractions: Building on Islamic Fulani The Mossi kingdoms of Yatenga and Ouagadougou, in what is today Burkina Faso, disintegrate. The agrarian Lobi peoples migrate into the Upper Volta region from present-day Ghana. Due to the British- and French-enforced ban on the international slave trade, slave exports in the region of Senegambia (present-day Senegal and the Gambia) are replaced by local products such as gum, gold, hides, ivory, beeswax, and groundnuts. By the 1830s, the average annual value of gum exports is five times what the slave trade was at its peak. Political stability resulting from the establishment of Islamic states in the Futa Jallon region allows Sudanic peoples access to the West African coast in Senegambia and what is today Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, influencing coastal peoples such as the Baga and Nalu. Sculptural forms and styles associated with inland cultures are integrated into the artistic practices of local peoples. Reflecting the presence of foreign populations are masks such as dimba created by the Baga and Nalu peoples that appear to represent Fulbe women originating from the Futa Jallon area. Other works by Baga and Nalu sculptors exhibit stylistic elements associated with Bamana art in present-day Mali such as horizontally oriented masks representing composites of animal forms.
Extractions: See also Central Africa Eastern Africa Guinea Coast , and Southern Africa With the advent of colonialism, African peoples become subjects of European states. While colonial doctrines differ among the European powers, particularly on the question of direct versus indirect rule, all Africans are affected by the imposition of new legal, religious, and economic codes. The development of anthropology as a scientific discipline coincides with Europe's closer association with African peoples, resulting in a greater understanding and appreciation of African societies, belief systems, and artistic practices. The ethnographic work of Marcel Griaule, among others, inspires Western interest in artworks from Mali created by Dogon and Bamana artists , and later the terracotta sculptures in Dakar, Senegal. Originally introduced as souvenirs from North Africa by Senegalese Muslims returning from the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, paintings on glass become a popular artistic medium in Senegal. Created by applying paint to the reverse sides of glass panels, this method becomes an attractive and durable means of producing portraits and illustrating religious stories and parables. Devotional portraits of Sufi saints and leaders of major Sufi Muslim brotherhoods is the primary genre of Senegalese glass painting.
African Art African art, art created by the peoples south of the Sahara. The predominant artforms are masks (African Arts). bamana the art of existence in Mali. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0802669.html
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African Statues, Sculptures, Figures, Fetishes 1. bamana / Bambara / (Baumana) / (Banbara) people/tribe from Mali, Westafrica Baule people/tribe from Ivory Coast in West-africa http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/nieuwenhuysen/african-art/african-art-collection-sta
Extractions: (of variable age, artistic quality, and degree of authenticity) Clicking on a small photo brings you a bigger photo. Some of the pieces are available (for exchange for instance). The attributions of the origin of the objects is based on their stylistic characteristics and/or on the data provided by the seller and/or experts, but of course certainty cannot be reached. 1. Bamana / Bambara / (Baumana) / (Banbara) people/tribe from Mali, West-Africa 1.1. Female janiform figure in the style of the Bamana / Bambara / (Baumana) or the neighbouring Marka/Warka and Bozo tribes/people Information about Mali and the art from that country can be found on the WWW: http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/mali_geo_hist.html Information about Bamana/Bambara ceremonies and art can be found for instance in the following sources: Jacques Kerchache, Jean-Louis Paudrat, Lucien Stephan, L'art et les grandes civililitations: L'art africain. Paris : Editions Mazenod, 1988, 620 pp.
Human Organization, Summer 2003 Maasai people in East africa are attempting to craft new sustainable livelihoods in I argue that dominant bamana social and cultural patterns lead to a http://www.sfaa.net/ho/2003/summer2003.html
Extractions: Maasai people in East Africa are attempting to craft new sustainable livelihoods in response to increasing population pressure, a fluctuating livestock population, reductions in grazing areas, and a modernization process that places increased emphasis on a monetary economy. The adoption of cultivation by pastoral Maasai living in northern Tanzania over the last 40 years has been the most significant step in this livelihood diversification. The rapid social and economic changes that have accompanied diversification have challenged current attempts to integrate people into conservation efforts, especially in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the newly proposed Wildlife Management Areas of Tanzania. This paper examines the addition of agriculture to the livestock-based economy of Maasai people in northern Tanzania, how this relates to the literature on sustainable livelihoods, and the implications for conservation policy.
Africa Then local Malian inhabitants in the Dogon, a bamana village, and the walled The people of southern africa survived the longterm drought of the 1990 s. http://northonline.sccd.ctc.edu/pwebpaz/Media/SubjAfrica.htm
Approaching Africa promises much better understanding of africas people and challenges, To pursue research or field work, students need some indigenous language http://www.harvard-magazine.com/on-line/070514.html
Extractions: Editor's Highlights July-August 2005: John Harvard's Journal Search all issues Search classifieds Since 1969, Such differences, crude as they are, indicate the relative status of African research and teaching at the University. But fresh initiatives are beginning to take hold: a new departmental home for African studies, an expanding languages program, faculty growth, and fresh resources for interdisciplinary work. senior An era ended quietly on June 9, when the last few certificates in African studies were conferred on graduating seniors. Four other students, meanwhile, became the first to complete the African concentration track within the expanded department of African and African American studies authorized by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) in May 2003 ( www.fas.harvard.edu/~afroam Suzanne Preston Blier, shown last summer in Ife, Nigeria, in the company of local priests. Courtesy of Suzanne Preston Blier In parallel, something ofan Africanist hiring binge is under way. Du Bois professor of the humanities Henry Louis Gates Jr., long-time chair of the department, said as many as five senior searches are in progress, in fields ranging from anthropology and development economics to literature. Eaton professor of the science of government Robert H. Bates, e-mailing from Nairobi, waxed enthusiastic about two new junior colleagues whose research has centered on Nigeria and Rwanda. (Bates was on one of his twice-yearly Kenyan trips to teach at the African Economic Research Consortium and complete work with a multinational team on a multivolume analysis of growth in each sub-Saharan country during the past 50 years.)
AMU CHMA NEWSLETTER #20 (8/25/98) Reflecting on his fieldwork realized among bamana (or Bambara) diviners, South African Resource Centre for indigenous Knowledge alwyn@aztec.co.za http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/AMU/amu_chma_20.html
Extractions: AMUCHMA-NEWSLETTER-20 Chairman: Paulus Gerdes (Mozambique) Secretary: Ahmed Djebbar (Algeria) Members: Kgomotso Garegae-Garekwe (Botswana), Maassouma Kazim (Egypt), Cornelio Abungu (Kenya), Ahmedou Haouba (Mauritania), Mohamed Aballagh (Morocco), Ruben Ayeni (Nigeria), Abdoulaye Kane (Senegal), David Mosimege (South Africa), Mohamed Souissi (Tunisia), David Mtwetwa (Zimbabwe) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMUCHMA NEWSLETTER #20 Objectives of AMUCHMA Meetings, exhibitions, events Current research interests Notes and queries ... back to AMUCHMA ONLINE 2. MEETINGS, EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS (GEHIMAB) organised (University Centre of Béjaïa, November 9-11, 1997) an international colloquium on "Béjaïa and environment during the ages: History, Society, Sciences, Culture". Related to the history of mathematics the following papers were presented: * Mustapha Abdelkader-Khaddaoui, E.N.S. d'Alger (Algeria): Arithmetic and its methods in Bougie; * Moktadir Zerrouki, E.N.S. d'Alger (Algeria): Some mathematical algorithms used in the science of inheritance by two mathematicians who lived in Bougie;. * Ettore Picutti, U.M.I., Milan (Italy): Leonardo of Pisa and his "Liber Abaci";
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