WRITING ASSIGNMENTS Using the novel and TWO sources of your choice, DESCRIBE indigenous Culture ofthis ethnic African Art; Francis Bebey, African Music A People s Art; http://faculty.uncfsu.edu/doyler/TCHNG/H490Write.htm
Extractions: I. INDIGENOUS LITERATURE: The Oral Tradition: Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali Using this oral tradition recorded by D.T. Niane and TWO sources of your choice, DESCRIBE the culture of the Mande Speakers at the time of the founding of the Empire of Mali. Use the culture in which Sundiata was born, at Niani in the Kingdom of Kangaba looking for the following: Language, government, religion, education, maintaining any type of records of the past, environmental effects on culture, art, music, literature, and Moral Values that might include reverence for elders, truth, beauty, loyalty, bravery, sympathy, kindness, hospitality, and whatever else you see within the document. Use the two sources of your choice to try to VERIFY the cultural statements that you make based upon the oral tradition. Also include any observations you have on the accuracy of the oral tradition or comparisons to culture today in the area.
Book Reviews His text provides a general overview of bamana society, a more specific with a sense of dignity for the people portrayed, are a monument to the African http://www.tribalarts.com/review/autumn2001.html
DA Masolo - Philosophy And Indigenous Knowledge An African Polyrational people can do this without sacrificing the objects of inquiry, The view that African scholars should revert to indigenous languages as the http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/africa_today/v050/50.2masolo.html
Couples-in-African-sculptures Echoing Images Couples in African Sculpture remains at the Metropolitan Museum Female couples embrace on headrests made by the Luba peoples in Congo, http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/couples-in-african-sculpture.htm
Extractions: Understanding Narrative The Praise Song Cultural Borrowing Objects of Power ... In and Out of Context The second part of this introductory essay consists of conversations between the authors. Bourgeois and Rodolitz have team-taught a web-based course on this subject for more than five years utilizing a dialogue medium that lends itself to immediacy and informality. Essays in the usual sense speak TO the reader; dialogue, however, allows the reader to participate, if only in an imaginary sense. Additionally, in the medium of dialogue, the evolution of thought is more apparent than in an edited essay. Often, the journey to a conclusion is as important as the conclusion itself. The reader is encouraged to join in this ongoing exploration. AB: Why don't we begin by considering a group of related objects, not necessarily related by culture but by function?
Africa And The Diaspora, Ann Arbor, April 1997 MUSIC AND DANCE OF africa AND THE DIASPORA The Present State and IndianaUniversity Music and Dance in the Daily Life of african People Yaya Diallo, http://www.sun.rhbnc.ac.uk/Music/Conferences/97-4-afr.html
Extractions: Ann Arbor, April 1997 ************* MUSIC AND DANCE OF AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA: The Present State and Potential in the United States University of Michigan April 3-5, 1997 http://www.umich.edu/~ovpama/music lmonts@umich.edu 3084 Fleming Admin. Bldg. The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340 http://www.umich.edu/~ovpama
Extractions: Fractals provide unusual theme in much African culture and art COLUMBUS, Ohio In everything from braided hairstyles to the design of housing settlements, the geometric structures known as fractals permeate African culture. In a new book, an Ohio State University scholar examines the unlikely pairing of this mathematical concept and the culture and art of Africa. "While fractal geometry is often used in high-tech science, its patterns are surprisingly common in traditional African designs," said Ron Eglash, senior lecturer in comparative studies in the humanities. Eglash is author of African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design (Rutgers University Press, 1999). Eglash said his work suggests that African mathematics is more complex than previously thought. He also says using African fractals in U.S. classrooms may boost interest in math among students, particularly African Americans. He has developed a Web page to help teachers use fractal geometry in the classroom. www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/comp/eglash.dir/afract al.htm
People And Culture Of Senegal People of Senegal, Wollof, Fulani, languages, religion, music, art, The Bamanapassed it on to the Malinke in the south and the Tukuloor and Fulbe in http://www.africaguide.com/country/senegal/culture.htm
Extractions: HOME CONTACT US LINK TO US NEWS LETTER ... CHARITIES Jump to a Country Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Congo Dem.Rep. Congo (Zaire) Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Bissau Guinea Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Reunion Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Senegal The Wolofs, are the most represented (35%), they make up the majority in all the regions, especially in the centre, the north and the coast of Dakar and Saint Louis. The farmers and the merchants, of Muslim faith for the majority, there importance is certain in the nations economy. The Lebous, established in fishing communities in the peninsula of Cap-Vert and in Saint Louis are related. The Pulaar (20%), is composed of the Foulbes, Peuls and Toucouleurs, in the northern Senegal, the Fouta Toro, historical source for the propagation of Islam in Senegal, make up the cultural birthplace, they are very active in the commercial domain, as well as breeding and irrigated farming. they populate the Senegalese river valley and the Ferlo region.
Plep Archive From the early days of the PreDorset and Dorset people who moved across the Although in traditional African cultures, furniture is hardly present, http://www.nutcote.demon.co.uk/nl03may1418.html
Extractions: 'Clothing has always marked the important occasions in our lives, providing a tangible connection between past and future. We store our most cherished possessions in tissue, trunks, closets and drawers to later unpack a lifetime of memories. Share the last century through the clothes and eyes of a rural Manitoba woman, and remember. ' 'Legions of corner grills serve up great gyros or burgers. The genius at Lincoln Town Gyros who decided to combine the two should get a key to the city. While a third-of-a-pound burger sizzles on the grill, the counterman slices off a good six or seven strips of gyro meat from the round. On request, he places these next to the grilling burger to give the gyro a little extra char. The patty is then placed on a bun, topped with tomato, onion, pickle and a ladle of cheese sauce (or a slice of American or Swiss). Finally, saints be praised, the counterman crowns the works with the gyro strips and gyro sauce ... '
