Zambia People Religions Christian 50%75% Muslim and Hindu 24%-49% indigenous beliefs 1%.Languages English (official) major vernacularsbemba Kaonda Lozi Lunda Luvale http://www.world66.com/africa/zambia/people
Extractions: Zambia People - population, ethnic groups, religions and customs the travel guide you write Recent Changes Map View Enlargement [edit this] [Upload image] Population: Age structure: 0-14 years: 49% (male 2 342 043; female 2 316 357) 15-64 years: 48% (male 2 244 251; female 2 326 159) 65 years and over: 3% (male 106 950; female 124 976) (July 1998 est.) Population growth rate: 2.13% (1998 est.) Birth rate: 44.6 births/1 000 population (1998 est.) Death rate: 22.55 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.) Net migration rate: -0.8 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female (1998 est.) Infant mortality rate: 92.57 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 37.07 years male: 36.81 years female: 37.33 years (1998 est.) Total fertility rate: 6.41 children born/woman (1998 est.) Nationality: noun: Zambian(s) adjective: Zambian Ethnic groups: African 98.7% European 1.1% other 0.2%
Zambia Home The Lozi and bemba peoples are especially well known for their drumming ceremonies . indigenous beliefs also continue to figure prominently in Christian http://www.questconnect.org/africa_Zambia.htm
Extractions: Geography and Climate Oddly shaped and slightly larger than the state of Texas, Zambia covers 752,610 sq kms. Border countries include Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Zambia sits on a high plateau, sloping sharply in the north down to Lake Tanganyika which Zambia shares with Tanzania, Burundi and Congo (Zaire). There are three major rivers; the Zambezi which forms the border with Namibia and Zimbabwe, the Kafue which flows into the Zambezi south of Lusaka (the Capital) and the Luangwa which also flows into the Zambezi. Zambia's most impressive geographical aspect is Victoria Falls which is shared with Zimbabwe. On the Zambezi river at Livingstone, the falls are 2kms wide, 100m deep and 546 million cubic meters of water flow over them every minute.
MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Africa About 15 per cent of africa s people practise only indigenous, or local, religions . to found such new states as the bemba Kingdom, Kasanje, and Kazembe. http://uk.encarta.msn.com/text_761572628___0/Africa.html
African Studies: African History & Cultures African indigenous Science and Knowledge Systems Page (Dr. Gloria Emeagwali, SAHO is a peoples history and internetbased project that consists of an http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/cult.html
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FORE: Religion-Indigenous Traditions-Bibliography Our Responsibility to the Seventh Generation indigenous peoples and Sustainable Surplus People Project Report. Forced Removals in South africa. vol. 1. http://environment.harvard.edu/religion/religion/indigenous/bibliography.html
Extractions: Abram, David. The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-than-Human World. New York: Vintage, 1997. Adams, Carol., ed. Ecofeminism and the Sacred. New York: Continuum, 1993. Albanese, Catherine L. Nature Religion in America: From the Algonkian Indians to the New Age. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 1990. Allan, William. The African Husbandman. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1965. Alpers, Antony.
Sources On Anthropology And Law, By C. Fennell Comparative Perspectives on the indigenous Rights Movement in africa and theAmericas. Bibliography on indigenous peoples Knowledge and Institutions http://www.anthro.uiuc.edu/faculty/cfennell/syllabus/anthlawbib.htm
Extractions: Interdisciplinary studies in Anthropology and Law (also called "Legal Anthropology") include the following general subject areas (among others): human rights; the clash of non-western and western cultural beliefs and related legal structures; legal pluralism in multicultural settings; rights of minorities and religious groups; criticisms of racial concepts; rights of indigenous peoples, including land claims and intellectual property rights in their cultural beliefs and knowledge; non-western and alternative methods of dispute or conflict resolution; and analysis of the cultural dynamics at play within western legal systems. Set forth below is a non-exhaustive list of books, articles, and other resources that address a number of these issues. Part I lists books and and articles. Part II lists journals that publish primarily on related topics. Part III lists internet resources, including associations, online journal archives, law and anthropology resources, and legal studies information.
General Essay On The Religions Of Sub-Saharan Africa Although the number of practitioners of indigenous traditions in africa has Beidelman, TO The Kaguru A Matrilineal People of East africa New York Holt http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/sub/geness.html
Extractions: Religion in Sub-Saharan Africa has changed and evolved over the last two to three thousand years in many different ways. While the traditions depicted in this chart provide examples of those that exist today, and that were affected by the expansion of European colonialism in the 19th century, peoples living in the vast area south of the Sahara desert had already sustained rich systems of belief and practice long before the arrival of Christianity and colonialism, and certainly in some cases befroe the Muslim expansion from the Arabian peninsula. Islam entered Sub-Saharan Africa in the eighth century, and within six hundred years of the prophet's death had penetrated from the Sahara to the Sudanic belt, and from the Atlantic to the Red Sea, making its presence felt among the indigenous peoples who inhabited this expanse. Other transplanted religions have had virtually no impact upon Sub-Saharan traditions. With the exception of Judaism, these did not make any permanent incursion into the region until the 19th or 20th centuries. The chart suggests three wide areas of religious beliefs and practices: (I) Indigenous African religions; (II) World Religions (Baha'i, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Sikhism and Zorastrianism); (III) New Religious Traditions (African Independent Churches).
FPP - Central Africa Great Lakes Region And Cameroon - Summary CAURWA (Community of indigenous People of Rwanda) is awaiting further UN troops which had replaced the peacekeeping forces of the African Union were http://www.forestpeoples.org/Briefings/Africa/iwgia_yrbk_c_af_2005_eng.htm
Talking About "Tribe" For most people in Western countries, africa immediately calls up the word tribe . Thus the bemba, Ngoni and the Lozi were said to be strong. http://www.africaaction.org/bp/ethall.htm
Extractions: Last updated November, 1997 For most people in Western countries, Africa immediately calls up the word "tribe." The idea of tribe is ingrained, powerful, and expected. Few readers question a news story describing an African individual as a tribesman or tribeswoman, or the depiction of an African's motives as tribal. Many Africans themselves use the word "tribe" when speaking or writing in English about community, ethnicity or identity in African states. Yet today most scholars who study African states and societiesboth African and non-Africanagree that the idea of tribe promotes misleading stereotypes. The term "tribe" has no consistent meaning. It carries misleading historical and cultural assumptions. It blocks accurate views of African realities. At best, any interpretation of African events that relies on the idea of tribe contributes no understanding of specific issues in specific countries. At worst, it perpetuates the idea that African identities and conflicts are in some way more "primitive" than those in other parts of the world. Such misunderstanding may lead to disastrously inappropriate policies. In this paper we argue that anyone concerned with truth and accuracy should avoid the term "tribe" in characterizing African ethnic groups or cultures. This is not a matter of political correctness. Nor is it an attempt to deny that cultural identities throughout Africa are powerful, significant and sometimes linked to deadly conflicts. It is simply to say that using the term "tribe" does not contribute to understanding these identities or the conflicts sometimes tied to them. There are, moreover, many less loaded and more helpful alternative words to use. Depending on context, people, ethnic group, nationality, community, village, chiefdom, or kin-group might be appropriate. Whatever the term one uses, it is essential to understand that identities in Africa are as diverse, ambiguous, complex, modern, and changing as anywhere else in the world.
Africa: "Tribe" Background Paper, 2 While there are many indigenous Zambian words which translate into nation, people, The africa Policy EJournal is a free information service provided by http://www.africaaction.org/docs97/eth9711.2.htm
Extractions: APIC Document APIC Background Paper 010 (November 1997) This series of background papers is part of a program of public education funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Ford Foundation. The attractively produced typeset version of this background paper is available from APIC for $2 each ($1.60 each for 20 or more). Add 15% for postage and handling. Order in bulk for your class or study group, or to send to news media in response to stereotypical coverage of Africa. Talking about "Tribe": Moving from Stereotypes to Analysis
MAR | Data | Minority Group Assessments For All Regions Bolivia, indigenous Highland peoples indigenous. Bolivia, Lowland indigenouspeoples United States of America, AfricanAmericans ethnoclass http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/mar/assessments.asp?regionId=99
BBC NEWS | Africa | Logging Threatens Pygmies' Forest Life indigenous People and Conservation. The BBC is not responsible for the contentof external Links to more africa stories are at the foot of the page. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2023663.stm
Extractions: BBC Bangui reporter A basket dangling from her head and a machete in hand, Bayanga's bare-breasted traditional doctor scours the forest for the day's medical and psychological needs. "This is to help one girl find a husband," says Tamara, 42, picking a bunch of strong-smelling leaves and throwing them into her basket. Etienne Bemba, Park director "Another woman is having problems desiring her husband, this is for her," she adds, scraping bark off a tree. Distracted from her search for cures by bees, she marks a tree, so she can later return to collect the honey. Tamara is from the Ba'Aka tribe, a group of hunters and gatherers, also known as the "pygmies" because of their short stature.
BBC NEWS | Africa | Logging Threatens Pygmies' Forest Life People are seeing their habitat diminished by logging companies . Etienne bemba,Park director. Another woman is having problems desiring her husband, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/africa/2023663.stm
Extractions: A basket dangling from her head and a machete in hand, Bayanga's bare-breasted traditional doctor scours the forest for the day's medical and psychological needs. "This is to help one girl find a husband," says Tamara, 42, picking a bunch of strong-smelling leaves and throwing them into her basket. " People are seeing their habitat diminished by logging companies " "Another woman is having problems desiring her husband, this is for her," she adds, scraping bark off a tree. Distracted from her search for cures by bees, she marks a tree, so she can later return to collect the honey. Tamara is from the Ba'Aka tribe, a group of hunters and gatherers, also known as the "pygmies" because of their short stature. `Exploitation' There are around 20,000 members of the tribe inhabiting the rainforests of the south-westerly Dzanga Sangha national park in the Central African Republic.
Guns Germs & Steel: The Show. Episode Three. Transcript | PBS had been a weapon on the side of the Europeans killing indigenous people. Voiceover Was this the end of European guns, germs and steel in africa? http://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/show/transcript3.html
Extractions: Jared Diamond: As Europeans expanded around the world, they conquered other people, they built railroads, they developed rich societies modeled on Europe, they had done this successfully in North America and South America, in Australia, and then they arrived in Africa, and it looked as if the same thing were starting all over again. Voiceover: But Africa would be different. A place of dangers and secrets, hidden from these foreign invaders. The first European settlers arrived in Southern Africa in the mid 1600s. They landed here, in the Cape of Good Hope, at the southernmost tip of the continent. They quickly established themselves in this new land, laying out farms, planting wheat and barley, ranching cattle and sheep.
Africa English, Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars South africaIndex africa 54 countries, over 1000 languages, 797 million people http://members.tripod.com/the_english_dept/africa.html
Extractions: 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
THE MAJOR TRIBES The Main tribes are the Lozi, the bemba, the Ngoni, the Tonga, between thevalley people and the Arabs, Chinese and Indians on the East coast of africa. http://www.zambiatourism.com/travel/hisgeopeop/tribes.htm
Extractions: TRADITIONAL CEREMONIES With over 70 different tribes in Zambia, there is wide cultural diversity. Interestingly enough however, it is one of the few countries in Africa with very little tribal animosity, and the existence of so many tribes has proved less of a political problem than in many other African states. The Main tribes are the Lozi, the Bemba, the Ngoni, the Tonga, the Luvale and the Kaonde. The Lozi The Lozi migrated into Western Zambia from the Luba Lunda Kingdom of Mwata Yamvwa in Zaire, which was one of the greatest central African Chieftainships in the 17th and 18th Century. After some centuries they were conquered by the Makalolo from the South, fleeing themselves from the great Zulu conqueror, Shaka. They left their language, Sikololo as the lingua franca of the Barotse plains and imposed much of their cultural tradition on the area. The Lozi people eventually rose up against them in 1864 and all but annihilated them. Their Chief is called the Litunga and they are essentially cattlemen. Every year they migrate to higher ground above the barotse flodplains of the Zambezi in a grand ceremony called the Kuomboka. The Ngoni The Tonga Among the most numerous in Zambia, archaeological evidence proves their existence for at least 900 years in the Southern province. Six centuries ago, one of the areas where they now live, the Zambezi Valley, was a flourishing trade centre. Here there was brisk trade between the valley people and the Arabs, Chinese and Indians on the East coast of Africa.. One form of currency used was a copper ingot cast in the form of a cross.
SSRC :: SSRC-Mellon Mays Fellowships Fellowship Economic and Political Development of indigenous peoples; Zaheer Ali ColumbiaUniversity Twentieth Century African and Native American Literatures http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/mellon/2004-05Awards.page?_format=printable
Bantu Peoples -- Encyclopædia Britannica occupying almost the entire southern projection of the African continent. indigenous peoples Compilation of links to articles and essays on http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9013220
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People (from Kinshasa) -- Encyclopædia Britannica The Twa, or Batwa, are a people of Central africa. indigenous PeoplesCompilation of links to articles and essays on Aboriginal people of Australia. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9042
