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Extractions: Music Dance ... Multi-Disciplinary ARC Gospel Choir Gospel song and music Under the direction of the legendary Reverend James Allen, the ARC Gospel Choir will move you to tears- tears of joy and love. Made up of former drug abusers, the choir of Addicts Rehabilitation Center sings with a power that is limitless. This group of 32 singers knows what it means to be given a second chance in life, and will bring new energy and life to any audience! Their inspirational songs and melodious voices will evoke stomping, shouting and an appreciation of life's gifts. A rousing good time! Can be tailored to any age group. Arturo O'Farill and Company Latin Jazz Son and heir to the throne of Latin Jazz giant Chico O'Farill, Arturo serves as the musical director of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra and is widely considered to be one of the greatest musicians of his generation. Aided by a host of New York City's most gifted musicians, Arturo's technically skilled yet fiery brand of Latin Jazz will bring audiences face to face with all of the passion, rhythm and joy that the best of music has to offer. A widely respected educator, Arturo uses his music to find ways to transcend international or racial boundaries and spread the gospel of jazz. Can be tailored to any age group. Boni Raposo y La 21 Division Afro Dominican Music This Afro-Dominican flokloric group uses painted instruments, bold costumes and Spanish lyrics to teach and demonstrate the African-influenced music of the Dominican Republic. Under the direction of Boni Raposo, audiences learn about rhythms known as Palos and Salves, Gaga and Sancocho, and are introduced to instruments like panderos, guira, maracas, and lambi. Children and adults alike delight in the call and response style of singing and storytelling presented by the group. Can be tailored to any age group.
Extractions: Waltrina Kirkland-Mullins The September 11 World Trade Center tragedy sparked many different views across America. More than anything else, it reminded us that many of our ancestors hailed from cultures found throughout the world, that perhaps we have not taken time to truly learn about and respect diverse cultures within our midst. Perhaps we have been too disconnected. If we were to canvass America's population, we would find that at some point our ancestries are rooted in Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, and beyond. Imagine taking a fun-filled journey through storytelling and research to explore those countries of origin, experiencing the terrain, the people and the way they adapt to their geographic surroundings. Perhaps despite recognizing the obvious diversity between cultures, we would make a fascinating discovery: we're not so different after all. We are in fact connected. This is the primary objective of my curriculum unit, A Story, A Story: Embracing Geography, Culture
Extractions: Chapter Three: Anarchistic Precedents in Africa Written by Sam Mbah and I. E. Igariwey Friday, 17 September 2004 Continental Africa covers about 11,500,000 square miles, running from the Mediterranean Sea to the Cape of Good Hope, and from the Western Bulge (Senegal) to the Eastern Horn (Somalia), together with the offshore islands of Cape Verde, Fernando Po, Madagascar, Mauritius, Zanzibar, the Comoros, and others. The territory that lies between the Sahara Desert and the tropical rain forest is the home of a variety of peoples. Between Senegal and Gambia live the Wolor and Tukulor, while between Gambia and the River Niger Valley live the Soninke, Mandigo, Khran, Tuareg, Ashanti, Banbara, and Djula. The Songhai dominate the middle Niger area, and the Masai inhabit the Upper Volta basin. Across the river in what is presently northwestern and north-central Nigeria live the Hausa-Fulani, while the Kanuri live in the northeast. Further south and spreading toward the east one finds the Igbo, Yoruba, Gikuyu, Luo, Shona, Ndebele, Xhosa, Bantu, Zulu, etc. To the north of the Sahara lies Egypt and the Maghredb region, which are peopled by African Arabs and Berbers.
Encyclopedia: Culture Of Africa Like the nature, 800 million people of africa have evolved a cultural milieu indigenous musical and dance traditions of africa are maintained by oral http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Culture-of-Africa
Extractions: What's new? Our next offering Latest newsletter Student area Lesson plans Recent Updates Main Page Zonguldak Yakalo Wolf's Rain ... More Recent Articles Top Graphs Richest Most Murderous Most Taxed Most Populous ... More Stats Updated 2 days 13 hours 27 minutes ago. Other descriptions of Culture of Africa Culture of Africa encompasses and includes all cultures which were ever in the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest continent and second most populous after Asia. ... The continent of Africa was the birthplace of the hominin subfamily and the genus Homo , including eight species , of which only Homo sapiens survive. Human culture in Africa is as old as the human race , and includes Neolithic (10000 BC) rock engravings, the glacial age petroglyphs (a carving or line drawing on rock, especially one made by prehistoric people) of early hunter-gatherers in the dry grasslands of North Africa , the Nomes of Egypt (3100 BC), and ancient Egypt Genera Gorilla Pan (chimpanzees) Homo (humans) Paranthropus (extinct) Australopithecus (extinct) Sahelanthropus (extinct) Ardipithecus (extinct) Kenyanthropus (extinct) Homininae is a subfamily of Hominidae, including Homo sapiens and some extinct relatives, as well as the gorillas and the chimpanzees. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ...
Extractions: Contents Previous Next 8 Abidjan: From the public making of a modern city to urban management of a metropolis Alain Dubresson Abstract Introduction With probably more than 2.5 million inhabitants in 1994 (there were 1,934,000 at the 1988 census and the annual growth rate between 1984 and 1988 was 4.2 per cent), Abidjan is the second- or third-largest West African city after Lagos, and perhaps Ibadan, and has all the characteristics of a metropolis. The city hosts more than one-fifth of Côte d'Ivoire's total population, who came in successive waves of migration from every region of the country, as well as from neighbouring states. It is both an inheritance from the colonial past and an economic centre, which has been dynamized by basic development opportunities based on integration into the global market. These opportunities, which have influenced both the settlement's dynamics and the concentration of economic activities, have had a considerable impact on the urban structure and organization. The circumstances and the results are unique in West Africa. The Abidjan conurbation From colonial stopover to economic centre Inherited from the colonial past: Early involvement in the international division of labour To understand the Abidjan phenomenon, this gathering of people, investments, capital, and assets, it is necessary to recall, however briefly, its colonial past, because the emergence of this urban area is linked to the forging of a tool in the colonial system of exchange, as a means to subordinate the colonial periphery to the needs of the colonial power (Antoine et al., 1987). It derives from the search for a healthy site where Europeans could be safe from the yellow fever and malaria that decimated them, haunting the colonial administration and justifying a "hygienistic" urbanization pattern, which has had a durable imprint on the urban structure.
Masquerades Today The people put their own interpretations into these long held events Every effort must be supported to maintain the indigenous traditions of Mali. http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/masktoda.htm
Extractions: MASQUERADES TODAY IN MALI Incredible @rt Dept ART HOME Program Goals Lesson Plans ... The Bamana In the Mopti and San district, the Bamana carve and costume marionettes used in performances of burlesque and comedies. What may at one time have been sacred rites, have now been turned into comic performances (Leuzinger 1960, p. 77) Older Bamana puppets feature a crudely sculpted face with sharply defined nose; moveable arms and legs are lifted sideways on strings. The clothes are mostly rags or cloaks made of twisted fiber (Wassing 1968, p 221-222). Neighboring Marka marionettes have heads reminiscent of the sheet metal decorated initiation masks. A quite remarkable Pelican puppet of the Bozo people can be found in the Girard Collection at the Museum of International Folk Art (Glassie 1989, p249). Used for the Pelican dance, the brightly painted wood and cloth puppet borrows elements from the famed chi wara headdress of their neighbors, the Bamana. Since the Bozo are all Muslims, this puppet and dance has no religious significance to them. From the appearance, it represents the male buck
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Extractions: In 1980, Zimbabwe was the great hope of Africa, a place where blacks were supposed to realize their postcolonial destinies under the enlightened leadership of Robert Mugabe. But now the country formerly known as Rhodesia is an international basket case with a wrecked economy and a dim future. In this disturbing book by Martin Meredith, a British journalist with extensive experience in southern Africa, Mugabe transforms into a villain. "Year by Dead Leaves: Peter Godwin grew up in Rhodesia during the end of white rule. While his Rhodesians Never Die is a historical account of that time, Mukiwa is a more personal narrativea testament to Africa and a memoir as seen through the eyes of a child becoming a young man amidst civil war. Spanning 1964-1982, from when Godwin was a boy of six in Rhodesia to when he returned to Zimbabwe as a journalist covering the bloody transition back to Scribbling the Cat: Travels With an African Soldier
Africana Librarians Council people) rev. of Bembe (East African people) bobo Fing (African people) Bwamulanguage Mbosi language Nyanja language Nyungwe language Sena language http://www.loc.gov/rr/amed/afs/alc/catfun103.html
Extractions: AFRICANA SUBJECT FUNNEL REPORT ALC CATALOGING COMMITTEE Spring 2003 A total of 25 new and 10 revised subject authorities have been submitted to the Library of Congress since the last update (Fall 2002). In some case, the revisions were merely changes to the cross-references. A few of such simple changes were omitted from the Fall 2002 report. NEW HEADINGS SUBMITTED Ahanta (African people) Masks, Bwa Ahanta language Ndau (African people) Awori (African people) Ndunga language Bago (Togolese people) Ngbandi (African people) Bata language Nyungwe (African people) Bwa (African people) Proverbs, Bwa Dzing (African people) Ron (African people) Folk literature, Shi Shi literature Ife (African people) Shu (African people) Kololo (African people) Taneka (African people) Koma (Nigerian people) Tigrinya poetry Kusu language Yemma (African people) Yowa (African people) REVISIONS SUBMITTED Bembe (Congolese (Brazzaville) people) rev. of Bembe (West African people)
Dictionary - Ethnic Groups - English Gbandi, Liberia, indigenous African tribes 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people http://www.exxun.com/enpp/dy_ethnic_groups_20.html
Extractions: world Evolving xxlarge UNion - thousands of windows on the world - constantly updated Home Countries Flags Maps ... Notes and Definitions Ethnic groups Dictionary A B C D ... Z Translation word Country Ethnic groups English Gibraltar Spanish, Italian, English , Maltese, Portuguese, German, North Africans English Ireland Celtic, English English United Kingdom white ( English 83.6%, Scottish 8.6%, Welsh 4.9%, Northern Irish 2.9%) 92.1%, black 2%, Indian 1.8%, Pakistani 1.3%, mixed 1.2%, other 1.6% (2001 census) entered Portugal homogeneous Mediterranean stock; citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000; since 1990 East Europeans have entered Portugal Equatorial Cameroon Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1% escaped Suriname ... 15%, "Maroons" (their African ancestors were brought to the country in the 17th and 18th centuries as slaves and escaped to the interior) 10%, Amerindian 2%, Chinese 2%, white 1%, other 2
Ethnicity And Race By Countries Liberia, indigenous African tribes 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Venezuela,Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0855617.html
Extractions: World Countries Afghanistan Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, minor ethnic groups (Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others) Albania Albanian 95%, Greeks 3%, other 2%: Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians (1989 est.) Algeria Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1% Andorra Spanish 43%, Andorran 33%, Portuguese 11%, French 7%, other 6% (1998) Angola Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestico (mixed European and Native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22% Antigua and Barbuda black, British, Portuguese, Lebanese, Syrian
Extractions: William H. Swatos, Jr. Editor Table of Contents Cover Page Editors Contributors ... Web Version CARIBBEAN RELIGIONS Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc., v. City of Hialeah , 113 S.Ct. 2217, 1993). The Spiritual Baptists are an international religious movement with congregations in St. Vincent (where some of their followers claim the faith originated), Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Guyana, Venezuela, Toronto, Los Angeles, and New York City. Membership is predominantly black, but in recent years congregations in Trinidad have attracted membership among wealthy East Indians and Chinese. A central ritual among the Spiritual Baptists is the mourning rite . This is an elaborate ceremony involving fasting, lying on a dirt floor, and other deprivations. A major component of the mourning rite is to discover one's true rank within the church hierarchy. A critical issue in the study of Caribbean religions is the selection of a unit of analysis. Because syncretism plays such a prominent role in the development of religions in the region, it is often difficult to separate indigenous and foreign elements. Because there has been so much outreach, it is often difficult to discover the "true" origin of any single religious group. Because most of these religions lack a denominational chain of command, one cannot make statements about them as one might make statements about the Roman Catholic Church or Presbyterianism. The most accurate assessments refer to individual congregations and their leaders. To examine movements such as Rastafarianism, Santeria, voodoo, or the Spiritual Baptists as if they were unified denominations on the European and North American model is to present an overly coherent picture of an incredibly fragmented and volatile religious situation.
People Of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso s 12 million people belong to two major West African cultural The Polytechnical University in boboDioulasso was opened in 1995. http://infotut.com/geography/Burkina-Faso/People/
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Extractions: Burkina Faso seems to most people to be a barren and featureless country but it is filled with subtleties that make it an interesting place to bicycle. Dori and GoromGorom can be interesting the weekly markets are energetic and literally colorful. Most of the other places that attract tourist are clustered around BoboDioulasso, the hippopotamus pond, crystal clear springs, hills, waterfalls. But the people are so pleasant, it satisfy to ride almost every place. Burkina Faso Menu: Profile Flag Map ... Weather Other World Travel Sites That Might Interest You Cheap Hotels in Amsterdam Juarez Mexico Attractions Ouagadougou Hotels, Inns, and Resorts
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.
BURKINA FASO Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West africa. Most people in BurkinaFaso are farmers who grow cash crops (peanuts, shea nuts, sesame, cotton), http://travel.10best.com/packages/show_country.asp?countryid=BF
The Languages And Writing Systems Of Africa Angola, Republic of Angola, República de Angola, former People s Republic of Angola The number of languages listed for Central African Republic is 69 http://www.intersolinc.com/newsletters/africa.htm
Extractions: Africa Languages of Africa Sources: Ethnologue The World Fact Book Country Language Algeria, Al Jaza'ir, People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah National or official languages: Standard Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects. The number of languages listed for Algeria is 18, including Chaouia, Kabyle, Tumzabt, Taznatit and others. All are living languages. Angola, Republic of Angola, República de Angola, former People's Republic of Angola
BGCI - Education - Environmental Action For Change Secondly, community garden development is about developing people not justtheir skills, All 11 schools now have starter gardens of indigenous plants, http://www.bgci.org.uk/education/environmental_action_change.html
Extractions: BOTANIC GARDENS CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL SEARCH: Botanic Gardens Plant Conservation Discovering Plants Education Get Involved Events Links File Library Whole website BGCI ONLINE Select a regional site Africa Argentina Canada China India Japan Russia United States Worldwide Ashwell, A. Bobo-Mrubata, P. (1998) Roots 16, p 24-26 The National Botanical Institute in South Africa is a state-funded statutory organisation responsible for botanical gardens, herbaria, botanical research and environmental education programmes in five of the nine provinces of South Africa. In Cape Town, the Kirstenbosch Outreach Greening Programme (part of NBI) was formally initiated in April 1997 with the appointment of Phumla Bobo-Mrubata as outreach horticulturist. The programme aims to empower the community with horticultural skills, to improve the quality of life and to conserve and promote the environment for the benefit of all communities in South Africa, through training and greening programmes. Previous attempts to support community greening had been ad hoc and not very effective. Responsibility for implementing the programme had fallen between two departments. The education department had excellent contact with schools but lacked the expertise or resources to establish gardens. The horticulture staff supported the need for outreach but had neither the time nor institutional support to participate. Thus support of school and community gardens was sporadic, lacking coordination, planning and evaluation, and tended to undermine rather than strengthen the relationship between the departments. Past programmes had been well meaning, but most had been "events" rather than processes, with little follow-up and support.
