The Languages And Writing Systems Of Africa Angola, Republic of Angola, República de Angola, former People s Republic of Angola Also includes Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars. 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
RECONCILIATION BETWEEN BAPTISTS IN SOUTH AFRICA 200 years of colonialism further oppressed the people of africa. The leadersof the bwa again acted mediators and counsellors. 5. TALKS BREAK DOWN http://www.bwa-baptist-heritage.org/sl-raerec.htm
Extractions: RECONCILIATION BETWEEN BAPTISTS IN SOUTH AFRICA Paper presented to the Baptist World Alliance in Seoul, Korea. July 2004 by Terry Rae of South Africa. INTRODUCTION This paper reflects my own personal perspective on the process of reconciliation that took place between the Baptist Union of South Africa (BU) and the Baptist Convention of South Africa (BC), which ultimately led to the formation of The South African Baptist Alliance. (SABA) 1. BACKGROUND Baptists first came to South Africa from Europe with the German and English Settlers in the early 1800s and the first Baptist church was established at Salem near Grahamstown in 1819. The Baptist Union of South Africa was formed in 1877 and adopted a Missions Policy to reach the indigenous inhabitants of South Africa with the Gospel. The Bantu Baptist Association was formed in 1927 and became the Baptist Convention of South Africa in 1965 and as an Association joined the Baptist Union in 1966 with representation on the National Executive Committee of the Baptist Union. At that time the Baptist Union was a Union of Associations, both territorial and cultural. The Baptist Union then consisted of White Territorial Associations, an Indian Association, a Black Convention, a Coloured Association and an Afrikaans Association. This structure reflected the times in colonial Africa with its cultural and language diversity and the racial divisions endemic in society as well as the racial divisions imposed by the apartheid policies in South Africa.
Reflections On The Baptist World Alliance bwa is composed of 210 Baptist bodies from around the world. It is also dividedinto five regional bodies Allafrica Baptist Fellowship, Union of Baptists http://www.thefellowship.info/News/050802BWA.icm
Extractions: CBF home page Article Archive Baptist News Media CBF News ... Vestal Online Asian Response CBF Foundation Chaplaincy Church Benefits... Church Starts Cong. Life Disaster Resour... General Assembl... Missions Servic... Placement Poverty Resource Direct... Truth About CBF Who we are print page e-mail page Vestal Online By Daniel Vestal, CBF Coordinator The Baptist World Alliance celebrated its 100th birthday in Birmingham England , last week. CBF was well represented as a number of us participated in this very special BWA Congress. I was personally encouraged by the attendance (12,000), the worship (multi-cultural), the preaching (Billy Kim from Korea, Solomon Ishola from Nigeria, Myra Blythe from the United Kingdom, Jimmy Carter and Rick Warren from the United States) and the overall spirit (celebrative and positive). The theme of the Congress was â Jesus Christ , Living Watersâ and the clear message from the focus groups, Bible studies, reports, testimonies and addresses was that the yearnings and longings of the human spirit can be satisfied only in Jesus Christ . The Congress was very Christ-centered. BWA is composed of 210 Baptist bodies from around the world. It is also divided into five regional bodies: All-Africa Baptist Fellowship, Union of Baptists in
Extractions: Paper Draft: Not to be cited or quoted without written permission This paper examines the history of the Central African Copperbelt's mermaid figure, the lake spirit of the Lamba and kindred peoples of the Copperbelt and Shaba Provinces. It suggests that the image of the mermaid is an example of diffusion, or cultural borrowing, and that this shadowy lake spirit only assumed the guise of a European-looking mermaid in the 20th century. Mamba Muntu and the Lamba Chitapo Until replaced by Old Testament scenes and portraits of Jesus in the 1980s, the Mamba Muntu mermaid - also known as la sirène (the mermaid), and, in Kolwezi, as madame poisson Whether reclining or seated, Mamba Muntu is an arresting and seductive figure. She is typically adorned with jewels, a watch, comb, and mirror, and inevitably has a large snake wound around her body. ng'anga whom Jules-Rosette interviewed in the Lusaka area each regarded this mermaid as an evil spirit which caused the men she possesses to abandon their wives (Jules-Rosette 1981:160; Burton 1961:58; Grévisse 1956-58,33:144).
Associated Baptist Press - News Hungarian Baptist Aid also is rebuilding homes, with the help of a $40000 grantfrom bwa. A tsunamiaid summit of relief groups and indigenous Baptists is http://www.abpnews.com/news/news_detail.cfm?NEWS_ID=564
Online Workcamp Catalogue NB Participants should be willing to tolerate the indigenous people and eager to Formerly regarded as one of the southern africas finest wild life http://www.quaker.org/capetown/workcat.htm
Extractions: CONS = construction, ENVI = environmental work, AGRI = agriculture work, RENO = Renovation, KIDS = work with children, VOLS = volunteers, P = partner or project, W = work, L = location, A = accommodation, B = things to bring, +FEE = participation fee payable by volunteers from North America, Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, Q = Requirements BOTSWANA BOTSWANA WORKCAMPS ASSOCIATION (BWA) 1. CAMP CODE: BWA01PTB DATES: 21/03/2004 08/04/2004 NO. OF VOLUNTEERS: 12 ABOUT THE HOST Permaculture Trust of Botsawana (PTB) is a rural development NGO that provides assistance in area of ecological land use management. It strongly encourages and support traditional and cultural values that relate to sustainable environmental use. Targeted groups include; -Other NGO`s. WORK The volunteers in conjuction with the local San community will be constructing poultry houses and fencing gardens. These poultry houses are for indigenous Tswana chickens and are sold for income generating purpose in order to sustain their lives. These San are developing gardens comparable to growth expected in tropics and spinach leaves are half a metre long.
Historical Encyclopedia Of WA - WA Snapshots Prior to the establishment of the Bank of Western Australia (bwa) in June with religious and historical significance to the regions indigenous people. http://www.encyclopedia.uwapress.uwa.edu.au/wa_snapshots
Extractions: Related Links The Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia project is delighted to announce our exciting partnership arrangement with the West Australian. Since 24 April 2004 a weekly column has been published in the newspaper's Weekend Extra section on the crossword page. The column is an edited extract or full text copy of an Encyclopedia entry. We are very grateful to West Australian Newspapers for this high-circulation publicity. On 1 November 1914, 30,000 men of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corp (ANZACS) sailed from Albany. On the last day of December, a second convoy left Albany with a further 12,000 Anzacs. At dawn on 25 April 1915, most of these men began landing at Gallipoli on the Turkish coast, at a position now named Anzac Cove. In the eight months of the Gallipoli campaign, 25,000 Australians died or suffered wounds and serious illness. In 1919, the Western Australian Parliament passed the Anzac Day Act, making the state the first to proclaim 25 April as a public holiday of remembrance. Since Second World War, Anzac Day, while retaining the spirit of Gallipoli, honours all Australian men and women who served in the military and associated services in Australia and overseas.
31 January 2003 Update From H C J B World Radio Bush said nearly 30 million people have the AIDS virus in africa alone, (Mission Network News/bwa). US CHURCHES TO UNITE IN PRAYER FEB. http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/10643.htm
Extractions: 31 January 2003 Update From H C J B World Radio A ministry of HCJB World Radio Today's News Headlines: MINISTRY IN PAKISTAN INCREASES OUTREACH WHILE PERSECUTION GROWS CHRISTIANITY SLOWLY GAINS FOOTHOLD IN ONCE-HOSTILE TIBET MINISTRY REACHES OUT TO SEXUALLY ABUSED CHILDREN IN CAMBODIA CHRISTIAN LEADERS LAUD U.S. PRESIDENT'S EMPHASIS ON BATTLING AIDS U.S. CHURCHES TO UNITE IN PRAYER FEB. 23 AS WAR WITH IRAQ LOOMS * 500 CHILDREN HEAR GOSPEL AT 4 HCJB WORLD RADIO CHRISTMAS PARTIES Today's News Stories: MINISTRY IN PAKISTAN INCREASES OUTREACH WHILE PERSECUTION GROWS Despite recent attacks against Christian churches, a ministry in Pakistan is training and sending out more workers to unreached parts of the country. In January the ministry gave 40 new leaders 112 hours of training for church-planting work. "We are encouraged that the Lord is providing laborers for a great harvest of souls," the leader said. The ministry is also sending out 10 church-planting teams. "Your prayer and financial support always have been a great encouragement in ministry partnership," the leader said. "We urgently need bicycles, sound systems, musical instruments, audio and videotapes, Bibles, teaching materials and monthly support for these new workers. A persecution spirit is working against the churches. However, the Lord is merciful to us to continue His work." (Missions Insider)
MisLinks Relief And Development Baptist World Aid For 80 years bwa have been working to entrust, empower, Learn to Earn An indigenous South African holistic ministry with three http://www.mislinks.org/practical/rdorgs.htm
Extractions: Initially prepared by Stephen Bauman Abaana American Leprosy Mission Baptist World Aid Blessings International ... World Vision : The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), formed in 1984, is an independent, humanitarian agency established by the Seventh-day Adventist Church with the specific purpose of individual and community development and disaster relief. American Leprosy Mission Founded in 1906, American Leprosy Missions (ALM) provides care to people around the world with leprosy and related disabilities. ALM is a non-denominational Christian ministry of hope and restoration for those suffering with this disease. Baptist World Aid : For 80 years BWA have been working to entrust, empower, and enable the indigenous Baptist leadership to carry out programs of emergency relief, sustainable development, and fellowship assistance.
Extractions: On arrival we will have an orientation tour of the island to acquaint you with its multinational heritage and natural beauty. We visit the capital, Port of Spain, where gingerbread-style houses are found side-by-side with a variety of modern structures. We will view Woodford Square, Red House (parliament) and the Hall of Justice. In addition, we will visit the Holy Trinity Cathedral, the Botanical Gardens, and Queen's Park Savannah. We will also visit many of the residential areas with mansions dating from the British Colonial period. Our drive then takes us through the countryside, with its large cocoa plantations, to the Santa Cruz Valley. We continue along a beautiful section as we make our way over the winding "Saddle" of the northern mountain range to Maracas Bay, a lovely beach shaded by almond trees and backed by steep slopes. Our return drive affords us the opportunity to see Saddle Drive, Santa Cruz Valley and Lady Young Road, where we are able to see a wonderful panoramic view of Port of Spain. PLEASE NOTE: Flight schedules and / or weather considerations may require that we have today's sightseeing on one of the following days, or mix up the order of our sightseeing in Trinidad. This itinerary is based on air schedules that can change without notice. Though this itinerary should serve as a very close guide to how this tour will come off, some adjustments may be required right up to the time of departure.
Witchvox Article It has its primary roots among the FonEwe peoples of West africa, Gran BwaIle - His name means Great Wood . He is a spirit of wilderness. http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=ustx&c=trads&id=6325
Tim Blair: ETHICS REVIEWED history of conflict to dispossess the indigenous people from their land. I am so sick of all this BadWhitey-Angst, or bwa (pronounced bwaaaaaaa! http://timblair.spleenville.com/archives/005811.php
Extractions: Main Gary Sauer-Thompson (who emigrated here from New Zealand) denounces Australia Day I reckon it has to do with planting the British flag on the soil of the continent. An act that says 'this land belongs to us.' An act that signifies colonial conquest. An act that looks towards a bloody history of conflict to dispossess the indigenous people from their land. Robert Corr (who emigrated here from Ireland) agrees Today marks the arrival of the second group of boat people to arrive in Australia. They stole land from the first, and now they lock up the newest boat people (who have no such heinous intent). The various ethical issues raised by these remarks are too complex for me to deal with, so I contacted ethicist Dr. Festus Wolfenstein , head of the School of Ethics at the International Ethics University in Brussels. Here is his report: Mr. Sauer-Thompson is plainly moved by the plight of Australias indigenous people, whom he sees as victims of conquest and dispossession. Australia is, he writes, their land. He also perceives that events subsequent to white settlement are part of a history of conflict. I imagine he refers here to the construction of cities and roads on Aboriginal land; which is, in his view, the whole of Australia. Mr. Corr characterises Australia as stolen from prior inhabitants, and sees present occupiers of Australia as the inheritors of this theft. He contrasts the thieving behaviour of the first white settlers (their crime shared, in Mr. Corrs view, by subsequent generations) with the honest and decent motives of recent applicants for asylum.
RAND AFRICAN ART - HOME PAGE expressions of traditional, indigenous African cultures. various forms ofAfrican currency, a bwa hawk mask and information on the bwa people from http://www.randafricanart.com/index1.html
Ayf-news : AYF-News> Stop Blaming Others. Build A Better Africa. When we start blaming people for our problems, we will end up doing nothing for hold PULL HIM Down ON African matters. BOODI BAATU BUHIKA bwa HONDA http://lists.kabissa.org/lists/archives/public/ayf-news/msg00300.html
Extractions: Domain Control Panel Search: All of Kabissa Whole Internet Pambazuka News Home Contact Directory African Mailing Lists African Websites ... Thread Index Dear everyone, Francis has a strong point and this collide with the inpiration that I got from Prof. Ayyittey during a speech that he gave on day of African Resource Bank organise by Inter Region Econonmic Network IREN) www.irenkenya.org with a theme: Building Africa through Trade. "He said, Africa is a very rich and wonderful continent BUT with so many problems which we cause for ourselves. African have been pointing fingers at colonialism for Africa`s present state, but the thing is, we got independent and no longer under the ugly colonialism. What have we as African, done to change the harm caused on us by colonialism. What do we plan to do to utilise Africa`s resources and beauty positively? I blamed African`s leaders for the present Africa` state because they have changed our beautiful continent into a land of blood shed. They waste most of our resources into plotting for conflicts, wars instead of using it for a positive course. We have to stop fighting each other if Africa is to develop" Well, we have to realise that we are born in a spoilt culture of pointing fingers and as young people, we have to fight that if we are to build Africa. Our leaders think wars/conflicts will solve our problems but we say NO! I again quote a sentence that Kumi Naidoo , Civicus General Secretary and Machel Gracia said during the CIVICUS World Assembly in Botswana recently which i attended.
Extractions: Domain Control Panel Search: All of Kabissa Whole Internet Pambazuka News Home Contact Directory African Mailing Lists African Websites ... Thread Index Dear All, In my view, its not a MUST that we ask our brothers abroad to come back to Africa in order to develop, we simply ought to ask them to expose us to ideas that make those other countries more successful than we are. Once this is done, those of us in Africa Africa Africa Keep it up James Shikwati -Original Message- wrote: Dear everyone, Francis has a strong point and this collide with the inpiration that I got from Prof. Ayyittey during a speech that he gave on day of African Resource Bank organise by Inter Region Econonmic Network IREN) www.irenkenya.org with a theme: Building Africa through Trade. "He said, Africa is a very rich and wonderful continent
Regional Business Achievers Awards leading decision makers in Southern africa, and is required reading for people in Receiving her award, Viwe thanked the bwa members who welcomed and http://www.bwasa.co.za/content/Default.aspx?Node=71.337
THE BAPTIST STUDIES BULLETIN of blacksfirst African Americans and then indigenous Africans as well. Then a prominent figure in the bwa, he was a VicePresident when he died in http://www.mercer.edu/baptiststudies/Bulletin/apr05arc.htm
Extractions: April 2005 Vol. 4 No. 4 Visit The Center for Baptist Studies' Web Site at www.mercer.edu/baptiststudies Produced by The Center for Baptist Studies, Mercer University Walter B. Shurden, Executive Editor, The Baptist Studies Bulletin Bruce T. Gourley, Editor, The Baptist Studies Bulletin Wil Platt, Associate Editor, The Baptist Studies Bulletin Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS: I Believe . . . : Walter B. Shurden "Becoming a Revolutionary " The Baptist Soapbox : Edmon L. Rowell, Jr. "Matthew 28:19-20" History of the Baptist World Alliance Richard V. Pierard "Blacks and the Baptist World Alliance" Baptists, the Bible, and the Poor Charles E. Poole "Keeping the Church's Story Straight" We Ordain Women Because We Baptize Girls Charles E. Poole A Sermon Focus on Collegiate Ministry Ruth Perkins-Lee " Students: A Church's Best Resource for Collegiate Ministry" BSB Book Review God's Politics: A New Vision for Faith and Politics in America
Best Practices & Local Leadership Programme PHL161/2004The Sustainable indigenous peoples Agricultural Technology (SIPAT), the indigenous Indian, Spanish and African origins of its people. http://www.blpnet.org/awards/awards17.htm
Extractions: Africa: Sanitation and farmer production in Sabtenga Polyclinic of Hope (POH), Kigali Prevention's strategies of fight against malaria Development Action Groups Peoples Housing Process Programme, Cape Town. ... Business and Competence Development: Working to reduce poverty, unemployment and hardship BFA684/2004-Sanitation and farmer production in Sabtenga, Burkina Faso Among its objectives, CREPO aimed to contribute to improving the health conditions of the populations by putting appropriate and cheap sanitation facilities at the disposal of the populations and by promoting the composition of human excreta for agricultural purposes To be enable it to achieve its goals, the organisation started by identifying and prioritisation the needs of the population, sensitising and training local actors, researching and studying the socio cultural, technical, hygiene-health, and agronomic aspects of ecological sanitation, preparing the experimental site and conducting the experiments and finally disseminating the results of the pilot project.
Fete Gede The indigenous Haitian Taino and Carib peoples had already been The resultwas a broad mix of many different African, indigenous Haitian and even http://www.vodoushaman.com/fetegede.html
Extractions: 2003 Participant NB: Due to current advice from the Foreign Office on visits to Haiti, we have postponed our 2004 trip to Haiti. We hope to celebrate Fet Gede in Haiti in 2005. Please email us if you would like information on forthcoming trips. Please read on for our proposed itinerary for 2005. Join us in the beautiful caribbean to celebrate the festival of the ancestors Fete Gede, the Festival of the Ancestors, is to the Haitian Voodoo the equivalent of Mardi Gras or the Mexican Day of the Dead. People dress up, take to the streets, dance their communion with the ancestors and, to the wild, lilting music of colourful bands, walk in spiritual procession to the graveyards where they feed their ancestral dead to honour their spirit and gain protection for the coming year. In peristyles (churches) up and down the country, there is music, dancing and feasting as the priests and the people come together - and enough drumming, singing and laughter to - literally - raise the dead!
