Bible Society Of South Africa - Good News For All For Ever Welcome to the Bible Society of South africa,Welkom by die Bybelgenootskap indigenous languages are very important as most people would like a Bible in http://www.biblesociety.co.za/support/bam_projects_oct04.asp
Extractions: Bibles in the languages of Angola Since becoming independent in 1975, Angola has almost continuosly been involved in civil war. It is stimated that some 1,5 million people have lost their lives in this conflict. Currently there is peace, but the economy has been destroyed and poverty is the order of the day. As is the case in the rest of the country, the Bible Society in Angola is also busy rebuilding. It is of particular importance that a distribution network is built up to ensure that people everywhere in the country can obtain Bibles. Many people literally lost everything in the war, including their Bibles. Although Portuguese is the official language, indigenous languages are very important as most people would like a Bible in their mother tongue. In order to meet this need the Bible Society would like to make 13 500 Bibles and 3 000 New Testaments available in Chokwe, Kikongo, Kimbundu, Luchazi and Umbundu as soon as possible at a very special price. However, funds are urgently needed. F UNDS NEEDED..
CIA -- The World Factbook 2000 -- Ethnic Groups indigenous tribal groups 99.66% (Shangaan, chokwe, Manyika, Sena, Makua, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2000/fields/ethnic_groups.html
Mozambique Home From about 1000BC the Bantu people began migrating from west africa to the south rights and the indigenous people who were under african colonial law. http://www.questconnect.org/africa_Mozambique.htm
Extractions: Geography and Climate The country of Mozambique is on the eastern coast of southern Africa bordered on the east by the Indian Ocean (the Mozambique channel), on the north by Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia, on the west by Zimbabwe and on the south by South Africa. The total area the country covers is 801,590 sq. km. and the coastline is 2,470 km. long. In comparison, the country is slightly less than twice the size of the U.S. state of California. The country has a wide plain of coastal lowlands in the south and in the north the plain narrows and rises to mountains and the plateaus. Also in the south there are many lakes, and the center of the country is dominated by the Zambezi river valley and its deltas. Other major rivers include the Limpopo (along with the Zambezi, two of southern Africa's largest rivers), the Save and the Rovuma which forms the border with Tanzania. Natural resources include coal, titanium, natural gas and hydropower.
Spirits The Portuguese first traveled to central africa in 1483, when Diogo Cão The exhibition opens with a series of artworks from the Dan peoples of Côte http://www.nmafa.si.edu/exhibits/spirits/intro.htm
Extractions: MM_preloadImages('images/introH.gif'); MM_preloadImages('images/wcaH.gif'); MM_preloadImages('images/konH.gif'); MM_preloadImages('images/matH.gif'); MM_preloadImages('images/zomH.gif'); MM_preloadImages('images/choH.gif'); MM_preloadImages('images/ngaH.gif'); MM_preloadImages('images/bidH.gif'); MM_preloadImages('images/retH.gif'); Also at the Smithsonian: Worshiping the Ancestors at the Sackler Gallery looks at the spirits of China. In the Presence of Spirits This exhibition examines an impressive group of over 140 objects that reflect the influences of the supernatural world in both public and private life throughout sub-Saharan Africa. The exhibition is organized according to both geography and the numerous cultural groups represented in the National Museum of Ethnology's collection. In the Presence of Spirits features objects that derive mainly, although not exclusively, from those areas where the Portuguese were present, such as Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau. A group of important artworks from western, central and southern Africa complements this selection. These artifacts demonstrate the rich variety and sculptural inventiveness of the cultures indigenous to these regions and provide insight into many of their spiritual practices. Highlights of the exhibition include figures, decorated stools and chairs, pipes, masks, staffs and dolls used by kings, queens, chiefs, priests, priestesses and diviners to summon spiritual forces. Major themes include an examination of prestige objects and power figures, initiation and funerary rituals, and symbols of spiritual and secular authority.
Ivars Peterson's MathTrek -Geometry Out Of Africa Textiles woven by the Tellem people in an area that is now in the Republic of Mali, African Fractals Modern Computing and indigenous Design. http://www.maa.org/mathland/mathtrek_11_29_99.html
Extractions: Ivars Peterson's MathTrek November 29, 1999 Both of my parents were born and grew up in the little Baltic country of Latvia. I remember, as a young child in northern Ontario, intently watching my father painstakingly color in tiny squares of a grid to create a symmetric design. Using yarn and needle, my mother would then transfer that highly geometric pattern to cloth, creating a wall hanging, a pillow cover, or some other decorative article. Geometric patterns with a high degree of symmetry are characteristic of much of traditional Latvian folk art. See http://www.webwm.com/w/h/frame0.htm for some striking examples of Latvian cross-stitch design. I have long been intrigued by the geometric designs created by various cultures, both past and present, throughout the world. I'm impressed by the variety of such patterns. At the same time, there are wonderful similarities among designs in different parts of the world, even when there's no evidence of direct contact between the groups. That's a consequence of the underlying mathematics. Given a set of rules, there are many instances in which the number of possibilities is finite. The five regular polyhedra and the 17 wallpaper symmetries are good examples. Two recent, beautifully illustrated books have introduced me to African geometry. To many people, that's an unknown, rarely glimpsed realm. The books help dispel some of the mystery, revealing a rich tapestry of geometric designs and concepts.
Angola Ethnic Groups And Languages Angola s remaining indigenous peoples fell into two disparate categories. Most spoke Portuguese, although some were also acquainted with African http://www.country-studies.com/angola/ethnic-groups-and-languages.html
Extractions: Ethnic Groups and Languages Although Portuguese was Angola's official language, the great majority of Angolans (more than 95 percent of the total population) used languages of the Bantu familysome closely related, others remotely sothat were spoken by most Africans living south of the equator and by substantial numbers north of it. Angola's remaining indigenous peoples fell into two disparate categories. A small number, all in southern Angola, spoke so-called Click languages (after a variety of sounds characteristic of them) and differed physically from local African populations. These Click speakers shared characteristics, such as small stature and lighter skin color, linking them to the hunting and gathering bands of southern Africa sometimes referred to by Europeans as Bushmen. The second category consisted of mestiços , largely urban and living in western Angola. Most spoke Portuguese, although some were also acquainted with African languages, and a few may have used such a language exclusively. The Definition of Ethnicity
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Extractions: IN ZAMBIA, IN AN OPEN FIELD NEXT TO A MARKET, PERFORMING THE SPIRITS Home Introduction Projects Articles/Plays ... Photo Gallery Shoeless and shirtless children ran cheering excitedly along side the vehicle as it bounced over ruts of red earth. As our Toyota Land Cruiser entered the circle created for our performance we immediately became the focus of gathered attention. We drove across the circle of dry grass to a make-shift stagea large wooden box surrounded with drums and puppets. Suddenly there was a spontaneous cheer from the crowd with arms waving, faces smiling and much whistling. Our arrival signaled the beginning of the performance to the crowd who waited for nearly forty minutes in the warm, but not yet hot, African sun. There is a unique crystal-like clarity and gentle freshness that characterizes the winter sky of southern Africa. Its sharp blue providing a perfect backdrop for the colorful mosaic of colorful clothing dotted with beautiful black faces. We were in Kitwe the heart of Zambia's "Copperbelt," formerly the world's most productive copper, zinc, and tin mines until the bottom fell out of the international metals in the early 1980's and first world countries started using laser optics instead of copper. Since then the Copperbelt Province, as the rest of Zambia, has been tail spinning in a whirl of foreign debt, inflation, unemployment, abject poverty, tribal in-fighting, and government corruption. The Land Cruiser pulled behind our "stage box" to provide both backdrop and a backstage for our performance. Timothy Mugala, Lenard, Milimo, and Jerry Jmuale who were drumming in a sweat at the box and nodded happily. At the center of the circle was shirtless Peter Piri who was entertaining the audience with his traditional comic dances. Though from the Bemba tribe, Peter knew scores of traditional dances from many different tribes; he was presenting an impromptu, sometimes bawdy, crowd pleasing warm-up to fill the time. The audience followed every move of his torso and stomach as he rotated and punctuated the syncopating drum rhythms with his astounding isolations.
African Folklore -- A-Z Entries Northeastern africa ( The Horn ) Overview Nsibidi An indigenous Writing System Rastafari A Marginalized People Rattray, RS Religion african http://www.routledge-ny.com/folklore/african/azentries.html
Extractions: Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi ... African cinema videography (via U. Pennsylvania) Films and Documents About Women in Africa (via UCB African American Studies Dept.) African Cinema and African Cinematic Representation: A Short Bibliography/Videography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Libraries Africa. 8 part series by Basil Davidson. The story is unfolded on location all over Africa, showing life as it is today, plus archive film and dramatized reconstructions. Two programs per cassette, each an hour long. 1984. Different But Equal (Part 1). Describes how some of the world's greatest early civilizations had their origins in the heart of black Africa and discusses some of their artistic, technical and scientific achievements. Video/C MM452 Mastering a Continent (Part 2). Looks at two important developments in early African society, the growth of cattle keeping and agriculture. Focuses on the activities of three communities, the Pokot in Northern Kenya, Sukor in Nigeria and the Dogon of Mali. Video/C MM452 Caravans of Gold (Part 3).
Extractions: African American Black Blood Donor Emergency COUNTRY RACIAL and/or ETHNIC ANALYSIS of PEOPLE GROUPS Afghanistan Pashtun 38%, Tajik 25%, Uzbek 6%, Hazara 19%, minor ethnic groups (Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others) Albania Albanian 95%, Greeks 3%, other 2%: Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians Algeria Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1% Andorra Spanish 61%, Andorran 30%, French 6%, other 3% Angola Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, Mestico (mixed European and Native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22% Antigua black, British, Portuguese, Lebanese, Syrian (see Barbuda) Argentina European 97% (mostly of Spanish and Italian descent), 3% other (mostly Indian or Mestizo) Armenia Armenian 93%, Azeri 3%, Russian 2%, other (mostly Yezidi Kurds) 2% (1989) Note: as of the end of 1993, virtually all Azeris had emigrated from Armenia Australia Caucasian 95%, Asian 4%, aboriginal (353,000) and other 1%
African Lesson Plans 1998 The people of western and central africa whose art is represented in the In the broad upland belt of central africa are located the chokwe, Luba, http://www.umfa.utah.edu/index.php?id=MTIz
Extractions: University of Phoenix The fastest growing school in the world. Highly career-focused education , designed to accelerate the careers of working professionals. Both campus-based and online. Wide range of degrees, programs, locations. Mozambique People : A summary of information about Mozambique People, from government research data as well as independent research and other sources. You are here: All Countries Mozambique Population 19,104,696 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected; the 1997 Mozambican census reported a population of 16,099,246 (July 2000 est.) Age structure 0-14 years: 43% (male 4,079,240; female 4,122,578) 15-64 years: 54% (male 5,123,178; female 5,262,618) 65 years and over: 3% (male 215,412; female 301,670) (2000 est.) Population growth rate 1.47% (2000 est.)
Plep Archive From the early days of the PreDorset and Dorset people who moved across the Arctic in the chokwe of Angola, and the Ntwane of South africa. Images. 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 ... '
African Countries African American. Welcome home Object of the Game is to finish as the richest player Ethnic groups indigenous tribal groups 99.66% (Shangaan, chokwe, http://www.africanjourney.net/africancountries.html
Extractions: D o K now Y our W orld Product from USA Store Legacy Game African American Object of the Game is to finish as the richest player or as the player who owes the least money to the Bank Bag after one or two rounds. The number of rounds is decided at the beginning of the game. Products from Africa Masks Bags Music Instruments African Legacy game ... African Map Algeria A fter a century of rule by France, Algeria became independent in 1962. Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia. Border countries Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Tunisia, Western Sahara. Area: slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas, Algeria is the second-largest country in Africa after Sudan. Ethnic: Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1% Languages: Arabic (official) French, Berber dialects. Religion: Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1% Capital: Algiers More about this country Angola Civil war has been the norm in Angola since independence from Portugal in 1975. A 1994 peace accord between the government and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) provided for the integration of former UNITA insurgents into the government and armed forces. A national unity government was installed in April of 1997.
African Encounter: Destinations Section People 99% African, including Shangaan, chokwe, Manyika, Sena and Makua Language Portuguese (official), indigenous languages Time GMT + 2 hours http://www.africanencounter.com/co/moz.shtml
Extractions: President: Joaquim Alberto Chissano With over 2,500kms (1500 miles) of coastline the tourism industry in Mozambique is predominately based on the attraction of its white, palm-fringed beaches, lapped by warm currents and boasting coral reefs, islands and archipelago's with dazzling marine life. As the country re-enters the international tourism scene many new lodges and luxury hotels are opening to cater for the discerning visitor. The coral reefs and open seas off Mozambique are some of the world's richest, making the country a haven for snorkeling, diving and deep sea fishing.
African American Plebiscite And Referendum He concludes that most indigenous peoples are excluded from the exercise of external 28 The African American Reparations Tribunal is modeled after the http://www.geocities.com/icsijaa/Referendum.htm
Extractions: African American Plebiscite and Referendum The Ballot The key to equal status treatments in any society concerns both law and economics. Any intelligent African-American will readily understand the need to vote for a legal status if they knew that the 13th, 14th and 15th amendment did not make them a full United States citizen. The domestic legal reality is that the Supreme Court from time to time have franchised, then disenfranchised, enfranchised the African-American and again disenfranchised him It was these, successive, Supreme Courts disenfranchisement rulings that have enabled crimes against humanity to be perpetrated on the African-American . The inability, to engage the legal or economic system because of race-based factors is a violation of human rights. This reality begs for an international solution since the only ones that can change the African-Americans status is the African-American. Consequently, an internationally binding ballot determining our legal status is a prerequisite to legal and economic enfranchisements. This ping-pong game of enfranchisement/disenfranchisement began when Republican members of the Civil War Congress, Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens, valiantly pressed on for African enfranchisement and successfully fought for the passage of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments, and the Freedmen Bureau Bill. However, when Thaddeus Stevens introduced the economically laden Reparations Bill in 1867 bill, it was vetoed by racist President Andrew Johnson and ultimately rejected by the 39
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Extractions: view this site in Microsoft Authorized Education Reseller, call for quotes Home Help Contact Us Privacy ... Checkout Super Bargains Computers / Notebooks Dictionary ESL-English as Second Language Games Gift Items! Handheld Dictionary Karaoke Keyboard Stickers Keyboards Kids Learn Microsoft Office Microsoft Windows Movies/Videos Software - Mac Software - Windows Spell Checking Translation More... Angola Capital: Luanda Population: Description: The official language is Portuguese. The most important native language is Mbundu, a term that actually embraces two languages-Umbundu, with about 3 million speakers in central Angola, and Kimbundu, with about 2 million speakers in the north. Kongo is spoken by about one million people in the far north, Chokwe by a about 500,000 people in the northeast and Ewena (Luvale) by about 350,000 people in the eastern panhandle. Lunda, closely related to Chokwe, is spoken by about 100,000 people in the northeast.
