Cameroon indigenous peoples with their own African languages Religion animist 50,Christian 33, 180948 The northern savannahs were conquered by the fulani, http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/countryfacts/cameroon.html
Extractions: GENERAL INFORMATION National name Rpublique du Cameroun/Republic of Cameroon Area 475,440 sq km/183,567 sq mi Capital Yaound Major towns/cities Garoua, Douala, Nkongsamba, Maroua, Bamenda, Bafoussam, Ngaoundr Major ports Douala Physical features desert in far north in the Lake Chad basin, mountains in west, dry savannah plateau in the intermediate area, and dense tropical rainforest in south; Mount Cameroon 4,070 m/13,358 ft, an active volcano on the coast, west of the Adamawa Mountains back to top GOVERNMENT Head of state Paul Biya from 1982 Head of government Peter Musonge Mafani from 1996 Political system emergent democracy Political executive limited presidency Administrative divisions ten provinces Political parties Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC), nationalist, left of centre; Front of Allies for Change (FAC), left of centre (There are 47 parties in Cameroon and seven parties in parliament)
JJSProgramme The beginning of literacy among the indigenous people of South africa The emergence of contemporary creative writing in fulani/Pulaar http://www.jahn-bibliothek.ifeas.uni-mainz.de/JJSProgramm.html
Mali: Educational Resources The Dogon people of Mali are one of the most artistic cultures of africa. with an overview of the geography and indigenous peoples of the region, http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/mali_ed_res1.html
Extractions: Series host Basil Davidson traces the routes of the medieval gold trade, which reached from Africa to India, China, and the city-states of Italy. African kings grew rich and powerful as a result. This episode traces the African gold trade from its beginning in the early Middle Ages through its end in late fifteenth century. African Carving: A Dogon Kanaga Mask AT-19 This film documents the process that a Dogon carver uses to create a Kanaga mask. The carver must find a proper Tagoda tree from which to make the mask; he must also pray and make offerings to the tree-spirit in order to be allowed to use the sacred wood. The Kanaga mask that he makes is one of the most characteristic emblems of Mali and it will be used in sacred ceremonies of the Dogon people. African Sculpture from Private Collections PS-29 This kit shows examples of 19th century art from the private collections of Merton Simpson and Peter Pollack. The works illustrate the interrelationship of symbol, function, and style in African art. African sculpture expresses the values and attitudes of the society from which it came, and this fact is developed in the script that accompanies this slide kit.
The Mistake Of 1914 Even indigenous preIslamic Hausa-fulani culture was not much different from that of religious pre-conditions) with other neighbouring African peoples. http://www.nigerdeltacongress.com/marticles/mistake_of_1914.htm
Extractions: The 'mistake' of 1914 by Mallam Bamaguje Katsina State, Nigeria Many Nigerians especially southerners seem to believe that the amalgamation of northern and southern protectorates by the British in 1914 was a colossal mistake. They contend that northern and southern Nigeria are too different to make a workable nation, hence they attribute much of Nigerias problems today to that historic error. As an Nkrumaist Pan Africanist who believes in the unification of black Africa, I find such notion disturbing. Even in pre-colonial Africa, multi-ethnic nations existed. The Benin empire comprised Edos,Urhobos, Yorubas and some Igbo speaking peoples. The influence of the Oyo Empire extended into modern day Ghana. The Sokoto caliphate was multi-ethnic, in fact most of the great African empires Mali, Songhai, Ashanti, Zulu etc were composed of more than one ethnic group. Around the world today multi-ethnic nations are the norm rather than exception. Even Britain our erstwhile colonial master is an amalgam of English, Welsh, Scots, Norrnans, Saxons, Angles, etc. It is therefore likely that even without colonialism multi-ethnic nations would have emerged in Africa today. On closer scrutiny the apparently irreconcilable dichotomy is actually between the core North and the rest of the country. In culture and way of life most Middle Belt peoples have more in common with the South than with the core North. In fact many Middle Belters have strong historic and ethnic affiliation with the South the Kwara/Kogi Yorubas and their south western cousins; Idomas of Benue and Yalas of Cross River; the Igalas had more historical interaction with the Igbos and Edos than their fellow Hausa northerners.
Nomads Of Niger By a recent count, the continent of africa comprises some 1300 cultures. Though this is inevitable for most indigenous peoples. http://www.enotalone.com/books/0810981254.html
Extractions: By a recent count, the continent of Africa comprises some 1,300 cultures. Some of them number millions of people, some only a few families; some are thriving, while others are in danger of disappearing, the victims of acculturation or, in extreme cases, of genocide. This diversityand the dangers to itis little known outside Africa. Photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher highlight both matters in African Ceremonies, an Passages: Placing her hands gently on either side of her daughter's face, a Himba woman rolls down the thick brown coil of her ceremonial ekori headdress. Eyes closed in the darkness of their hut in northwestern Namibia, both mother and daughter register the gravity of this moment, shortly before the girl's wedding. The headdress insures that she looks only into the future that awaits her as a married woman and not grieve over leaving her Faces of Africa Faces of Africa is for everyone who loved African Ceremonies, but longs for more of Beckwith and Fisher's unique eye on Africa and the faces of its beautiful inhabitants. Structured by theme, the book looks at portraits of people who are painted, beaded, draped in beautiful cloth, veiled, and most impressively, ready for marriage. Drawn from every part of the massive African continent, the portraits bridge the distance between very remote Maasai
Resources For 306 africa peoples Cultures. RESOURCES IMAGES These maps show early settlementsin Liberia, indigenous political subdivisions, and some of the building http://ascc.artsci.wustl.edu/~anthro/courses/306/resources.html
Extractions: Africa - The Birthplace of Modern Humans You either love it or hate it . . . Africa Map Click here to see large map Features of Africa Africa is the second-largest continent , after Asia, covering 30,330,000 sq km; about 22% of the total land area of the Earth. It measures about 8,000 km from north to south and about 7,360 km from east to west. The highest point on the continent is Mt. Kilimanjaro - Uhuru Point - (5,963 m/19,340 ft) in Tanzania. The lowest is Lake 'Asal (153 m/502 ft below sea level) in Djibouti. The Forests cover about one-fifth of the total land area of the continent. And the Deserts and their extended margins have the remaining two-fifths of African land. World's longest river : The River Nile drains north-eastern Africa, and, at 6,650 km (4,132 mi), is the longest river in the world. It is formed from the Blue Nile, which originates at Lake Tana in Ethiopia, and the White Nile, which originates at Lake Victoria. World's second largest lake : Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and the is the world's second-largest freshwater lake - covering an area of 69,490 sq km (26,830 sq mi) and lies 1,130 m (3,720 ft) above sea level. Its greatest known depth is 82 m (270 ft).
Références Contemporary nomadic and pastoral peoples africa and Latin America. Conservation and indigenous peoples a study of convergent interests , pp. http://www.fao.org/docrep/t6260f/t6260f0p.htm
Extractions: Table des matières Précédente Suivante Abu Sin, M. El-H. 1983. Livestock economy and attitude of tenants in Rahad and Khashm el-Girba projects: a comparative study , Rahad Agricultural corporation/ Ford Foundation, Univ. of Khartourn. Abu-Lughod, L. 1984. "Change and Egyptian bedouins", Cultural Survival Quarterly Adams, M. 1982. "The Baggara problem: attempts at modern change in southern Darfur and southern Kordofan (Sudan)", Development and change Adegboye, R.O. et al A socioeconomic study of Fulani nomads in Kwara State , Federal Livestock Department (Kaduna), Ibadan. Ahrned, A.G.M. n.d. "Nomadic competition in the Funj area", Sudan Notes and Records , Khartoum. Ahmed, A.G.M. et al. 1976. Jonglei soclo-economic research team interim report , Executive Organ Development projects in Jonglei area, Rep. of Sudan. Ahmed, A.G.M. 1978. Integrated rural development: problems and strategies. The case of the Dinka and the Nuer of the Jonglei project area in the Sudan , Executive Organ Development Projects in Jonglei area, report no.8, Rep. of Sudan. Pastoralism conference in Nigeria , Ahmadu Bello Univ., Zaria.
Ivars Peterson's MathTrek -Geometry Out Of Africa The iterative construction of a fulani wedding blanket, for instance, embedsspiritual energy, 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.
ICE 2004 - Panels 23 And 10 We suggest these changes are affecting the ways indigenous people perceive their AND ALLOCHTHONOUS fulani GROUPS IN BURKINA FASO (WEST africa) http://www.kent.ac.uk/anthropology/ice2004/panels/panel23and10.html
Extractions: "What is 'traditional' about traditional knowledge is not its antiquity, but the way it is acquired and used. In other words, the social process of learning and sharing knowledge, which is unique to each indigenous culture, lies at the very heart of its "traditionality". Much of this knowledge is actually quite new, but it has social meaning, and legal character, entirely unlike other knowledge " The Four Directions Council (1996) of Canada in Posey (1999:4) For the past several decades, the study of TEK (also called IK, TBK, LK etc.) has been evolving rapidly and has become one of the mainstays of ethnobiological research. In recent years the focus has been on the dynamic nature of TEK. Indeed, as suggested by indigenous voices, the focus has shifted from 'what is known' to the 'how of knowing'. In this sense, shifts in TEK are subtle, constant and impacted by many aspects of cultural change. Thus a panel on the acquisition and transmission of TEK is highly appropriate for a conference on displacement and change. How does TEK change as people move to new areas? How does it stay the same? How can it be described or measured? This panel will explore these themes, both from a scientific and an indigenous perspective. An effort will be made to present different schools of TEK research and different theoretical orientations.
Human Rights Internet - The Human Rights Databank In UNsponsored meetings, representatives of indigenous peoples and many fulani - 6 million (Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroun, Guinea, Mali, http://www.hri.ca/doccentre/docs/handbook97/tribal.shtml
Extractions: No general, universal agreement defines indigenous peoples. This observation is stated in many forms, in relevant UN commissions and working groups, as well as in the World Bank's Operational Directive on Indigenous Peoples. Most countries currently seeking to address indigenous issues do so within the context of their national constitution, and according to their reading of history, rather than as an issue of universal character. In UN-sponsored meetings, representatives of indigenous peoples and many governments have expressed the view that a definition of the concept of indigenous peoples is not necessary at the intenational level, although such definitions may be advisable and necessary at the national level. In addition, indigenous peoples have questioned the need for a universal definition of the concept of "indigenous peoples:" "peoples"
[lbo-talk] Re: Mr. Churchill While IITC s relationship to indigenous peoples was steadily deteriorating, Not only was fulani s Rainbow Alliance, a subsidiary of her New http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20050131/002744.html
Extractions: Sort by: Date Rank Author Subject Reverse Sort Yoshie cites Ken Lawrence lbo-talk post, http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/1998/1998-October/009552.html http://www.coloradoaim.org/why.html ...The IITC. Hammered to pieces as a direct result of federal repression, AIM was in a state of virtual collapse by the early 80s, fraught with incessant internal discord.141 The Bellecourts were the only AIM "notables" never tried and imprisoned during the period. It was at this point that Vernon announced the reestablishment of the formerly-dissolved National Office and proclaimed Clyde executive director. Whatever his younger brother was doing at the time, Vernon used his new station to assert control over the movement's single untarnished operation, the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC).
ROUTLEDGE/Major Works: Opere Di Consultazione Con Sconto Speciale Afghanistan; africa a continent of minorities?; africanAmericans; Shan; Shor; Siberian indigenous peoples; Sidama; Sierra Leone; Sikhs; Sindhis; http://www.burioni.it/libri/news/routledge5/minorities.htm
Extractions: Edited by: Carl Skutsch here was a time when minority populations around the globe were often overlooked, their histories forgotten, their needs ignored. With globalization and conflict, social and political changes in the last decades has given rise to the need to understand the world's minorities, the diversity they represent, the challenges they face, the modes of coexistence that have evolved and the frictions that must be addressed. This resource is a three-volume, A-Z encyclopedia, with some 600 essay entries that provides a quick and clearly-written introduction to minority groups and the themes and concepts that help students understand the issues. Entries, ranging from 1,000 to 5,000 words, fall into four main categories for ease of use. Each entry is followed by a list of selected futher readings. The four categories are: Minority entries; Topic entries; Biographical entires; and Country entries.
Joseph R. Wheeler, III Interview Oriental, the indigenous peoples of America, Mexico, everywhere! the Maasai,Somburu, Yoruba, fulani, Nuba, and many other tribal groups of perished http://www.graffiti.org/joeism/joe2.html
Extractions: Mother Returns Art Crimes: How long have you been painting canvases and portable pieces? Joseph: I've been doing portable pieces all of my life. I came up on cheap sketch pads and typing paper, on Saturday morning art classes that taught me all of the accepted forms of visual art. Those classes also taught me to respect other forms of art whether I understood them at that young age or not. I developed my skills in the following order (blending them as time went on): crayons - ya'll know what it is, pencil, pen, markers, colored pencils, markers, watercolors, inks and dyes, oil and acrylic painting, and then somewhat recently - the aerosol can and airbrush. I did a lot of poster-size masterpieces on illustration board. I had always looked at brush to canvas painting as the ultimate level of accomplishment. I thought it was hard. I tell a lot of younger people that I've had the pleasure of working with that no medium is impossible to adapt to if you have "EYE" and know the "LINE". Drawing is the basis of the artist's perception.
Indigenous People.HTML of cattle herders are the fulani of northern Nigeria, the Masai of Kenya, africa. These people live on the savanna because this is one of the few areas http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/N/n5/indigenous people.HTML
MOST Ethno-Net Publication Africa At Crossroads africa at Crossroads Complex Political Emergencies in the 21st Century, Consequently, the vast majority of the indigenous peoples of the colony http://www.ethnonet-africa.org/pubs/crossroadsibea.htm
Extractions: Internal population displacement has emerged as a major global problem since the end of the Cold War. In 1998, it was estimated that there were 20-22 million internally displaced people in the world, most of them in Africa (Hampton, 1998: xv; Schmeidl, 1998; Bennett, 1998: 28). The marked increase in this population has, understandably, been accompanied by an increased attention of the international community, policy makers and academics, resulting in a concomitant rise in research on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) (Ludlam-Taylor, 1998). The predominant inclination in existing knowledge is to see the rising tide of internal population displacement as the fault of the state and the actions of those that run it. Factors such as human rights violation, poor policy choices, political instability, poor social and welfare provisioning and the inability of the state to manage social conflicts are commonly held accountable for the problem (Helle, 1998; McNamara, 1998). Having defined the problem as one of state management, recourse is then made to the establishment of a normative framework to guide state behaviour towards its citizens. It is not surprising that the Secretary-Generals Special Representative on IDPs has focused attention on the development of such a normative framework, culminating in the release of the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement in 1998 (UN, 1998; Deng, 1998).
Africa Book Centre Ltd Culture, People And Anthropology THE GA OF GHANA History Culture of a West African People MOVING THROUGHAND PASSING ON fulani Mobility, Survival, and Identity in Ghana http://www.africabookcentre.com/acatalog/Culture_Ghana.html
Tribes Of The Niger fulani ( FULBE, PEUL) a people speaking a West Atlantic language, dispersedacross the Sahel MANDE a group of Madespeaking people of West africa. http://schools.4j.lane.edu/spencerbutte/StudentProjects/Rivers/tribe.html
Extractions: EDO : a Kwa-speaking people of southern Nigeria, the population of the kingdom of Benin; whose political and religious ruler, the , lives in Benin City. The ruling dynasty is historically closely linked with the Yoruba. They are famed for they carving, metal-casting and other arts. Population 1.3 million. FULANI ( FULBE, PEUL) : a people speaking a West Atlantic language, dispersed across the Sahel zone of West Africa from Senegal to Cameroon. They are predominantly Muslim, and coprise both transhumant cattle keepers and also sedentaery agricultural groups. Both are typically minority elements living among other peoples. The pastoralist groups are egalitarian, the sedentary ones having chiefs in some areas, such as northern Nigeria, where they overthrew the Hausa rulers of existing states in the early 19th century, established kingdoms by the conquest of indigenous peoples. population 7 million
Islam In Sudan - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Sudanese saw the Jaali as primarily indigenous peoples who were gradually Living in Sudan in 1990 were nearly a million people of West African origin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Sudan
Extractions: Sudan is a religiously mixed country, although Muslims have dominated national government institutions since independence in . Accurate figures are unavailable due to poor census data and the last 2 decades of civil war, but most estimates put the Muslim population at approximately 65 percent, including numerous Arab and non-Arab groups; Christians at approximately 10 percent; and traditionalists at 25 percent. Muslims predominate in the north, but there are sizable Christian communities in northern cities, principally in areas where there are large numbers of internally displaced persons. It is estimated that over the last 40 years, more than 4 million southerners have fled to the north to escape the war. Most citizens in the south adhere to either Christianity or traditional indigenous religions (animists); however, there are some Muslim adherents as well, particularly along the historical dividing line between Arabs and Nilotic ethnic groups. The Muslim population is almost entirely Sunni but is divided into many different groups. The most significant divisions occur along the lines of the
Charles Barron, Black Folk, Reject Fulani And Buchanan! Will you support Reparations for people of African ancestry in America and theworldwide America is paying the indigenous people, whose land they stole, http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/237.html
Extractions: X-WWW-Site: http://www.blackradicalcongress.org/ They say politics makes strange bedfellows, but this is getting ridiculous. Where ever you find rich white males in the political mix, you'll find Dr. Lenora Fulani. It doesn't matter if they are left, right, wrong or racist. She has pushed Fred Newman, Tom Galisano, Abe Herschfield, Ross Perot, and now arch racist conservative Pat Buchanan for President. I guess it's pragmatism over principles for Dr. Fulani. It matters not that these men have done nothing for the Black community and as for Buchanan, his repugnant, vile views are diametrically opposed to any radical, progressive or civil rights agenda we've ever had. Buchanan, a defender of the pre-civil war south, the good ol' days for racist white folk, a staunch supporter of Reaganomics, a supporter of closing borders and stopping immigrants of color from reuniting with their families, is considered by many a racist, fascist bigot. Dr. Fulani, who has considered herself a progressive independent, has spent years criticizing Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton for delivering the Black vote to the Democratic Party, and now she has the nerve to try to deliver Black folk to a racist backward thinking political misfit like Pat Buchanan. This is madness!
