SOS Children's Villages: Country Information On Burkina Faso Various Mossi states were built up around the 14th century by peoples migratingfrom the The lobi have one of the best preserved traditions in africa, http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/html/country_information_on_burkina_faso.ht
Extractions: Country Information on Burkina Faso History/Politics The history of Burkina Faso is largely the history of the ancient Mossi Kingdom. Burkina Faso - Select a village Capital: Ouagadougou Area: 274,200 km² Population: 11.6 million(December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Mossi, Gurunsi, Lobi, Senufo, Bobo, Mande, Conversely, the south opens up into forests and sugar cane fields, and in the east there are woodland areas. The plateau is drained to the south by the Black Volta (Mouhoun), Red Volta (Nazinon), and White Volta (Nakanbe) rivers and to the east by small rivers connecting with the Niger; none are navigable. A dry, cool season in Burkina Faso extends from November through March; a hot, dry one from March through May; and a hot, wet one from May to November. Rainfall decreases from more than 1,000 mm in the southwest to less than 250 mm in the north and is heaviest in the summer. Average temperatures vary between 21.1° C and 26.7° C.
Extractions: - original sounds from Lobi Tribe as my nokia recorded one evening: first sample (WAV, 70KB) and second sample (WAV, 34KB) National Geographic published my article about African spiritual world photos from Cape Coast released National Geographic published my article about marriage poles of Lobi tribe photos from Larabanga, Lobi and Talensi people, Mole National Park and Breno beach released ... diary updated again on my way.. last time I had chance to visit indigenous tribe of Siberut Island and was amazed about the tribal people, their culture and their life. when trying to plan trip for this year, I decided, once again, not to choose tourist destination, but rather place where I could learn more about indigenous people and their beliefs. after going through several books and interesting web sites I bumped into interesting information. somewhere in the sahel, on the border between burkina faso and ghana, there is one tribe living, that was never colonized even when rest of the west africa was bowing to "white man".
Photographs Of Africa | Picture Africa Dogon lobi - River Niger Albums Over 400 photographs in six photo albums on Photographing People in Southern africa, 1860 to 1999, Conference, http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/photographs.html
African Art On The Internet africa Talks.org an online and faceto-face community of people interested indevelopment Islam and indigenous african cultures, Shawabtis and Nubia, http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/art.html
Extractions: "Ethiopia’s leading artist." Biography, his paintings, sculptures, mosaics, murals, art in the artist's home. Afewerk created the stained-glass windows at the entrance of Africa Hall, headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. "In 1964, he became the first winner of the Haile Selassie I prize for Fine Arts." "In 2000, he was one of the few chosen World Laureates by the council of the ABI on the occasion of the 27th International Millennium Congress on the Arts and Communication in Washington DC." He painted Kwame Nkrumah's portrait and was awarded the American Golden Academy Award and the Cambridge Order of Excellence England. Prints of his work may be purchased online. http://www.afewerktekle.org
Álgoálbmotvuoigatvuođaid Gelbbolavuođaguovddá UN marks indigenous people s day with call for action against discrimination All africa. Crees Begin Journey Back Home to Correct Historical Injustice http://www.galdu.org/samegillii/
Extractions: Fierpmádatkárta Digatallansiidu Guossegirji Sámiid birra ... Slideshow Internrettslige betraktninger om reindriften Noen juridiske betraktninger vedrørende samiske rettigheter i saltvann Indigenous Women - A Gender Perspective Artihkkalat Reindriftsrettigheter i Norge Referat fra justiskomiteens konsultasjoner med Sametinget og Finnmark fylkesting Rett og urett omkring finnmarksloven Reindriftas organisering sett fra alminnelig kontraktsteori Sámi ássanvuogit ja huksenvierut Call for change in indigenous communities A GENERATION of non-urban indigenous Australians has been lost in the failed experiment of remote Aboriginal communities, a conservative think-tank said. 23/09 00:40 Townsville Bulletin Navajos enter four-tribe coalition to fight violence Email to a Friend Printer Friendly Version RED LAKE, Minn. Four American Indian tribes, including the Navajo Nation, will receive federal grants to form a coalition to fight violence against women and children. 22/09 23:13 Kold News Bushmen 'threatened' Related Articles San Bushmen fined for hunting Bushmen may hunt in reserve San 'forcefully' removed San Bushmen fight for land Bushmen head for US Bushmen can't go home Diamonds not behind San move Bushmen going home Bushmen forced from Kalahari Lonely road of the Botswana San Ghanzi - Botswana is embroiled in a new controversy over the fate of its San Bushmen after the government decided to close down part of the Kalahari Game Reserve, prompting clashes. Maoris relishing their new-found importance With last week's election ending in deadlock, the Maori Party is fiercely determined to use its vital seats to counter recent anti-minority legislation
List Of Ethnic Groups - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia of African slaves repatriated to Liberia Amhara indigenous people ofcentral Ethiopia Dagestani peoples - indigenous groups of northern Caucasus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_peoples
Extractions: Contents: Top A B C ... edit Abenaki Native Americans of Quebec Vermont New Hampshire , and possibly Maine Algonquin people Abkhaz - Minority in Georgia Turkey and Russia , majority (since 1993 civil war) in Abkhazia Aborigine , an aboriginal inhabitant of Australia Acadian French-Canadians of the Canadian Maritimes Accohannock Native Americans of Maryland Achang Yunnan China ... Native Americans of California Acoma Native Americans of the southwest United States and Mexico Adja - Minority in Benin Adyghe - Minority in Russia , in the north Caucasus region. Afar - A tribal people in Ethiopia Eritrea and Djibouti . Also known as Danakil African-American Americans of African descent Afrikaners - descendants of Dutch settlers / French Huguenot Africa Afro-Cuban Afromestizos ... Aftsarians or Isaurians Agni - minority group in C´te d'Ivoire Aguls Dagestani minority group Ahtna - Native Alaskans , along the Copper River Aimaks - Minority group in Afghanistan Aimaq - Minority group in Afghanistan Ainu - Natives of Hokkaido , much of Sakhalin , the Kuriles , and at one time northern Honshu , the Kamchatka Peninsula , and the Amur River basin Aja - Minority group in Benin Ak Chin Native American group now resident in Pinal County, Arizona
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 Travel Information | Lonely Planet Destination Guide People Mossi, Gurunsi, Sénufo, lobi, Bobo, Mande, Fulani The lobi have oneof the best preserved traditions in africa, including the dyoro initiation http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/africa/burkina_faso/printable.htm
Extractions: WORLDGUIDE Introduction See Image Gallery Transport Money Essential Info RELATED Thorn Tree Forum Postcards Travel Links Burkina Faso consistently produces silk purses from sows' ears; they come from one of the poorest countries in the world, but they are renowned for their don't-worry-be-happy optimism and have managed to fashion a beautiful and culturally sophisticated country out of the little resources they do have.
African Masks African peoples often symbolize death by the colour white rather than Having conquered the indigenous peoples, the Lunda gradually assimilated with them http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/nieuwenhuysen/african-art/african-art-collection-mas
Extractions: (of variable age, artistic quality, and degree of authenticity) Many African societies see masks as mediators between the living world and the supernatural world of the dead, ancestors and other entities. Masks became and still become the attribute of a dressed up dancer who gave it life and word at the time of ceremonies. The sculptor begins by cutting a piece of wood and leaving it to dry in the sun; if it cracks, it cannot be used for a mask. African sculptors see wood as a complex living material and believe each piece can add its own feature to their work. Having made certain the wood is suitable, the sculptor begins, using an azde to carve the main features, a chisel to work on details and a rough leaf to sand the piece.
African Statues, Sculptures, Figures, Fetishes Lineages and clans of the indigenous tengabisi inhabitants own the masks, andonly the large group of Baule people/tribe from Ivory Coast in Westafrica http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/nieuwenhuysen/african-art/african-art-collection-sta
Extractions: (of variable age, artistic quality, and degree of authenticity) Clicking on a small photo brings you a bigger photo. Some of the pieces are available (for exchange for instance). The attributions of the origin of the objects is based on their stylistic characteristics and/or on the data provided by the seller and/or experts, but of course certainty cannot be reached. 1. Bamana / Bambara / (Baumana) / (Banbara) people/tribe from Mali, West-Africa 1.1. Female janiform figure in the style of the Bamana / Bambara / (Baumana) or the neighbouring Marka/Warka and Bozo tribes/people Information about Mali and the art from that country can be found on the WWW: http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/mali_geo_hist.html Information about Bamana/Bambara ceremonies and art can be found for instance in the following sources: Jacques Kerchache, Jean-Louis Paudrat, Lucien Stephan, L'art et les grandes civililitations: L'art africain. Paris : Editions Mazenod, 1988, 620 pp.
Extractions: Contents: A B C D ... Z Abenaki Native Americans of Quebec Vermont New Hampshire , and possibly Maine Algonquin people Abkhaz - Minority in Georgia Turkey and Russia Abkhazia Acadian French-Canadians of the Canadian Maritimes Accohannock Native Americans of Maryland Achang Yunnan China ... Native Americans of California Acoma Native Americans of the southwest United States and Mexico Adja - Minority in Benin Adyghe - Minority in Russia , in the north Caucasus region. Afar - Minority in Ethiopia Eritrea and Djibouti . Also known as Danakil African-American - Descendants of African slaves brought to North America Afrikaners - Descendents of Dutch settlers / French Huguenot Africa Agni - minority group in Côte d'Ivoire Aguls Dagestani minority group Ahtna - Native Alaskans , along the Copper River Aimaks - Minority group in Afghanistan Aimaq - Minority group in Afghanistan Ainu - Natives of Hokkaido , much of Sakhalin , the Kuriles , and at one time northern Honshu , the Kamchatka Peninsula , and the Amur River basin Aja - Minority group in Benin Ak Chin Native American group now resident in Pinal County, Arizona
Extractions: Born in 1950 and trained as a soldier in Cameroon and Morocco, Blaise Campaore served under Thomas Sankara as minister of state to the presidency, before deposing and executing him in 1987. He disarmed local militias and, despite his reputed left-wing leanings, embarked on a program of privatization and austerity measures sponsored by the International Monetary Fund. After officially eschewing socialism, he was elected president unopposed in 1991, and re-elected by a landslide in 1998. Prime Minister: Ernest Paramanga Yonli; Foreign Minister: Youssouf Ouedraogo; Defense Minister: Kouame Louge; Economy and Finance Minister: Ernest Paramanga Yonli. The Ministry of Communication and Culture supervises the administration of all media. The Superior Council of Information also regulates broadcasters. There are about a dozen private radio stations, one private television channel and numerous independent publications. Libel and defamation laws have been invoked occasionally. However, normally the media, which is often critical of the government, operates with little interference.
Extractions: 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 (July 2004 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 46% (male 3,135,098; female 3,114,354) 65 years and over: 2.9% (male 163,137; female 225,268) (2004 est.) Population growth rate: 2.57% (2004 est.) Birth rate: 44.46 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) Death rate: 18.79 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) Net migration rate: migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
Bibliography On African Traditional Religion Human rights in African indigenous religion, Bulletin of Ecumenical Scriptures of African peoples The Sacred utterances of the Anlo, New York, 1973. http://www.afrikaworld.net/afrel/atr_bibliography.htm
Extractions: , "Reading the entrails: analysis of an African divination discourse", Man Abimbola W., "The Place of African Traditional Religion in Contemporary Africa: The Yoruba Example" in Olupona, ed. Kingship, Religion and Rituals in a Nigerian community: a phenomenological study of Ondo Yoruba festivals . Stockholm,1991, 51-58. Abrahamsson H., The Origin of Death, Studies in African Mythology, Studia Ethnographica Upsaliensia III, Uppsala, 1951. Acheampong S.O., "Reconstructing the structure of Akan traditional religion," Mission Ackah C. A., Akan Ethics. A Study of the Moral Ideasand the Moral Behaviour of the Akan Tribes of Ghana, Accra, 1988. Achebe Chinua, "Chi in Igbo Cosmology", in In Morning Yet on creation day, N.Y., 1975. Achebe Chinwe, The World of the Ogbanje, Enugu, 1986. Adagala K., "Mother Nature, Patriarchal Cosmology & Gender" in Gilbert E.M., ed. Nairobi: Masaki Publishers.1992, 47-65.
Côte D'Ivoire: Map, History And Much More From Answers.com strong resistance by the indigenous people delayed French occupation of Côte d Ivoire was incorporated into the Federation of French West africa, http://www.answers.com/topic/c-te-d-ivoire
Extractions: showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Government ... More... On this page: Dictionary Encyclopedia Map Local Time Geography Dialing Code Stats WordNet Wikipedia Translations Best of Web Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping C´te d'Ivoire Dictionary (Click to enlarge) C´te d'Ivoire (Mapping Specialists, Ltd.) C´te d'I·voire dÄ-vw¤r also I·vo·ry Coast vÉ-rÄ, Ä«v rÄ A country of western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea. Divided into various isolated kingdoms at the time of European discovery in the 15th century, it was organized as a French colony in 1893, became a part of French West Africa in 1904, and declared its independence in 1960. Yamoussoukro is the capital and Abidjan is the largest city and de facto administrative center. Population: 17,300,000 . I·vo ri·an Ä«-v´r Ä-Én, Ä«-vÅr ) or I·voir i·an Ä-vw¤r Ä-Én var tcdacmd="cc=edu;dt"; Encyclopedia C´te d'Ivoire kÅt dÄvw¤r ) or Ivory Coast, officially Republic of C´te d'Ivoire, republic (1995 est. pop. 14,791,000), 124,503 sq mi (322,463 sq km), W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea of the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by Liberia and Guinea on the west, by Mali and Burkina Faso on the north, and by Ghana on the east. The official capital is Yamoussoukro ; the largest city, commercial center, and former capital is
CIA -- The World Factbook 2000 -- Ethnic Groups Mossi over 40%, Gurunsi, Senufo, lobi, Bobo, Mande, Fulani Spanish, Italian,Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people. Vietnam http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2000/fields/ethnic_groups.html
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%
Africa Update Summer Issue For instance, in terms of indigenous historical, cultural, religious, and economic Similarly, people in the northern sections of these countries share http://www.ccsu.edu/afstudy/upd10-3.html
Extractions: by Dr. Gloria Emeagwali The African community was taken by surprise on September 19, 2002 by a series of assassinations and social unrest involving Government loyalists and disenchanted rebel soldiers. Civilians were caught in the crossfire. Xenophobia emerged. Immigrants from Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria and neighboring countries found themselves under fire. The looting of shops followed. The roots of the crisis have been traced to a new brand of chauvinism which tried to make ineligible for election a popular Northern presidential candidate. Economic instability and declining economic fortunes have no doubt been among the factors contributing to the rise of political intolerance.
Burkina Faso People Ethnic groups Mossi about 24% Gurunsi Senufo lobi Bobo Mande Fulani. Religionsindigenous beliefs 40% Muslim 50% Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10% http://www.world66.com/africa/burkinafaso/people
Extractions: Burkina Faso People - population, ethnic groups, religions and customs the travel guide you write Recent Changes Map View Enlargement [edit this] [Upload image] Population: 11 266 393 (July 1998 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 48% (male 2 721 564; female 2 687 770) 15-64 years: 49% (male 2 616 375; female 2 899 923) 65 years and over: 3% (male 146 195; female 194 566) (July 1998 est.) Population growth rate: 2.72% (1998 est.) Birth rate: 46.24 births/1 000 population (1998 est.) Death rate: 17.65 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.) Net migration rate: -1.41 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: 0.9 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female (1998 est.) Infant mortality rate: 109.15 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 46.1 years male: 45.38 years female: 46.85 years (1998 est.) Total fertility rate: 6.64 children born/woman (1998 est.)
