African Art On The Internet africa Talks.org an online and faceto-face community of people Modern makonde Art a private museum digest of contemporary makonde art from East 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
Religion In East Africa Most of the time, when people think about East African tribes, they picture the Maasai. makonde artwork plays a large role in their religion. http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/a/r/art5001/interest.htm
East Africa Living Encyclopedia The Swahili were, and are, an urban people living in stone towns up and down the The makonde are one of the five largest ethnic groups in Tanzania, http://www.africa.upenn.edu/NEH/tethnic.htm
African Art: Information From Answers.com African art, art created by the peoples south of the Sahara. makonde carving c.1974. African art is any form of art that originates from the continent http://www.answers.com/topic/african-art
Extractions: showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Health ... More... On this page: Encyclopedia Wikipedia Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping African art Encyclopedia Source African art, art created by the peoples south of the Sahara. The predominant art forms are masks and figures, which were generally used in religious ceremonies. The decorative arts, especially in textiles and in the ornamentation of everyday tools, were a vital art in nearly all African cultures. The lack of archaeological excavations restricts knowledge of the antiquity of African art. As the value of these works was inseparable from their ritual use, no effort was made to preserve them as aesthetic accomplishments. Wood was one of the most frequently used materialsâoften embellished by clay, shells, beads, ivory, metal, feathers, and shredded raffia. The discussion in this article is limited to the works of the peoples of W and central Africaâthe regions richest (because of the people's sedentary lifestyles) in indigenous art. Western Sudan and Guinea Coast In this region the style of woodcarving is abstract. Distortion is often used to emphasize features of spiritual significance. The figures of the Dogon tribe of central Mali stress the cylindrical shape of the torso. Some wooden carvings were made by an earlier people, the Tellem. Sculptures such as masks carved of soft wood are homes for the spirits and are discarded once they have been used in rituals. The Dogon have three distinctive styles of sculpture: masks incorporating recessed rectangles, ancestor sculptures carved in abstract geometric style used as architectural supports, and freestanding figures made in a cylindrical style. High-ranking Dogon families often had carved doors on their granaries.
Mozambique (11/04) Religions Christian 30%, Muslim 17%, indigenous african and other beliefs 45%. Major markets (in declining order)Belgium, South africa, Spain. PEOPLE http://www.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/m/40304.htm
African Art: Aesthetics And Meaning To the Bamana people, farming is the most important and noblest profession. makonde art, the subject matter of this sculpture is entirely indigenous. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/clemons/RMC/exhib/93.ray.aa/Exhibition.html
Extractions: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Klaus, 1981.43.1 To the Bamana people, farming is the most important and noblest profession. At planting time, men of the Chi-Wara association of farmers dance with headresses like these in the fields to honor Chi- Wara, the mythical "farming animal" that taught agriculture to the ancestors of the Bamana. The headdresses, always danced in male and female pairs, depict the antelope-like Chi-Wara and display the ingredients of successful cultivation. The long horns of the male Chi Wara stand for the tall growth of millet; the penis signifies the rooting of this grain. The long ears refer to the cultivators' listening to the songs sung by women who encourage the men while they work in the fields; the open, zigzag pattern in the neck symbolizes the sun's path along the horizon between the two solstices. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Lanpher, 1979.40.l Bamana, Mali Republic
Africa - Research Papers On - 007-002 To these people africa was, and will continue to be a continual theme in their culture and african indigenous Religious Belief send me this paper http://www.papers24-7.com/categories/007-002.html
Extractions: This 3 page report discusses the 1988 movie Zan Boko. Director and writer Gaston Kaboré explores the impact of modern society on the lives and development of a traditional African people and their lifestyle. He also considers the ways in which an agrarian, subsistence society is forced into becoming an industrialized, commodity economy and an oral culture into a mass media culture. Bibliography lists 2 sources. 15 pages in length. A comprehensive research paper on the Soweto uprising arguing that "it was not simply the nature of Bantu Education itself, but changing economic policies of the government, the changing demographics of students in the townships, and the ideals of Black consciousness, which led to the initial three day uprising and the following six months of protest, fighting, strikes, and demands for a change in the regime of South Africa." Four sources cited.
Background Notes Archive - Africa Religions Christian 30%, Muslim 30%, indigenous African and other beliefs 40%. PEOPLE Mozambique s 10 major ethnic groups encompass numerous subgroups http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/bgnotes/af/mozambique9607.html
GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Africa - Mozambique - People PEOPLE Mozambique s major ethnic groups encompass numerous subgroups with the people of Mozambique have largely retained an indigenous culture based on http://www.geographyiq.com/countries/mz/Mozambique_people_summary.htm
Extractions: Mozambique's major ethnic groups encompass numerous subgroups with diverse languages, dialects, cultures, and histories. Many are linked to similar ethnic groups living in neighboring countries. The north-central provinces of Zambezia and Nampula are the most populous, with about 45% of the population. The estimated 4 million Makua are the dominant group in the northern part of the countrythe Sena and Ndau are prominent in the Zambezi valley, and the Tsonga and Shangaan dominate in southern Mozambique. Despite the influence of Islamic coastal traders and European colonizers, the people of Mozambique have largely retained an indigenous culture based on small-scale agriculture. Mozambique's most highly developed art forms have been wood sculpture, for which the Makonde in northern Mozambique are particularly renowned, and dance. The middle and upper classes continue to be heavily influenced by the Portuguese colonial and linguistic heritage.
Atlas - Tanzania Map Tanzania Map, History, Culture, People, Population, Climate, Economy, with more than 120 different indigenous African peoples as well as small groups of http://www.map.freegk.com/tanzania/tanzania.php
Extractions: Tanzania Plants and Animal Back to Top In 1999 the imports of Tanzania were valued at $1.8 billion, and exports totaled $541 million. Coffee, cotton, tobacco, cloves, tea, cashews, and sisal made up the bulk of exports. Main imports were petroleum, machinery, transportation equipment, iron and steel and other metals, and food and live animals. Principal trading partners for exports are Germany, Japan, India, the United Kingdom, Rwanda, and The Netherlands; chief partners for imports are the United Kingdom, Kenya, Japan, China, and India. Considerable foreign exchange is also derived from tourists, some 447,000 of whom visited Tanzania in 1998. Tanzania Communications Back to Top Tanzania Culture Back to Top Olduvai Gorge, in the Great Rift Valley, is the site of the find of some of the earliest known remains of human ancestry, dating back 1,750,000 years. The ancient in-migration of Cushitic, Nilotic, and Bantu peoples, displacing the native San-type population, resulted in a complex agglomeration of tribal communities practicing complementary forms of pastoral and agricultural livelihoods. In the last 500 years, Portuguese, Arab, Indian, German, and British traders and colonists have added to the mosaic. Today Tanzania's multiethnic and multiracial population practices a mixture of traditions and customs that form a valuable cultural heritage.
SOS Children: Child Sponsorship Charity The art of South africa s indigenous populations can be one of the ways to The Xhosa also have a strong presence; they are known as the red people http://archive.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/sponsor-child/country_information_on_
Extractions: An interior plateau called Veld surrounded by the Great Escarpment mountain chain dominates Two thirds of South Africa's entire area. Part of this mountain chain, the Drakenberg mountains, separate the coastal areas from the highlands and include the country's highest elevation, Champagne Castle (3,375 m). Country Information on Kenya Kenya used to have a stable economy, which suffered enormously in the nineties. The capacity for growth was hindered by drought, political unrest, An interior plateau called Veld surrounded by the Great Escarpment mountain chain dominates Two thirds of South Africa's entire area. Part of this mountain chain, the Drakenberg mountains, separate the coastal areas from the highlands and include the country's highest elevation, Champagne Castle (3,375 m). The country can be divided into four major parts: the mountain area (Hochveld), the forested areas (Bushveld), the subtropical valleys (Middleveld), and a flat subtropical region (Lowveld) subject to frequent draughts. The mountain area occupies a major part of the highland area above 1,525 m of altitude. South Africa also includes a part of the Kalahari Desert in the northwest and a section of the Namib Desert in the west. The chief rivers are the Orange, Vaal, and Limpopo.
African Lesson Plans 1998 The people of western and central africa whose art is represented in the This tradition probably relates more to the ancient indigenous art still http://www.umfa.utah.edu/index.php?id=MTIz
R Mabudafhasi: Launch Of Bee Foundation On World Environment Day makonde, Limpopo 5 June 2004. Honourable VhoThovhele in South africa from one that has been elitist and protectionist to a people centred approach. http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2004/04061008151003.htm
Extractions: Ladies and Gentleman It is my privilege and honour to be joining you today to celebrate World Environment Day. This day is the culmination of a week - long activities that South African government has committed to put environmental issues in the public domain. South Africa's national theme is "A Decade of Sustainability - our environment, our Future" focusing on the progress and developments in key areas of management of our environment over the last decade as well as the challenges that face us in the next decade. The last ten years of our new democracy has witnessed a paradigm shift in natural resource management and conservation in South Africa from one that has been elitist and protectionist to a people centred approach. Section 24 of the
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
Report Of Fieldwork observe an indigenous farming system based on Ensete (Ensete ventricosum Welw. to the handicrafts made of African Blackwood by the makonde people, http://areainfo.asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english/activities/fsta/15k_itani/itani_e.h
Extractions: Period: 18 October - 16 November 2003. Country: Ethiopia, Tanzania Purpose of the Visit To Attend 21COE International Workshop on Integrated Area Studies in Ethiopia, Study Tour in Southern Ethiopia and On-Site Education in Tanzania ITANI Juichi (ASAFAS: Division of African Area Studies) Record of Activities 10/18 (Sat) 10/19 (Sun) Attended COE International Workshop held at Addis Ababa University, and joined Field Study Tour in Ethiopia 10/31 (Fri) Conducted on-site education in northern Tanzania and Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam - Kyoto Outcome and Progress Report Administration and security systems were built up for the field station. Two students, Mr. Kawanishi and Miss Seko, who are studying the indigenous medical system and changes in it around Mt. Meru in north Tanzania, presented progress reports at the first open seminar held at the field station on November 5, 2003. Other ASAFAS students surveying in Tanzania, a researcher at another university, JICA experts, and JOCV and resident Japanese in Dar es Salaam, participated in the seminar and had wide-ranging discussions. Open seminars will be held regularly.
The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles The 158600 Makua are an African tribal people who were originally from northern The Makua are one of the largest indigenous groups in Mozambique, http://www.ksafe.com/profiles/p_code6/404.html
Extractions: The Makua of Madagascar Madagascar , the largest island in the Indian Ocean, is located off the southeastern coast of Africa. Its more than 14 million people are composed of many diverse ethnic groups. Uninhabited until 2,500 years ago, it was first populated by Malays and Indonesians. In the last thousand years, groups of African and Arab ancestry have claimed the island as home. In the 1500's, Europeans were the last to appear. Despite its proximity to Africa, the main inhabitants of the island (the Malagasy) do not consider themselves African, but related to Indonesians. The 158,600 Makua are an African tribal people who were originally from northern Mozambique . Why they are in Madagascar is not clear, but it appears that at one time a neighboring tribe, the Makonde, captured and sold many of them to Arab traders as slaves. In turn, the Arabs took the captives to Madagascar, where eventually they became free residents. The Makua speak a language that is part of the Niger-Congo language family. What are their lives like?
Michael Stevenson Contemporary The Mlungu in africa art from the colonial period, 18401940 were treated with the same reverence and fear by the makonde people. 4 http://www.michaelstevenson.com/contemporary/books/mlungu.htm
Extractions: A dictionary of South African English on historical principles, Oxford University Press, 1996, pp.466-467.'The old biological model of birth, flowering, decay, and death imposes on culture not only an order that is seldom there but also, in this case, the strong temptation to identify the onset of "decay" with the onset of colonialism. This is the historicist flaw in the authenticity test used to construct the canon of African art.' Sidney Kasfir The book The Mlungu in Africa: art from the colonial period, 1840-1940 explores African art that engages with the presence of Europeans in the 'contact zones' and colonial states in sub-Saharan Africa.
General Information > Music And Art makonde Tanzania is famous worldwide for wood sculpture generally known as More recently, Tanzanians have developed indigenous form of art mainly very http://www.tanzaniaembassy.or.jp/english/ge_info/mus_art.html
Extractions: There are many types of traditional dances and traditional musical instruments. A traditional guitar was a big fiddle with a resonator made from a coconut shell and this was common along the Coast. The "marimba" is a common musical instrument among many tribes especially around Dodoma. The small wooden box is the resonator for an array of metal springs of different lengths which are touched by the thumb to produce music. The drum is one of the most important African musical instruments. There are various types, shapes and sizes. Drums were also used in traditional days to announce arrival or departure of traditional leaders or to keep a rhythm or morale to farming societies through a dance called Gobogobo. Some drums were used to summon people to meet the ruler or as battle cry. Dancing is an expression of emotion. The emotion could be happiness or sadness or that which marks a sacred occasion (harvest time, weddings, circumcision, initiation event). Different musical instruments are used including drums, marimba, whistles, etc. Whatever the dance, the message it communicates can be read in the faces of the audience.
