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
CIA - The World Factbook 2002 -- Sierra Leone 20 native African tribes 90% (Temne 30%, mende 30%, other 30%), Creole (Krio) 10% based on English law and customary laws indigenous to local tribes; http://www.faqs.org/docs/factbook/print/sl.html
Extractions: Country List World Factbook Home The World Factbook 2002 Sierra Leone Introduction Sierra Leone Background: Since 1991, civil war between the government and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of more than 2 million people (well over one-third of the population) many of whom are now refugees in neighboring countries. After several setbacks, the end to the eleven-year conflict in Sierra Leone may finally be near at hand. With the support of the UN peacekeeping force and contributions from the World Bank and international community, demobilization and disarmament of the RUF and Civil Defense Forces (CDF) combatants has been completed. Reestablishment of government authority throughout the country is slowly proceeding and national elections took place in May 2002. Geography Sierra Leone Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia Geographic coordinates: 8 30 N, 11 30 W Map references: Africa Area: total: 71,740 sq km
Extractions: Not cataloged, December 2003 How the failure of key individuals, prominent NGO's, and governments to act allowed a catastrophe to fester a catastrophe that undoubtedly could have been avoided. Since it appeared 20 years ago, AIDS has left a trail of destruction behind it. This film answers the question "Why did the world wait so long to react?" and dissects the key moments in the global response to the epidemic.... (English subtitles provided for narration in French.) About the United Nations see Africa Recovery Al abwab al moghlaka see The Closed Doors 2- Adieu Bonaparte
ASCAC - African And African-American Studies Curriculum the impact of the encounters of Europeans with various indigenous peoplesacross the globe. The contemporary history of africa and african people, http://www.ascac.org/papers/africanandafrican.html
Map & Graph: Africa:Countries By People: Ethnic Groups More than 90% of people in Bhutan, Burundi and Burking Faso are involved in Sierra Leone, 20 native African tribes 90% (Temne 30%, mende 30%, http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/peo_eth_gro/AFR
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ELCA Liberia Support Network Despite resistance by the indigenous people, settlement continued around indigenous African tribes 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, http://www.elca.org/liberia/aboutliberia.html
Extractions: Liberia, the second oldest independent country in Africa after Ethiopia, was established in 1847 by former slaves sent to West Africa by the American Colonization Society (ACS) in the early 1800s. Abolitionists in the ACS envisioned an opportunity for blacks to succeed as equals in a place absence of prejudice. For ACS evangelists, it meant a chance to Christianize West Africa. For others, including some slaveholders with the ACS, it was clearly motivated by white fear of a growing African population that might revolt against that treatment they had received as slaves. While some blacks that went to Liberia were free-born African Americans, many were freed form slavery only on the condition that they emigrate to Africa. In 1822, the first ship arrived in what is now Freetown, Sierra Leone. By 1830, despite many deaths from disease, there were as many as 2,500 immigrants who moved to the land now known as Liberia (land of liberty). Despite resistance by the indigenous people, settlement continued around present-day Monrovia (named after ACS supporter President James Monroe) until the land was forcibly purchased from indigenous chiefs. Eventually, over a 40 year period some 13,000 former slaves were shipped to Liberia. These settlers, never making up more than 5% of the population of the country, ruled the country for more than 150 years.
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Freedom Party International - Consent 14 - June 1991 But military rule was not part of indigenous African culture. In indigenousAfrican societies, the people were the army, owning their own weapons. http://www.freedomparty.org/consent/cons14_1.htm
Extractions: This article appeared in Consent #14 (June 1991) Democracy And Africa - George B. N. Ayittey, Ph.D. Dr. George B.N. Ayittey, Ph.D. is a native of Ghana and currently an Associate Professor of Economics at The American University, Washington, DC 20016. His books, Africa Betrayed , and Indigenous African Institutions published in April 1991 by the CATO Institute (Washington) and Transnational Publishers, Inc. (New York) respectively. The following essay was originally presented as a lecture given at the University of Western Ontario on February 5, 1991. As we all know, Africa teeters on the brink of economic disintegration, political chaos and social decay. But more fundamentally, Africa is a tragedy in more ways than one. The main reason why things have gone so wrong in Africa, in my view, is that there are so many people, international institutions and aid agencies who want to help Africa - and sincerely. But the problems is, few understand the very people they seek to help. Mythology bedevils attempts to help Africa. One of these enduring myths is the nonsensical notion that Africa had no culture, no history and no viable institutions before the arrival of the European colonialists. You and I know that is patently false. But then our leaders perpetuate these myths by their own shameful ignorance of African heritage. Foreigners may be excused for their ignorance of African institutions but that of our own leaders is inexcusable.
Dragonfly Village - The Next Generation Of The Alternative Press For almost forty years now Ive been teaching African and African American I saw the raiders cutting peoples throats, their curved daggers glinting in http://www.dragonflymedia.com/portal/featured_stories/archive/stories_drb_slaves
Extractions: True accounts by two Sudanese, captured and sold into slavery as children by Herb Boyd Dragonfly Village, January 2004 Recommend This Article To A Friend Two new books provide proof that the slave trade continues. Unlike the Atlantic slave trade, the movement of human cargo in these instances is an internal affair within the Sudan, the exploitation of indigenous people by Arab merchants. That two contemporary narratives from young Sudanese have been published almost simultaneously would seem remarkable, until one reflects that their stories are emblematic of thousands who remain in bondage. Bok finally succeeded in escaping when he was about seventeen. He took the cows to pasture, then ran for hours. When he finally reached a town, the police arrested him. For the next two months, the police were his new master. He left then the same way: he ran. When he finally stopped running he was in Khartoum. There he naively sought help by telling people about his enslavement, something vehemently denied by the Sudanese government. Someone snitched on him. He remained in custody for another seven months in Khartoum before he was miraculously freed. He made his way to Cairo. After some time there, he found his way on a TWA flight to New York in 1999, with a connecting flight to Fargo, North Dakota. Likewise, Nazer escaped with the help of fellow Nubians, and now lives in London. As with earlier slave narratives, Nazer and Bok are effusive in their gratitude to those who assisted them. Two years after her escape, Nazer is so beholden to her newly adopted country that she is amazed when she hears people openly criticizing the British government. Bok is equally appreciative of the American government, and his book includes photos of him with Condoleezza Rice and President Bush.
Dictionary - Ethnic Groups - English Gbandi, Liberia, indigenous African tribes 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people http://www.exxun.com/enpp/dy_ethnic_groups_20.html
Extractions: world Evolving xxlarge UNion - thousands of windows on the world - constantly updated Home Countries Flags Maps ... Notes and Definitions Ethnic groups Dictionary A B C D ... Z Translation word Country Ethnic groups English Gibraltar Spanish, Italian, English , Maltese, Portuguese, German, North Africans English Ireland Celtic, English English United Kingdom white ( English 83.6%, Scottish 8.6%, Welsh 4.9%, Northern Irish 2.9%) 92.1%, black 2%, Indian 1.8%, Pakistani 1.3%, mixed 1.2%, other 1.6% (2001 census) entered Portugal homogeneous Mediterranean stock; citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000; since 1990 East Europeans have entered Portugal Equatorial Cameroon Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1% escaped Suriname ... 15%, "Maroons" (their African ancestors were brought to the country in the 17th and 18th centuries as slaves and escaped to the interior) 10%, Amerindian 2%, Chinese 2%, white 1%, other 2
FONT COLOR= Black SIZE= 25 FACE= Casual Script SSi I Lifestyle Of The mende People Of South Carolina This wellknown African-Americanspiritual had its beginning on the Sea Islands of Beaufort District. http://www.angelfire.com/sc/jhstevens/pictures.html
Extractions: Taken from the Beaufort Gazette , May 19, 1998 The writer Mr. Gerhard Spieler is a writer on Black History for the Gazette The Hallelujah Singers were seen last week on the Good Morning program on ABC-TV. The program included a portion of a spiritual known around the world "Michael Row the Boat Ashore", sung in Beaufort's Tabernacle Baptist Church. This well-known African-American spiritual had its beginning on the Sea Islands of Beaufort District. Northern teachers and missionaries came here during the Confederate War. They heard it sung by the black men who rowed the ferry from the landing at the foot of Carteret Street across the Port Royal (Beaufort) River to the opposite shore of Lady's Island, now known as Whitehall Landing.
Liberia Country Study Because it was not uncommon in some situations for indigenous people to say thatthey These were the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the African http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1985/liberia_2_religiousaf
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Sierra Leone Sierra Leone s participation in the West African peacekeeping force, ECOMOG, The indigenous people mounted several unsuccessful revolts against British http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/sierra_leone.htm
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LANGUAGES-ON-THE-WEB: BEST XHOSA LINKS ombrarossapiccola.jpg (728 byte) South African Language XHOSA In these warsthe Xhosa, agricultural and pastoral peoples native to the Eastern Cape, http://www.languages-on-the-web.com/links/link-xhosa.htm
Liberia: Map, History And Much More From Answers.com Ethnic groups, indigenous African tribes 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, the attitudes of the settlers toward the indigenous African people. http://www.answers.com/topic/liberia
Extractions: showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Government ... More... On this page: Dictionary Encyclopedia Map Local Time Geography Dialing Code Currency Stats Anthem WordNet Wikipedia Translations Best of Web Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Liberia Dictionary (Click to enlarge) Liberia (Mapping Specialists, Ltd.) Li·be·ri·a lÄ«-b®r A country of western Africa on the Atlantic Ocean. It was founded (1821) through the efforts of the American Colonization Society and settled mainly by freed slaves from 1822 to the 1860s. Liberia is the oldest independent country in Africa (established 1847). A military coup in 1980 initiated a period of despotic government and civil unrest leading to full-scale civil war in 1990. A cease-fire agreement was reached in 1996, and elections were held in 1997. Monrovia is the capital and the largest city. Population: 3,390,000 . Li·be ri·an var tcdacmd="cc=edu;dt"; Encyclopedia Liberia lÄ«bÄr ) (New Lat.,=place of freedom), officially Republic of Liberia, republic (1995 est. pop. 3,073,000), 43,000 sq mi (111,370 sq km), W Africa. Liberia fronts on the Atlantic Ocean for some 350 mi (560 km) on the southwest and is bordered on the northwest by Sierra Leone, on the north by Guinea, and on the east by C´te d'Ivoire. Monrovia is the capital, largest city, main port, and commercial center.
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Monrovia there were indigenous and nonindigenous people live together, West Africanintervention troops arrived in Liberia in 1990, people gave a cheerful http://www.cpnm.org/new/English/articles_news/monrovia.htm
Extractions: Finally, under the pressure of the so-called international community, in essence the US imperialism and its henchmen associates, and the warlord group, the Liberian president a warlord the and self-content puppet of the US imperialism, Charles Taylor resigned and quit the country on 11 August. After than The political events in Liberia might not be interesting for many people on the earth because of its small size in geographical territory and population, but it has been one of the volatile country on the earth and a model of exploitation how the US imperialism without putting it military bases have been exploiting its resources and controlling its political, economic and social apparatus, since nearly two centuries. And, as the powerful Maoist revolutionary movements have been developing in small countries like in Nepal and Bhutan (where recently there is report that a Maoist party has formed in Bhutan), with the advent of 21 st century, Liberia has also been a challenge for the Maoist revolutionaries in the world as well as for the Liberian people to develop its revolutionary leadership, political line and military strategy to overthrow imperialism and domestic reaction, in order to realize the complete emancipation of the Liberian people. In view of emerging revolutionary high tide, most oppressed African nations like Liberia can be regarded as most volatile and rebelling country. Liberia is a small African country with an area of 111,370 squire kilometres and 2.9 million populations, according December 2000 census. The inhabitants of several ethnic groups such as Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, and Vai, and followers of different religions such as traditional indigenous belief 70%, Muslim 20% and Christian 10% demonstrate that Liberia is a multi ethnic and multi religious country. However, English is the official language of Liberia, but different ethnic groups speak more than 20 other different languages. That also demonstrates that it is a multi lingual country. Liberia is one of such countries in the world where foreign language English is official language and more than twenty indigenous languages are considered as foreign.
January 2004 - Dragonfly Review For almost 40 years now Ive been teaching African and African American historyat various the exploitation of indigenous people by Arab merchants. http://dragonflyreview.com/2004/jan/lead.html
Extractions: Two new books provide proof that the slave trade continues. Unlike the Atlantic slave trade, the movement of human cargo in these instances is an internal affair within the Sudan, the exploitation of indigenous people by Arab merchants. That two contemporary narratives from young Sudanese have been published almost simultaneously would seem remarkable, until one reflects that their stories are emblematic of thousands who remain in bondage. SLAVE: My True Story ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY Bok finally succeeded in escaping when he was about 17. He took the cows to pasture, then ran for hours. When he finally reached a town, the police arrested him. For the next two months, the police were his new master. He left then the same way: he ran. When he finally stopped running he was in Khartoum. There he naively sought help by telling people about his enslavement, something vehemently denied by the Sudanese government. Someone snitched on him. He remained in custody for another seven months in Khartoum before he was miraculously freed. He made his way to Cairo. After some time there, he found his way on a TWA flight to New York in 1999, with a connecting flight to Fargo, North Dakota.
MAYC - Sierra Leone 2005 Members of BMYC are planning for their visit to this West African country Disease and hostility from the indigenous people nearly eliminated the first http://www.mayc.info/841
SIERRA LEONE AND NEW LABOUR MILITARISM A second antiBritish rebellion broke out among the mende in April 1898, Of 158 people brought to trial and found guilty, ninety-six were executed, http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/sierra_leone.htm
Extractions: AND NEW LABOUR MILITARISM By Richard Gott In Sierra Leone, as in Zimbabwe, Britain under New Labour has an irresistible urge to relive its colonial past. Maybe Robin Cook will soon be seeking to pay for his military adventure in West Africa by imposing a hut tax on its unfortunate inhabitants, just as the British did in 1898. That particular tax, a form of poll tax imposed on colonial territories, was to cause one of the great African rebellions of the 19th century. Two British military expeditions had to be sent to the colony, with soldiers brought from the West Indies. After a wave of fierce repression was unleashed on the population, nearly a hundred rebel leaders were hanged. The local Africans in West Africa had other ideas. Within a year they had rebelled against this imposed colony of foreign blacks and destroyed it. British reinforcements soon arrived, and former black "Empire Loyalists" were brought out to Freetown, men who had fought for Britain in the American war of independence, and then found an unhappy home in cold and racist Canada. These American blacks were joined a few years later by Jamaican Maroons, expelled from Jamaica after the British had fought them to a standstill with fighting dogs imported from Cuba. This new generation of black settlers, mostly Christian, found themselves endlessly fighting off the attacks of the indigenous inhabitants, who were mostly Moslem. British gunboats were sent upriver throughout the 19th century to crush the native rebellions.
