[22 Oct 1999] GA/SHC/3535 THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS OF DANGERS OF Migrant workers, refugees or indigenous people were being mistreated for beingdifferent BENJAMIN oron (Israel) said the wave of cybernetic racism had http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/1999/19991022.gashc3535.doc.html
Anthropology ANTHROPOLOGY IN POST INDEPENDENCE africa END OF AN ERA AND THE PROBLEM OF oron NATION IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS BEING THE http://www.meabooks.com/African_books/ANTHRO_1/anthro_1.HTM
An Anarchist Account Of Nigeria There are many similar drivers in Nigeria, so people must be very conscious The first was to take a ferry across the Calabar river to oron from where we http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/africa/accounts/chekov/nigeria.html
Extractions: Although the general strike The mob which we had earlier seen were students from the nearby university. A local businessmen with four wives had acquired a new, young girlfriend, but he learned that she had a thing on the side with a student. The businessman disposed of this rival by denouncing him to the police for some infraction. The police promptly took him in for questioning and, in the process, shot him in the knees. This mob of students had gone to the market where the businessman had his operation and demonstrated their disapproval through pillage. The teargassing was the aftermath of the pillage of the market. The local woman seemed to put all the blame on the businessman and was particularly incensed by the fact that he already had four wives when he started this trouble. The city of Benin is today far from picturesque. It is, in every way, a modern Nigerian city, untidy, dusty, smoky, smelly, noisy, crowded with an unbeleivable quantity of horn-tooting vehicles, yet resounding with the frenetic activity of countless small scale industries, to an extent unimagineable in other West African countries. Walking along the garbage strewn streets, one catches brief glimpses, in the ubiquitous low concrete houses, of rooms crowded with artisans concentrating intently on their labour. Particularly noticeable are the gate makers. Elaborately decorated iron gates are very popular in Nigeria. Strips of metal are beaten with hammers into delicate twists and curls to form great fans and floral motifs set into a heavy iron framework. Completed examples are laid out by the roadside as advertisements of the gatemaker's skill. Needless to say, the gates are all 10 feet high and topped with elegant, razor-sharp spikes.
IN PRAISE OF AUSTRALIA SymbioticA, the unique bioart initiative by oron Catts, Ionat Zurr and Guy both to Kauma people and to the ceremonies performed by indigenous people http://www.year01.com/issue10/australia2.html
Extractions: BRISBANE. Back in 2000, I had the good fortune to participate in the Alchemy master classes in the newly opened Powerhouse, an ingeniously renovated industrial building. Over the last two years, Powerhouse presented a long list of exhibitions, performances, concerts and conferences. Several "Alchemy" friends turned up for my presentation - Molly Hankwitz and David Cox brought fresh material from their Archimedia projects, Lisa Anderson from her Writing the City, public installation&collaborations project and Patricia Adams her new CD. Kim Machan director of MAAP (Multimedia Art Asia Pacific Inc.) hosted me in Brisbane. Since 1998 MAAP has promoted innovative art and technology in Australia and the Asia Pacific regions, through showcasing four festivals. "Excess" the latest event was presented online and at the Brisbane Powerhouse in October 2001. Kim is working hard on the next fest, which might take place in China. There was no time to see all the thriving Brisbane sites- but I did visit IMA (Institute of Modern Art) which has moved recently to its current elegant quarters. In addition to an exhibition program, IMA produces yearly an impressive array of publications and supports an artist residency program. The splendidly renovated building includes a modern theater space and houses several organizations focused on performing arts.
Joshua Project - Peoples By Country Profiles Country Code NI. Continent africa. Region africa. 10/40 Window No. People. SubmitUpdate People Name This Country GamoNingi. People Name General Gamo-Ningi http://www.joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php?rop3=103178&rog3=NI
151299_pamphlet_en - Humanrights.de They linked up with other indigenous peoples organisations in the world and Bill of Rights of the oron People. The various attempts at transition to http://www.humanrights.de/doc_en/archiv/caravan/151299_pamphlet_en.html
Extractions: Introduction This small pamphlet, is actually a first step, that will eventually lead in the next few months to a larger documentation of the actual facts about the present and true political situation in Nigeria. It is being diffused over the Internet as Olusegun Obasanjo the successor to one of the worst dictators Nigeria has ever seen arrives in Germany. The purpose of this visit is to attract more international investment. Which is a euphemism for increased riches for the already wealthy, ruination for the poor, terror for those who resist and destruction for the environment. We welcome the participation in our project of all democratic individuals and groups who oppose this naked pillage protected by military force. What we are seeing is the re-enactment of a century old scenario. The transfer of riches from the oppressed Nigerian masses to giant western multinationals and a handful of brigands in Africa. With the difference however that unprecedented technological means and propaganda are being mobilised to carry out the plunder on a scale never before seen. This is why we believe it is more than ever important for progressive forces in the west and in Africa to join hands.
AIO Keywords List Mali The African country, for Mali of India, use Mali (Indian people); Mali empire Tribal peoples see Adivasi (India), Ethnic groups, indigenous peoples http://aio.anthropology.org.uk/aio/keywords.html
Extractions: Abagusii see Gusii Kenya Aban see Shor Abandoned settlements Abashevo culture Abbasids see also Islamic empire Abduction Abelam Abenaki North American Indians (Algonquian) Northeast Abetalipoproteinaemia Abidjan Ability Abkhazia Abnormalities ABO blood-group system Abolitionists Abominable snowman see Yeti Aboriginal studies Abortion Abrasion Absahrokee language see Crow language Absaraka language see Crow language Absaroka language see Crow language Absaroke language see Crow language Absolutism see Despotism Abu Hureyra site Abusir site Abydos site Academic controversies see also Scientific controversies Academic freedom Academic publishing see Scholarly publishing Academic status Academic writing Academics Acadians (Louisiana) see Cajuns Accents and accentuation Accidents see also Traffic accidents Acclimatisation Accra Accreditation Acculturation see also Assimilation Acetylcholine receptors Achaemenid dynasty (559-330 BC) Achaemenid empire Ache see Guayaki: Acheulian culture Achik see Garo Achinese language Achuar Achumawi Acidification Acquiescence Acquired immune deficiency syndrome see AIDS Acronyms Action theory Acupuncture Adam and Eve Adamawa emirate Adapidae see also Notharctus Adaptation Adat Adena culture Adhesives Adipocere Adisaiva see Adisaivar Adisaivar Adivasi Adjectives Adjustment (psychology) Administration see also Government, Management, etc.
Al-Ahram Weekly | Region | Look Again, Gandhi In both South africa and Israel, the goal was the theft of land and If Gandhihas any message for the peoples of Israel and Palestine, let it be this. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/706/re91.htm
Extractions: Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Recommend Comment Printer-friendly Effective non-violent resistance is dependent upon conditions the politician-generals of the State of Israel systematically and consciously destroy, writes Jonathan Cook Click to view caption Clockwise: The Mahatma Gandhi; Arun Gandhi, the Mahatma's grandson, with Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei; and with Knesset Members Haim Oron, left, and Yuli Tamir, right "I am coming to speak about peace and non- violence," Arun Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi's grandson, told the Jerusalem Post newspaper shortly before he arrived in the Middle East to preach a message of mutual respect, love and understanding to two conflict-weary publics, Israeli and Palestinian. At his first rally in East Jerusalem last week, Gandhi led thousands of Palestinians, including Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei, and a handful of Israeli peace campaigners on a march against the wall being built across the West Bank. Under the banner "No to violence, yes to peace", the protest was designed to promote the path of Palestinian peaceful resistance to Israel's military occupation. After four years of armed Intifada, the US- based group that organised his visit Palestinians for Peace and Democracy believes that the philosophy of non-violent struggle can be exported to the West Bank and Gaza where it will mobilise the Palestinian masses to find new ways to oppose the occupation.
Black History oron is one group of Ibibiospeaking villages. As with the Igbo, Most peoplesof sub-Saharan africa use pottery, many making it themselves. http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory/article.do?nKeyValue=384738
Extractions: Oh how the mighty have fallen! After losing his battle in a US federal court of appeals, ex-Sotheby's chairman tycoon Alfred Taubman will tomorrow begin serving a prison term of a year and a day. He was convicted in December last year for colluding to fix auction commission fees with rivals Christie's International. A tian mark doucai jar, bought from a junk shop for a mere £100, sold recently at Sotheby's London for a staggering £751,500 ($1,060,750). After a session of fierce bidding in the Bond Street auction rooms, London dealer Eskenazi Ltd made claim to the jar, which had been identified by Sotheby's ceramic specialist Julian King as an extremely rare and unrecorded example of the Ming porcelain ware.
Wood S Lot - Feb. 16-28, 2002 Asaf oron s Statement, Refusing to Serve in the Occupied Territories These indigenous people with their rebellion, their defiance, and their resistance http://www.ncf.ca/~ek867/2002_02_16-28_archives.html
Extractions: Human Nature Daily "There is a hole in the universe. It is not like a hole in a wall where a mouse slips through, solid and crisp and leading from somewhere to someplace. It is rather like a hole in the heart, an amorphous and edgeless void. It is a heartfelt absence, a blank space where something is missing, a large and obvious blind spot in our understanding of the universe. That missing something, strange to say, is a grasp of nothing itself. Understanding nothing matters, because nothing is the all-important background upon which everything else happens." K.C. Cole, The Hole in the Universe : How Scientists Peered over the Edge of Emptiness and Found Everything
Nigeria One of them was the indigenous people, whose central religious and cultural for yatching and swimming; oron Museum collection of fine African carvings http://www.cameron.edu/caribbean/nigeria.htm
Nigeria.html Bill of Rights of the oron People. The various attempts at transition to Nigeria also remained the largest and the most populous market in africa. http://www.materialien.org/worldwide/africa/nigeria.html
Embassy Of Nigeria Ibadan was until recently the largest indigenous African city. oron is inthe southeast corner of the AkwaJbom State, on the Cross River, http://www.nigeriaembassy.pl/his_en_ht.htm
Extractions: NIGERIA Much has been said and written about Nigeria, her people and culture, economy and politics, that sheds light on the tremendous potential of this African Giant. However, little is known to the outside world about the many exciting tourist attractions available in Nigeria: Historic sites nestled amid rivers and rain forests, breathtaking mountain vistas, remote creek villages, miles of pristine beaches and exotic national wildlife reserves. There are also museums, festivals, music and dance, a rich cultural melange right down to everyday traditional markets. These are just some of the spectacular sights and sensual delights awaiting the traveler to Nigeria. Nigeria has the largest population of any country in Africa (about 120 million), and the greatest diversity of cultures, ways of life, cities and terrain. With a total land area of 923,768 sq. km. (356,668 sq. mi.) Nigeria is the 14th largest country in Africa. Its coastline, on the Gulf of Guinea, stretches 774 km (480 mi.). Nigeria shares its international border of 4,470 km (2513 mi.) with four neighbors: Chad, Cameroon, Benin, and Niger. Until 1989 the capital was Lagos, with a population of about 2,500,000, but the government recently moved the capital to Abuja. CLIMATE AND WEATHER Nigeria lies entirely within the tropics yet there are wide climactic variations. In general, there are two seasons, dry and wet, throughout Nigeria. Near the coast, the seasons are less sharply defined. Temperatures of over 900F are common in the north, but near the coast, where the humidity is higher, temperatures seldom climb above that mark. Inland, around the two great rivers, the wet season lasts from April-Oct. and the dry season from Nov.-March. Temperatures are highest from Feb-April in the south and MarchJune in the north; they're lowest in July and Aug. over most of the country.
Extractions: On March 31, 2000, Professor Ebiegberi Joe Alagoa, one of the foremost Ijaw scholars of history, delivered a lecture at the Fourth Convention of the Ijaw National Congress held in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State. The title of the lecture was "The Ijaw Nation in the New Millennium". In his usually lucid and perspicacious manner, Alagoa traced the genesis of the Ijaw people from their earliest stage of about eight thousand years ago. Citing evidence from history and archaeology, Professor Alagoa showed that the emergence of the Ijaw Nation can be identified to be about a thousand years ago. The lecture provided a brief chronicle of the landmarks and accomplishments of the Ijaw people, paying particular attention to the point 500 years ago when the Ijaw came in contact with European nations. That encounter eventually led to the sucking of the Ijaw nation and its resources into the exploitative orbit of the economy of world capitalist nations, the colonial conquest of the Niger Delta and Nigeria and the loss of political and economic sovereignty of all the nations constituting what is now Nigeria. That phase of European imperialism started with the end of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade in the 1830s and culminated in the granting of independence in 1960, a development which ironically tightened the yoke of domestic or internal colonialism over the peoples and nations of the Niger Delta as petroleum became the mainstay of Nigeria's economy. In the words of Professor Alagoa, the Ijaw nation and its neighbours entered the 21st century as vassals or colonies of hegemonic power blocs of Nigeria. This status of bondage is exemplified by political domination and loss of control over economic, human and environmental resources.
Extractions: A Strange Kind of Freedom : The biggest threat to liberty in the US may come from other kinds of fundamentalism: jewish and Christian, by Robert Fisk "Dennis Bernstein sums it up quite simply: 'Any US journalist, columnist, editor, college professor, student-activist, public official or clergy member who dares to speak critically of Israel or accurately report the brutalities of its illegal occupation will be vilified as an anti-Semite.' " story Friday, July 19, 2002 Start Audio Leslie: now w forest activist Julia Butterfly Hill , author of The Legacy of Luna , who was arrested and deported from Ecuador last night, for joining with the people protesting a desvastating oil pipeline.. Julia: (describes the atrocities inflicted on the Ecuadoran rainforest and the indigenous residents by the state run oil consortium).. ( about her arrest in front of one of the partners, Occidental Petroleum)..
News -- A' Ibom: Ekpu Ancestral Figures And Oron People happened to be practically the only sownring sign of the indigenous art of the people. he civilisation chain, it is difficult to persuade an oron family to http://www.odili.net/news/source/2004/apr/24/22.html
Extractions: BY ADEBOYE .O. MOYOMOLA E KPU figures are wood-carving made by the people of Oron, a clan in Akwa-Ibom State in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria. They are elaborately carved figures used to represent their male ancestors. They are carved from one of the African hardest wood called Edulis. (Its botanical name-Pterocarpus Soyauxil). But locally called Akwa or Ekkom in Oron language. advertisement The carving are reputed to be one of the oldest finest wood sculptures in sub-saharan Africa, which are relatively resistant to the destructive effects of termites attack and weathering. They are probably the oldest group of wood carving surviving in Nigeria. In the present days, no new one is being carved, but few had been made within the memory of he living men. None of the authors that have researched or written on them can say exactly how old they are, but it is agreed that they were carved many generations a go. The importance of Ekpu carvings was first recognised when Kenneth Murray then an art teacher at the Teachers' Training College (now College of Education, Uyo) observed them in 1038. When Murray founded the Nigerian Antiquities Service later called Federal Deptartment of Antiquities in 1943, he immediately set about preserving them.
