Divination As Medical Technology In Southern Africa Southern African society, and in the experiences which people tend to have Devisch, R., 1991, Mediumistic divination among the northern yaka of http://www.shikanda.net/african_religion/techno.htm
Extractions: Within any cultural domain more or less demarcated in time and space, and endowed with meaning within that domain, divination might be defined as the entire set of procedures intended to acquire knowledge which is of a supernatural nature or which is otherwise not available through everyday means such as are based upon direct sensory perception (cf Peek 1991b; Devisch 1985). In autochthonous African medical systems, divination often forms an important diagnostic procedure. While certain major forms of African divination (dreaming, trance divination) may do without a specific material apparatus, others revolve around the use (for the production of therapeutically relevant knowledge) of a material apparatus whose construction and application are more or less institutionalised and professionalised. The latter forms of divination constitute an important field of medical technology The present paper will take as its point of departure a system of divination revolving around four tablets, to which I was introduced during field-work in Francistown in North East Botswana since 1988 (cf van Binsbergen 1991). My aim here is not so much ethnographic but systematic and interpretative.
Western-Soudan Their migrations are indicative of the mobility of African peoples in many parts and cultures and accepting of the indigenous rulers and their customs. http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/western-soudan.htm
Extractions: var site="sm5african" This is the name conventionally given to the savanna region of West Africa. It is an area dominated by Islamic states situated at the southern ends of the trans-Saharan trade routes. Back to african tribe list The sculpture here is characterized by schematic styles of representation. Some commentators have interpreted these styles as an accommodation to the Islamic domination of the area, but this is probably not an adequate explanation since Islam in West Africa has either merely tolerated or actually destroyed such traditions while exerting other influences.
Ddwcv indigenous peoples and the Environment, Earth Watch Radio Program panelist, African People and Cultures (ANT 399) Anthropology of Gender (ANT 405) http://www.csupomona.edu/~ddwills/ddwcv.htm
Extractions: (All above positions were at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona) 1983-87 Chief of Party, Organization and Training Specialist, ENEA Rural Management Project Senegal (AID). Campus Coordinator/Project Administrator for Center for Applied International Development Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409.
Reggae News Current threats to tribal peoples include illegal logging, mining, In thelanguage of the yaka Pygmies of Northern Congo, Yombo means life. http://www.reggaezine.co.uk/bulletintribalfutures.html
Extractions: Zion Train, Leftfield, Banco de Gaia and The Orb give something back to tribal peoples: Unique new album in aid of Survival International A remarkable compilation album, Tribal Futures: the way ahead, will be released on 23 October 2000 by Survival, the world's leading organisation for tribal peoples' rights. Leading artists in the dub and trance scene have produced original tracks and special remixes to create a unique album to raise funds for Survival's campaigns. Tribal Futures celebrates the importance of tribal communities and their music in the 21st century. The artists have drawn inspiration from the music and dances of particular tribes, including the Kalahari 'Bushmen', African 'Pygmies', Australian Aborigines and Amazonian Indians, reflecting their empathy with indigenous communities. For over thirty years, Survival has campaigned for the rights of tribal peoples worldwide, from the reindeer-herding Khanty of Siberia to the honey-hunting Ogiek of Kenya, from the uncontacted Indians of Brazil to the forcibly-settled Innu Indians of Canada, with many successes. Current threats to tribal peoples include illegal logging, mining, colonisation and dams, and the violence, crippling suicide rates and disease that is introduced to tribal communities. If tribal peoples are to continue to survive, it is vital that they are seen as relevant to the present day, and not as relics destined to perish through 'progress'. The dance and trance scene has been heavily influenced by tribal music, and this is a great opportunity for the music industry to 'give something back' to indigenous communities. Tribal Futures is part of an ongoing project which aims to raise awareness of these threatened peoples and help fund Survival's vital work with them. This album is the first in a series of remixes, events and live recordings to be released under Survival's label, Yombo. In the language of the Yaka Pygmies of Northern Congo, 'Yombo' means life. Survival and Yombo are ideally placed to give tribal peoples a voice, and to bring their music and culture to a wider audience.
Extractions: ASA News ASEE Prism Academe African American Review ... View all titles in this topic Hot New Articles by Topic Automotive Sports Top Articles Ever by Topic Automotive Sports Temporality of Post-mortem Divination and Divination of Post-mortem Temporality [1] Australian Journal of Anthropology, The April, 2001 by Borut Telban The Karawari speaking Ambonwari people of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guineathose, of course, who do not talk about the world in Christian termssay that there is no one apart from themselves who can direct and manupulate their lives. They are the 'carriers' of their own life and death, wherever they go. Though people often said tome that one can die everywhere, they emphasised that they would prefer to die in their village: that one can die everywhere, they emphasised that they would prefer to die in their village: 'Imingga amanana ama marikir I will die in may village." This enables one's whole family to see one's body. Most of the people I asked about death said that they would like to have a little chat with their closest relatives before they left them (when people are severely sick or before they die, one can hear them saying 'Ama mba imbi sindakikanEnough, I am going to leave you'). [2]
All Accommodation In Hoedspruit District or lodges which nestle among the indigenous vegetation. Billy s Game Lodge,accommodating 12 people, has six Toro yaka Bush Lodge Game Lodge / Reserve / Bush http://accommodationsa.co.za/site/towns/limpopo/accommodation-in-hoedspruit-dist
EIP's Newsletter N°13 in the following areas the right of indigenous children to Utopia, Verbiage, Web,XFiles, yaka, Ill-feeling. Centre ciduidh@fasonet.bf - Peoples Movement http://eip-cifedhop.org/english/newsletter/Letter13/newsletter13.html
Extractions: This worldwide programme should come into being with the adoption by the General Assembly of an action plan whose first phase, lasting three years as from 2005, will be centred on primary and secondary school teaching. The Costa Rican resolution indicates that the elaboration of the action plan will be conferred on The United Nations High Commission on Human Rights in collaboration with UNESCO and " other state actors or competent non-governmental organisations ". This action plan would be financed by means of voluntary contributions even though an " appropriate " portion from the UN will be able to be used in the development of the " national capital " of the state members. The plan foresees the expenditure of money to support activities undertaken in particular by non-governmental organisations. Nevertheless the resolution does not specify the range or limit of these expenditures. These promising developments demand the means and political will to guarantee their realisation on the ground. Let us remember the engagement of countries, during the Jomtien Conference organized by UNESCO in 1990, to assure basic education for all as of the year 2000. One well knows that this promise was not kept, so that the
Tufts University | Civil & Environmental Engineering of Natural Resources Between National Governments and indigenous People A Kirshen, P, Adaptation to Climate Variability in West africa Security http://ase.tufts.edu/cee/faculty/kirshen/publication.asp
CLASS - Reviews Women contribute considerably to indigenous music, but their work is often yaka is a saga of tremendous scope, an Angolan War and Peace of sorts. http://www.newint.org/issue281/reviews.htm
Extractions: (Heinemann, ISBN 0-435-90962-2) The slum, a thriving and hive-like place, is witness to the extremes of human life. Over and over people survive or are broken by the same kinds of circumstances. Humming with life the slum may be, but it also has its own curious stasis. In The Sun Hath Looked Upon Me Cameroonian writer Calixthe Beyala plunges us into the stagnant world of the Quartier Général, where her protagonist, Ateba, strives for her own identity against the dictates of the moralistic and hypocritical aunt with whom she lodges. But for all that happens to Ateba, the plot remains afloat: characters appear and then get abandoned and the significance of events is constantly shifting. Through all this routine change where nothing really changes, the narrative cuts out space for Ateba and for the shaping of her voice.
From Owner-ztt-digest@lists.xmission.com (ztt-digest) To Ztt For the yaka Pygmies of Northern Congo, Yombo means life. remix) 734inspired by the mande people of west africa written by simon limbrick produced http://www.xmission.com/pub/lists/ztt/archive/v02.n181
Extractions: From: owner-ztt-digest@lists.xmission.com (ztt-digest) To: ztt-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: ztt-digest V2 #181 Reply-To: ztt-digest Sender: owner-ztt-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-ztt-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes ztt-digest Friday, August 25 2000 Volume 02 : Number 181 Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 14:20:12 +0100 From: "Phil Stubbs"
Why Try Britannica Online? stone and nailstudded statues; the yaka, also of small numbers of related and unrelatedpeople formed the without a massive recruitment of indigenous troops. http://www.britannica.com/eb/print?tocId=129482&fullArticle=true
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.
Jenne-jeno, An Ancient African City in helping us understand the indigenous context of the first unambiguous evidenceof North African or Islamic Some people likely converted to Islam and moved http://www.webzinemaker.net/africans-art/index.php3?action=page&id_art=30779
H-Net Review: Eugene M. Baer Pepetela. yaka. African Writers Series. Trans. Marga Holness. They exploitthe Angolan people as laborers on the lands stolen from the natives. http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=8151888342598
Game Lodge / Reserve / Bush Camp Accommodation In Hoedspruit District Toro yaka Bush Lodge Game Lodge / Reserve / Bush Camp lodges which nestle among theindigenous vegetation. River Game Lodge, accommodating 14 people, has seven http://accommodationsa.co.za/site/towns/limpopo/accommodation-in-hoedspruit-dist
African-American Archaeology Newsletter, Fall 1999 1983 Mukoko Ngoombu Divination Paraphernalia of the yaka, African Arts 15, In the People and Culture section, the linguistic articles help to stress http://www.diaspora.uiuc.edu/A-AAnewsletter/newsletter25.html
Extractions: 615 Fairglen Lane, Annapolis, MD 21401 :: ISBN 1060-0671 John P. McCarthy, Editor Message from the Editor I have several items to bring to your attention at this time: 1) Readership We now have over 150 subscribers to A-A A, over 30 of whom are scholars in the developing world. While most of the subscribers are professional archaeologists or historians, a surprising number are educators and interested lay people. We, of course, welcome our subscribers from outside the profession of archaeology, and we invite them to tell us about their interests in the field and how they make use of A-A A. 2) Subscription Renewals Far too many of you have not renewed your subscription for 1999. Not to put too fine a point on it, but the newsletter is in rather dire financial shape. Please check your label if says "98" after your name, this is your last newsletter unless you pay your 1999 fee. I also encourage everyone to renew for 2000 as soon as possible see the next item. 3) Fee Increases As A-A A goes from 3 times a year to a quarterly publication schedule, it is necessary to increase the subscription fees as follows: $6.00 student; $8.00 individual; $15.00 institutions/outside the USA. These rates will go into effect on January 1, 2000. Renewals will be accepted at the old rates ($4.00 student, $6.00 individual, and $8.00 institutions) until then.
Extractions: Sale 8029 Lot 22, "Flute-stopper Male Figure," New Guinea, Lower Sepik River, Yuat River, Biwat, 18 ½ inches high By Carter B. Horsley Once again Sotheby's has put its Pre-Columbian Art auction into the same catalogue as its African and Oceanic Art auction. See the separate article on the Pre-Columbian Art auction that occurs at 2PM November 11, 2004. This morning auction November 11, 2004 at Sotheby's of African and Oceanic Art is highlighted by a spectacular flute-stopper from New Guinea, a magnificent Yoruba Ram's Head Altarpiece, an impressive Benin bracelet, and a Kongo power figure. Oceanic Art Lot 22 is a magnificent flute-stopper in the form of a male figure with a fabulous feathered headdress from the Lower Sepik River, Yuat River, Biwat region of New Guinea. According to the catalogue entry for this lot, the Biwat carved "elaborate sacred flutes, haiyang, sometimes up to eight to ten feet in length." "Aggressively stanced figures such as this," it continued, "were inserted at the top of the flute when not it use. It was these flutes which the Biwat themselves considered their most important and sacred objects. Their social, ceremonial and religious significance was tremendous. Although several cults existed, these figures are often considered to be the children of the mother crocodile spirit, a powerful being that performed creative deeds in primeval times and let initiates be reborn by symbolically swallowing and throwing out the candidates."
Numismatic Articles Everything was and is made from indigenous material and is used to help the My advice to those people who would like to purchase primitive African http://www.heritagecoins.com/features/numisarticles.php?id=280
Reviews Of H-Net Africana Reviewed for Hafrica by Martin Klein, University of Toronto, 30 September 1998 . The Oral History and Literature of the Wolof People of Waalo, http://www.h-net.org/~africa/reviews/
