41. Africa Stage: Making A Difference - September 15, 1999 there are several ways you can help the indigenous people of the Niger Delta . Kavitha Part 1 A Girl Named Fanta /A Death in dogon Country http://www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/africa/091599/091599madoil.html

More Making a Difference Articles Who Will Mop Up Their Mess? Shell and Chevron Wreak Havoc in Nigeria "Lord take my soul, but the struggle continues" Ken Saro-Wiwa, the gallows just before execution, November 10th 1995. One of the world's most devastating combinations of human rights abuse and environmental destruction is still occurring in the West African country of Nigeria. Who are the culprits? American oil companies, namely Shell and Chevron. These companies continue to spend billions of dollars per year in search of new sources of oil at the expense of biodiversity and indigenous cultures. Ogoni is a land of half a million people in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. While Ogoni's oil wealth has been exploited, and the local people have suffered economic deprivation, the environmental devastation of their land and the discriminatory policies of successive Nigerian governments. The World Trek Team has seen environmental abuses by oil companies before in Guatemala and Peru . While the effects are harmful in every country invaded by the oil companies, the story of human death due to protest has been made poignantly famous in Nigeria.

42. Atlas: Fire And Burning In West Africa Holocene Savanna Palaeoenvironment. Anthr has been applied by indigenous people in the past but is increasingly being 3 Settlement history and palaeoenvironment of Ounjougou (dogon Plateau, http://atlas-conferences.com/c/a/m/u/05.htm

Atlas home Conferences Abstracts about Atlas "Rapid and catastrophic environmental changes in the Holocene and human response" first joint meeting of IGCP 490 and ICSU Environmental catastrophes in Mauritania, the desert and the coast January 4-18, 2004 Field conference departing from Atar Atar, Mauritania Organizers Suzanne Leroy, Aziz Ballouche, Mohamed Salem Ould Sabar, and Sylvain Philip (Hommes et Montagnes travel agency) View Abstracts Conference Homepage Fire and burning in West Africa Holocene savanna palaeoenvironment. Anthropogenic and natural processes in environmental changes. by Ballouche, Aziz Géophen, UMR LETG 6554-CNRS, UFR de Géographie, Université de Caen, BP 5186, F-14032 Caen, France. Date received: November 14, 2003 Atlas Conferences Inc. Document # camu-05.

43. African Lesson Plans 1998 The people of western and central africa whose art is represented in the objects Among its most famous artproducing peoples are the dogon, Bambara, http://www.umfa.utah.edu/index.php?id=MTIz

44. Primitive Religion In fact, research carried out among the indigenous peoples of Oceania, theAmericas, and sub Saharan africa have revealed rich and very complex religions, http://mb-soft.com/believe/txo/primitiv.htm

Primitive Religion General Information Primitive religion is a name given to the religious beliefs and practices of those traditional, often isolated, preliterate cultures which have not developed urban and technologically sophisticated forms of society. The term is misleading in suggesting that the religions of those peoples are somehow less complex than the religions of "advanced" societies. In fact, research carried out among the indigenous peoples of Oceania, the Americas, and sub Saharan Africa have revealed rich and very complex religions, which organize the smallest details of the people's lives. The religions of archaic cultures - the cultures of the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic ages - are also referred to as primitive. The available evidence for prehistoric religions is so limited as to render any reconstruction highly speculative. Scholars such as Mircea Eliade, however, have emphasized the importance of contemporary fieldwork in recapturing a sense of the religious life of early humankind. BELIEVE Religious Information Source web-site Our List of 1,000 Religious Subjects

45. Project MUSE As none of the indigenous peoples of africa South of the Sahara lived in eitherclass structured or slave based societies, this seems an adequate http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_colonialism_and_colonial_history/v002/2.

How Do I Get This Article? Athens Login Access Restricted This article is available through Project MUSE, an electronic journals collection made available to subscribing libraries NOTE: Please do NOT contact Project MUSE for a login and password. See How Do I Get This Article? for more information. Login: Password: Your browser must have cookies turned on Southall, Aidan William "Southall on Karp and Masolo" Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History - Volume 2, Number 2, Fall 2001, The Johns Hopkins University Press Excerpt Aidan Southall Philosophy is the love of wisdom. The Greek society within which philosophy first emerged was one in which the basic chores were carried out by slaves. Free citizens had the possibility, if they wished, of devoting themselves to reflection about those ultimate questions which have generally come to be accepted as the concerns of philosophy. As none of the indigenous peoples of Africa South of the Sahara lived in either class structured or slave based societies, this seems an adequate explanation of why philosophy never became institutionalized in traditional African society. The formula of African philosophy "as cultural inquiry" has allowed scholars, Africans and Africanists, to approach the problem by asking what consideration African societies gave to the major concerns of philosophy: explanations of the order of the cosmos; the nature of human personality; the significance of death for the human species; whether humanity is subject to any overarching destiny, and how this is related to...

46. H-Net Review: Elizabeth Akingbola peoples of africa is an eleven volume set of books that provides historical The chapters separate indigenous african beliefs from Christianity and Islam http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=40801012584859

47. Reviewing Two Mathematics Textbooks Issued By Addison-Wesley Conehead integration, and fictitious tales of indigenous peoples. The dogon (Doh GAN) people live in a remote region of the West African nation of http://www.textbookleague.org/75math.htm

from The Textbook Letter , November-December 1996 Rain-Forest Algebra and MTV Geometry Marianne M. Jennings About a year and a half ago, when my daughter Sarah was in the 8th grade, she asked me to help her with her algebra homework. As I opened the textbook that she was using, I was prepared to read a little y = mx + b , but what I saw in this book was Dogon art, maps of South America, and tips about endangered species. I tossed it back to my daughter and said, "Wrong book. This is geography." She rolled her eyes (as teenagers do when they want to signal "How can you be so dumb?"), and she pointed to the title on the book's cover: Addison-Wesley Secondary Math: An Integrated Approach: Focus on Algebra Since then I have spent a lot of time with Addison-Wesley's Focus on Algebra a book that easily could pass for a satire of contemporary American education and of the sociopolitical indoctrination that goes on in many of our classrooms. Even Saturday Night Live in the 1970s wasn't this good. Here are some of the problems that Addison-Wesley's writers wanted my daughter to attack in the name of algebra: What other kinds of pollution besides air pollution might threaten our planet?

48. FAO/AGL - GIAHS - Globally Important Ingenious Agricultural Heritage Systems - T and honey gathering by forest dwelling peoples in Central and East africa . with selected priority systems and indigenous peoples representatives. http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/agll/giahs/projsum-e.stm

Home Land Water News ... WAICENT GIAHS - Globally important Ingenious Agricultural Heritage Systems The GIAHS Project Home The GIAHS Project Project Documents Methodology ... Find Project Summary The project aims to establish the basis for international recognition, conservation and sustainable management of Globally Important Ingenious Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) and their associated landscapes, biodiversity, knowledge systems and cultures throughout the world. Specific action programmes will be developed in 5-10 pilot sites/ systems, as well as activities to leverage global, regional and national policy and institutional support. Heritage for the Future In many countries specific agricultural systems and landscapes have been created, shaped and maintained by generations of farmers and herders based on diverse species and their interactions and using locally adapted, distinctive and often ingenious combinations of management practices and techniques. Building on dynamic local knowledge and experience, these ingenious agricultural systems reflect the evolution of humanity and its profound harmony with nature. They have resulted not only in outstanding aesthetic beauty, maintenance of globally significant agricultural biodiversity, resilient ecosystems and valuable cultural inheritance but, above all, in the sustained provision of multiple goods and services, food and livelihood security and quality of life.

49. The People Of Mali The Bambara are the largest cultural segment, but the dogon (roughly 5% of thepopulation) are People of africa Critical Inquiry Test Your Knowledge http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/p-ofmali.htm

THE PEOPLE OF MALI Incredible @rt Dept ART HOME Program Goals Lesson Plans ... Art Home What do the people think about art What are their beliefs What are some masking trends today? Today, most of the population of Mali (estimated at 10,878,000 in 1995) is African. The major groups are the Bambara (the linguistic name for the Bamana and Bamakan people), Fulani (the English name for the Fulfulde or Peul groups), Soninka (which includes the Marka), Senoufo (the linguistic name for groups also referred to as "Senufo"), Songhai, Maninke (includes the Malinka and the Maninka), and the Dogon. Nomadic Tuaregs and other Berbers roam the Sahel and parts of the Sahara. In all, there are thirty-two languages listed for Mali, but French is the official language and Bambara is widely used. The Bambara are the largest cultural segment, but the Dogon (roughly 5% of the population) are world-renowned for their artwork and dance festivals (Grimes 1996; "Mali, Republic" 1998). The influence of the Bambara extends far beyond the areas that they inhabit. Art historians often include in discussion of the Bambara style the works of the Khassonke (of the Kassonke linguistic group- about 1% of the population of Mali), Malinke, Marka (of the Soninke group) and Minianka (the Minianka are of the Senoufo Mamara). Different variants of style cannot be easily identified from pieces that have been collected (Luezinger 1960, p. 76). While there are some distinctive differences, their sculpture was all in the hands of the Nuni (today called

50. Africa's Ancient Egyptian Lotus Ring Here is where you can explore information about africa s ancient past. Here we will respect the ancient indigenous people and not lie about them. http://f.webring.com/hub?ring=ankhwas

51. Tunza The UNEP Magazine For Youth - For Young People, By Young People, About You The dogon, whose villages lie primarily along the cliffs of Bandigara in southeastern The 80000 Sami people, an indigenous group of European origin, http://www.ourplanet.com/tunza/issue0202en/pages/seven.html

Aborigines have lived in Australia for around 4,000 years. While they are greatly attached to the land, which provides their home and sustenance, they do not consider themselves its owners; there is no history of territorial wars between different tribes. As hunter-gatherers, aborigines have cultivated an expert knowledge of the world around them and developed remarkable skills in finding food and water. They often drain water from trees and roots, and even squeeze it out from frogs that store it in their bodies. They can track animals using the smallest signs, like patterns in the grass and broken twigs, as clues, and lure their prey by imitating the calls of birds or emulating the movement of emu with sticks and feathers. photo: Topham Picturepoint The Dogon , whose villages lie primarily along the cliffs of Bandigara in southeastern Mali, have adjusted their agricultural practices to suit their rocky, arid surroundings; they carry soil to where it is most needed, and build stone walls and dirt mounds to prevent seedlings from being blown away. According to their mythology, their people received advanced astronomical knowledge from spiritual guardians from outer space known as Nommos. From these amphibian beings, the Dogon learned of the star Sirius B and its size, density and movement; of the existence of Venus and the rings around Saturn; and of the way that planets orbit the sun - pre-empting later discoveries by astronomers using telescopes and other highly technical modern equipment.

52. Forums At Dogon Village African American News Criminal Justice Issues Related To Once the masses of african people, see themselves as a unit, I saw the articleon dogon Village Issues forum. africa is the cradle of civilization. http://www.dogonvillage.com/dogonforum/DCForumID7/131.html

Dogon Village Free For All OLD FORUM - you can enter comments in our News Blog. (The following posts are not the views of Dogon Village) "Who is Black" Printer-friendly version of this topic Previous Topic Next Topic Home Conferences ... Black Issues Forum - View only (Public) Original message "Who is Black" Posted by dogon on May-13-00, 07:20 AM (GMT) Dr. Samuel Betances, professor of sociology at Northeastern Illinois University makes the following point: "African-Americans should be forewarned, however, not to demand of Hispanics/Latinos that the evidence of being free of racism is best demonstrated by their claiming a black identity. Hispanics/Latinos need to stop being racist, but that does not mean that they should automatically become black. the black Hispanics/Latinos needd to feel good about their African heritage without necessarily abandoning their ethnic interest group identities as members of sub groups such as Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans, etc. The demand that African-Cubans, etc. become African-Americans denies such people the right to be part of certain experiences and a heritage grounded in a whole different set of socio-cultural realities rooted in the meaning of Hispanics/Latinos as people of the Americas. African-American coalition builders must resist the temptation of wanting to assimilate Hispanics/Latinos inot their movement. Rather, what is needed is indeed a coalition of separate groups towards a common agenda..." Edit Reply Reply With Quote Top Table of contents

53. 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

List of ethnic groups From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (Redirected from List of peoples This is list of names of ethnic groups . A group can have several names (e.g., names in English language and in native language, obsolete names, versions of spelling, etc.) Contents: Top A B C ... edit A 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

54. African Art: Information From Answers.com African art, art created by the peoples south of the Sahara. The figures ofthe dogon tribe of central Mali stress the cylindrical shape of the torso. http://www.answers.com/topic/african-art

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 materials—often 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 Africa—the 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.

55. 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

Countries Topics Search the Africa Pages Suggest a Site ... Topics: Photographs See also: Country Pages Art Section Contemporary Photographs Historical Photographs Contemporary Photographs Africa 05 "the biggest celebration of African culture ever organised in Britain, including visual arts , cinema, literature, history, music , craft, and performing arts." Has photograph exhibits. Africa 05 is a partnership of the Arts Council, the British Museum and the South Bank Centre. Site by the British Broadcasting Corp. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcafrica/africa05/ Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent "visual images and sounds of Africa contributed over the years to the African Studies Program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison ..." "more than 3000 slides, 500 photographs, and 50 hours of sound from forty-five different countries." Locate photos by topic, country, keyword. http://africafocus.library.wisc.edu/ AfricaGuide.com - Photo Library

56. Kritische Traditionen: Afrika Review Of U. Lölke's Book By H. Kimmerle Rewiew of U. Loelke s book by H. Kimmerle, african philosophy and her recognition by but of or about the indigenous peoples, which they describe. http://home.concepts-ict.nl/~kimmerle/text6rez.htm

INTERCULTURAL PHILOSOPHY AND ART(IFK) Review of U. Loelke's book by H. Kimmerle Kritische Traditionen: Afrika. Philosophie als Ort der Dekolonisation , by Ulrich Lölke. Frankfurt/M.: IKO – Verlag für Interkulturelle Kommunikation, 2001, 250 pp., ISBN 3-88939-552-X The book of Lölke has served as a PhD-thesis at the University of Düsseldorf in 1999. It is a remarkable fact that his dissertation on ‘African philosophy’ has been accepted at this university. For, it was Prof. Alwin Diemer who introduced this subject to the international philosophical discourse when he organized the 16 th World Congress of Philosophy at the University of Düsseldorf in 1978. At this congress he arranged for the first time a symposium on ‘Philosophy in the present situation of Africa’. Nine African philosophers participated in this symposium. Five years later he called together a much larger number of African philosophers to discuss the subject ‘Africa and the problem of its identity’. Since 1978 the World Congresses of Philosophy are an important forum for African philosophers.

57. African Art. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (because of the people’s sedentary lifestyles) in indigenous art. The figures of the dogon tribe of central Mali stress the cylindrical shape of the http://www.bartleby.com/65/af/Africana.html

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58. Ninemsn Encarta - African Religions Great books about your topic, African Religions, selected by Encarta editors (see African Art and Architecture) indicate that the indigenous peoples of http://au.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_781538529/African_Religions.html

ninemsn Home Hotmail Search Shopping ... Upgrade your Encarta Experience Search Encarta Tasks Find in this article Print Preview Further Reading Editors' choice for African Religions Encarta Search Search Encarta about African Religions Editors' Choice Great books about your topic, African Religions ... Click here Advertisement African Religions Encyclopedia Article Multimedia 6 items Article Outline Introduction The History of African Religions Creation Myths, the Supreme Being, and the Trickster The Lesser Gods and Destiny ... Traditional Religions in Africa Today I Introduction Print Preview of Section African Religions , the traditional religions of black Africa . They are referred to as traditional in the sense that they are indigenous and are defined by the language ( see African Languages ) and territory of their adherents. African religions may be counted in their thousands and interact closely with two of the so-called world religions, Christianity and Islam . Both of these have long been part of Africa’s religious history; as such they have undergone considerable localization and for these reasons could also be said to form part of the traditional religions of Africa. Small Jewish communities have also existed in Africa for centuries, mainly in North Africa and

59. Reviews: Africa Oral Arts South africa Survival of indigenous Cultures Topic These works of art portray the many aspects of the african people’s life, http://web.cocc.edu/humanities/HIR/Reviews/Africa.html

Africa Under construction All student contributions have been web published with author's permission: Thank you!! African Art African Slave Trade AIDS in Africa Christianity in Africa ... Survival of Indigenous Cultures Add your reviews of sources on these or new African topics: New Submission Form Break this page up - It's too long for one web page!! African Art Contributor: E. Gracie Huntington , 19 March 2002 [HUM 211 student, Winter 2002] Introduction: [E.G.H] Smithsonian National Museum of African Art URL: http://www.nmafa.si.edu/ Annotation: This site has four different sections and they are exhibitions, education, museum resources, and general information. Overall I found this site to give a great variety of African Art. Some of the art was just household appliances and others were made to symbolize power. The site not only gave you some history, but also shows you on the map what area these artworks were from and a quick overview about the piece of art. These works of art portray the many aspects of the African people’s life, physical and spiritual. African Art: Aesthetics And Meaning Benjamin C. Ray, Dept. of Religious Studies, Guest Curator

60. HUM 211 Student Praise Songs - Fall 2004 The Mande peoples of Western africa have an epic Sundjata Keita. The indigenousyouth of today are seeking to learn more of western culture than of http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/studentmidtermsf04.htm

HUM 211 Student Midterms - Fall 2004 ~ Webposted with student permission ~ Thank you all so much!! ~ Cora Short Cuts on this web page: Beth Massingill : Midterm Part I, Topic #1: Cross Cultural Study; Part II, Topic #6: I Is a Long Memoried Woman Daniel Sowerby Under construction: More may be added to this webpage. Beth Massingill Midterm Part I, Topic #1: Cross Cultural Study [Guidelines]; Part II, Topic #6: I Is a Long Memoried Woman Beth Massingill HUM 211, Prof. C. Agatucci Take-Home Midterm Paper: Final 19 October 2004 Midterm Part 1: Topic Choice #1 I have taken stock from my own experience to help determine some important guidelines which I feel are important for productive cross-cultural study of African oral arts and film. As was stated in class by Cora Agatucci, the moment I walked into this particular arena of study, I crossed a cultural boundary because I am a white woman studying African history. Having my own orientation to the world and other peoples, I realize what would be advantageous to me in my desire to learn about another culture is maintain an open mind, prepare for differences in language, beliefs systems, rituals, etc., and exercise a willingness to respect cultural differences. When I chose to take this course of study, I asked myself why I was interested in African culture. It was clear to me that I knew very little about Africans and their history and I was curious about understanding the truth. Without conscious thought, I was clear that I would have to be open to new input. Input is only potent if it is channeled into something receptive. In other words, an open mind would be essential to get the most from my study experience.

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