81. Lonely Planet - Destination: Cameroon Elephants and bongos congregate by the hundreds in some of africa s best game Its jewel is the Palais Royal, the seat of power of the Bamoun people. http://www.shoestring.co.kr/dest/afr/cam.htm

DESTINATION CAMEROON Sweltering rainforests and strutting sultans Cameroon's glory days of rapid development have given way to economic volatility, cultural strife and rising crime, especially in the larger cities and remote areas like the far north beyond Waza. Cameroonians are chafing under the long, tightening grip of their rulers more than ever. All of which makes Cameroon a challenge for travellers, but not an impossible one for those who keep their heads. Map of Cameroon (15K) Facts at a Glance Environment History ... On-line Info Facts at a Glance Area: 475,440 sq km (183,570 sq mi) Population: 14.7 million Capital city: People: Cameroon Highlanders (31%), Equatorial Bantu (19%), Kirdi (11%), Fulani (10%), Northwestern Bantu, Eastern Nigritic Language: 24 major African language groups, French, English Religion: Indigenous beliefs, Christian, Muslim Government: Republic President: Paul Biya Prime Minister: Peter Musonge Mafani Environment About the size of Spain or California and shaped a bit like a boot, Cameroon is bordered by Nigeria to the north and west, Chad and the Central African Republic to the east, Congo, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The country's game reserves teem with elephants, lions, giant eland, bongos, chimpanzees, crocodiles and birds galore. There are a few remaining lowland gorilla families in remote pockets of the underdeveloped south-east.

82. New Page 9 Akwa Ibom State Branch, 7 oron Road, Uyo PRESS RELEASE ATTAH S GAMBLE WITH THEDESTINY OF THE AKWA IBOM PEOPLE The Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO, http://www.akwaibomstate.com/Akwa_Ibom_Renaissance.htm

A Chain Reaction Genesis. A question in an article written by Nsima Ekpo demanded not only an answer but also an action. That's not what caught my attention though. I refused to believe the deputy governor of our state Mr. Chris Ekpenyong (or Obong Engr. Ekpenyong as he would like to be addressed) is a saint in the midst of corruption in his cabinet as the article alluded. On Novemeber 12, 2000, I responded to the article and before I knew it, one thing led to another and another . The following is my response to the article and samples of mails I received from some interested readers. Before you read that, here is the question posted by Nsima Ekpo and meant for all Akwa Ibomites, " How Shall We Move This State Forward? " It reads: Hello, When thoughts are formed some times they vaporize some times they are turned to physical forms. From your thoughts I am going to propose that the next governorship candidate of Akwa Ibom State, better still the next governor of Akwa Ibom State is the one we, Akwa Ibomites in the States, will install. This will be the beginning of moving the state forward and turn this thought of yours to reality. But I don't agree with you that Archibong in necessarily a saint. He does not just fold his hands and watch them do these things. Bird of the same feather flocks together.

83. Travelocity Guides Elephants and bongos congregate by the hundreds in some of africa s best wildlife Its jewel is the Palais Royal, the seat of power of the Bamoun people. http://www.travelocity.co.uk/TEU_destPrint/0,4191,TCYUK|223,00.html

Jump to Introduction When to go Events Money and Costs ... Warning Cameroon Full country name: Republic of Cameroon Area: 475,440 sq km (183,569 sq mi) Population: 15.4 million Capital city: Yaoundé (pop 730,000) People: Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13% Languages: 24 major African language groups, English, French Religions: Indigenous beliefs, Christian, Muslim Government: Unitary republic President: Paul Biya Prime Minister: Peter Mafany Musonge Introduction Sweltering rainforests and strutting sultans , wildlife parks and grilled chicken: Cameroon is one of Africa's most naturally and culturally diverse countries. In addition to its French and British colonial past, there are over 130 ethnic groups in the country speaking dozens of languages. Islam and Christianity compete for souls, as do an array of traditional animist beliefs. Outside of the swelling and modernised cities of Yaoundé, the capital, and Douala, the largest city and industrial centre, rainforests stretch north from the Atlantic Ocean, giving way to savannah and semi-desert in the north. Elephants and bongos congregate by the hundreds in some of Africa's best wildlife parks, and beachcombers laze on long, isolated beaches. When to go The best time to visit Cameroon is during the cooler, drier months of November to February. The caveat is the harmattan - the winds that blow sand south from the Sahara and turn skies sandy grey from December to February. On bad days, visibility can be reduced to 1km or even less, delaying or cancelling flights and spoiling views. As bad as this sounds, the May to November rainy season turns Cameroon into a sea of mud and makes travel even more difficult than the harmattan cord.

84. Delta Newsletter - Issue #2 On 4 January 1993, 300000 Ogoni people protested nonviolently against theenvironmental South africa is unwilling to act alone to challenge Nigeria, http://www.mcspotlight.org/beyond/delta2_nov96.html

D E L T A News and Background on Ogoni, Shell and Nigeria Newsletter #2 November 1996 Free the Ogoni 19! Oil embargo now! Contact DELTA at Box Z, 13 Biddulph Street, Leicester LE2 1BH UK Tel / fax +44 (0) 116 255 3223 e mail: lynx@gn.apc.org CONTENTS : Sorry, this feature is currently unavailable Ken Saro-Wiwa Those of us present at the launch of the ogoni community association - UK in 1994 never dreamt that it was to be the last time we would meet Ken. Though we knew he was returning to the dangers of Nigeria, farewells were light, filled with the belief that his resilience would never let him down. I don't believe it ever did. From the early 1990's until November 9th last year, Ken's assertions concerning the situation in Ogoni were regarded by many as self-serving exaggerations. Prominent amongst them was the violence that the military would unleash in order to suppress their peaceful movement for a clean environment and social equity. At a meeting of Ogoni leaders in Bori on October 3rd, 1993, he said, "The extermination of Ogoni people appears to be official policy." Ken's choice of words in describing Shell's operations as "ecological genocide" and "developmental racism" were also in some parties patronisingly regarded as an author's use of hyperbole.

85. New Acquisitions: U.C. Berkeley Africana Collections - 07/04 Nigeria nationhood outline history, people and contemporary Indigenouspolitical structures and governance in africa / edited by Olufemi Vaughan. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Collections/Africana/afri0804.html

Selected New Acquisitions in Africana UC Berkeley Library August 2004 The following is a quick list of new library acquisitions. The titles are arrayed in Library of Congress call number order. Orangun, Adegboyega. Epistemological relativism : an enquiry into the possibility of universal knowledge / Adegboyega Orangun. Ibadan, Nigeria : African Odyssey, 2001. Main Stack BD221.O73 2001 Mtuze, P. T. The essence of Xhosa spirituality : and the nuisance of cultural Florida Hills [South Africa] : Vivlia, 2003. Main Stack BL2480.X55M78 2003 Onaiyekan, John O. Thy kingdom come : democracy and politics in Nigeria today : a Catholic perspective / John O. Onaiyekan. Abuja, Nigeria : Gaudium et Spes Institute, [2003] (Series: Faith and life series (Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria) ; v. 13.) Main Stack BX1682.N5 O529 2003 The African renaissance : local action / edited by F.W.B. Akuffo. Lusaka : ARC-Zambia Network, 2002. Main Stack DT14.A372 2002

86. Tolerance.ca In many African, Asian and Latin American countries, entire populations Now people have to buy more. I would like to see fair trade become not an http://www.tolerance.ca/GrandesFigures08.asp?Langue=2

87. FAMILY OF BREATH ... A Blog By Russell Higgs African Wildlife Foundation animal aid ape alliance Terrorism is thebest political weapon for nothing drives people harder than a fear of sudden http://www.conformandobey.co.uk/2004_12_12_blogarch.html

dragon cock pierced leg nipple (via at by Russell Higgs eMail FRONT PAGE uk crackdown on the sale of fresh magic mushrooms The law concerning magic mushrooms, a Class A drug, has not been updated for 30 years. Recently in the uk a number of shops have been (gasp!) openly selling the drug as unprocessed mushrooms. Home Office spokeswoman said: "There is a need to clarify the law so that it's completely clear that fresh magic mushrooms as well as dried are illegal, to clamp down on some cases where magic mushrooms have been sold openly," as usual our individual adult rights to choose what we do with our own bodies and minds, our adult freedom regarding pleasure, consciousness and perception, doesn't even enter into the equation. at by Russell Higgs eMail FRONT PAGE Working the Conscious Canvas The ability to directly alter subjective and emotional experience will make mental manipulation an art form. By George Dvorsky Last year in Toronto, as an outgrowth of their PhD research into biofeedback, cyborgs James Fung and Corey Manders used EEG (brainwave) technology to give a concert in which audience members collectively and unconsciously created music with their minds. Called "DECONcert: Regenerative Music in the Key of EEG," the result was an experimental and jazz-like form of music that placed human beings into the feedback loop of a computational artistic process..... at by Russell Higgs eMail FRONT PAGE The Violence of Our Lives: Interviews With American Murderers by Tony Parker amazon.com

88. Lagos Life: Nigeria Bubblin' A History of Lagos, Nigeria; The Shaping of an African City There are manysimilar drivers in Nigeria, so people must be very conscious of other cars, http://www.nigeriavillagesquare1.com/nigeria bubblin.html

www.nigeriavillagesquare.com The Village Square a marketplace of ideas Vision: To be the best Nigerian intellectual forum on the internet The Village Square FRESH NEWS Articles VillageMaRT ... Book Reviews Lagos Life!! More Lagos Stories Anatomy of Lagos Traffic Suffering and Smiling Lagos the great: An Irish anarchist account Molues: Lagos's flying coffins Lagos through Ghanaian eyes Psychiatric Tests for Lagos Gridlock Drivers Eye tests for Lagos bus drivers ... Easing the Lagos Traffic Books on Lagos, Nigeria This Is Lagos and Other Stories A History of Lagos, Nigeria; The Shaping of an African City Lagos: The City Is the People Marketplace var site="sm4Villagesquare" var site="sm4Villagesquare" © The Village Square var site="sm4Villagesquare" Nigeria, bubblin' Story from An Irish anarchist in Africa 1 CRISES WITHOUT END Labour. Although the general strike Government Violence Sharia II OSHOGBO - HOLY SMOKE 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.

89. Cultural Policy In Nigeria The rights and various attempts of the people of Nigeria to develop their Situation and Trends in Cultural Policy in African Member States Nigeria, http://www.wwcd.org/policy/clink/Nigeria.html

Cultural Policy in Nigeria Prepared by Culturelink IN THIS DOCUMENT... Introduction General Directions of Cultural Policy Administrative and Institutional Structuress Public or Semi-public Bodies Non-governmental Cultural Institutions Instruments of Cultural Policy Financing and Planning of Cultural Activities Legislation Sectoral Policies Cultural Heritage Artistic and literary creation ... Recent evolution of cultural life International Cultural Cooperation Addresses Sources How This Document Was Prepared Introduction Nigeria is one of the largest (923,768 km2) and geographically, socially and culturally most diversified African countries. It is the most populous country of Africa (the population estimated at 110 million in 1990), and potentially one of the richest. Richly endowed with human and natural resources, benefiting of a large internal market, Nigeria is, however, highly dependant on external economic sector, particularly oil revenues (93 per cent of exports in 1989). The domestic industry is import dependant. More then 60 per cent of population is employed in agriculture, which provides the bulk of Nigeria's food and raw materials supply and non-oil exports. Rich resources, large internal market and human potentials did not prevent Nigeria from being a low income country with GDP per capita declining from about 1,000 US dollars in 1980 to about 250 dollars in 1990. The world oil crisis, poor agricultural development, and internal civil war are usually cited as the main reasons for such an economic decline.

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