Notes On Africa, Technology, And The Information Age awaking consciousness among Africans and peoples of African and weevils the manyKikuyu religions (or rise to an estrangement from indigenous African cultures http://www.geocities.com/hakim14204/chap7.Word.Web.htm
Extractions: Notes On Africa, Technology, and the Information Age By Bruce Cosby, Ph.D. Every few hundred years in Western history there occurs a sharp transformation - Peter Drucker Europe and North America currently represent the center of the social, political and economic transformation driven by computers and telecommunications. The development of computers, first for military purposes, and later for commercial and civilian purposes, was first harnessed in the United States during the Cold War. It now affects virtually all aspects of Western society. But for Africa, and many other developing nations, it is a different situation. The situation in Africa can be gleaned by briefly exploring the history of importation of telecommunications during colonialism and by locating the teledensity ( main telephone lines per 100) throughout the continent. Telecommunication systems were introduced in Africa (with few exceptions, like Ethiopia) by the European nations as a mechanism of control and governance. ( This is not unlike the "command and control" purpose of the Internet when it was first invented by the United States military.) Telecommunication systems were mainly limited to "communications between the capitol and its administration centers within Africa." The links that were extended beyond the administrative capitol were primarily used to solidify control and crush resistance. Mansure M. Nuruddin explains, for example, how telecommunication systems were used militarily by the British in Ghana against the Ashantis in the Yaa Assantewa War:
Ajepong Syllabus including kinship, family and marriage, indigenous political systems Nupe (all inNigeria) Luo, kikuyu, Tonga, Tiriki in the vocabulary of the peoples of Sub http://cehd.ewu.edu/faculty/ntodd/GhanaUDLP/Adjepong.html
Extractions: Vice Chancellor, University of Cape Coast Course Description: An opportunity to explore the great African continent. The concept "African culture" will be defined and delineated. The major characteristics of African culture will be outlined, including: kinship, family and marriage, indigenous political systems and traditional economic patterns and belief systems. Students will learn how agents of social change such as industrialization, colonial rule, education, urbanization and Christianity have shaped African culture. The status of women in contemporary African society will also be explored. I. INTRODUCTION 1. The myth of the "homogenous" African culture; the reality of cultural pluralism in Africa. Note: Africa has been a dynamic partner in civilization. The earliest civilization (OLDUVAI CIVILIZATION) more than 2000 years ago, has been found near Tanganyika. Africa is the cradle of humanity. (i) Egypt: the art of writing Kush: irrigation technology Axum: astronomy Moroe: geometry and medicine Moroe: the invention of paper Moroe: the pyramids Moroe: the mummification of the dead Ancient Egyptians were black. Egypt was founded by people from the south of Africa. Most names of Pharaoh's were Ethiopian.
Worksheet On Indigenous Reflections On Development to the Amazon, what was promised to indigenous peoples like the F. Explain the indigenoussense of guardianship and of Tonga of Zambia and the kikuyu of Kenya http://phobos.ramapo.edu/~hfrundt/courses/Comp Dev/indreflondev.htm
Extractions: Worksheet on Indigenous Reflections on Development Back to Class Exercises North America : The Circle is the Way to See A. Why did Gluskabe's grandmother criticize his use of the game bag, and how did he respond? B. What is the "dual power: of the "Trickster," and what are its pros and cons (pp. 5-6)? C. What were Iriquois prophesies about the trees? air and water? Who is responsible for the changes? D. In Bruchak's view, how the did native way of life in New England compare to the European way of life (p. 11)? E. What does Bruchak suggest must be done when dealing with nature? South America : Sing the Song of the Forest A. Why did the old Indian (p. 32) and the Terena chief (p. 34) think Brazilian developers were crazy (p. 34)? B. Some Europeans thought so too, but what still happened to Indian leaders both then and recently? Why had they been frightened into showing the mines? C. What two essential aspects of "development" have they tried to communicate to United Nations agencies (p. 36-7)? D. How is this illustrated in the "tapir" story?
Community In Motion in that the educated, whether indigenous or expatriate, have objective of helpinglocal peoples to empower collaboratively to produce two kikuyulanguage plays http://www.utpjournals.com/product/md/434/motion15.html
Adherents.com: By Location src Weeks, R. (ed.), Muslim peoples A World Today, most of the kikuyu worshipa single Catholicism, Protestantism); Islam; some indigenous beliefs ; At http://www.adherents.com/adhloc/Wh_175.html
Extractions: Notes Hinduism Kenya *LINK* "Publisher's Desk: Hinduism Today in Africa " in Hinduism Today International (Oct. 1993, Vol. 15, No. 10) on the continent there are major Hindu populations in South Africa (1.2 million), Tanzania (60,000), Kenya (60,000), Nigeria (30,000) and Zambia (20,000) with significant communities in Zimbabwe, Somalia and Botswana. Hinduism Kenya Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 174. Hinduism Kenya *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World Table "Religions " Islam Kenya Welch, Alford T. "Islam " in Hinnells, John R. (ed).
People And Peoples (IM) Although indigenous beliefs remain, many Ifugao have adopted The kikuyu are an aboriginalpeople of central Kenya small group of huntergatherer peoples of the http://www.ii.uj.edu.pl/~artur/enc/C3.htm
Country Overview largest ethnic groups are the kikuyu (22 percent of the population, while nonAfricanpeoples make up Roman Catholic, 26 percent follow indigenous beliefs, and http://www.ijnet.org/News/Africa/Kenya/profile.html
Extractions: Kenya Africa Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Cote d'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Republic of Congo Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Search Site for In Africa Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Cote d'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Republic of Congo Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
No Easy Walk/Kenya: ABC Clio VRGL the struggle between white settlers and indigenous Africans among the major tribes,particularly the kikuyu. perpetuated during the African peoples' battles for http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/NoEasyWalkKenya.html
Extractions: ABC-CLIO Video Rating Guide for Libraries on CD-ROM, a 5-year compilation of over 8900 video titles and reviews, 1990-1994. For information regarding order VRGL CD-ROM, contact: ABC-CLIO, P.O. Box 1911, Santa Barbara, CA 93116-1911; 805-968-1911 This following text has been included in the UCB Media Resources Center Web site with the kind permission of the publishers. Rating: *** Audience: Jr. High to Adult Price: Public performance: $395.00 Series (public): $1000.00 Descriptors: Kenya - History. Africa - History. Imperialism. Production Company: Acacia Productions Available from: Cinema Guild 1697 Broadway, #506 New York, NY 10019 (212)246-5522 Print Entry #: 1:463 Reviewer: Will K. Covington Before the coming of the white man, land was the most important possession in Kenya - " . . . the land is the source of all livelihood" (Oginga Odinga, former Kenyan vice president). Land meant freedom, and land became the focal point of the struggle between white settlers and indigenous Africans. Kenya, the second program in the three-part series No Easy Walk, traces the sociopolitical history of that East African nation from the arrival of the first colonialists in the late 19th century through independence in 1963. While not as vibrant as the other programs, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe, the production nevertheless succeeds at portraying the evolution of resistance from peaceful protest to armed confrontation.
Extractions: Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi ... African cinema videography (via U. Pennsylvania) Films and Documents About Women in Africa (via UCB African American Studies Dept.) African Cinema and African Cinematic Representation: A Short Bibliography/Videography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Libraries Africa. 8 part series by Basil Davidson. The story is unfolded on location all over Africa, showing life as it is today, plus archive film and dramatized reconstructions. Two programs per cassette, each an hour long. 1984. Different But Equal (Part 1). Describes how some of the world's greatest early civilizations had their origins in the heart of black Africa and discusses some of their artistic, technical and scientific achievements. Video/C 2487 Mastering a Continent (Part 2). Looks at two important developments in early African society, the growth of cattle keeping and agriculture. Focuses on the activities of three communities, the Pokot in Northern Kenya, Sukor in Nigeria and the Dogon of Mali. Video/C 2487 Caravans of Gold (Part 3).
Extractions: Kenya (A presentation at an international conference on Land Tenure in the Developing World with focus on Southern Africa, held at the University of Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, January 27 - 29, 1998) A. INTRODUCTION The last two decades have witnessed an unprecedented pre-occupation with land policy development (LPD) in Eastern and Southern Africa. All the countries of this region with the exception of Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire) have been engaged, at various levels of detail, in the evaluation or re-evaluation of their land policies, laws and production structures and infrastructure (Okoth-Ogendo, 1993). Other countries of Sub-Saharan Africa have also gone (or about to go) through the process of LPD. These include Senegal, Niger, The Gambia, Mali, Eritrea and Ethiopia, to mention but the most obvious ones (OSS, 1997). In some of these countries such as Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, LFD has been treated as so important an issue that it has exploded onto the arena of constitution-making. What is the explanation for all this frenzy? What is it that has happened that makes LPD so central to economic, political and social discourse? What are the real drivers behind this pre-occupation? What mechanisms and process have been used to initiate and administer LPD in specific country contexts? And what outcomes have we seen, or should we expect, that would make the exercise worthwhile for prospective beneficiaries? This paper offers preliminary answers to these question and attempts to sketch out the main paradigm about LPD that appears to have emerged in the region.
GOD DOES NOT HELP THOSE WHO DO NOT HELP THEMSELVES The conditions of indigenous peoples are no less hard in Finland would be harmfulto the Finnic peoples of Russia. ten years, but he writes in kikuyu for the http://www.moris.ru/~algod/press/LEIF/
Extractions: 'We Finns have no moral right to remain bystanders while our ethnic relatives fight for their lives Ignorance, or the hopelessness of the situation, are no excuses for passivity We must remember that the oil we have been consuming for decades flows from the land of the Khanty and Mansi, and that some of our industry runs on natural gas which comes from the tundra of the Nenets" Marianne Flinckenberg-Gluschkoff, Ugnen mailla (The Ugnc lands), 1992 A recollection from my visit to the Republic ofMordva, 600 km to the south-east of Moscow, the home of my Finno-Ugric relatives: a young intellectual, linguist and musician, insists on checking his pronunciation of the Finnish word karhu (bear). Another recollection: I step off the train at the station of the capital Saransk. I soon spot my hosts, smiling cheerfully and waving bunches of flowers. When we leave the station I trip over the carcass of a big black dog, which has obviously been lying there for days without anyone taking the trouble to remove it. So it is here too - the decay and negligence of Soviet life. These recollections are flashes of the everyday life I briefly met in the Mordvinian Republic. But a visitor's overriding impression is of surprise and admiration: even under circumstances like these people still have the strength to believe in a better future and to work for it. Gratifyingly many seem to have such strength.
Clitorodectomy total lack of respect for the culture of other peoples. areas, it is found among certainindigenous Andean and Examples of such groups are the kikuyu and Masai http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~africa/sources/clitorodectomy.html
Extractions: Black Women in Publishing, New York There has in recent times been a hue and cry about the practice of genital surgery on women in Africa. The prevailing perspective in America has been absolute condemnation. What is bothersome is not so much that people have a negative opinion of the practice, but that the issue is misrepresented as a form of child abuse or a tool of gender oppression. The language and tone of the outcry in most cases reflects a total lack of respect for the culture of other peoples. Even more bothersome is the false portrayal: the falsification of statistics and a successful demonization of the practitioners. There may be an on-going debate about the effects or necessity for the procedure, but the essential truth is that the practitioners do not perform genital surgery on their girls, (nor on their sons for that matter) to oppress them or do them any harm. For them the procedure is carried out for the noblest of reasons, the best of intentions and in good faith. The fact that it can be performed in public in the countries that permit it demonstrates that the practitioners do not consider it dirty laundry or a dark hidden secret.
INCORE: Ethnic Studies Network: Index of different ethnic groups (between kikuyu and Luo in diminished use and status ofthe indigenous languages of the term «nation» is applied to these peoples. http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/home/esn/ismagilova.html
Extractions: The paper is based on the result of the field research and observations in twenty one African countries. Ethnicity continues to play a significant role in various spheres of life in African states, manly in politics; however, during the past decade that role, as is in other parts of the world, has increased. That was due to a number of factors, viz. unsettled economic problems, the growing social tension, political instability, prolonged regional conflicts, the ever engraving complications in interethnic relations. Adding to that is the growing significance of traditional ethno-cultural values and, as a consequence of that, the growth of ethnic consciousness, the desire to preserve one's culture, languages etc. If it is not always clear for some scholars and practising figures what concretely must be done for resolving various aspects of the nationalities problems, but it is quite clear for them on the basis of the recent negative experience in a number of countries what must not be done. That is the reason why theoretical and practical interest to the issue of self-determination of peoples, forms of administrative and territorial organisation, various forms of autonomy, including the cultural ones, increased so much during the past years.
Template In this indigenous rural culture the woman is different peoples, from the Maasai tothe kikuyu. in the Heritage Library of African peoples contains information http://urbanafreelibrary.org/cdblhimo.htm
Cultural Anthropology or listing a children's book as An Algonquin Legend or A kikuyu Tale intentionally TheIndigenous peoples Rights Question in africa This http://www.archaeolink.com/cultural_anthropology_index.htm
Extractions: Cultural /Applied Anthropology - Home 'A' thru 'F' - go to - 'G' thru 'Z' This section may be one of the fastest growing because of the sheer amount of material that falls under the general heading of "cultural anthropology." You will find a mix of websites ranging from general social studies and basic human nature, to items which are culturally specific. My only attempt at organizing this is alphabetically. Treasure hunts can be fun. So, dig right in. 1999 Eclipse Anthropology Project Observation of reactions to a solar eclipse. "Even with modern communications, an eclipse may create anxiety and emotional reactions. - By Dr. Thomas Crump - http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/crump.html 20th WCP: Philosophical Anthropology Large and varied collection of papers dealing with philosophy in conjunction with cultural anthropology. - By the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy - http://web.bu.edu/wcp/MainAnth.htm 20th WCP:Understanding Human Nature... Paper on philosophical anthropology deals with self-realization based on philosophy and the arts. - From Cambridge University - http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Anth/AnthAmil.htm
The Page Cannot Be Found to Kenyatta's ethnography of the kikuyu, Facing Mount map the cultures of the indigenouspeoples of the the culture area. Herskovits divided africa into six http://www.africana.com/Articles/tt_914.htm
The Page Cannot Be Found one of the two most common indigenous languages of spoken by the Khoikhoi and Sanpeoples of southern in Angola; Swahili and Sukuma in Tanzania; kikuyu in Kenya http://www.africana.com/Articles/tt_162.htm
EDU2 : Level 3 and literature of africa; kikuyu Words And LITERATURE AND CINEMA OF africa AND CARIBBEAN; IndigenousPeoples' Literature; Inuktitut Translations; Kiowa Orthography; http://www.my-edu2.com/EDU/langua1.htm
Extractions: EDU2 :LANGUAGES - XEUROPEAN ABCentral Search Helpers Submit a Link ... TURKISH *AFRICA* African 300 - Hausa Verbal Art in Translation - Hunter African Languages African Writers Index Bemba - Title ... jarida:african lang. hausa,swhahili,yoruba *ARABIC* Arabic Arabic at Penn Fun With Arabic- learn Arabic in a fun and easy way Les Médias - L'écriture arabe ... adab islami - Muslim intellectuals and Literature *ASIA* LANGUAGES ASIAN : TITLE *AUSTRALIAN NATIVE* 4.7 POST-CONTACT LANGUAGES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA A Warlpiri Text: Punishments ANU - Aboriginal Studies WWW VL - Languages Aboriginal Languages of Australia ... Handbook of WA Aboriginal languages, south of the Kimberley *CHEROKEE* A Small Lexicon of Tsalagi words Cherokee Companion Cherokees of California:language Moondoves Spiral:and the cherokee dictionary ... The Cherokee Alphabet and Pronunciation Guide *HAWAII* 'O-lelo Hawai'i Index Hawaiian Language Center - University of Hawaii at Hilo Hawaiian Language ~ Kâ `Ôlelo Hawai`i: E Komo Mai! (Welcome!): Words, lessons, Aloha, culture, Hawaiian wise sayings Hawaiian Language ... Slightly Bent Hawaiian Phrases *HEBREW* Biblical Aramaic Biblical Hebrew Elementary Hebrew: Introduction Hebrew Language Online Sites ... R.G.Lehmann, Hebraeisch und Aramaeisch/Classical Hebrew and Aramaic in Mainz
IRC JPO Staff At IRC has research experiences in South africa and Jordan. Domain Claim Project of IndigenousPeoples in Mindanao English, Swahili, French and kikuyu, her mother http://www.irc.nl/aboutirc/jpos.html
Extractions: Under the JPO (Junior Professional Officer) programme, young professionals from the Netherlands and developing countries will work within each other's organisations. In the first phase (2002 to mid-2003), four Dutch JPO's will work with CINARA (Colombia), NETWAS (Kenya), NEWAH (Nepal) and PCWS (Philippines). At the same time, one JPO from each of these institutes will work with IRC. Dutch JPO's, from left to right: Corine Otte, Esther de Vreede, Stef Smits and Susanne Boom Corine Otte NEWAH in Nepal. Her main interests are Method for Participatory Assessment (MPA) and Hygiene Promotion. She carried out a research in Morocco. The aim of the research was to investigate the present-day social relations between the different stakeholders in the village regarding the organisation of water. Languages: Dutch, English, and French Esther de Vreede got her BSc in Engineering and Management, MSc in Technology Management for Developing Countries, and MA in Advanced Development Studies. She will work with NETWAS in Kenya. She carried out her MSc research in Tanzania and South Africa investigating the management and ownership of sanitary systems and services in urban slums. Working experience with donor agencies/NGO's and specialised in organisational and institutional development, project and financial management, gender, water and sanitation. Experience in Eastern Africa; specially Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya. Her main interests and activities concern Community Water Supply Management and Cost Recovery, and also Community Integrated Water Resource Management.
Country Info - Kenya through by wave upon wave of peoples from all s) adjective Kenyan Ethnic groupsKikuyu 22%, Luhya 14 Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 28%, indigenous beliefs 26 http://www.safari.nl/landen/kenya.html
Extractions: Kenya is still the primary focus of all adventure travel in Africa. It is one of the finestand undoubtedly the most famoussafari destination in the world. Safari , however, is by no means the only reason to visit Kenya, for the attractions of its rich culture and diverse environments are considerable. Kenya is situated right along the equator, on the eastern coast of the African continent. Its coastal region is on the southeast, and to the east lies Somalia. Ethiopia is to the north, the Sudan to the northwest, and Uganda directly to the west. The southwestern border of the country is marked by Lake Victoria, and southward lies Tanzania. Kenya's geography is marvelously varied. While much of northeastern Kenya is a flat, bush-covered plain, the remainder of the country encompasses pristine beaches, scenic highlands and lake regions, the Great Rift Valley, and the magnificent Mount Kenya.
