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African archaeology Algeria: Heritage laws
2008-05-26 10:57:00 Source: African Archaeology Algérie : > Ordonnance n°67-281 du 20 décembre 1967 relative aux fouilles et à la protection des sites et monuments historiques et naturels > Décret n°69-82 du 13 juin 1969 relatif à l?exportation des objets présentant un intérêt national du point de vue de l?histoire, de l?art et de l?archéologie > Arrêté du 17 mai ... More About: Heritage , Laws , Algeria
Papers and reports on the Food crisis, rising food prices, 2008
2008-05-24 15:12:00 These papers seen on IISD are global but may be of interest to those tracking the current food crisis. HIGH FOOD PRICES: THE WHAT, WHO, AND HOW OF PROPOSED POLICY ACTIONS (IFPRI, 200 This paper, authored by Joachim von Braun et al., offers an action plan to combat the global food price crisis. ... More About: Food , Crisis , Papers , 2008 , Prices
UNECA: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT FOR AFRICA May 2008
2008-05-24 14:57:00 Source: IISD SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT FOR AFRICA (UNECA, May 200 The report provides a Five-Year Review of the Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development Outcomes in Africa . It reflects on the relationship between poverty reduction and global security, and places the achievement of the MDGs as a priority for international efforts ... More About: Report , Sustainable Development
Woman moves to end breast cancer deaths in Mauritius
2008-05-22 21:41:00 Source: APA Woman moves to end breast cancer deaths in Mauritius (2008-05-04 10:53:17) APA - Port Louis (Mauritius) Allia Syed Hossen, president of the Cercle des Dames Mourides (CDM) in Mauritius, has launched a brochure in English, Creole and in braille together with a CD to inform women on ways of detecting cervical and breast cancer. Read the ... More About: Cancer , Breast Cancer , Breast , Deaths
Kenyan doctor to be honoured at TICAD conference in Japan
2008-05-22 21:37:00 Source: APA Kenya n doctor to be honoured at TICAD conference in Japan (2008-05-22 03:02:50) APA-Nairobi (Kenya) Kenya?s former National Aids Control Council chairperson Miriam Were will be given the Hideyo Noguchi award at a ceremony in Japan next week during the fourth Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development (TICAD IV). Read the full story ... More About: Doctor
Nigerian author: Chukwuemeka Ike awarded Fonlon-Nichols Award
2008-05-22 21:32:00 Source: African Book Collective Here is the ABC Author blurb for: Chukwuemeka Ike IKE, (Vincent) Chukwuemeka (1931-), Nigeria n novelist, was born in eastern Nigeria and educated at the University of Ibadan and at Stanford in the USA. As an educator, Ike has contributed to the intellectual and cultural development of Africa in important administrative positions at Nigerian universities ... More About: African writers , Award
Uganda: Concert to celebrate the achievements of women in music
2008-05-22 21:16:00 Source: APA APA-Kampala (Uganda) An international agency, Woman at Work International, will stage a concert in Kampala on June 8 to celebrate the achievements of African women in music. Uganda Breweries Limited will be co-hosting the concert dubbed ?V and A Divas Unite? at Serena Kampala Hotel, according to the event coordinator and veteran Ugandan musician Halima ... More About: Women , Music , Concert , Celebrate , African music
US embassy presents a prominent Gambian gender activist with a courage awar
2008-05-22 21:00:00 Source: APA APA-Banjul (The Gambia ) The embassy of the United Sates of America in Banjul on Wednesday presented the 2008 Secretary of State?s Award for International Women of Courage to Dr. Isatou Touray, Executive Director of Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices (GAMCOTRAP). The award, given annually, pays tribute to women of courage around the world and ... More About: Presents , Gender , Embassy
Angola new book: Angola on the Move. Transport Routes, Communications and H
2008-05-22 18:58:00 I’d like to bring a new book on Angola to your attention. You’ll find the publicity blurb below and also at http://www.zmo.de/angola the symposium on the subject in 2003 where the papers were presented. X-Posted from H-Net Discussion List on Portuguese-speaking African Countries and H-West-Africa ——– From: Beatrix Heintze heintze@em.uni-frankfurt.de Date: 22 May 2008 Dear list members, I would like to draw your attention ... More About: Transport , Book , Move , Communications
Two new health maps: worldwide Polio, Kenya Cholera epidemic
2008-05-22 18:08:00 Source: AlertNet World wild poliovirus 2008. See particularly the Africa part of the map. http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/satellit eimages/120756146591.htm Kenya Cholera epidemic http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/satellit eimages/120894374793.htm More About: Health , Maps , Worldwide , Epidemic
CHARTING THE FUTURE OF BANANA IN AFRICA
2008-05-21 21:09:00 Contributed by Thomas Dubois CHARTING THE FUTURE OF BANANA IN AFRICA IITA, Kampala, Uganda - The best and the brightest minds in banana research and industry from all over Africa will converge in Kenya later this year to develop a 10-year strategic roadmap that would harmonize and guide efforts to promote the marketing and trade of ... More About: Banana , Future , The Future , Charting
Africa: Medical internship opportunity
2008-05-21 20:57:00 The following advert was seen on www.idealist.org, it is intended for non-Africa n medics to gain experience in Africa. Comments are closed for this post. Please apply directly to the advertiser (see the bottom of the advert). http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Intern ship/122277-109 Location: Bungoma, Western Province, 50200, Kenya Organization: WEPOGA KENYA. Area of Focus: Foundations, Fundraising, and Philanthropy, Health, Mental Skill(s): fundraising, graphic design, ... More About: Medical , Opportunity , Internship
Academic paper: Forms of education of indigenous children as crimes against
2008-05-20 20:51:00 Via Lg-policy list Please see the expert statement commissioned by the UN’s Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. It’s a very strong statement, basically arguing that subtractive education for Indigenous peoples is tantamount to a crime against humanity and should be sanctioned as such under international law. Although the focus is Indigenous peoples, there are clear extensions to other minoritized groups. Tove ... More About: Education , Children , Academic , Paper
Africa: Poor power supply bane sub-Saharan growth - IMF report states
2008-05-20 20:44:00 Source: APA (2008-05-19 22:43:05) APA - Lagos (Nigeria) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the increasing power supply crisis in sub-Saharan Africa has become a major constraint to economic growth. Read the full story More About: Power , Report , Growth , Bane
Senegal: Senegalese dental surgery gets 1st ISO 9001 certification for qua
2008-05-20 20:34:00 Source: APA APA Dakar (Senegal ) A Senegalese dental surgery got the first ISO 9001 certification for such a structure in West Africa after passing the recognition test of the quality of its service. “We had already set up an organization around the reception, the follow-up of patients, appointments, a software that manages all information related to our ... More About: Dental , Surgery , Certification
CAMEROON: The aesthetics of water
2008-05-20 20:29:00 20 May 2008 11:31:22 GMT Source: IRIN Since the 1990s when the Cameroon government stopped providing free water in urban centres, most of the population of the commercial capital Douala have had to resort to digging their own wells, which are often contaminated. But four years ago, a shiny futurist-looking structure sprang up in Bessengué Akwa, ... More About: Water , Twater
São Tomé and Príncipe 2 IMF documents
2008-05-20 16:03:00 Country Report No. 08/154: São Tomé and Príncipe: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/long res.cfm?sk=21962.0 Country Report No. 08/155: São Tomé and Príncipe: Joint Staff Advisory Note on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/long res.cfm?sk=21964.0 More About: Documents
A Senegalese, 2 South-Africans awarded at Tunis choreography encounters
2008-05-19 23:22:00 Source: APA APA -Tunis (Tunisia) The 7th choreographic encounters “Dance, Africa Dances”, which had started on 1 May, ended Thursday evening at the municipal theatre of Tunis. The international jury of the encounter awarded Pape Ibrahima N?Diaye, called Kaolack, of Senegal, for his creation “J?accuse!” in the solo category. The prizes in the collective piece category are as ... More About: South , Africans , Choreography , Encounters
Thousands of artists march in 9th festival of cultures in Gabon
2008-05-19 23:14:00 Source: APA APA - Libreville (Gabon ) Nearly 1000 Gabonese and foreign artists marched Saturday at the seafront boulevard in Libreville within the framework of the 9th edition of the “Festival of culture” which kicked off Friday with an exhibition dedicated to the contribution of women to development. Read the full story ... More About: Artists , March , Cultures
Nigeria: Radio Nigeria Acquires New Transmitters
2008-05-19 15:52:00 Source: AllAfrica Nigeria : Radio Nigeria Acquires New Transmitters 15 May 2008 Baba Yusuf Abuja Developments at Nigeria’s premier radio corporation, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), are fast transforming the staid image of Africa’s largest radio network. In the past one year, Radio Nigeria has been quietly transforming itself with improved signals, captivating programming, web audio streaming, and, the latest, brand ...
Africa Thesis Award 2008
2008-05-19 12:08:00 (Comments are closed for this post. Please apply directly to advertiser. Note the deadline for application of 16th June 200 The Africa n Studies Centre would like to draw your attention to the annual Africa Thesis Award . This award is for Masters theses related on a Sub-Saharan African topic. The award consists of a prize of ... More About: 2008
Culture and Health Programme for Africa: Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Afric
2008-05-16 11:46:00 Source: OCPA 204 Culture has a vital influence on health, shaping definitions of illness and determining how health-related decisions are made. Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), through the Culture and Health Programme for Africa (CHAPS), encourages communities to reflect on cultural practices that affect health both positively and negatively. http://www.comminit.com/en/node/266796/38 Contact Janet Shauri info@path.org or jshauri@path.org ... More About: Egypt , Kenya
Academic paper: Culture, the Missing Link in Development Planning in Africa
2008-05-16 11:42:00 Source: OCPA 204 by Kwesi Kwaa Prah This paper argues that communication and development strategies in Africa must take into account cultural and indigenous practices, particularly language, in order to escape colonial legacies of development and education, which in the author’s view, have contributed to the stagnation of intellectual development of African communities and the marginalisation ... More About: Culture , Academic , Planning , Development
Somalia: Dilemmas facing Somali music and musicians
2008-05-16 11:37:00 Source: OCPA 204 Music ians and singers in Somali a are continuously facing targeted killings, intimidation, injuries, and deprivation of their basic rights to work and express themselves freely by all sides in the country’s conflict, but these violations against Somali artists are not reported. www.freemuse.org/sw26598.asp More About: African music , Musicians
Database of African Journalism Schools
2008-05-16 11:15:00 Source: OCPA 204 This database was compiled by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) Programme in Communication and Information, as part of the “Building Professional and Institutional Capacity for Media Training” initiative. In collaboration with Rhodes University’s School of Journalism and Media Studies (South Africa) and the Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme de Lille ... More About: Schools , Database , African
Nigeria: Funding Necessary for Cultural Preservation, Says VP
2008-05-16 11:10:00 Source: OCPA 204 http://allafrica.com/stories/200804250621 .html Vice President Goodluck Jonathan says effective funding is crucial for the promotion and preservation of our cultural heritage. More About: Funding , Nigeria , Cultural , Preservation
Ghana: Music Industry and Challenges
2008-05-16 11:08:00 Source: OCPA 204 http://allafrica.com/stories/200804250980 .html In spite of the developmental benefits, which music has imposed on the global developed economies around the world, Ghana is yet to experience such socio-economic benefits from the music industry. More About: Music , Industry , African music
Zimbabwe: More Needed to Develop Viable Copyright Sector
2008-05-16 11:06:00 The following article seen on OCPA 204 reminded me of an earlier email I had from the British Academy about guidelines on copyright and academic research - Guidelines for researchers and publishers in the Humanities and Social Sciences which, although not Africa specific, you may be interested in. Download the guidelines here. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804300069 .html On 23 April artists, the ... More About: Zimbabwe , Copyright , Develop
Angola: Culture Ministry to Boost Dance Infrastructures
2008-05-16 10:55:00 Source: OCPA 204 http://allafrica.com/stories/200804300915 .html The Culture Ministry will build more infrastructures with aim of stimulating people to join dance activities and other art forms practiced in halls, on Tuesday announced the incumbent Minister, Boaventura Cardoso. More About: Dance , Angola , Boost
Angola: Govt Studies Institutionalisation of Arts International Festival
More articles from this author:2008-05-16 10:53:00 Source: OCPA 204 http://allafrica.com/stories/200805070919 .html Luanda provincial government is studying a way to institutionalise the International Festival of Theatre and Arts created by Elinga Teatro on Tuesday announced an official source. More About: Studies , Angola 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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