Sociolingo's Africa BlogSociolingo's Africa BlogNews, images and comments about Africa. I live in Mali in West Africa and I collect news and information about African countries. I hope you find something here that interests you. I usually include short snippets from websites and newsletters in ord Articles
Africa food crisis: In search of a better revolution - Moseley
2008-05-14 18:04:00 Source: Star Tribune Urban West Africa is Ground Zero in the global food crisis. From Dakar to Abidjan, the cities in this zone have experienced more protests against rising food prices than any other region in 2008. The solution pushed by many global leaders is to increase crop yields in Africa via a new green revolution. They ... More About: Food , Search , Revolution , Crisis
WEB: new online educational resource - South Africa: Overcoming Apartheid,
2008-05-14 14:39:00 Michigan State University is pleased to announce the official launch of _South Africa : Overcoming Apartheid, Building Democracy_ (overcomingapartheid.msu.edu) - a new online educational resource designed especially for high school and undergraduate students. The site contains original video interviews with 45 South Africa n activists that also will be of interest to researchers and the general public. Full-length ... More About: Educational , Online
Africa must avoid food export bans - Africa Development Bank
2008-05-14 14:31:00 Source: AlertNet MAPUTO, May 14 (Reuters) - Food export bans by Africa n countries will only worsen a price crisis threatening to drive inflation higher and stifle growth on the continent, African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka said on Wednesday. Liberia this week became the latest country to announce a ban on all food exports to try to ... More About: Export
Uganda: Changing climate costs women crops, money
2008-05-14 13:40:00 There’s an interesting interview with a farming couple from Uganda on AlertNet. When asked about what climate change the farmer has observed since 1995, the old man immediately refers the question to his wife - the one who actually does the work! “The cassava no longer yields anything, there are flies that eat up the leaves,” ... More About: Women , Money , Climate , Changing
CFP:?Governing the Sea? Political Policies and Local Dynamics in the Manage
2008-05-14 11:42:00 x-posted from H-West-Africa list Special issue of Politique Africaine “Governing the Sea” Political Policies and Local Dynamics In the Manage ment of Ocean as well as Coastal Resources and Spaces in Africa Both the ability to govern and political realms more broadly are typically considered in terms of how territories are organized.Ę In this setting, and in particular where different ...
Gambian food: Caldou
2008-05-13 23:26:00 As part of our moving house and settling back into the UK I’ve finally unpacked boxes which have lain dormant in other people’s garages and lofts for over 10 years. One of the things I was pleased to find was my Gambia cookbook from over 20 years ago. I’ll start posting some of my favourite ... More About: Food
Can poor people benefit from ornamental fish farming in West Africa?s rainf
2008-05-13 20:59:00 Interesting story this one. It seems strange to think about ornamental fish with all the recent talk about a growing food crisis. I guess most of us thought that these fish which appear in garden centres are grown in the UK or our own country. The issues discussed here are important though, and are pertinent ... More About: People , Africa , Fish , Cameroon , West
CFP: AFRICAN LITERATURE ASSOCIATION APRIL 15- 19, 2009
2008-05-13 19:54:00 AFRICAN LITERATURE ASSOCIATION 35TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE APRIL 15- 19, 2009 UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT FIRST CALL FOR PANELS, ROUNDTABLES, AND PAPERS GENERAL THEME: Africa and Blackness in World Literature and Visual Arts The past two ALA conferences focused on various ways African and African Diaspora literature has functioned as a cultural catalyst that nurtures black people’s subjectivity in the age of globalization. As a ... More About: April , African writers , Association
African education: Ghana, Uganda, Kenya and South Africa school pix
2008-05-13 12:15:00 Now this is a good idea - work with teachers and head teachers and give kids in Africa n schools cameras and let them shoot away depicting life in their school and at home. I thought of doing this when doing my PhD, but at the time it didn’t work out. I think it is still ... More About: Education , South Africa , Kenya , School
Japan to build 1,000 schools in Africa
2008-05-13 11:45:00 Source: Development Gateway Japan to build 1,000 schools in Africa April 30, 2008: Japan has announced an ambitious plan to build 1,000 schools in Africa over the next five years. Masahiko Koumura, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, said in a policy speech last week that Japan was looking to ensure sufficient places ... More About: Schools , Build
African Copyright & Access to Knowledge methodology guide
2008-05-13 11:31:00 Source: ACA2K Please click on this link to download or view the Methodology guide in PDF format: ACA2K Methodology Guide -April 2008.pdf French: D2ASA Guide Methodologique-Avril 2008.pdf More About: Knowledge , Access , Copyright , African
Scholarships for Informatics-and-Development Masters Study in Manchester
2008-05-13 11:14:00 Please read the following carefully and make the application through the website NOT to Sociolingo. Comments are closed for this post. http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/post graduate/taught/courses Scholarships are being made available to developing country applicants wishing to study on either of the following University of Manchester one-year Masters degrees: a) MSc in ICTs for Development b) MSc in Management and Information Systems: Change ... More About: Study
The African Copyright & Access to Knowledge network (ACA2K network)
2008-05-13 10:39:00 Source: Development Gateway http://lirne.net/2008/04/aca2k-network/ http://www.aca2k.org/index.php/ Launch of the ACA2K Network The African Copyright & Access to Knowledge network (ACA2K network) will be launched on 26 April, as the global community marks World Intellectual Property Day 2008. The network comprises a multi-disciplinary team of researchers from Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique , Senegal , South Africa and Uganda , ...
The African Copyright and Access to Knowledge Project
2008-05-13 10:32:00 Source: Development Gateway, http://www.crdi.ca/en/ev-117011-201-1-DO_ TOPIC.html The African Copyright and Access to Knowledge Project African countries are pressured to reform their intellectual property legislations and more importantly, to enforce these laws. The implications on access to knowledge could be very important. The five study countries included in this project were chosen to provide the researchers ...
CFP: Creating knowledge in Sub-Saharan Africa: Players, sites and uses over
2008-05-13 10:05:00 x-posted from H-West-Africa NOTA: On behalf of Jean Luc Martineau Maitre de Conferences d’histoire contemporaine Departement Afrique INALCO Call for papers International Conference Creating knowledge in Sub-Saharan Africa : Players , sites and uses over time Université Paris 7-Diderot / Inalco / Université de Lyon May 13-14-15, 2009 Using as a starting point a certain number of perspectives opened up by Christian Jacob in Les Lieux de ... More About: Sites
Spain to help fight hunger, climate change in Africa
2008-05-12 22:57:00 Source: AlertNet NIAMEY, May 12 (Reuters) - Spain plans to help five poor Africa n countries fight hunger and climate change under a 60 million euro ($90 million) scheme to help the continent whose people flood to Spain in their tens of thousands each year. Spanish First Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega announced the ... More About: Climate Change , Climate , Hunger , Sierra Leone
Contributers wanted: Special issue of Comparative Literature Studies
2008-05-12 22:45:00 x-posted from H-West Africa list Subject: Special issue of Comparative Literature Studies Comparative Literature Studies is still seeking contributions for its special issue on “Literatures and Theories of Africa.” The deadline is June 30. The guest editors are Pius Adesanmi, Irčne d’Almeida, and Thomas Hale. Please send manuscripts to Comparative Literature Studies, Department of Comparative Literature, 427 ... More About: Wanted , Issue
African climate: From Bountiful to Barren - Rainfall Decrease Left the Saha
2008-05-12 22:37:00 Source: Scientific American In a finding that may help scientists better predict the pace of climate change, research published in Science shows how the Sahara Desert, a region as big as the U.S. that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea across northern Africa, went from bountiful to bone-dry over a period of several ... More About: Climate , Rainfall , Left , African
Nigeria films: censorship argument
2008-05-12 22:08:00 Source: All Africa A couple of interesting articles about film censorship in Nigeria . Nigeria: Kannywood - Why They Must Be Censored http://allafrica.com/stories/200804290626 .html Daily Trust (Abuja) OPINION 29 April 2008 Muhammad Mahmud Nigeria: Censorship And Film Development Issues in Kano (1) http://allafrica.com/stories/200804220495 .html More About: Films
Ivory Coast artist marvels Malawi
2008-05-12 19:49:00 Source: Africa News Ivory Coast artist marvels Malawi Friday 9 May 2008 - 10:50 Absolutely splendid and marvelous, that is what the audience who watched Ivory Coast female artist Dobet Gnahore perform in Malawi’s commercial city of Blantyre on Wednesday night described her. Read the full story More About: Artist , African music
Uganda gets first powdered milk plant
2008-05-12 19:39:00 Source: Africa News The first ever powder milk plant in Uganda has gone into operation in Kampala with a capacity of 250,000 litres of milk per day for the international market. The plant is owned by Kenya-based Sameer group and Uganda’s Sameer Agriculture and Livestock Ltd. Read more? More About: Milk , Plant
Uganda and Congo say will re-mark their border
2008-05-12 19:33:00 Source: AlertNet Uganda and Congo say will re-mark their border 12 May 2008 15:50:46 GMT <!– 12 May 2008 15:50:46 GMT ## for search indexer, do not remove –> Source: Reuters KAMPALA, Uganda, May 12 (Reuters) - Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed to re-mark their common border, increasingly the subject of dispute ... More About: Mark
African music: A Fiddle?s Deep Roots
2008-05-12 19:16:00 Source:UCLA International Insititute A Fiddle’s Deep Roots A Fiddle’s Deep Roots Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje is an international expert on things she once snubbed, with articles on gospel and spirituals and a new book on fiddling, “Fiddling in West Africa: Touching the Spirit in Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba Cultures.” Read the full article More About: Music , Senegal , African music , Ghana , Nigeria
Nigerian banks getting local language ATM
2008-05-12 18:01:00 Source: Africa News Nigeria n banks getting local language ATM Posted on Friday 9 May 2008 - 09:45 Ayo Ajayi, AfricaNews reporter in Lagos, Nigeria Nigerian banks will soon have Automated Teller Machines ATM designed to communicate in all the Nigerian languages. Khombined Technology Ltd’s Managing Director Patrick Omolayole has disclosed that National Incorporation of China would also ... More About: Banks , Language , Local , African economy
Nigeria Conference: Chinua Achebe and the Re-invention of Africa, Ife, Nige
2008-05-12 17:43:00 Cross-posted from H-AfrArts H-Net Network for Africa n Expressive Culture E -Mail: H-AFRARTS@H-NET.MSU.EDU WWW: http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~artsweb/ TFA@50: CELEBRATING A WORLD CLASSIC. On June, 17 2008, it will be fifty years since Chinua Achebe?s novel, Things Fall Apart went into circulation from the Heinemann press in London. Since then, it has been translated into at least 45 world languages and has featured on the literature reading ... More About: African writers , Nigeria , Invention , Conference
South Africa: colonial burial ground found on university land
2008-05-12 13:21:00 Source: IOL A burial ground dating back to the days of the Dutch East India Company has been discovered in Rondebosch on land belonging to the University of Cape Town (UCT). The site is on Middle Campus, not far from Rustenburg House and Summer House. A spokesperson from the office of deputy vice-chancellor Martin Hall said: ... More About: Africa , South Africa , Ground , South
Africa and the Romans
2008-05-12 13:17:00 Source: World Archaeology In 1966, in the little village of Smirat, in the fertile olive oil belt of Tunisia, a splendid mosaic - shown on the opening pages of this feature - was discovered. Presumably it formed part of a magnificent country villa belonging to Magerius. It was carefully lifted and taken to the museum at ... More About: Africa , Romans
Benin IMF: Working Paper No. 08/120: Investment and Growth Dynamics: An Emp
2008-05-12 10:05:00 Working Paper No. 08/120: Investment and Growth Dynamics : An Empirical Assessment Applied to Benin Author/Editor: Samaké, Issouf Summary: We investigate the nexus of public and private investment and assess the impact of both types of investment on growth. Using annual data for 1965-2005, we employ a coherent set of structural VAR outputs to model investment and growth ... More About: African economy
Mozambique IMF: Country Report No. 08/152: Republic of Mozambique: Report o
2008-05-12 10:03:00 Country Report No. 08/152: Republic of Mozambique : Report on Observance of Standards and Codes - Fiscal Transparency Module Download the report http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/long res.cfm?sk=21948.0 More About: Country , African economy
Botswana IMF: Working Paper No. 08/117: Calculating Sustainable Non-mineral
More articles from this author:2008-05-12 10:01:00 Working Paper No. 08/117: Calculating Sustainable Non-mineral Balances as Benchmarks for Fiscal Policy: The Case of Botswana Author/Editor: Clausen, Jens R. Summary: Assuming a social welfare function that smoothes expenditure, this paper calculates a sustainability benchmark for the non-mineral balance in Botswana that is based on a notion of a “permanent income” from non-renewable resources. It is ... More About: African economy , Working 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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