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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
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
Sao Tome and Principe IMF: Working Paper No. 08/118: The Choice of Monetary
2008-05-12 09:58:00 Working Paper No. 08/118: The Choice of Monetary and Exchange Rate Arrangements for a Small, Open, Low-Income Economy: The Case of Sao Tome and Principe Author/Editor: Wang, Jian-Ye ; Ronci, Márcio Valério ; Farhan, Nisreen ; Takebe, Misa ; Shanghavi, Amar Summary: This paper assesses Săo Tomé and Príncipe’s monetary and exchange rate arrangements in light of ... More About: African economy , Working
Niger IMF: Country Report No. 08/149: Niger: Poverty Reduction Strategy Pap
2008-05-12 09:54:00 Country Report No. 08/149: Niger : Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/long res.cfm?sk=21938.0 More About: Country
Though making ?very good progress,? Africa still faces challenges, says UN
2008-05-11 16:02:00 Source: UN Though making ?very good progress,? Africa still faces challenges, says UN official 9 May 2008 ? Africa is making ?very good progress,? but must tackle challenges in areas including transportation, infrastructure and water, a senior United Nations said today, as the annual Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) is under way in New York.Kathleen Abdalla, Officer-in-Charge ... More About: Faces , Progress , Good
UNESCO - 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa: looking beyond primary educa
2008-05-11 15:58:00 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa : looking beyond primary education http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev. php-URL_ID=56452&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC& URL_SECTION=201.html The 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa, the foremost education meeting in the region, is under way in Maputo, Mozambique (May 5-9, 2008). Discussions will focus on post-primary education, one of the principal challenges facing education systems in Africa today. Some 600 stakeholders, including all African ministers of ... More About: Primary , UNESCO , 2008
UNESCO- EDUCATION FOR ALL BY 2015: WILL WE MAKE IT?
2008-05-11 15:55:00 Education for All - Global Monitoring Report EDUCATION FOR ALL BY 2015: WILL WE MAKE IT? http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev. php-URL_ID=49591&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC& URL_SECTION=201.html A mid-term assessment of where the world stands on its commitment to provide basic education for all children, youth and adults by 2015. What education policies and programmes have been successful? What are the main challenges? How much aid is needed? Is ... More About: Education , Make , UNESCO
Commission on Sustainable Development told of need to incorporate climate c
2008-05-11 13:02:00 Source: African Press Organization 9 May 2008 Commission on Sustainable Development Sixteenth Session 10th & 11th Meetings (AM & PM) Commission on Sustainable Development told of need to incorporate climate change strategies into africa?s bid to close gap between potential, productivity Efforts to close the persistent gap between Africa?s potential and its current stagnant economic growth and declining agricultural productivity must ... More About: Climate , Incorporate , African economy
African agriculture:press conference on ideas for realizing african agricul
2008-05-11 12:15:00 Source: African Press Organization 9 May 2008 press conference on ideas for realizing african agricultural potential Africa presented a ?fantastic opportunity? to complement and stabilize the global food system with small-farmer production in ways not foreseen at present, Peter Hartmann of the Nigeria-based International Institute for Tropical Agriculture said today at a Headquarters press conference. Floating ideas and hopes ... More About: Ideas , Press Conference , Conference
Baltimore Museum of Art - Curator for African Art wanted
2008-05-11 12:09:00 Cross-posted from H-West-Africa list. Discussion is closed for this post, apply to the contact shown in the post Location: Maryland, United States Institution Type: Nonprofit Position Type: Museum Education Submitted: Monday, April 28th, 2008 Department for Arts of Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific Islands Overview: The BMA is seeking a dynamic and innovative Curator and Department Head for African Art to ... More About: African art , Baltimore , Wanted
Sudan, Malawi: Battling to take death out of birth
2008-05-11 12:02:00 The following extracts are from an article which shows how a small-scale programme can make a huge difference. It contrasts Sudan and Malawi which nationally have terrifying maternal mortality statistics. Notice in the Malawi example that it is the action of a village that has made the difference. This is a groundroots community led movement, ... More About: Death , Birth
African films: Beginnings of African cinema
More articles from this author:2008-05-11 11:49:00 Cross-posted from H-Africa list Contributed by Kenneth Harrow To my surprise, I’ve learned that Afrique sur Seine is not the first African film — here is what I’ve read — from: http://www.filmreference.com/encyclopedia /Academy-Awards-Crime-Films /Africa-South- of-the-Sahara-BEGINNINGS.html Cinema first came to the French-colonized territories of Africa south of the Sahara in 1900 when a French circus group projected the Lumičre brothers’ “L’arroseur arrosé” (Watering the Gardener, 1895) in ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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