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The Development of Agriculture in Africa
2008-10-09 07:46:00 Updated October 8:Hang out long enough on White nationalist fora, and after a while you will be amazed at how many White racists actually believe that Black Africans were stone age people who had no metalworking, no agriculture and no civilization of any sort by the time the Europeans contacted them. It's true that Africa is not known for its incredible cultural achievements. But it wasn't exactly a complete backwater either. The White nationalist line that Africans were a Paleolithic people with only stone implements and no agriculture is surprisingly widespread. Too bad that it is horribly wrong.First of all, agriculture comes to the Sahel as early as 9000 BC. It comes to West Africa around the same time. Later it goes to Southern and Eastern Africa. The "niggers* are too stupid to grow food" line, appalling in its stupidity, continues to retain a lot of currency. Screw that. Africans have been growing food for 1000's of years, Jesus Christ.The latest permutation has to do with...
By: Robert Lindsay
SAHEL: Sahel climate change diary - Jan Egeland
2008-06-07 17:00:00 Source: IRIN NEWS SAHEL: Sahel climate change diary - Day 1 OUAGADOUGOU, 2 June 2008 (IRIN) - There’s a very academic discussion happening in Europe right now still asking “is the climate already changing” and “is climate change noticeable today”. Here in Burkina Faso that debate is not happening, because the effects already speak for themselves. Although today ...
UE : Une aide supplémentaire de 5 millions d'euros au Sahel
2008-06-04 17:40:00 La Commission européenne a décidé mardi l'octroi d'une enveloppe supplémentaire de 5 millions d'euros afin de réduire les taux élevés de malnutrition et de mortalité dans la région du Sahel (Afrique de l'ouest). Cette aide vise les plus vulnérables, et tout particulièrement les quelque 1,3 million d'enfants de moins de cinq ans gravement sous-alimentés et cinq millions de femmes enceintes ou allaitantes. Les pays couverts sont le Burkina Faso, le Tchad, le Mali, la Mauritanie et le Niger, ainsi que les régions du Sahel correspondant au nord du Bénin, de la Côte d'Ivoire, de la Guinée, du Nigeria et du Togo.
SAHEL: Sahel climate change diary - Day 1 Burkina Faso
2008-06-03 11:34:00 Source: IRIN NEWS SAHEL: Sahel climate change diary - Day 1 OUAGADOUGOU, 2 June 2008 (IRIN) - There’s a very academic discussion happening in Europe right now still asking “is the climate already changing” and “is climate change noticeable today”. Here in Burkina Faso that debate is not happening, because the effects already speak for themselves. Although today ...
SAHEL: Background on the Sahel, West Africa?s poorest region
2008-06-02 17:04:00 Source: IRIN NEWS SAHEL: Backgrounder on the Sahel, West Africa’s poorest region OUAGADOUGOU, 2 June 2008 (IRIN) - Underdevelopment and humanitarian crises in the Sahel region of West Africa will be under the spotlight this week as Jan Egeland, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Conflict, travels to Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to draw attention to ...
SAHEL: Region is ?ground zero? for climate change - Egeland
2008-06-02 16:51:00 Source: IRIN NEWS SAHEL: Region is “ground zero” for climate change - Egeland OUAGADOUGOU , 2 June 2008 (IRIN) - The Sahel region of West Africa is “ground zero” for vulnerable communities struggling to adapt to climate change, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on conflict, Jan Egeland, said on 2 June in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, ...
Etoile du Sahel stun Pachuca at the FIFA Club World Cup
2007-12-09 11:58:00 Tunisian side Etoile du Sahel stunned Mexican outfit Pachuca, beating their more fancied opponents 1-0 at the FIFA Club World Cup in Tokyo.Just under 35,000 fans turned out at the National Stadium to witness CONCACAF representatives Pachuca dominate possession on a blustery afternoon in Tokyo, but Pachuca ended up on the wrong side of the scoresheet against their African opponents.21-year-old Ghanian midfielder Moussa Narry scored the crucial goal in the 85th minute with a low drive that took a deflection off defender Leobardo Lopez and left Pachuca keeper Miguel Calero wrong-footed.It was no less than Etoile deserved, with the Tunisian team absorbing constant bouts of Pachuca pressure before hitting their opponents with a classic sucker punch.Etoile coach Bertrand Marchand praised his young side while admitting that Pachuca out-played his charges for long stretches of this match. Nevertheless Marchand admitted that his team was elated to have advanced to the semi-finals of the comp...
By: Soccerphile Blog
SAHEL: Foundation money to allow long term approach to water problem
2007-11-29 15:35:00 There is always a dichotomy between big government based projects and local project funding. I’m in the UK at the moment and from this perspective it’s hard to realise just how much a problem an adequate water supply is. The reality is that most rural communities in the Sahel do not have access to clean ...
Ligue des champions d'Afrique : Le club tunisien l'Etoile du Sahel remporte
2007-11-10 12:51:00 Le club tunisien de l'Etoile du Sahel a remporté pour la première fois la Ligue des champions d'Afrique, après une victoire de 3 à 1 en finale retour face à l'équipe égyptienne d'Al-Ahly, double tenant d'affilée du titre, vendredi soir au Caire. Le coup d'envoi a été donné à 19H30 locales (17H30 GMT) au stade du Caire où étaient présents 50.000 spectateurs, dont le couple présidentiel égyptien Hosni et Suzanne Moubarak.
Thursday Thirteen, Nr. 11, about the Sahel
2007-08-03 05:02:00 Thirteen Things from Me 1. The Sahel starts in Mauritania and crosses all the way through Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Northern Nigeria, Northern Cameroon and Chad to Sudan. 2. It is the joint between the tropical Africa and the Sahara. 3. The population density is very low. You can travel for days, crossing dunes and plateaus without seeing anybody. And then, out of nowhere you meet a nomad. You don?t know where he comes from and where he goes to. He knows. 4. A Thuraya Satellite phone is very useful. You can call any place from anywhere. And if you are lost it gives you the coordinates of your position. And you can be saved. Most probably by a Russian MI-8 helicopter. 5. With one date you can survive 3 days in the Sahel. The first day you eat the skin. The second you eat the fruit. And the third you suck the stone. 6. Tuareg are one of the most famous nomad tribe in the Sahel. They live in Mali, Niger and Algeria. 7. The Tuareg language is Tamashek when they speak and Tifin...
By: Worldman
SAHEL: World?s poorest slipping between the cracks
2007-04-27 12:59:00 The following article is from IRIN NEWS SAHEL: World’s poorest slipping between the cracks DAKAR, 26 April 2007 (IRIN) - Every year in the Sahel region of West Africa, hundreds of thousands of children die, and malnutrition means millions of others will live on with permanent mental and physical retardation. The Sahel, which stretches from the shimmering orange ...
SAHEL: Traffickers targeting poorest countries
2007-04-24 23:58:00 The following article is from IRIN NEWS SAHEL: Traffickers targeting poorest countries DAKAR, 23 April 2007 (IRIN) - Organised crime is on the rise across the Sahel region of West Africa as traffickers target the ancient trading region’s remote desert routes and cities to move drugs, people and illicit goods across borders and to Europe, officials and ...
Mali: Enthusiastic reactions to Sahel Opera in Bamako
2007-04-20 14:40:00 Mali: Enthusiastic reactions to Sahel Opera in Bamako Posted by sociolingo on April 20th, 2007 The following article was seen at The Power of Culture at http://www.krachtvancultuur.nl/-uk/current/2007/march/saheloper-a.html Enthusiastic reactions to Sahel Opera in Bamako After overcoming numerous obstacles, in part due to the sudden death of the producer late in 2006, Bintou Wéré, un Opéra du Sahel finally premiered in ... |
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