404 Not Found Yoruba, Igbo, Urhobo, Isoko, Egi, ibibio and several was an international gatheringof indigenous peoples from all seminar, but also the indigenous people had http://www.earthsystems.org/seac/seac-aseed/0093.html
EPIIC: Archives: 2002: Colloquium Members lie in pursuing research of indigenous peoples in Central Office where she workedon indigenous issues as is fluent in French and proficient in Anang/ibibio. http://www.epiic.com/archives/2002/members02.html
Extractions: EPIIC Colloquium Members Sam Abrams Mr. Abrams is a freshman who comes to Tufts from upstate New York. Mr. Abrams is currently studying engineering. Since his arrival at Tufts, he has become interested in pursuing research on multinational corporations. Mr. Abrams is also considering studying liberal arts exclusively. Alice Alisme Ms. Alisme is an alumna of Somerville High School and currently a first year student at Tufts University. She loves cooking and playing soccer. When she finished high school she was considering majoring in agriculture but as Tufts does not offer an agriculture major she is reconsidering her course of study. Fiorella Aller Ms. Aller is a senior, majoring in international relations under the thematic cluster of Global Conflict, Cooperation and Justice. She was born in Lima, Peru but was raised in New York. She is trilingual speaking Spanish, English, and French. Ms. Aller has been working with the United Nation Development Program, Office of Development Studies as a consultant in her field, for the past 3 years. She has been able to submerse herself in the exchange of ideas and resolutions in various UN and UNDP conferences. At Tufts, she is currently the Senior Class Co-Marshall and has been recognized as a Senior Class Leader. She has been nominated as a member of the Senior Class Leadership Corps. Her career goals are to pursue a masters degree in International Relations (specifically in the area of Conflict Resolution) and earn a degree in International Law. She hopes to continue her career with the United Nations next summer at its headquarters in Geneva.
African Art. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 is limited to the works of the peoples of W of the peoples sedentary lifestyles)in indigenous art. 8. The Igbo, ibibio, Ekoi, and Ijaw of SE Nigeria carved http://www.bartleby.com/65/af/Africana.html
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Islamic World.Net: Countries Ethnic groups Nigeria, which is africa's most populous 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%,ibibio 3.5%, Tiv Religions Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10 http://islamic-world.net/countries/nigeria.htm
Extractions: note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Nigeria, which is Africa's most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the following are the most populous and politically influential: Hausa and Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5% Religions: Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
Bebor Model Nursery And Primary School up by a variety of other peoples in the Niger Delta including the Annang, ibibio,Ijaw, Ikwerre and human rights issues facing indigenous communities with http://home.austin.rr.com/dserrins/ogoni.html
Extractions: Bebor Model Nursery and Primary School is located in Bodo City in Gokana Kingdom in the Ogoni region of southeastern Nigeria. The Ogoni are a small minority tribe numbering approximately 500,000 out of a total Nigerian population of more than 120 million. They live on approximately 404 square miles of oil-rich land east of Port Harcourt in Rivers State, Nigeria. The Ogoni comprise six different kingdoms: Babbe, Eleme, Gokana, Ken-Khana, Nyo-Khana and Tai. Bodo City in Gokana Kingdom is the largest populated settlement in Ogoni while Bori in Ken-Khana Kingdom is the commercial and transportation center of Ogoni. According to Shell Oil's own figures, between 1958 and 1993, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria took 634 million barrels of oil from Ogoni, valued at US$5.2 billion. The Ogoni themselves believe that $30 billion worth of oil has been taken from their land. In spite of their vast oil wealth, the overwhelming majority of Ogonis today still lack electricity and pipe-borne drinking water. Beyond this, their economy which is based overwhelmingly on subsistence farming and fishing has been greatly damaged by the pollution from gas flaring and repeated oil spills and blowouts. The Ogoni first came to worldwide attention in the 1990s. Unwilling any longer to accept fundamental violations of their human rights, the environmental devastation of their homeland or their continued abject poverty despite living on an oil-rich land, Ogoni leaders drafted a charter document outlining their self-determination claims entitled
The Country's Name Derives From The Niger River with jive, samba and calypso, it had stiff competition from indigenous agidigbo,kokoma Other peoples include the Angas, Biron, Edo, ibibio, Igala, Isoko http://www.lumes.lu.se/student99/stanleyW/countrys.htm
Extractions: The History. The country's name derives from the Niger River. Appropriately enough, it's from these waters that the energy rises which has fuelled much of Nigeria's industrial progress in the past thirty years, thus putting a distinctive stamp on economic life. Appropriate too is the meaning of the word "Niger"-"black"- reinforcing Nigeria's status as the most populated country in Africa, and a worthy standard bearer of the black race. Legends have it that several of Nigeria's peoples are descendants of immigrants from across the Sahara Desert. The notion is very strong among both the Hausa and the Yoruba, although the two do not share a common ancestry. Other ethnic groups also trace their origins to the Middle East. For instance, the archaeological discoveries which are named "Nok" for the area from which they were excavated, were traced to a culture that flourished in the northern part of the country between 500BC and 200AD, making it one of the earliest civilised communities in Nigeria. The terracotta figurines of this period, which feature extensive use of iron, have been associated with the "Meroe" civilisation in what is today's Republic of Sudan. Up until the fifteenth century AD, various states and kingdoms rose and fell, mostly in the northern and southwestern parts of the country. The first well- documented empire was the Kanem-Borno Empire. To its east later sprang the Fulani Empire, which was paralleled in the south by the Oyo Empire as well as the Benin Empire.
Nigeria: Ethnicity, Location And Relationships adhered to Christianity or to a local indigenous religion, and The peoples of theAtlantic Coast and the Niger Ijaw, ibibio, Anang, and Efik lived partly from http://www.carnelian-international.com/nigeria/Ethnicity.htm
Extractions: The best known of the northern peoples, often spoken of as coterminous with the north, are the Hausa. The term refers also to a language spoken indigenously by savanna peoples spread across the far north from Nigeria's western boundary eastward to Borno State and into much of the territory of southern Niger. The core area lies in the region in the north and northwest where about 30 percent of all Hausa could be found. It also includes a common set of cultural practices and, with some notable exceptions, Islamic emirates that originally comprised a series of centralized governments and their surrounding subject towns and villages. These pre colonial emirates were still major features of local government in 1990. Each had a central citadel town that housed its ruling group of nobles and royalty served as the administrative, judicial, and military organization of these states. Traditionally, the major towns were also trading centres; some such as Kano, Zaria, or Katsina were urban conglomerations with populations of 25,000 to 100,000 in the nineteenth century. They had central markets, special wards for foreign traders, complex organizations of craft specialists, and religious leaders and organizations. They administered a hinterland of subject settlements through a hierarchy of officials, and they interacted with other states and ethnic groups in the region by links of warfare, raiding, trade, tribute, and alliances.
Sculture Info As with the Igbo, ibibio is not a single The ndako gboya appears to be indigenous;a spirit that diversity of sculptural tradition among peoples inhabiting the http://users.pandora.be/african-shop/sculpture-info.htm
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AEGiS: Federal Republic Of Nigeria Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, ibibio 3.5%, Tiv Religions Muslim 50%, Christian 40%,indigenous beliefs 10 more than 250 different peoples, languages, histories http://www.aegis.com/countries/nigeria.html
Extractions: Population 129,934,911. Note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2002 est.).
AFRICAN WOMEN AND THE FIRE DANCE emerging to lead nations and peoples at critical narratives of their superiorityin indigenous societies must evident to Ngwa, Umuahia and ibibio women who http://www.westafricareview.com/war/vol2.1/nzegwu2.html
Extractions: It is important to begin this editorial with Fela Anikulapo-Kuti's widely popular tribute to the African woman, given the belief in many quarters that it depicts the true set of attributes of women in Africa. To Fela's credit, the song, Lady , like his early more experimental set of Afrobeat tunes, has a vital, catchy tempo and a convincing social message. It deploys imageries that are so compelling and intuitively true about what many believe to be the masculinist patriarchal continent of Africa. The song plays at multiple levels: it glorifies a certain image of African woman; it denigrates the image of a woman in charge; it instructs us on how a real African woman occupies space and carries herself; it prescribes what the proper relationship is between spouses; and it ridicules any traits that are perceived to be foreign and alien. Like Okot p'Bitek's Lawino, Fela simultaneously presents a glowing picture of an "African woman" as wife, submissive and subordinate, and caricatures "lady," as anemic, untraditional, and a spiritless dancer. As the lyrics make clear: African woman go dance
Introduction: possible in Cuba because Cuba s indigenous tribes were as Carabali or Brikao includingthe Ibo and ibibio. encompasses a vast array of peoples and ethnic http://www.church-of-the-lukumi.org/Extended Essay.htm
Extractions: The People ... Culture and Arts FACTS AT A GLANCE Country name: Federal Republic of Nigeria Location: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon Climate: varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north Population: Ethnic groups: more than 250 ethnic groups; the most populous and politically influential: Hausa and Fulani
Raceandhistory.com - IN DEFENCE OF EDO WOMANHOOD BC, a further wave of Sudanese peoples began to and Ibo, then the SemiBantu ibibio,Ukelle and Incidentally, there is no indigenous Edo word for PROSTITUTION http://www.raceandhistory.com/historicalviews/edoculture.htm
Extractions: - Pick a Site - Trinicenter TriniView Pantrinbago Online Forum RaceandHistory HowComYouCom From: Ademola Iyi-Eweka In Defence of Edo Womanhood Edo Culture and Traditions I posted this article to Edo net sometime ago. I have reworked and added a few things in view of the ongoing debate over prostitution by Edo girls. The expanded form of the word Ogiso is Ogie-iso, which when tranlated in Edo means, king of the sky. The word Ogie means king, Iso means Sky or Heaven. Thus the Edo people believe that thieir kings come from the sky or more appropiately, from Heaven or from God. It is belief which explains why the Oba or king is the embodiment of the culture of the Edo people. The story of the people of the people cannot be written without reference to their king or Oba. Indeed, everything revolves round the Oba. For example, a matured man would be appropriately referred to as Okpioba(meaning Oba´s man)Conversely, a woman would be referred to as Okhuoba (meaning Oba´s woman). The salutions or greetings of the Edo people have not excluded their Oba. Thus for "Good morning" Edo man or woman would say Oba Owie(meaning King of the Morning) "For good afternoon" they would say Oba Avan (King of the afternoon) and for "good evening" they would say Oba ota (meaning king of the Evening). The origin of the word Oba has been a subject of controversy. The early kings in Benin were known as Ogisos. The succcesors were the Obas which began with Oba Eweka1. Some writers claim that the word Oba is a yoruba word which means King. Others insist that the word must have been derived from the Benin word O baa meaning "it is difficult hard or dificult or probably from an abbreviation of the original name of the first Ogiso Obagodo(Oba godo: Oba-King godo. high; thus High king). The long history of Edo people is reflected in their uniquely rich cultural heritage.
Arts & Humanities The collection includes examples from ibibio, Igbo indigenous Cultural SurvivalNativeWeb NativeNet Aboriginal Links Romani but by 1100AD, a peoples called the http://www.nigeriainfonet.com/Directory/arts__humanitiesII.htm
Extractions: Home enter a word or phrase: home people sports fun facts life world u.s. science homework center Visit our main site for even more information! infoplease.com Encyclopedia Awolowo, Obafemi Pronunciation: [ôbäfA´mE äwOlO´wO] (key) 1909 87, Nigerian. Encyclopedia Smithsonian:SIW Nigerian Art Reading List Handmade oil paintings of well - known surrealistic, impressionistic and cubistic artists... art, posters, frames, masks... Gallery Chiefs and Spirits - Dedicated to the promotion of contemporary African art, including the work of Zimbabwean and Nigerian artists. G. I. Jones S.E. Nigerian Art and Culture
THESIS - Chapter I Introduction of interest and pride in African indigenous institutions that of the area which stretchesinto ibibio and Ijo oil trade with the Europeans and coastal peoples. http://www.uib.no/hi/korieh/chima-Chapter.html
Extractions: The study of women as a vital and autonomous social force, as well as the treatment of their weal and woes as an intrinsic part of overall social dynamics, is a child of very recent birth indeed (Afigbo 1989:7). M. I. Finley (1968:129) drew in the, 'The Silent Women of Rome ', attention to the fact that The Roman World was not the only one in history in which women remained in the background in politics and business'. The women of mid-Victorian England were equally without rights, equally victims of double standards of sexual morality. Equally, they were exposed to risk and ruin when they stepped outside the home and the church. C. Obbo (1980:1) referred to the invisibility of African women in any serious study of history and society; in spite of the fact that anthropology has not been an exclusive male preserve. If the state of African women's studies is as bad as these and other authorities suggest, it is not surprising that even now when the world appears to be waking to its responsibility in this regard, there are still segments of the field which continue to be in a state of some neglect. While topics such as marriage and family, the economic role and political rights of women have received a fair measure of attention, a subject like widowhood practices remains largely neglected. Many of such books have no entry whatever under the term 'widowhood' in their indexes. For the most part what passing references made to the institution are made under such subjects as 'burial' or 'funeral rites' and 'death'.
1Up Info > Nigeria > The Southern Area | Nigerian Information Resource Wole Soyinka, africa's first Nobel prizewinner in literature, claims The peoples ofthe Atlantic Coast and the Ijaw, ibibio, Anang, and Efik lived partly from http://www.1upinfo.com/country-guide-study/nigeria/nigeria59.html
Extractions: Courtesy World Bank (Josef Hadad) In general, the southern groups of peoples have a fragmented quality. In 1990 the two most important groupings were the Igbo and the Yorubaboth linguistic communities rather than single ethnic units. History, language, and membership in the modern nation-state, however, had led to their identity as ethnic groups. In addition, although not as clearly differentiated, two subunits had strong traditions of ethnic separateness. These were the peoples of the Niger River delta area and those on the border between the Igbo and Yoruba. The Yoruba kingdoms were essentially unstable, even when defended by Portuguese guns and later by cavalry (in Ilorin and Kabba), because the central government had insufficient power constitutionally or militarily to stabilize the subordinate chiefs in the outlying centers. This fissiparous tendency has governed Yoruba contemporary history and has weakened traditional rulers and strengthened the hands of local chiefs and elected councils. Ilorin, like Nupe to the north, was an exception, an extension of Fulani imperial expansion; in 1990 it was ethnically Yoruba, yet more closely allied through its traditional rulers to the Islamic societies to the north. It thus formed a bridge between north and south. Migration of Fulani people in northern Nigeria
Declarations the Itsekiri, Ilaje, Urhobo, Isoko, Edo, ibibio, Ogoni, Ekpeye concerned with humanand environmental rights and indigenous and minority peoples' rights, to http://www.ndwj.kabissa.org/Declarations/declarations.html
Extractions: NDWJ Home Who we are Declarations Press Release ... Links Niger Delta Women for Justice Beginning with the Ogoni Bill of Rights in 1990, the ethnic nationalities of the Niger Delta have declared the intention and determination, to reclaim their human dignity and fundamental rights. These declarations, The Ogoni Bill of Rights, The Kaiama Declaration, Aklaka Declaration of the Egi People, The Oron Bill of Rights, The Warri Accord, Resolutions of the First Urhobo Economic Summit, form the basis for the struggle for self-determination and control of resources by each nationality. Ethnic Declarations of the people of the Niger Delta The First Niger Delta Indigenous Women's Conference for Women of Bayelsa State The Oron Bill of Rights The Ogoni Bill of Rights The Aklaka Declaration ... The Ikwerre Declaration Demands of the First Niger Delta Indigenous Women's Conference for Women of Bayelsa State held at Yenagoa, 25-27th November 1999 A) TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Conference notes that the Niger Delta People ought to be able to develop themselves and the inability of the people to do this, is as a result of certain inimical laws exiting in Nigeria's various constitutions and other statute books, and the lack of will by the federal government to plough back our resources for our development. Conference therefore calls for:
Riikka Korpela's Categorized And Commented Nigeria Links Jones Photographic Archive photographs from ibibio, Ogoni and indigenous AfricanResource Management of a Tropical Rain religion of the Yoruba peoples there. http://media.urova.fi/~rkorpela/niglink.html
Extractions: This list includes links to websites made by Nigerians, on Nigeria and on Nigerians. I'm collecting this link list mainly because of my own interest. Still I hope it finds some other users too. One target group I hope find this list useful are people like me: those who want to know the country, maybe visit it. Also I hope the Nigerian children and other Nigerians in diaspora could use this to stay in contact with their homeland. As I am studying media studies, I have included some links to pages that have material I don't quite agree with. This is for the purpose to not only know about Nigeria but also to study the image Nigeria has in the net. So please bear in mind that some pages tell more about their author than about their topic. Note that I use the Finnish system in dates: dd.mm.yy. For example 1.3.99 means first of march. Send your suggestions and comments to rkorpela@levi.urova.fi . Thank you for visiting. See also Riikka's home
