SGP Project Information Region, Regional Bureau for africa. The river takes its source from the kwahu SouthernScarp Forest Reserve. CB. Significant Participation of indigenous peoples. http://www.undp.org/sgp/cty/AFRICA/GHANA/pfs5501.htm
Project Overview takes its source from the kwahu Southern Scarp It occurs exclusively in africa, southof Indig Significant Participation of indigenous peoples PA Promoting http://www.undp.org/sgp/cty/AFRICA/GHANA/ov.htm
Extractions: Rainforest for Health: A Travelling Expedition The project is a jointly funded activity by the Centre, GEF/SGP, and the Royal Netherlands Embassy of Ghana to show a travelling exhibition prepared by the Rainforest Medical Foundation (RMF) to a wide spectrum of audience in the southern rainforest region of Ghana. The emphasis of the exhibition is to show the significance of the loss of medicinal plants and diseases of and from deforestation particularly because hitherto not much attention had been given to the impending rainforest catastrophe. It is generally accepted that medicinal plants provide the raw materials for at least 25 % of allotrophic western drugs. The exhibits travelled to all 7 Regional capitals in the forest zone of Ghana and received high recommendation. Bio Afforestation and Agroforestry The project was located in Funsi, on the northwestern border of Mole National Park Ghanas premier wildlife park. The park is threatened by deforestation, bushfires, poaching of wildlife and encroachment by fringe communities for farmland. The project worked with 5 communities to reduce the incidence of bushfires and encroachment by assisting communities to develop afforestation and agroforestry plots Bio Afforestation and Agroforestry to Reduce the Depletion of Forest Harbouring Monkey Sanctuary The Busunya Forest forms part of a larger forest ecosystem that harbours large numbers of threatened Mona Monkeys, Cercopithecus mona and Black and White colobus Monkeys, Colobus polykomos. The major threat to this ecosystem is deforestation through logging, firewood extraction and shifting cultivation. Project developed a nursery that supplied seedlings to the community for afforestation and agroforestry.Interest in project resulted in seven communities coming together to protect the Buabeng Fiema Monkey Sanctuary.
Extractions: The North African sub-region includes six countries, namely Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia. These countries are members of the League of Arab States, and the Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD), which aims at developing the agricultural sector of its member countries. All North African countries, except Mauritania, are part of the Mediterranean eco-region. However, most parts of the sub-region are deserts or semi-deserts covered by drought resistant shrublands (e.g. Acacia spp., Argania spinosa , palms, alpha grass). Forests mainly cover the northern mountainous parts of the region. The forest cover in North Africa ranges from nine percent in Morocco and less than one percent in Mauritania, Libya and Egypt. Main forest species include Pinus spp., Abies spp., Juniperus spp, Quercus spp. and Populus spp. . Most of the lowland forests (e.g. Quercus suber ) have already been cleared. Forest vegetation has been replaced with open woodlands (e.g. Pine or Thuya woodlands) or maquis, an evergreen short tree, and shrub community. Main NWFP Overall, the NWFP used in North Africa include edible plants (especially fruits, mushrooms, seeds like
Annex 1: General Bibliography The Languages of the Akan peoples . In AnsuKyeremateng, K. (ed.), 1998, Perspectiveson indigenous Communication in africa kwahu mmñbusñm - kwahu Proverbs. http://www.akan.org/akan_cd/ALIAKAN/course/U-references-p11.html
Extractions: 0. General, classification Bendor-Samuel, John T. (ed.), 1989. The Niger-Congo Languages . New York: Academic Press. Christaller, Johann Gottlieb, 1892. Die Sprachen Afrikas. Christaller page Dolphyne, Florence Abena, 1986. "The Languages of the Akan Peoples". Research Review . New Series vol. 2/1. 1-22. The Languages of Ghana . pp. 50-90; Akan: pp. 50-76. Greenberg, Joseph H., 1966. The Languages of Africa . Den Haag: Mouton. Grimes, Barbara F. (ed.), 1996. Ethnologue. Languages of the World vol. 1-3 (incl. Language Name Index and Language Family Index). Ethnologue on-line Kropp Dakubu, Mary Esther (ed.), 1988. The Languages of Ghana . New York: Kegan Paul. Stewart, John M., 1971. "Niger-Congo, Kwa". In: Thomas A. Sebeok (ed.) Current Trends in Linguistics . Vol. 7: Linguistics in Sub-Saharan Africa. Stewart, John M., 1976. "Towards Volta-Congo Reconstruction" (= Presentation at the Rijksuniversiteit in Leiden, 8.10.1976). Leiden: Universitaire Pers.
United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service Voices From africa through peoples's traditional indigenous people's umbrella group. JeanMarie Tchaptchet is General Coordinator of the NGO SOS Grassroots Environment in africa. http://ngls.tad.ch/english/pubs/va/va6.html
Extractions: Voices From Africa Number 6: Sustainable Development Part 2 Contents: INTRODUCTION The book's first article explains how, to deal with managing the environment, Ghana has set up a framework, the National Environmental Policy. Mike Anane examines how his country is working to come to grips with its legacy of environmental destruction and its future of sustainable development. He looks at the birth of the environmental movement in Ghana, and the government's environmental role. Part of the problem, he says, is lack of environmental awareness. In a case study from Zambia, Katongo Chisupa explains how the government environment body, the Environmental Council of Zambia (ECZ), is dealing with the specific environmental problem of dumping of toxic waste. While laws were passed and institutions set up after the 1992 Earth Summit, a lack of general environmental awareness in the country seriously hampers Zambian efforts to protect the environment and halt pollution. Environmental awareness is a leitmotif which threads its way through discussions on the management of Africa's natural resources. A lack of adequate reporting on environmental issues is one factor holding back this awareness. As Sandie Mbanefo Obiago explains, journalists trying to cover the environment in Africa face an array of problems, including lack of money to visit environmental sites, little interest on the part of the editors in publishing environmental stories, and government restrictions on information or on reporting on unsustainable projects.
Sustainable Development Homepage Last Updated27Nov-2002 1143 AM (New York Time) 58 Project(s) found Rainforest for Health A Travelling Expedition the first stock assessment for an NTFP in West africa, meaning in those particular forest reserves we know where the http://www.sustdev.org/Features/04.09.01.shtml
Extractions: Welcome to Sustainable Development Contributing Partners Overview on the Importance and the Status of Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine in Africa Contribution by: Ernest Rukangira Director Conserve Africa International 25 Stanmore Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey UNITED KINGDOM URL: http://www.conserveafrica.org E-mail: Ernest @conserveafrica.org ABSTRACT In Africa, medicinal plants and traditional medicine have been the basis of traditional health care, especially in remote areas where modern health facilities are inadequate. The future of medicinal plants in Africa depends on positive steps being taken to protect and conserve the resources before it is too late. Medicinal plants have always been of interest to communities in such countries since they use these plants on a daily basis. Modern medicine is also showing growing interest in medicinal plants resulting in a rise of demand for such products in the developed world.
Adherents.com: By Location Asante, Akyem, Akwapim, Akwamu, Agona, kwahu, Denkyira, Nzema 1998), indigenous beliefs38%, Muslim 30%, Christian 24 Weeks, R. (ed.), Muslim peoples A World http://www.adherents.com/adhloc/Wh_116.html
Extractions: Notes poll - say religion not at all important to them Germany, West . Census Bureau, U.S. Dept. of Commerce: Washington, D.C. (Dec. 1977), pg. 555. [Orig. source: American Institute of Public Opinion (Gallup Poll), Religion in America Table: "Importance of Religious Beliefs in Selected Countries: 1975-76 "; Respondents who say their religious beliefs are: (1) Not at all important, (2) Not too important, (3) Fairly important, (4) Very important. poll - say religion not too important to them Germany, West . Census Bureau, U.S. Dept. of Commerce: Washington, D.C. (Dec. 1977), pg. 555. [Orig. source: American Institute of Public Opinion (Gallup Poll), Religion in America Table: "Importance of Religious Beliefs in Selected Countries: 1975-76 "; Respondents who say their religious beliefs are: (1) Not at all important, (2) Not too important, (3) Fairly important, (4) Very important.
The Ga-Dangme People:A Historical Sketch III principal achievements his leadership of the peoples of South accused by Ussher ofdabbling in kwahu attempts to King as the focus of indigenous resistance to http://members.tripod.com/tettey/Gapart3.htm
Extractions: LECTURE IV THE FORGING OF NEW GA-DANGME UNITY AND THE KATAMANSO WAR To lead the Gá-Dangme you need the courage of Okaikoi and the sagacity of great high priests. It is a task in selflessness and courage. In all things be bold and fearless,seeking above all to ensure the security and happiness of the people. Like a good tree the strong nation requires continual pruning and reform. The good leader sleeps not for an hour, constantly seeking the interests of his people In this Lecture we examine the factors that led to the emergence of the Gá-Dangme as major players in the political scene of the Gold Coast; look at the principal reasons for the Katamanso War. Accra started to emerge from its short eclipse; the short reign of Ofori Tibo saw the the re-stabilisation of Gá-Dangme politics. The emergence of Tetteh Ahinakwa or Momotse and Okaidja as King of Accra and chief of Gbese respectively led to a reform movement which tried to cleanse the city of corruption and re-establish its politics on a sounder footing. Princes Tetteh Ahinakwa and Okaidja had been ransomed to the Dutch and had gained considerable Western education; they were therefore in a relatively good position to stand back from Gá society and objectively analyse its failures and difficulties. However, once they acceeded to office they lacked a reform party to carry out their reformist programme in the various Gá-Dangme quarters and towns. Attempts to involve the manbii or citizens were not entirely successful.
Annex 1: General Bibliography "The Languages of the Akan peoples". Research Review. 7 Linguistics in SubSaharan africa. Stewart, John M., 1998, Perspectives on indigenous Communication in africa, Vol. II http://akan.org/akan_cd/ALIAKAN/course/U-references-p11.html
Extractions: 0. General, classification Bendor-Samuel, John T. (ed.), 1989. The Niger-Congo Languages . New York: Academic Press. Christaller, Johann Gottlieb, 1892. Die Sprachen Afrikas. Christaller page Dolphyne, Florence Abena, 1986. "The Languages of the Akan Peoples". Research Review . New Series vol. 2/1. 1-22. The Languages of Ghana . pp. 50-90; Akan: pp. 50-76. Greenberg, Joseph H., 1966. The Languages of Africa . Den Haag: Mouton. Grimes, Barbara F. (ed.), 1996. Ethnologue. Languages of the World vol. 1-3 (incl. Language Name Index and Language Family Index). Ethnologue on-line Kropp Dakubu, Mary Esther (ed.), 1988. The Languages of Ghana . New York: Kegan Paul. Stewart, John M., 1971. "Niger-Congo, Kwa". In: Thomas A. Sebeok (ed.) Current Trends in Linguistics . Vol. 7: Linguistics in Sub-Saharan Africa. Stewart, John M., 1976. "Towards Volta-Congo Reconstruction" (= Presentation at the Rijksuniversiteit in Leiden, 8.10.1976). Leiden: Universitaire Pers.
Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin Ghana Christianity (50 percent), traditional indigenous (22 percent Among the kwahu(a subgroup of the Akan whole, marriage among the matrilineal peoples is far http://www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/sexology/GESUND/ARCHIV/IES/GHANA.HTM
Extractions: Augustine Ankomah, Ph.D. A. Demographics Slightly under two thirds of 17.7 million Ghanaians lived in rural areas of the country. Ghana has a young population with 45 percent under age 15, 52 percent between ages 15 and 64, and 3 percent 65 and older. The 1995 birthrate was 44 per 1,000 population, and the death rate 12 per 1,000, giving an annual population growth rate of 3.0 percent. The average life expectancy for newborns in 1995 was 54 years for males and 58 for females. Infant mortality is 82 per 1,000 live births. Ghana has one physician per 22,452 persons. The per capita gross domestic product in 1995 was $1,500. B. A Brief Historical Perspective Ghana was named for an African empire that existed along the Niger River between 400 and 1240 of the Common Era. The country was ruled by Britain for 113 years as the Gold Coast. In 1956, the United Nations approved the merger of the Gold Coast with the British Togoland trust territory. In 1957, it emerged as the first country in black Africa to achieve independence from a European power. Since that time, Ghana has witnessed a seesaw of political power shared between military and elected governments. In the years immediately following independence, schools, hospitals, and roads were built, along with hydroelectric power plants and aluminum plants by President Nkrumah, but the economic situation deteriorated between the 1970s and late 1980s. J.J. Rawlings, a flight lieutenant who took over the administration of the country through a military coup in 1979 and again in 1981, won the national election and was sworn in as president in 1993.
127th General Assembly primary to grade nine in kwahuTafo region. triple discrimination economic poverty,indigenous status, and independent commission on aboriginal peoples with a http://www.presbyterian.ca/assembly/2001/reports/lma5.html
Extractions: LIFE AND MISSION AGENCY (Continued) PRESBYTERIAN WORLD SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENT Staff Director: Richard Fee, Program Co-ordinator, Asia and Central America: Guy Smagghe, Resource and Communications Co-ordinator: Karen Watts Plater, Administrative Assistant: Colleen McCue INTRODUCTION Youth Internship MONITORING TRIPS AND REGIONAL VISITS Africa Central America/Caribbean Sonrisas, in which children from poor neighborhoods learn how to use computers to develop tools for basic health education in their communities. India A monitoring visit to India is scheduled to take place in March 2001. The Rev. Andrew Johnston from St. Andrew's, Ottawa, will participate in this trip. The itinerary will include a visit to the earthquake stricken areas of the state of Gujarat, a participation in a Women's Rally for International Women's Day in Madurai, and a participation in the Round Table on Dalit Concerns organised by the World Council of Churches in Delhi. INCORPORATION OF PRESBYTERIAN WORLD SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENT Presently we are covered under the Act to Incorporate The Trustee Board of The Presbyterian Church in Canada, of April 5, 1939, amended in 1962 and 1966. CIDA officials would prefer a more defined and delineated structure than that. The problem was accentuated in 2000 when our ecumenical organization, Inter-Church Action was negotiating for the renewal of its CIDA contract. Inter-Church Action is also not incorporated. The six-month delay in that renewal was finally resolved when CIDA agreed that all six member churches or church agencies could sign as separate entities. All of the members of ICA are incorporated with the exception of the United Church of Canada, Division of World Outreach, and ourselves. The Mennonite Central Committee, the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, the Lutheran World Relief Committee, and the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund are all incorporated.
GhanaHomePage Feature Articles development problems of africa, students of african development language policy and planning in africa. Taking the technologies with the indigenous people, apparently nobody ever http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/ghana/articles/lang.html
Extractions: Feature Articles by Adams B. Bodomo Department of Linguistics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (NTNU), Norway. email: adams.bodomo@hf.ntnu.no Tel: 47 73596633 (office) Fax: 47 73596119 [forthcoming in Nordic Journal of African Studies (1996)] In their search for solutions to the development problems of Africa, students of African development have often ignored linguistic and other socio-cultural resources (Prah 1993). When linguistic issues are addressed at all, the fact that there is a multiplicity of languages in African countries is often seen as a hindrance to the development of the continent. This paper focuses on the relationship between language and development and offers a specific proposal for addressing issues of language policy and planning in Africa. Taking the language situation in Ghana as a case study, a model of development communication and education termed localized trilingualism is proposed; a model, it is believed, will enable Africa to harness its multilingual resources for accelerated and sustainable socio-cultural, economic and technological development in the 21st century. 1. Introduction
Earth Transformed Ladi Kwali a study of indigenous and modern techniques of Funerary effigies fromKwahu. Ghana Notes and artistry among the Mandespeaking peoples of West http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/african-ceramic-arts/resources/bibliography.html
Guide To The Collections Of The Human Studies Film Archives street scenes in Cape Town and indigenous dwellings along an important chief of theKwahu who was the continued independence of these peoples, Reverend Scott http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/guide/hsfa_africa.htm
Catholic Online - Services a programme on the drama of the peoples in Southern farmers, members of the Higaononindigenous community who Divine Word Missionaries in Nkwatiakwahu in 1968 http://www.fides.org/English/1999/e19990409.html
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African History southcentral extends across the kwahu Plateau. Mandingo, Mandinka) and southern Mandepeoples are located these religions with their various indigenous beliefs http://www.houseofafrica.net/african_history.asp
Extractions: The House of Africa imports authentic items from many countries and tribes throughout the african continent. Here you can explore the splendor and culture behind the items we sell. Click on the particular region to the right of the map of africa that you are interested in learning about. Learn more details regarding each African City....Click Here Cameroon is located in the northern part of Central Africa. It is bordered, from the Northwest clockwise, by Nigeria, Chad, the Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, and Guinea. It is a coastal country, meeting the Atlantic Ocean on its western border. Comparatively, Cameroon is about three times the size of Florida, at 183,568 square miles. About 78 percent of Cameroon's land are forested. The coastal region is covered by dense rain forests. Cameroon is very rich in wildlife, so much so that biodiversity (the balance between organisms within an environment) is not regarded as a national concern. Malaria, however, is a national concern posing a serious health threat. This is evident in the country's high infant mortality rate and low age of life expectancy. The country is also comprised of marshland, such as the area surrounding Lake Chad, and areas of high, forested mountains of volcanic origin, including Cameroon Mountain. The principal rivers are the Sanaga and Nyong Rivers. Most of these rivers link with the Niger River to the east and north. Cameroon has a tropical climate, humid in the south, and drier further north.
LAPAHIE.com 2.0 | 2003 Guestbook And Comments kwahu, the Eagle Kachina, appears most often with Mudheads in the Kiva or Repeat theyshould always be owners of the salt, and that the other peoples must buy http://www.lapahie.com/Guestbook.cfm
Extractions: God Bless America (Diyin God Baahózhó Nihimá Bikéyah Nízhoníye)! Private First Class Lori Ann Piestewa, 23 year old Hopi/Navajo of Tuba City, AZ was officially declared dead on April 5th, 2003. She was 1 of 9 American bodies found at the Nasiriyah hospital after US soldiers rescued Pfc Jessica Lynch. Pfc Piestewa became the 1st female soldier to be killed in the Iraq War. She was the Mom of 2 children, a 4 yr old son and 3 yr old daughter. A fund has been created for her children governed by the Hopi Nation which she was a member. Those who wish to contribute to this fund can send their checks or money orders written to the "Lori Piestewa Memorial Fund" at any Wells Fargo Bank which holds the account. Cards and letters can also be sent to "Percy Piestewa, PO Box 957, Tuba City AZ 86045". Flowers and other items can be sent to "In care of Piestewa Family, Juniper Drive No. 67, Tuba City AZ 86045". Items can be sent via UPS or FedEx. Those who wish to write to Radmilla Cody can write to: Radmilla Cody 08980-062, 37900 North 45th Avenue, Dept 1680, Phoenix AZ 85027 Home New!
Extractions: INTRODUCTION Principaux Produits Forestiers Non Ligneux Au Bénin, les principaux produits forestiers non ligneux (PFNL) comprennent les plantes comestibles (les fruits, le palmier à huile), les plantes médicinales, le miel, le gibier, les objets d'artisanat en rotin et les lianes. Informations générales Les PFNL qui sont commercialisés sont les plantes comestibles (e.g. le karité et le néré), les plantes médicinales, le miel, les objets d'artisanat et les lianes (Ajademe, 1991). PLANTES ET PRODUITS VEGETAUX Nourriture La population rurale du Bénin connaît et exploite couramment les PFNL comestibles qui contribuent directement à la sécurité alimentaire des ménages. Les PFNL les plus utilisés sont récoltés dans les champs et les jachères plutôt que dans les savanes et les forêts (Schreckenberg, 1996). 41 espèces forestières (e.g. Irvingia gabonensis, Parkia biglobosa ) qui fournissent des produits comestibles ont été identifiées (FAO, 1981). Les trois PFNL les plus importants dans la région Bassila à l'ouest de Bénin sont le karité ( Vitellaria paradoxa ), le néré (
Extractions: The North African sub-region includes six countries, namely Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia. These countries are members of the League of Arab States, and the Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD), which aims at developing the agricultural sector of its member countries. All North African countries, except Mauritania, are part of the Mediterranean eco-region. However, most parts of the sub-region are deserts or semi-deserts covered by drought resistant shrublands (e.g. Acacia spp., Argania spinosa , palms, alpha grass). Forests mainly cover the northern mountainous parts of the region. The forest cover in North Africa ranges from nine percent in Morocco and less than one percent in Mauritania, Libya and Egypt. Main forest species include Pinus spp., Abies spp., Juniperus spp, Quercus spp. and Populus spp. . Most of the lowland forests (e.g. Quercus suber ) have already been cleared. Forest vegetation has been replaced with open woodlands (e.g. Pine or Thuya woodlands) or maquis, an evergreen short tree, and shrub community. Main NWFP Overall, the NWFP used in North Africa include edible plants (especially fruits, mushrooms, seeds like
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