Indigenous Peoples are a unique and important segment of humanity. Their rich heritage, their ways of life, their observance towards this planet, their insights and their direct experiences can serve as lessons for modern society to take notice of and weave into its own infrastructure.
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VOICES OF AFRICA
Written by: Olivier Nyirubugara - AfricaNews
Objectives
The
objective of the Voices of Africa Project is to help talented Africans
build a career in media, using currently available technologies that
are not yet financially affordable in Africa.
The Africa
Interactive Media Foundation initiates this project because it falls
and fits in its initial mission. The Foundation believes that by
stimulating ( citizen) journalism, democracy will be served and this
may stimulate good governance in Africa. The Foundation endeavours to
find donors in order to have necessary funds for the implementation of
this project. In practice, the Foundation collaborates both with Africa
Interactive - one of the largest international online communities
grouping people interested in Africa – and Skoeps.com – a Dutch news
website exclusively publishing pictures and short videos made by
eyewitnesses using mobile phones.
Learn more on how to help...
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Article Source: The InterPress Service News
Written by - Mario Osava - September 24th, 2008
MANAUS, Brazil, Sep 24 (IPS) - Dhiani Pa'saro
came to Manaus, the bustling city of 1.7 million people in the heart of
Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, eight years ago, after wandering from one
village or town to another. At the time he planned to become a dentist,
but at 33 he is now a renowned artist.
Pa'saro is one of 14
indigenous people who have studied painting and marquetry (decorative
patterns made of inlays) at the Dirson Costa Institute of Amazonian Art
and Culture (IDC), which has already built up a collection of 800 works
by these artists for the founding collection of the Museu de Arte e
Imaginário da Amazônia (MAIA, Museum of Amazon Art and Imaginary).
Learn more...
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August 9th is the 14th International Day of the World's Indigenous People. A couple of major developments this past year were the UN General Assembly's adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People in a near-unanimous vote and that the Australian and Canadian governments formally apologized for their egregious forced-assimilation policies. According to the World Bank, there are an estimated 200 million indigneous people living in 70 countries. Their cultures, land and resources are extremely vulnerable to new developments and the demands around the globe. The above measures reflect progressive first steps in recognizing all people and their cultures.
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After 12 years of a conservative Australian administration that was markedly hostile to indigenous rights and its own Aboriginal populations, the new labor government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd took a dramatic step by issuing an apology at the opening session of Parliament on February 13. The apology, issued by Rudd himself, was, in fact, the opening item of business for Parliament. Rudd aimed his apology at the Stolen Generations, the more than 50,000 Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their parents and raised by white families in an effort to wipe out their culture.
http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/csq/csq-article.cfm?id=1988
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Article Source ~ Inter Press Service
By: Mona Alami
BEIRUT,
Feb 27 (IPS) - On the outskirts of Beirut, narrow alleyways cut through
the Chatila Palestinian refugee camp. A maze of electricity cables
connect one concrete block and another. Sewage pours continuously
through a small grey construction, filling the street with nauseating
stench.
Not a pretty sight, unless you have a camera, and skill.
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