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October 2009
Luxury holidays
by KABBOTT
Luxury holidays to Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, India, Indian Ocean, the Middle East and Latin America using incomparable global expertise and local knowledge'
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September 2009
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June 2009
Radiodiffusion Internasionaal Annexe
by garret
"Radiodiffusion Internasionaal is devoted to the evolution of popular music from Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia and the proliferation of Western influences on these non-Western cultures. The focus is primarily the music from the mid 60's to the mid 70's."
Ubuntu (philosophy) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
by tadeufilippini
(via)
Ubuntu (philosophy)
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Nelson Mandela explains the concept of Ubuntu
Ubuntu is an ethic or humanist philosophy focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other. The word has its origin in the Bantu languages of Southern Africa. Ubuntu is seen as a classical African concept. (Dion Forster 2006a:252)[1]
PULANDO UM TRECHO ..TEMOS :
Meaning
An attempt at a longer definition has been made by Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1999):
“ A person with Ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed. ”
Archbishop Desmond Tutu further explained Ubuntu as follows (2008):
“ One of the sayings in our country is Ubuntu - the essence of being human. Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that you can't exist as a human being in isolation. It speaks about our interconnectedness. You can't be human all by yourself, and when you have this quality - Ubuntu - you are known for your generosity.
We think of ourselves far too frequently as just individuals, separated from one another, whereas you are connected and what you do affects the whole world. When you do well, it spreads out; it is for the whole of humanity.
”
April 2009
Gallery - Where's the remotest place on Earth? - Image 5 - New Scientist
by karlcow
Unlike roads, which can evolve out of any old dirt track, railways require skilled labour and considerable investment. As a result, they are confined mainly to the richer nations of Europe, the US, Australia and Japan.
Railway networks in India, Argentina and parts of Africa give clues to their colonial heritage.
Maker Faire Africa
by karlcow
Maker Faire Africa (MFA), a celebration of African ingenuity, innovation and invention, will take place August 13-15 at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT in Ghana's capital, Accra.
March 2009
February 2009
Google Ocean: Has Atlantis been found off Africa? - Telegraph
by jallatte
The underwater image can be found at the co-ordinates 31 15'15.53N 24 15'30.53W.
January 2009
350 - Accidental Maps: Cartocacoethes or Blatant Pareidolia? « Strange Maps
by blackgoldfish
(via)
“I was cooking this typical Argentinian food called milanesa, when I found the map of Africa in my saucepan,” writes Manuel Barcia from Argentina. "
December 2008
BBC NEWS | Africa | Getting high on HIV drugs in S Africa
by karlcow
un dernier moment de plaisir avant de mourirAids patients themselves have been found smoking the drugs instead of taking them as prescribed.
November 2008
Africa Tour 2008
by Spone
& 1 other
A delegation from India, Nepal and Morocco will be touring across five African countries to discuss and find ways to eliminate child labour. Here you can travel along with our tour reporters!
October 2008
Drawing Maps: Africa, ca. 1900 « Making Maps: DIY Cartography
by karlcow
Comment dessiner l'Afrique.
September 2008
The Secret History of Rum
by sbrothier
Rum has always tended to favor and flavor rebellion, from the pirates and buccaneers of the seventeenth century to the American Revolution onward. In addition, sugar and rum pretty much introduced globalization to a waiting world, tying together Europe, the Americas, Africa and the Caribbean in a complex alcoholic web of trade and credit. Not until oil was any single commodity so important for world trade. So it is not surprising that the Bacardi Corporation has become one of the world's first transnationals.
Shanghaiist: Singapore finds melamine in White Rabbit candies; Chinese dairy products now banned across Asia and Africa
by bouilloire
Tiens mais il y en a chez Tang des White Rabbit....
Fair Trade Jewellery - Indigo Ocean Trading
by gambhire_chetan
Indigo Ocean Trading is an online shop dedicated to bringing you stunning hand crafted Fair Trade products created by highly skilled people from places such asAfghanistan, Nepal, Indonesia, South Africa and India. Based in Buckinghamshire, IndigoOcean provide fair trade jewellery, incense, toys and gifts from all around the world.
August 2008
Can Optic Cables Predict Economic Shifts? - GigaOM
by karlcow
Why so much connectivity? After all, PC penetration is abysmally low in Africa. The answer is cell phones. At the beginning of 2008, there were a quarter of a billion mobile subscribers on the continent
