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THE LIFE IN AFRICA AWARD FOR CULTURAL EXCELLENCE: AFRICAN RELIGION:West African Dahomean Vodoun http://www.mamiwata.com/ This is a fascinating and quite beautiful educational research site on general information about the sacred and ancient religion of Dahomean Vodoun. Articles on the site cover the religion's historical background, how perceptions and mis-perceptions of it evolved in the west, and how it is still practiced today... "Though there is a 'darker side' to the Tradition of Vodoun, mainly Aze/Azetos (witches/ sorcerers), they are not in the majority, and are no more an accurate representation of the Vodoun tradition proper, as Satanism is to Christianity." For more information about how your Africa-oriented website can win the Award for Cultural Excellence and be announced to thousands of email subscribers for free, see http://LifeInAfrica.com/AfriPromote/ACE.htm. The ACE is a joint initiative to promote African culture on the Internet from the Life in Africa Foundation's AfriPromote! Program http://LifeInAfrica.com/AfriPromote and Balancing Act http://balancingact-africa.com SITES FOR NGOs NEEDING TECH INFOThere are a slew of sites aimed at matching nonprofits w/techies or at the very least, listing nonprofits in need of techies. These sites include: http://www.socialecology.com/news/releases/19990505.html http://www.guidestar.org/npo/nplinks/links_technology.html> However, IMHO the following site reigns supreme w/regard to techies & nonprofits: The Philanthropy News Network has a series of articles about how technology is impacting nonprofits and how to set-up a nonprofit techie network. This can be found at: http://pnnonline.org/technology/aboutchange0709.cfm This by no means is an exhaustive list. More a launching pad to the nonprofit stars. :) (source: Aaron Goldsmith, MSW ) IMPROVING MEDICAL INFO FOR STUDENTSImagine you're a medical student in one of the least developed countries in sub-Saharan Africa. You're studying for your final exams. But you can't afford to buy books, let alone a computer. Your friends are in the same position. And so is the library. It hasn't had any money to purchase new books or journals for five years. You used to dream of bringing better health to your rural homeland, providing frontline health care in the public sector. Now your ambition is to get into private practice in a desirable part of the city as soon as you can, offering specialist services to those who can afford to pay. It's the only way you'll get a decent standard of living. An older colleague recently told you: "If you work in the rural areas, you'll be isolated professionally as well as physically. You want continued medical education? You're more likely to get continued medical ignorance, a disease with a particularly high prevalence in the rural health professional, characterised by loss of morale, lack of enthusiasm, and poor performance, and caused largely by chronic deficiency of information." The INASP (International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications)-Health programme was launched after an international meeting in 1996 to promote cooperation, analysis, and advocacy in this sector. 2 3 The programme runs a series of themed meetings the Health Information Forumat the BMA in London. These meetings are intended to promote sharing of experience and lessons learnt and are open to anyone interested. Thanks to support from the BMA, they are free of charge. In cooperation with the World Health Organization, INASP-Health has just launched an email discussion list, which has already attracted more than 250 people, including many from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the newly independent states. To find out more send an email to INASP_Health@compuserve.com with a brief description of your professional interests or visit our website (www.inasp.org.uk). NEW SOUTH AFRICA ARTS SITE: Artslink.co.zaOn this dedicated website, news, media releases, statements and reviews can be carried at full length, disseminated and archived. It is the one place where everyone's voice can be heard.But Artslink.co.za receives no funding or sponsorship; it depends on those who care about art, theatre, music, dance, craft and all other forms of culture and entertainment for survival.You can help to ensure that Artslink.co.za remains a unique service to the arts and culture community. You can: * Dial up with Artslink. Artslink launched as an Internet Service Provider in June. Backed by The Internet Solution and Dimension Data, it has one of the fastest, most reliable and most competitive services around from R89 per month. - www.at.artslink.co.za/isp * Host with Artslink. Artslink can design your webpages and host them for a very competitive fee. - www.at.artslink.co.za/isp/ispuserh.htm * Subscribe to ACEmail. If you can't read it in the newspaper, you can read it on your e-mail at home. You choose what genres of news you wish to receive and stay informed. R15 per month. - www.at.artslink.co.za/ace * Sign up as a publicist. If you are responsible for spreading the news of your activities, or those of your association or organisation, Artslink can extend your reach dramatically. A media release sent to Artslink is forwarded to the ACEmedia database of journalists around the country on newspapers, magazines, radio, television and to other Internet portals. If you only send one or two releases a month, a dial-up with Artslink will give you that facility free. - www.at.artslink.co.za/ace/help.htm * List your shows, events and yourself. Artslink offers free listings on the database to anyone involved in any way with the arts and culture industry. So, whether you are a performer, writer, musician or technical support person, there's a category for you.Your show can be listed on the Show Guide; your special event or festival belongs in the Arts and Culture Calendar. Look at the website for options. - www.at.artslink.co.za/show * Sign up for a discussion group. There are debates underway constantly on theatre, movies and music. - www.at.artslink.co.za/egroups.htm CRAFTS VIA E-MAIL FROM KENYAJust a quick email to let you know there are new items posted at Aina Moja. Browse the entire site at www.ainamoja.com or go straight to some of the new items New Kangas at http://www.ainamoja.com/catalog/clothes/kanga.htm A Stool Drum at http://www.ainamoja.com/catalog/instruments/drums.htm Maasai Blankets at: http://www.ainamoja.com/catalog/clothes/throws.htm A Simi and Kamba Sword at http://www.ainamoja.com/catalog/weapons/knives.htm Clothing at http://www.ainamoja.com/catalog/clothes/kitenge.htm A purchase at Aina Moja not only provides you with an authentic hand made item from Africa that supports the livelihood of a third world family but also any profits go directly to the projects of Expanding Opportunities. < http://www.expandingopportunities.org. MAIL NETWORK TO DEFEND PRESS FREEDOMThe World Association of Newspapers and Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) have launched a new pan-African e-mail exchange network to support press freedom and build stronger independent media on the continent.The network, the first of its kind, was created by the two Paris-based organisations and the Cental African Union of Press Publishers to establish an Africa-wide dialogue and an exchange of ideas and information among journalists and other newspaper executives. Many of them work in complete isolation from their peers and colleagues elsewhere on the continent. The network, which is called RAP 21 - the French acronym for the African Press Network for the 21st Century - will act as an alert system for press freedom attacks on the continent and will also provide information about management and training opportunities. The network will be bilingual, in English and French, and will work through e-mail, with a password-protected web site as an archive for members. Source: http://www.wan-press.org - World Association of Newspapers (source: TAD Newsletter - see classifieds)
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