celebrations of the Muslim Eid holidays. The major peoples in size order are Bambara 31.4%‚ Fula Macina 9.6%‚ Sonike 7.4%‚ Sanghai 6.3%‚ Dogons 5%. The largest tribe is Bambara‚ Who occupy many of the civil servant positions. It is the Dogons and the Tuareg who practice a more traditional way of life. Some resources in Mali are gold‚ phosphates‚ kaolin‚ salt‚ limestone‚ granite‚ and etc. There are large mammals including elephants‚ giraffes‚ gazelles‚ and antelope. We hope you have learned a little
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different last name. She changed it later‚ following her separation from Garland and marriage to Mutulu Shakur.[14] Through Garland‚ his biological father‚ Shakur was a great descendant of the royal Garamantes[15] kingdom of northern Africa. The modern Tuareg[16] people of Sub-Saharan Africa[17] are descended from the Garamantes civilization. Struggle and incarceration surrounded Shakur from an early age. His godfather‚ Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt‚ a high ranking Black Panther‚ was convicted of murdering a
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and Muhammad Ture as well as the conquering of the city of Timbuktu. Sunni Ali became ruler in 1464. He did not waste any time waiting to begin expanding. Shortly after coming to power‚ he went to conquer the great trading port of Timbuktu from the Tuareg raiders. After Timbuktu was his‚ Sunni Ali ’s armies went south to the port of Jenne. In 1480‚ he attacked the Mossi states south of the Niger river. He had a strong military background which helped him become one of the best conquerers and leaders
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Title Some considerations about the Application of ogive analysis for quality control and spectral correction of eddy covariance fluxes Christof Ammann‚ Albrecht Neftel Content Content Motivation for spectral/ogive analysis: methodological flux measurement problems at the Swiss CarboEurope grassland site Some basics about ogives Application examples: High-frequency damping/correction Analysis for intermittency/stationarity of turbulence Conclusions Site region Measurement
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Africa (sky-blue and dark green region on map)‚[2] its music has close ties with Middle Eastern music and utilizes similar melodic modes (maqamat).[3] North African music has a considerable range‚ from the music of ancient Egypt to the Berber and the Tuareg music of the desert nomads. The region’s art music has for centuries followed the outline of Arabic and Andalusian classical music: its popular contemporary genres include the Algerian Raï. With these may be grouped the music of Sudan and of the
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Songhai‚ Africa The Songhai Empire‚ also known as the Songhay Empire‚ was a state located in western Africa. From the early 15th to the late 16th century‚ Songhai was one of the largest Islamic empires in history. This empire bore the same name as its leading ethnic group‚ the Songhai. Its capital was the city of Gao‚ where a Songhai state had existed since the 11th century. Its base of power was on the bend of the Niger River in present day Niger and Burkina Faso. The Songhai state has existed
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Oman‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Djibouti‚ Western Sahara‚ and the Palestinian Authority. Related events outside of the Arab World included protests in Iranian Khuzestan by the Arab minority in April 2011 and border clashes in Israel in May 2011. Weapons and Tuareg fighters returning from the Libyan civil war stoked a simmering conflict in Mali which has been described as "fallout" from the Arab Spring in North Africa. The sectarian clashes in Lebanon were described as a spillover violence of the Syrian uprising
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III. Anthropological Topics Covered: Many of the anthropological topics the author Katherine Dettwyler covered in the book‚ Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa‚ are “ethnocentrism; the evaluation of other culture according to preconceived notions originating from one’s own cultural customs and beliefs‚ culture shock; subjected to an unfamiliar way or life or set of attitudes‚ population control‚ breastfeeding‚ child care‚ the meaning of disability and child death in different cultures
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Asian festivals vary from place to place but all share one thing in common: they’re big and a lot of fun! With so many different cultures‚ religions‚ and reasons to celebrate squeezed into Asia‚ you’ll probably be close to an interesting festival no matter where you travel. Many events are based on lunar calendars and the dates change each year. Use this guide to plan around some of the largest festivals in Asia. 1. Festivals in Thailand • Songkran / Thai Water Festival: April 13 -15. • Loi
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copper‚ iron smelting‚ Tuareg saddle‚ cave drawings‚ pottery‚ language from the Bantu in the Niger- Congo family (more than 300 different languages are spoken south of the equator) g. interesting: broad commonalities underlying African life and culture i. Music (different
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