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African Sources
r.hodges.home.comcast.net
A selected list of books, recordings and videos of interest to students of African music, culture and religion. Compiled 1996.
Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa
ocpa.irmo.hr
Provides information, scientific criteria and operational services for those involved in the development of cultural policies in Africa.
African Information Society Youth Network
aisyn.8m.com
A network project that was the result of regional initiatives from the Global Knowledge Youth Forums.
Afriquaine!
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Beauty, fashion and music ezine.
Highway Africa
highwayafrica.wordpress.com
Annual forum on journalistic, technological, and political issues crucial to the development of New Media in Africa. The Conference is held during September each year at Rhodes University.
Columbia University Libraries - History and Cultures of Africa
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Directory of annotated links.- Columbia University Libraries - African Diaspora
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Directory of annotated links. 
Ethno-Net Africa
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A network for comparative studies, monitoring and evaluation of ethnic conflicts and social transformation in Africa.
Kabissa - Member Profiles
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Kabissa members are non-profit organisations throughout Africa. The Members directory contains full contact details and mission statements.
OneWorld Africa
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Provides news, opinion, events and campaigns on human rights and sustainable development issues.- African Counselling Network
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A group of individuals interested in the development of counselling in Africa. 
Center For World Indigenous Studies: African Documents
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Reports on indigenous peoples.
Danny Yee's Book Reviews - Africa + African History
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Reviews of books on African history and culture.
Ancestors in Africa
lucy.ukc.ac.uk
Information about mortuary customs and beliefs, ancestor worship, death, and dreams. Created by David Zeitlyn as part of the Experience Rich Anthropology Project.- Mortuary Customs And The Belief In Survival After Death Among The South-Eastern Bantu
lucy.ukc.ac.uk
Academic paper from the Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing, University of Kent. 
Southern African Book Development Education Trust
sabdet.com
Works in support of indigenous publishing in Africa; details of programs and funding opportunities.
PBS Wide Angle - Africa
pbs.org
Investigative journalism and documentaries about Africa and African countries.
African Youth Foundation
ayf.de
A non-profit development organisation created to aid young people in Africa, as well as African nationals abroad to undertake projects which will enable them obtain skills necessary for their future livelihoods.
Washington Post - African Lives
washingtonpost.com
A series of occasional articles that chronicles the everyday lives of African peoples.
Women Travelers, Explorers and Missionaries to Africa 1763-1999
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An English language bibliography.
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Is there a such thing as a deviant culture or society or is that an ethnocentric statement?
Q. Ethnocentricity is the use of one s own culture as a yardstick for judging the ways of other individuals or societies, generally leading to a negative evaluation of their values, norms and behaviors. cultural relativity is NOT judging a culture, by trying to understand it on its own terms. Today I watched the travel channel. There was a group of people on who wore no clothing, they had sticks in their chins, the children & adults were both nude. Yet, with a culturally relative perspective, I didn't judge them. I realized that they didn't see anything wrong with that. Therefore it was NOT deviant behavior. In many societies this would be deviant behavior! The women and men had multiple husbands and wives. One woman promised her oldest… [cont.]
Asked by little lamb - Thu Sep 27 20:44:35 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. I think there are deviant cultures. I am using the logic that deviant means abnormal. Like strapping on explosives to children or having childrens run through mine fields to set off the mines for the elders. I think that people that have childbrides marry older men for their cult to produce offspring is simply pediphilia. I think that people that like to be bondaged and whipped have severe mental problems. I think gang mentality is deviant. You get the idea.
Answered by Boycott Hollywd Commies - Thu Sep 27 22:42:02 2007
Q. Ethnocentricity is the use of one s own culture as a yardstick for judging the ways of other individuals or societies, generally leading to a negative evaluation of their values, norms and behaviors. cultural relativity is NOT judging a culture, by trying to understand it on its own terms. Today I watched the travel channel. There was a group of people on who wore no clothing, they had sticks in their chins, the children & adults were both nude. Yet, with a culturally relative perspective, I didn't judge them. I realized that they didn't see anything wrong with that. Therefore it was NOT deviant behavior. In many societies this would be deviant behavior! The women and men had multiple husbands and wives. One woman promised her oldest… [cont.]
Asked by little lamb - Thu Sep 27 20:44:35 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. I think there are deviant cultures. I am using the logic that deviant means abnormal. Like strapping on explosives to children or having childrens run through mine fields to set off the mines for the elders. I think that people that have childbrides marry older men for their cult to produce offspring is simply pediphilia. I think that people that like to be bondaged and whipped have severe mental problems. I think gang mentality is deviant. You get the idea.
Answered by Boycott Hollywd Commies - Thu Sep 27 22:42:02 2007
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