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  Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Africa is thus composed of two segments at right angles, the northern running from east to west, the southern from north to south, the subordinate lines corresponding in the main to these two directions.
Africa's largest country is Sudan and its smallest country is the Seychelles, an archipelago off the east coast of the continent.
Africa is the oldest inhabited territory on earth, with the human species originating from this continent.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Africa   (5532 words)

  
 Africa - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Today, Africa is home to over 50 independent countries, which mostly still have the borders drawn during the era of European colonialism.
Africa is the world's poorest inhabited continent: the United Nations' Human Development Report 2003 (of 175 countries) found that positions 151 (Gambia) to 175 (Sierra Leone) were taken up entirely by African nations.
Afro-Asiatic speaking peoples predominate in North Africa, while Sub-Saharan Africa is dominated by a number of populations grouped according to their language — Niger-Congo predominantly in West Africa, Nilo-Saharan in the Eastern highlands and Khoisan in the south.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Africa   (4966 words)

  
 African anarchism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the historical and contemporary Anarchist movement in Africa.
Genocide (Rwandan Genocide), warlord situations, and starvation can be loosely linked to a state of anarchy when the previous government falls, but it is important to note that catastrophically bad social and economic conditions existed prior to the collapse, which some may argue is the fault of the government.
An Irish anarchist in Africa provides a readable and compelling introduction to today's western Africa from Anarchist perspective.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/African_Anarchism   (450 words)

  
 Africa - Dic.blogopt.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Africa is home to the oldest inhabited territory on earth, with the human race originating from this continent.
Arabic-speaking Arab-Berber peoples predominate in North Africa, while Sub-Saharan Africa is dominated by a number of disparate populations often grouped according to their language, Niger-Congo predominately in West Africa, Nilo-Saharan in the Eastern highlands and Khoi-san in the south.
Recently in South Africa, a form of music related to house music known under the name Kwaito has developed, although the country has been home to its own form of South African jazz for some time, while Afrikaans music is completely distinct and comprised mostly of traditional Boere musiek, and forms of Folk and Rock.
dic.blogopt.com /Africa   (4371 words)

  
 > Africa at abcworld.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The peoples of North Africa are primarily Arab-Berbers, the Arabs who arrived in the 7th century and have basically assmilated the indigenous Berber people who are not racially considered Negroid and not far off from Middle Easterners in appearance.
However in South Africa, the white minority (10% of the population) largely remained in the country after the end of white rule in 1994.
In South Africa, which was unique in having a significant number of European settlers, English and Afrikaans are the native languages of a significant portion of the population.
abcworld.net /Africa.html   (4501 words)

  
 Africa - TCP Poetry Wiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Arabic-speaking Arab-Berber peoples predominate in North Africa, while Sub-Saharan Africa is dominated by a number of disparate populations often grouped according to their language, Niger-Congo predominately in West Africa, Nilo-Saharan in the Eastern highlands and Khoisan in the south.
The Spanish exclave of Ceuta is surrounded on land by Morocco in Northern Africa; population and area figures are for 2001.
The Spanish exclave of Melilla is surrounded on land by Morocco in Northern Africa; population and area figures are for 2001.
www.criticalpoet.com /mediawiki/index.php/Africa   (4552 words)

  
 phorum - Breaking News - Anarchism’s Future in Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The prospects for anarchism on the African continent are, in the final analysis, inextricably tied to the future of anarchism worldwide.
The obstacles to anarchism are, in the main, global; only their specifics are determined by local circumstances, as is the case in Africa.
Against this backdrop, parts of Africa have erupted in orgies of violence, effectively spelling the beginning of the collapse of the modern nation-state system on the continent; and the rise of a new, angry generation during this chaos is an important factor in determining how and in which direction the present crisis is resolved.
www.zabalaza.net /phorum/read.php?f=2&i=71&t=71   (2521 words)

  
 Anarchism, revolutionary Syndicalism in South Africa.
Anarchism and revolutionary syndicalism in South Africa have a long history, although this history has been largely forgotten today.
It was only in the 1990s that organised anarchism re-emerged with a succession of groups in Durban and Johannesburg, such as the Johannesburg collective that produced Unrest and Revolt in 1992 and 1993.
It was South Africa's first serious anarchist publication since the 1920s, and marked by its solid commitment to a politics of class struggle and fl liberation.
www.struggle.ws /africa/safrica.html   (1025 words)

  
 Social Anarchism/African Anarchism
Opponents of anarchism, especially opponents on the orthodox left, often reject anarchist thought, activism and history with the critique that anarchism is a white middle class movement.
Moreover the insistence that anarchism is adhered to by privileged Euro-descendant constituents denies unappologetically, the experience of those folks that are anarchist and of neither privileged group.
Its further success is the confluence of the two, where anarchism is enriched by an African perspective, and the relevance of anarchism for Africa is explored.
library.nothingness.org /articles/all/all/display/345   (1596 words)

  
 Social Anarchism/African Anarchism
I have a strong affinity for Africa and an equally strong connection to anarchism.
One of the last chapters, possibly interesting, about the possibility of anarchism developing as a movement and ideology in Africa, once again points to the factors that have worked against anarchism in Africa: colonial education, the legal system, the military class and the status quo.
By explaining the situation, seeing how peripheral Africa is from the centers of power, the authors make a good case for the obvious relevance for anarchism on that continent.
library.nothingness.org /articles/all/en/display/346   (1364 words)

  
 Anarchism in Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In Africa the organised anarchist movement is quite young, starting with the formation of the Workers Solidary Federation in South Africa in 1995.
In Africa the complete failure of capitalism to provide even the most basic necessities such as education, healthcare and even in many places water and food is blatantly obvious.
The main role of the state in Africa is to ensure the steady extraction of raw matierials to the first world for the benifit of the imperialist powers and any opposition to this is usually met with severe repression.
flag.blackened.net /revolt/talks/africa_arp01.html   (647 words)

  
 Africa - Enpsychlopedia
Image:Africa satellite orthographic.jpg Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia.
Image:LocationAfrica.png The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra — "land of the Afri" (plural, or "Afer" singular) — for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day Tunisia.
Africa is home to the oldest inhabited territory on earth, with the human species originating from this continent.
www.enpsychlopedia.com /psypsych/Africa   (4965 words)

  
 Africa, neo-liberalism and anarchism - Central Africa Economy - Anarkismo
Africa is meant to be an exporter of raw materials so industrialisation will not be financed.
In practice much of the raw materials exported from Africa such as coffee, cocoa and copper are bought by huge Western monopolies which have the power to set prices.
In South Africa, electricity and water cut offs have become common in the townships of Soweto as part of the ANC's neo-liberal GEAR policy.
anarkismo.net /newswire.php?story_id=818   (1139 words)

  
 African Anarchism: The History of a Movement
This fact, in part, explains why anarchist ideas are not spreading as fast as they should in Africa and elsewhere, in spite of the crisis of state socialism.
In doing so, we are impelled by a two-fold sense of historical responsibility: to enrich anarchism and anarchist principles with an African perspective, and to carve out a place for Africa within the framework of the worldwide anarchist movement." ~ from the Introduction.
African Anarchism: The History of a Movement is available for $11.45 (post paid) from See Sharp Press, P.O. Box 1731, Tucson, AZ, 85702-1731.
perspectives.anarchist-studies.org /2african.htm   (214 words)

  
 African Anarchism - An Interview with Sam Mbah
The authors argue that anarchism provides a coherent framework with which to comprehend and respond to the multiple crises afflicting the continent.
Although anarchism is not complete without the Western European contributions, we believe there are elements of African traditional societies that can be of assistance in elaborating anarchist ideas.
The inability to combine a coherent critique of the state and capitalism with a critique of racism has exacted an enormous toll on anarchism.
perspectives.anarchist-studies.org /5mbah.htm   (771 words)

  
 Audio: interview with Nigerian anarchist Sam Mbah : IMC-SA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Sam M'Bah, a Nigerian anarchist and author of "African Anarchism" spoke at the Luna Sol Cafe in Los Angeles on 11/21/98.
He spoke on anarchistic tendencies in traditional African society, and how modern Africa's state structures and ethnic conflicts are the products of colonialism.
Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Indymedia South Africa.
southafrica.indymedia.org /print.php?id=6079   (275 words)

  
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In other countries sizeable anarchist movements exist today, and in most countries outside Africa anarchism is represented by at least one or two organisations.
All the groups appear to be drifting away from anarchism, to 'revolutionary unionism', council communism or undefined post-anarchism.
Anarchism will only become possible when the majority of society understands and also wants to introduce it.
www.spunk.org /library/groups/wsm/sp000425.txt   (1233 words)

  
 Interview: Anarchism in South Africa | NEFAC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Jonathan: Notable anarchists of South Africa are those militants such as Thomas “TW” Thibedi, Bernard Sigamoney, Henry Kraai and Talbot Williams who founded the Industrial Workers of Africa and associated unions in South Africa between 1917 and 1919.
Some of these prisoners are becoming very interested in anarchism and we hope that through them, in addition to the prison organising which they are now involved in, we can also reach their families, who have first hand experience of the repressive role of the state, and their communities.
Jonathan: The majority of the proletariat in South Africa is fl however, largely due to the race history of South Africa with the lack of access to information of most underprivileged classes and especially for ‘non-whites’ during apartheid, until recently the majority of conscious anarchists was in fact white.
nefac.net /?q=node/1374   (1436 words)

  
 Towards a Vibrant & Broad African-Based Anarchism
Of the activist "isms," anarchism, at least in theory, promotes the kind of openness and risk-taking that actually encourages the constant regeneration necessary to meet new revolutionary challenges.
Although anarchism still carries capitalist-constructed distortions, and leftist, Marxist dishonesty, it is both bold and dangerous for Africans to declare themselves anarcho-syndicalist and argue that anarchism has a legitimate place among liberation theories on the continent.
In "Anarchism and the National Question in Africa" the authors again, I feel, rely too strongly on a European experience, which ties nationalism to capitalism, national and ethnic chauvinism, and the construction of a state.
flag.blackened.net /nf/3alston.htm   (3593 words)

  
 Index of anarchists and anarchism around the world
The other myth is that anarchism is chaos.
It is claimed by politicians, bosses and their hacks in the media that if there was no government there would be chaos.
We believe in a revolution that comes from the bottom up and is based on factory and community councils.
www.anarchism.ws   (2512 words)

  
 Omniseek: /Politics /Anarchism /Archives
As both political philosophy and personal lifestyle, social anarchism promotes community self-reliance, direct participation in political decision-making, respect for nature, and nonviolent paths to peace and justice.
Anarchism, radical librarians, infoshops - Anarchism, radical librarians, infoshops and more.
Literature resides here on the topics of individualist anarchism, philosophical egoism, anti-war propaganda, feminism, and libertarianism, Austrian economics.
www.omniseek.com /srch/{55990}   (254 words)

  
 African Anarchism, freedom and revolution in Africa
This site is intended to be a resource for anarchists and other anti-authoritarian revolutionary socialists in Africa, and for all those interested in the liberation of this most exploited continent.
Africa has endured centuries of suffering and deprivation in a world of plenty.
In this context anarchism is not merely one solution, it is the only possible solution that can allow the African masses to fulfill their longings for a life free from misery and exploitation.
www.struggle.ws /africa   (365 words)

  
 ANARCHISM (in MARION)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Anarchism -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Anarchism -- China -- History -- 20th century.
Anarchism -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century.
www-catalog.cpl.org /MARION?S=ANARCHISM   (51 words)

  
 UK Indymedia - African Anarchism - The History of a Movement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
African Anarchism - The History of a Movement
A little something for those who think anarchism is a purely white european movement.
anarchism in a world context; the crises of capitalism and marxist “socialism”; Africa’s dire economic situation; anarchism and the national question; anarchism—the only way out for Africa.
www.indymedia.org.uk /en/2003/04/64131.html   (282 words)

  
 Shalom Schwartzbard - Southern Africa History of anarchism - Anarkismo
Shalom Schwartzbard - Southern Africa History of anarchism - Anarkismo
southern africa / history of anarchism / review
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www.anarkismo.net /newswire.php?story_id=1142   (1258 words)

  
 Jesus Radicals
Short but well done introduction to what anarchism is and what it is not.
Anarchism in Africa: A history of a movement -- by Sam Mbah and I.E. Igariwey
Excellent introduction to both anarchism and anarchism in Africa.
anarchism.jesusradicals.com /resources.php   (768 words)

  
 Africa Watch
Southern Africa overcame apartheid, but today millions in Southern Africa suffer poverty, inequality, and a health crisis.
Africa has suffered slavery, colonialism, and now the new colonialism of 'globalization' and military intervention.
Africa and Media, II Schecter on 'the news divide' 2000
www.zmag.org /racewatch/africawatch.cfm   (973 words)

  
 Anarchism in Africa
This receives regular articles from African anarchists on events in Africa of interest to anarchists in particular labour and land disputes.
To help encourage the growth of the anarchist movement in Africa Revolt is sponsoring an African Anarchism mailing list.
The Industrial Workers of Africa in South Africa, 1917-1921
flag.blackened.net /revolt/africa.html   (457 words)

  
 Index of anarchists and anarchism around the world
Index of anarchists and anarchism around the world
Like most people who hear about Anarchism you probably believe that "it is a good set of ideas but unfortunately it would never work.
People are naturally greedy and selfish, if there was no government to look after our interests there would be complete chaos".
anarchism.ws   (2512 words)

  
 Zabalaza.Net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
WHO WE ARE --- We are autonomous people who think that anarchism (and libertarian thought in general) should occupy a place among the thought that circulates in society.
It is clear to us that anarchist thought is marginalized and that there is a high degree of ignorance about it among people in Morocco.
We, the Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Federation (ZACF) of southern Africa, stand foursquare with the working and poor people who were apparently the targets of the craven July 7th bus and train bombings in London.
www.zabalaza.net   (643 words)

  
 Jay's Anarchisms Links
This website is intended to create space for the many voices in the intersection of anarchism and feminism, inclusive of all genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, ages, and abilities."
Anarchism Canada - "a web based contact site that attempts to list all anarchist and anarchist friendly groups, organizations, contacts and projects active in Canada today.
The Kate Sharpley Library and Documentation Centre (UK) - "is dedicated to researching and restoring the history of the anarchist movement and regularly publishes information on lost areas of anarchist history.
www.neravt.com /left/directory/subjects/anarchy.htm   (569 words)

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