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	Swaziland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kingdom of Swaziland is a small, landlocked country in Southern Africa (one of the smallest on the continent), situated on the eastern slope of the Drakensberg mountains, embedded between South Africa in the west and Mozambique in the east.
		Swaziland is one of the poorest nations in the world, and has a very low HDI development score.
		Swaziland is in the process or formulating an Action Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, which is expected to be adopted in the period 2006-2007.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swaziland (1733 words)

	Swaziland - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Due in part to a high rate of HIV infection Swaziland previously had the world's lowest life expectancy, 33.22 years, before being surpassed by Zimbabwe in 2006.
		His fleet of luxury cars, and the millions spent towards refurbishing his numerous wives' luxury mansions, are at odds with the approximately 34 percent of the nation that stand unemployed, nearly 70 percent of which live on less than a dollar a day, and with around 39 percent of adults who are afflicted by HIV.
		2004 Swaziland acknowledges for the first time that it has one of the highest AIDS rates in the world, with almost 40% of adults infected with HIV.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Swaziland (1243 words)

	Swazi Culture
		The Swazi’s are predominantly Nguni in language and culture.
		Swaziland has been inhabitated since the early stone age and there are tracks of subsequent occupation by Bushmen, Sotho and Ntungwanguni clans.
		For all the modernisation that has come to Swaziland, the people have preserved their age-old culture and traditional ceremonies. The two most important and colourful of these, in the eyes of Swazi's and foreigners alike, are the Incwala in December and the Umhlanga in late August or early September.
	www.places.co.za /html/swazicul.html (408 words)

	Travel Guide to Swaziland
		The landlocked Kingdom of Swaziland is surrounded on the north and south by provinces
		Swaziland covers an area of approximately 193 kilometres from north to south, and 145 kilometres from east to west.
		Small as it may be, Swaziland is an exciting tourist destination with its art and craft outlets and traditional markets and wildlife reserves.
	www.places.co.za /swaziland (345 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Swaziland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Kingdom of Swaziland is a small country in southern Africa (one of the smallest on the continent), situated on the eastern slope of the Drakensberg mountains, embedded between South Africa in the west and Mozambique in the east.
		Student and labor unrest during the 1990s pressured the monarchy (one of the oldest on the continent) to grudgingly allow political reform and greater democracy.
		Surrounded by South Africa, except for a short border with Mozambique, Swaziland is heavily dependent on South Africa from which it receives about nine-tenths of its imports and to which it sends nearly three-quarters of its exports.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Swaziland (1796 words)

	Domestic whipping in Swaziland, Sep 2005 - CORPUN ARCHIVE szd00509
		Mbabane, Swaziland -- The king's eldest daughter deserved the beating she received from a household official when he caught her holding a drinking party during the monarch's annual bride-choosing festivities, a member of the royal family was quoted Thursday as saying.
		Culture should not be a hindrance to development; if it is malleable enough to change as modern day society changes then that alone should ensure its preservation.
		The ‘next generation’ is unlikely to blindly follow whatever is deemed as ‘culture’ forever, especially when the country is trying to invest in their education and international awareness and relying on their intelligence and determination to ensure a brighter future for Swaziland.
	www.corpun.com /szd00509.htm (1836 words)

	Waterford Kamhlaba UWCSA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Swaziland is one of the smallest countries in the entire African continent and certainly the smallest in the Southern Hemisphere.
		Swaziland is divided from Mozambique by the Lubombo mountain range in the east, and the rest is bordered by South Africa.
		Swaziland is a monarchy, the ruler being King Mswati III.
	www.waterford.sz /data/swazi.htm (505 words)

	FHI - Assessment of Existing STI Care Services in Swaziland
		Swaziland is among the countries with the highest HIV prevalence.
		Swaziland has adopted the syndromic approach to manage STI in public and private health facilities during the nineteen nineties.
		According to this cultural context, multiple sexual partnerships are considered as the norm for men and monogamy as the norm for women.
	www.fhi.org /en/hivaids/pub/archive/countryspecific/swaziland_sti_care_strategies.htm (1168 words)

	Swaziland History & Swaziland Culture \| iExplore.com
		Swaziland became a British Protectorate in 1907, following the Boer War of 1899-1902.
		Swaziland is desperately poor and has suffered several serious food shortages in the last three years: the present one, which dates from late 2003, has been exacerbated by serious drought.
		There are a number of territorial disputes in which Swaziland claims tracts of land in the KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga provinces.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Swaziland/History (768 words)

	Afrol Swaziland Index Page: Links to Swaziland
		Swaziland Business offers a daily service of economic news about the country, with links to some related government sites of Swaziland and Africa.
		Swaziland Economic Development and Indicators is an annual NewAfrica country profile on their pages about African economy.
		On their Swaziland Page you'll find country background information and facts (overviews) for the traveler (money and costs, when to go, attractions, activities, getting there, getting around, etc.), if there's not a travel warning.
	www.afrol.com /Index/countries/swazilandindex.htm (2069 words)

	SOS Children's Villages - Country Information on Swaziland
		Swaziland was granted internal autonomy in 1967 and full independence with King Sobhusa II as head of state in 1968.
		Swaziland is heavily dependent on South Africa, from which it receives 90% of its imports and to which it sends half of its exports.
		As far as present-day Swaziland is concerned, dancing and singing are features of the country's main cultural ceremonies, and traditional get-togethers can be brilliant celebrations, with men and women dancing in unison in spectacular traditional gear.
	www.sos-childrensvillages.org /html/country_information_swaziland.html (875 words)

	Swaziland Travel Tips
		The Kingdom of Swaziland is composed of a homogenous population with a shared culture, language, and loyalty to the monarchy, which is made up the King and the Queen Mother.
		Rich in traditions and heritage, the Kingdom of Swaziland is led by a traditional monarchy which includes His Majesty King Mswati III and Queen Mother Ntombi.
		With the exception of desert and sea, every geographical feature of African terrain is found in the Kingdom of Swaziland, including magnificent mountain scenery with fresh water rivers, waterfalls and gorges, unique ancient rock formations which are among the oldest in the world; lush and fertile valleys.
	www.southtravels.com /africa/swaziland/traveltips.html (1409 words)

	Swaziland Digital Archives - Pre-1880
		Sotho speaking fl colonists had been in Swaziland for an unknown length of time - in the 1820's and afterwards they were overun by the Swazis - there were battles and sieges, for both sides were iron age agriculturalists.
		The Sotho who had been in Swaziland for some time and the new wave of colonists, the Swazi were both cattle owning, crop growers.
		In 1880 the boundaries of Swaziland began to become fixed and permanent, with beacons being erected and the fluidity that had existed for one and a half thousand years of iron age settlement drew to a close.
	www.sntc.org.sz /sdphotos/hpre1880.html (1660 words)

	H-Africa - Swaziland Bibliography
		It is apparent that though Swazi culture is recognised for its extraordinary resilience, a fitting specialised compilation of a corresponding bibliography, for current awareness and posterity purposes, is lacking.
		Culture is a recurring subject in the daily newspapers of Swaziland, namely, The Times of Swaziland and The Swazi Observer and the video recordings of the Swaziland Outside Broadcasting Unit.
		Notes Swazilands strong sense of identity and the nearly intact traditional culture, and the ongoing clash of cultures and influences on health care.
	www.h-net.org /~africa/sources/SwaziBib.html (12811 words)

	Cerulean Sanctum: Jabez, Swaziland, and Christmas
		Culture, superstition, hypocrisy in the church, sin, and strongholds all play their part.
		Rather than criticizing, it is better to pray for him and for Swaziland (and its leaders) out of compassion and concern, and, if God so leads, to commit to supporting or participating in projects which address such needs and issues from a Biblical perspective.
		Western culture and African culture, wealth and poverty are all equal opportunity destroyers when manipulated by the rulers, authorities, and powers of this dark world and the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
	www.dedelen.com /2005/12/jabez-swaziland-and-christmas.html (5149 words)

	The SwaziFinder
		Welcome to Swaziland Nestled in valleys and mountains, bordering South Africa to the north, south and west and Mozambique to the east, lays the unique Kingdom of Swaziland.
		South Africa held Swaziland as a protectorate from 1894 to 1899, but after the Boer War, in 1902, Swaziland was transferred to British administration.
		In 1963, the territory was constituted a protectorate, and on Sept. 6, 1968, it became the independent nation of Swaziland.
	www.swazifinder.com (539 words)

	The Washington Times - Swaziland
		It is a culture that is the epitome of ethnic pride.
		But a trip to Swaziland is a return to a place of power where heads unbowed by slavery and earth unspoiled with blood and tears of suffering of slavery connects one to the majesty of royal traditions.
		Swaziland is indeed a repository for ancient African wisdom and an example of nation building in the modern world.
	www.internationalspecialreports.com /africa/99/swaziland/10.html (2211 words)

	Swaziland - Global Policy Forum - Social and Economic Policy
		But when the prospect of incorporation into Swaziland was the subject of serious talks between both nations 20 years ago, South Africans who would be affected let it be known that an actual return to the Swazi state would be a step back from their lives of modernity.
		In Swaziland today, progressive groups feel traditional life is keeping them from obtaining the political maturity enjoyed by South Africans and other African nations that have achieved democracy during the past decade.
		Swazis have retained their traditional life for centuries, and as a result such cultural spectacles as the maidens’ annual reed dance is a tourism magnet for Europeans thrilled to see "the real Africa." How flexible these traditions can be will determine whether they will survive much longer.
	www.globalpolicy.org /socecon/develop/africa/2003/01swazi.htm (1296 words)

	Swaziland - Gurupedia
		The Kingdom of Swaziland is a small country in southern Africa, embedded between South Africa in the west and
		Evidence of agriculture and iron use dates from about the 4th century CE, and people speaking languages ancestral to current Sotho and Nguni languages began settling no later than the 11th century CE.
		South African War of 1899-1902, Swaziland became a British dependency.
	www.gurupedia.com /s/sw/swaziland.htm (592 words)

	CULTURE-SWAZILAND: Women in the Forefront of the Battle Against AIDS
		SWAZILAND, Aug 18 (IPS) - Gogo ("Granny") Mkhatjwa, 62, has had enough of watching her grandchildren die of "the disease that cuts you down completely," as AIDS is colloquially known in the SiSwati language.
		Swaziland's King Mswati suggested that survival might be in question when he opened parliament this year.
		Noting that the tiny country, the size of Wales, has one of the world's highest HIV infection rates (38,6 percent, though that figure might also be low), Mswati called upon all Swazis to get involved with the eradication of AIDS, or else he would have no nation to govern.
	www.aegis.com /news/ips/2003/IP030808.html (1173 words)

	CULTURE-SWAZILAND: Politics and Tradition Clash in Swaziland's "Incwala"
		Swaziland is currently ruled by King Mswati the Third.
		Vusi Thwala, a member of the Swaziland Youth Congress - the youth wing of a banned opposition party - says, "The Incwala is a national cultural event, and we respect that.
		Swaziland is the only country in Southern Africa that does not have an elected government.
	www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=22045 (804 words)

	Non-Wood Forest Products in Swaziland
		Furthermore, Swaziland was not able to submit a report on non-wood forest products for the FAO seminar on Forestry Statistics in Africa which was held in Malawi in 1989.
		Swaziland derives considerable income from agriculture (mainly sugar cane plantations) and the commercial forestry sector which specializes mainly on exotic tree species like Eucalyptus and Pinus species, as well as wattle (Acacia mearnisii).
		In all the five physiographic zones of Swaziland there are indigenous plants that are primarily used for domestic consumption.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/003/X6696E/X6696E01.htm (1519 words)

	Swaziland receives UNESCO Director-General: UNESCO
		In the presence of Her Majesty the Queen Mother, the Director-General held talks with His Majesty King Mswati III on issues relating to education, HIV/AIDS and culture in Swaziland.
		Furthermore, the Director-General paid tribute to the country’s attachment to its intangible heritage and urged that the newly adopted Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage be ratified.
		The Director-General expressed his hope that the Swaziland Parliament would give its full support to the Swaziland EFA programme, preventive education for HIV/AIDS and the ratification of UNESCO’s international instruments in the field of culture.
	portal.unesco.org /fr/ev.php-URL_ID=18971&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (407 words)

	Big Game Parks - Swaziland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Swaziland is a second smallest country in Africa after Gambia just over 17,364 sq.
		Swaziland is ruled by King Mswati III who was crowned in April 1986, following the death of his father King Sobhuza II (1921 - 1982), who was the world's longest reigning monarch.
		The administrative capital of Swaziland is Mbabane, where all the government ministries and departments are based.
	www.biggameparks.org /bookinginfo_swaziland.html (618 words)

	Swaziland, Swaziland
		It is alive with culture, yet totally relaxed in an endearingly lazy way.
		The Royal Ezulwini Valley is where most monuments, museums, crafts and culture is to be found and many of the hotels and guest houses.
		Swaziland is also renowned for its casinos frequented in the past by many South Africans, who now have their own entertainment resorts.
	www.go2africa.com /swaziland/swaziland (229 words)

	CULTURE-SWAZILAND: Seeking Equality From Gender Biased Ancestral Spirits
		They do not go with the warriors to collect the sacred herbs, although Swaziland's top herbalists are and always have been women,” said Nkhambule.
		Swaziland is a very conservative society, proud of its traditions, and grateful for a quirk of location and history that permitted this single-tribe nation to retain its customs and beliefs undisturbed through the era of European conquest of Africa and a subsequent century of colonialisation.
		Women's total exclusion from high duties in traditional religious structures is largely seen as a continuation of the past, rather than discrimination.
	www.ipsnews.net /news.asp?idnews=19022 (956 words)

	Preamble
		The territory of Swaziland comprises all the land that immediately before the 6th September 1968 comprised the former Protected State of Swaziland together with such additional land as may from time to time be declared to form part of Swaziland in accordance with international law.
		A person born in or outside Swaziland before the commencement of this Constitution shall be a citizen of Swaziland by operation of law if at the birth of that person one of the parents was a citizen of Swaziland.
		Swaziland shall be a democratic country dedicated to principles which empower and encourage the active participation of all citizens at all levels in their own governance.
	www.cmseducation.org /wconsts/swaziland.html (17505 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Swaziland royal family approves beating of 'unruly' princess
		MBABANE, Swaziland – The king's eldest daughter deserved the beating she received from a household official when he caught her holding a drinking party during the monarch's annual bride-choosing festivities, a member of the royal family was quoted Thursday as saying.
		In 2001, Mswati temporarily revived the ancient rite of "umchwasho," which bans sexual relations for girls younger than 18 in a bid to fight AIDS, which is at crisis levels in Swaziland.
		But the rite – symbolized by the wearing of woolen tassels – was ridiculed as old-fashioned and unfairly focused on girls.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050901-1146-swaziland-unrulyprincess.html (464 words)

	Swaziland: travel information, accommodation, safaris, Map, tours..
		Swaziland 's rural charm and peaceful and friendly kingdom draws loads of travellers, especially those who come to see cultural events like the annual reed dances at the Royal Kraal in Lobamba.
		Swaziland is a small independent kingdom nestled between South Africa and Mozambique.
		Swaziland 's game and nature reserves are highly recommended for Big Five game viewing.
	www.go2africa.com /swaziland (422 words)

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