The Palo and Lukumi Organization provides general and introductory information concerning the Cuban Palo, Lukumi and Santeria belief systems. Focus is especially pointed on traditional saints called ORISHAS in Cuba. Besides aspects of the Afro-Centrist Movement you can find various interesting articles on Angola, Nigeria and African Kingdoms as well as on European slave trade in West Africa.

There's also available: YORUBA-SPEAKING PEOPLES of the SLAVE COAST OF WEST AFRICA by A.B. Ellis, 1894.

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"Heavy fighting is once again raging in the town of Bunia in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Dead bodies are reported to litter the streets of the town, where rival ethnic militias have been battling for control since Ugandan troops withdrew last week ", reports BBC. Read about it in german at Spiegel Online.

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Improving graduate education by allowing students to produce electronic documents, use digital libraries, and understand issues in publishing is one of the main objectives of the Electronic Theses and Dissertations movement that will held its sixth international conference next week in Berlin, Germany. Organised by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) ETD2003, to be held from 21 to 24 May 2003 at Humboldt University in Berlin is cosponsored by UNESCO within the framework of its efforts to internationalize methods and techniques for the electronic production and publication of doctoral theses and dissertations. More information about UNESCO, the conference and NDTL

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AEGEE, Europe's biggest student organisation, will organise a conference in Copenhagen/Denmark, from the 4th to the 10th of August 2003, with the title: "The European Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Perceptions and Future Possibilities". Participants of this conference will be European, Israeli, Jordanian, Lebanese and Palestinian Students.
A large part of the conference will be devoted to workshop activities within the following three working groups:

1. Engines of the Conflict: Security and Fear
2. Refugees and Settlements
3. Mass Media and Education.
   Students and young people with a good knowledge of the situation in the Middle East are invited to apply for participation. more information

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Una de las características de la población Hondureña desde el punto de vista étnico es el predominio del mestizaje. Frente a este cabe señalar una minoría aborigen confirmada por varios pueblos que aun integrados en el sistema social del estado Hondureño, mantienen sus particularidades culturales y antropológicas y, en algunos casos, su hábitat. Los siete grupos claramente diferenciados son los que forman los lencas, los misquitos, los Tolú panes, los payas, los chortiz, los sumos y los garifunas. En la frontera con Nicaragua se localizan los chorotegas, y en los limites del Salvador, los pipiles. Otros grupos indígenas precolombinos siguen un acelerado proceso de aculturación e integración en el grupo mestizo o latino.
At Mp3 Honduras you will find a brief overlook of the seven ethnical groups of Honduras. The page is designed by Honduran Artists presenting music and arts of their country. Traditional music and dance like for example "la punta" as well as modern mixtures of Catracha, Punta, Reggae, Rock and African Antilles Rhythms. Downloads available!

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The African Diaspora in Latin America plays an important role in Anthropology, including transatlantic slave trade, comparative slavery, African cultures and African survivals in the New World, African-American and Latin American emigration to Africa, African immigration to the New World and the Pan-African Movement. A great collection of links regarding a bibliographical overlook on historical research and contemporary issues as well as spezified links for Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, Guyana, Haiti and Mexico is given by LANIC - the Latin American Network Information Center.

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Sheffield Hallam University offers two new Master Programmes in Sustainable Tourism ("This course examines tourism in the wider context of sustainable development. Sustainable tourism has become an identifiable part of tourism and has a recognised place in its study and practice."), and Tourism and Culture ("This course is aimed at anyone wanting to start or develop a career within the tourism and cultural industries.").

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