Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Africa Focus brings together, in digital form, two categories of primary and secondary resources: research and teaching materials collected by University of Wisconsin faculty and staff; and unique or valuable items related to these fields held by the University of Wisconsin Libraries. This collection contains more than 3000 slides, 500 photographs, and 50 hours of sounds from forty-five different countries.
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Prior to 1983, all college graduates served the nation at a fixed salary for two years to repay the State for their education. After 1983, young people did one year …
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The phases in these initiation rituals of the Kuba-Bushong are: preliminaries; first masks in village; "wall"; induction through wall and tunnel; camp in bush (no pictures!); forays of boys near …
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The cap and raptor feathers denote the policeman's (iyol) occupational status. The phases in these initiation rituals of the Kuba-Bushong are: preliminaries; first masks in village; "wall"; induction through wall …
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This cathedral houses the crown of Yohannis IV.
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There is no cabin on this boat; men sleep on the deck.
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The ngoni is the predecessor of the American banjo. In this series, the makers of this instrument are members of the Diabate family of Segu. They are members of the …