Sociolingo's Africa

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1. Very good blog !
   Keep going on

   Comment by nino | March 16, 2007

2. Are you familiar with BETUMI: The African Culinary Network https://www.betumi.com and its companion blog https://www.betumi.com/blog.html (including recent videos on how to make Ghana-style microwave fufu, Nigerian moin-moin, and Ghanaian tea bread and sugar bread?

   Comment by Fran Osseo-Asare | April 2, 2007

3. Thank you very much for bringing that to my attention.

   Comment by sociolingo | April 2, 2007

4. please can you advice how to get funding to complete a proposed skill training center for physically disabled children in Gambia located at Kalagi village.

   There are 9 cement huts on the site which could be developed into a training ground for the less privelage pupils in the society.

   Comment by L Sanneh | June 8, 2007

5. keep go on
   i like this blog uhuiii………

   thanks to all

   Comment by moneragilbert | July 26, 2007

6. dear sir i greet you and i hope you are fine first i like to tell you that i am in college first year here in kisii but as i see i will not finish my couse so i request you if possible to help any fees can help me to go on p.o. box 50 keumbu kisii kenya

   Comment by jared orenge mangera | August 15, 2007

7. Dear Sir
   APPLICATION FOR ADMMISION FOR SCHOLARSHIP AID
   I am ayoung man of eighteen years. i am from average to do family.
   Iintend to study in ur higher school of learning i wish to apply in regards
   ur contact forms for schorlarship aids
   i shall be grateful if the forms are sent and afterwards duely accessed
   with reference to your advertisement on the internet. I will like to
   crave your indulgence on a request. Iam now appling for the scholarship
   acceptance form so. sir, i will be very pleased if my wish is granted
   and looking forw ard to hear fro
   m you
   thanks

   Comment by okah, prince obada | December 28, 2007

8. I am high school student and a member of a American high school student problem solving team called W.I.N. (see our website https://WWW.W_I_N_ws).Our mission is to refurbish computers and send them to people in need in Africa. We are looking for sponsors to help us make the mission a success. We are working on refurbishing computers here but could really use some help in finding sponsors to help pay for the shipping to Africa. We have sent 10 computers to Cameroon and have many other applications to fill. Does anyone have any resources that you could share of potential sponsors and people that may be able to help us in this venture? We realize the power and knowledge that can come from technology and wish to share that with other children.

   Looking forward to hearing from you,
   Thank you for your help,
   Jeff

   Comment by Jeff | January 5, 2008

9. This blog is perfect tool for unifying the Big African Cultural Nation. I salute it’s proponents.

   Comment by wangbu | January 8, 2008

10. Many thanks Wangbu for your commendation.

    Comment by sociolingo | January 8, 2008

11. Hello Sociolingo,

    I thought you might like to know about The Ideophone, a blog focusing on African languages and especially lesser known ones.

    Comment by Mark | January 22, 2008

12. Many thanks for the link Mark.

    Comment by sociolingo | January 23, 2008

13. HELLO
    I NEED TO TRUSTY AND SPACIOUS HISTORY OF VALIHA(AFRICAN ZITHER)
    I DONT DISCOVER GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT IT IN INTERNET(ENGLISH LANGUAGE).
    MORE SITES HAVE SHORT HISTORY ABOUT IT.AND ALL OF THEY ARE SIMILAR.
    ALSO WIKIPEDIA IS NOT GOOD SOURCE.
    I WANT MORE DATA ABOUT THIS INSTRUMENT.

    MY ASK :
    1) A LARGE AND RESPONSIBLE HISTORY OF VALIHA(AND MENTIONED ORIGINAL)
    2) I WANT KNOW THIS INSTRUMENT CAME IN WHCH AFRICAN MYTH? (MYTH AND SYMBOL) IT IS VERY VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME.(CONECTION IT TO MYTH AND SYMBOL AND SHAMANISM)

    3) IS THERE HAMMERED VALIHA IN AFRICA OR ALL OF THEY ARE SIMILAR KANON(QANUN)???

    ONLYVALIHA . NO ZITHER , SANTOUR, SANDUORI , YANGQIN , YOOCHIN , YANGGEUM , KANTELE , PSALTERY OR …

    Comment by IMAN | January 30, 2008

14. Dear Iman,

    I am sorry I cannot help you with this question.

    You could try:
    The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments
    S Sadie – 1984 – Oxford University Press, USA

    Comment by sociolingo | January 30, 2008

15. Great website. It looks good and your information is excellent. I’ve put a post on my site and provided a link to this one. JC

    Comment by John Coster | March 24, 2008

16. A commentary you might find of interest:

    The debate over foreign aid’s ability to improve conditions in the developing world continues unabated as even commentators like Nicholas Kristof can’t find data to support either side. What few argue, however, is the impact aid dollars have had on health care in the third world. Literally millions of lives have been saved as a direct result of foreign aid programs of that type.

    The Center for Global Development reports that routine childhood immunizations funded by aid has nearly eradicated measles as a cause of childhood death in seven African countries since 1996. Some 18 million children have been saved from river blindness since a regional control program for the disease was launched in 1974 in West Africa. Infant deaths due to diarrhea in rural Egypt fell 82% as a result of an aid-financed national campaign on oral rehydration therapy.

    Progress has been made in the fight against malaria, too, as well as HIV/AIDS, although these pandemics are far from over. Not surprisingly, the greatest gains have come in relatively peaceful, stable countries like Zambia, Uganda, and Botswana, where secure, reliable delivery systems have been developed to accompany the medications, supplies, and education that make the programs work. Scandals have rocked some efforts, but strong public support for governments willing to crack down on the perpetrators has kept efforts on track.

    We may never know if the IMF’s macro economic approach is better than Grameen Bank’s micro finance operations, but we do know that foreign aid directed to solving regional health programs can be successful.

    Comment by Dave Donelson | April 30, 2008

17. Hi,

    I’m helping to coordinate an IFAD funded Programme – Strengthening Managing for Impact (SMIP) in eastern & southern Africa. We work with pro-poor initiatives/development aid programmes to try and bring about a shift in the way they’re managed..from activities to impact; from a top-down perspective to a bottom up one.. A key part of this is trying to promote the use of monitoring & evaluation; and therefore the use of knowledge & information by beneficiaries themselves to make & influence decisions that affect their lives (as opposed to this being down by, for example, funding agencies or external “experts”). We have a blog on our experiences/lessons/reflections and it would be great if you could link to it? -https://mande4mfi.wordpress.com. Also, more information on SMIP and managing for impact can be found on our resource center – https://www.managing4impact.com.

    Many thanks!
    Mine

    Comment by Mine Pabari | May 7, 2008

18. Hi MIne, thanks for the links. I’ve done a post on you using what you have written:

    African blog and website: Strengthening Managing for Impact

    I’ve linked to your site too, will you do the same for me please?

    Comment by sociolingo | May 8, 2008

19. Many thanks Sociolingo!! Have linked to your site – it’s incredibly rich & useful! Congratulations on putting together such a tremendous resource!

    Comment by Mine Pabari | May 9, 2008

20. Thought you might be interested in a compilation of great African artists I’m representing, Many Lessons. https://www.myspace.com/manylessons.

    I’d love to send you a free download of the entire album, email me if you’re interested! (bcbernstein;at;gmail)

    Keep up the great blogging!

    Ben

    Comment by Benjamin Bernstein | July 22, 2008

21. the blog is quite tidy, it prrovide information about diverse issues and particularly a reference blog. i find the content useful in the course of my work as a cultural consultant.

    Comment by OMOTOSHO OLAWALE LOUIS | July 31, 2008

22. Congratulations, this blog is a great initiative!

    Amadou M. Sall, St-Louis, Senegal

    Comment by translatorpower | August 25, 2008

23. Hello
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    Comment by yalk | January 28, 2009

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    The problems here remind me of the extensive work being done in Cambodia with “homemade” ceramic water filters and the 100 000 that were distributed there.

    For more info on these designs https://ceramicwaterfilter.how-do.info carries more detail.

    Your blog content is excellent and desreves a good read

    Comment by ceramicwaterfilter | April 1, 2009

25. Thanks for the link. I’ll go and have a look.

    Comment by sociolingo | April 1, 2009

26. Dear Colleagues, I hope to be kind by sending information to you and my papers at International COLLOQUIUM 2009 in BENIN AFRICA
    ( 23 -27 APRIL-09)
    see : https://www.wbabin.net/manzelli2.pdf
    ; https://www.edscuola.it/archivio/lre/creaclass_africa
    . https://www.wbabin.net/manzelli2i.pdf pdf;

    Comment by manzelli | April 16, 2009

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