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CYBER SEMINAR: A CLIMATE OF GREATER URGENCY

CLIMATE CHANGE AND AFRICA: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADDRESSING THE CONSEQUENCES?

Faced with increasing temperatures, melting polar ice and more volatile weather, delegates from nearly 190 nations started the negotiations of a new climate treaty at the U.N. climate conference in Bali yesterday. Mithika Mwenda from Climate Network Africa and Kate Raworth from Oxfam UK are both in Bali, following the negotiations closely. They will answer your questions during the Norwegian Council for Africa’s Cyber Seminar session on December 11, 12-14 local time in Norway (GMT + 01:00)

The Cyber Seminar is a virtual seminar – a forum for participants all over the world to engage with each other and with panellists from academia, politics and civil society on issues of current interest to Africa. For the first ever Cyber Seminar session, the issue is climate change and Africa: Who is responsible for addressing the consequences?

Activists and organizations around the world have the last years underscored the need for urgent progress on climate change and poverty alleviation for there to be real improvement in Africa's living conditions. While rich countries are responsible for three quarters of green house gas (GHG) emissions, it is the poor countries – particularly in Africa – that are hit the hardest. Climate change will critically jeopardise Africa’s economic development and poverty reduction achievements. What are the challenges ahead, who are responsible for addressing the consequences and can the Bali conference provide any answers?

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CLIMATE CHANGE AND AFRICA: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADDRESSING THE CONSEQUENCES?

Faced with increasing temperatures, melting polar ice and more volatile weather, delegates from nearly 190 nations started the negotiations of a new climate treaty at the U.N. climate conference in Bali yesterday. Mithika Mwenda from Climate Network Africa and Kate Raworth from Oxfam UK are both in Bali, following the negotiations closely. They will answer your questions during the Norwegian Council for Africa’s Cyber Seminar session on December 11, 12-14 local time in Norway (GMT + 01:00)

The Cyber Seminar is a virtual seminar – a forum for participants all over the world to engage with each other and with panellists from academia, politics and civil society on issues of current interest to Africa. For the first ever Cyber Seminar session, the issue is climate change and Africa: Who is responsible for addressing the consequences?

Activists and organizations around the world have the last years underscored the need for urgent progress on climate change and poverty alleviation for there to be real improvement in Africa's living conditions. While rich countries are responsible for three quarters of green house gas (GHG) emissions, it is the poor countries – particularly in Africa – that are hit the hardest. Climate change will critically jeopardise Africa’s economic development and poverty reduction achievements. What are the challenges ahead, who are responsible for addressing the consequences and can the Bali conference provide any answers?

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FUNGE DE DOMINGO (RECIDIVUS)*

FUFU (FUNGE in Angola)

Fufu (Foo-foo, Foufou, Foutou, fu fu) is to Western and Central Africa cooking what mashed potatoes are to traditional European-American cooking. There are Fufu-like staples all over Sub-Saharan Africa: i.e., Eastern Africa's Ugali and Southern Africa's Sadza (which are usually made from ground corn (maize), though West Africans use maize to make Banku and Kenkey, and sometimes use maize to make Fufu. Fufu is a starchy accompaniment for stews or other dishes with sauce. To eat fufu: use your right hand to tear off a bite-sized piece of the fufu, shape it into a ball, make an indentation in it, and use it to scoop up the soup or stew or sauce, or whatever you're eating.

(For more details see the Congo Cookbook)

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For some food for thought see the attached article, taken from the interesting blog "Cultural Vulturism".

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Sobre “vulturismo cultural”, ver ainda, no contexto Indio-Americano, sinopse de uma Conferencia (“Meeting of Indian Professors Takes Up Issues of ‘Ethnic Fraud’, Sovereignty and Research Needs”), onde se pode ler o seguinte: “Cultural vulturism has increased in recent years in spite of the efforts of Indian intellectual criticisms. More needs to be done.” NESTA pagina. (... De notar que os tais Professores Indios devem ser uma "kambada de ignorantes, racistas, complexados e constrangidos"... para dizer o minimo!)

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Ja' agora, ver tambem ESTA DISCUSSAO (... De notar que o autor do argumento aqui reproduzido nao deve passar de um "invejoso, rancoroso, frustrado e muito de mal com a vida e com o mundo, enfim, um petit-rien"... para nao dizer mais!)

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[Neste "Dia da Terra" tentemos olhar para a nossa bola de funge como uma representacao do planeta em que vivemos e dessa terra sem a qual nao poderemos continuar a plantar e a colher o milho, a mandioca ou o yam com que milhoes de nos nos alimentamos e mantemos vivos ha' milenios... com que milhoes de filhos desta terra reproduziram as suas energias para a construcao de um 'Novo Mundo' dentro e fora de Afrika.

Vamos Reunir... Vamos encontrar a Harmonia...

Vamos falar da Terra... Vamos esquecer a Guerra!]

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Reunir (Funge de Domingo) - Teta Lando

*(First published 22/04/07)

FUFU (FUNGE in Angola)

Fufu (Foo-foo, Foufou, Foutou, fu fu) is to Western and Central Africa cooking what mashed potatoes are to traditional European-American cooking. There are Fufu-like staples all over Sub-Saharan Africa: i.e., Eastern Africa's Ugali and Southern Africa's Sadza (which are usually made from ground corn (maize), though West Africans use maize to make Banku and Kenkey, and sometimes use maize to make Fufu. Fufu is a starchy accompaniment for stews or other dishes with sauce. To eat fufu: use your right hand to tear off a bite-sized piece of the fufu, shape it into a ball, make an indentation in it, and use it to scoop up the soup or stew or sauce, or whatever you're eating.

(For more details see the Congo Cookbook)

...

For some food for thought see the attached article, taken from the interesting blog "Cultural Vulturism".

...

Sobre “vulturismo cultural”, ver ainda, no contexto Indio-Americano, sinopse de uma Conferencia (“Meeting of Indian Professors Takes Up Issues of ‘Ethnic Fraud’, Sovereignty and Research Needs”), onde se pode ler o seguinte: “Cultural vulturism has increased in recent years in spite of the efforts of Indian intellectual criticisms. More needs to be done.” NESTA pagina. (... De notar que os tais Professores Indios devem ser uma "kambada de ignorantes, racistas, complexados e constrangidos"... para dizer o minimo!)

...

Ja' agora, ver tambem ESTA DISCUSSAO (... De notar que o autor do argumento aqui reproduzido nao deve passar de um "invejoso, rancoroso, frustrado e muito de mal com a vida e com o mundo, enfim, um petit-rien"... para nao dizer mais!)

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[Neste "Dia da Terra" tentemos olhar para a nossa bola de funge como uma representacao do planeta em que vivemos e dessa terra sem a qual nao poderemos continuar a plantar e a colher o milho, a mandioca ou o yam com que milhoes de nos nos alimentamos e mantemos vivos ha' milenios... com que milhoes de filhos desta terra reproduziram as suas energias para a construcao de um 'Novo Mundo' dentro e fora de Afrika.

Vamos Reunir... Vamos encontrar a Harmonia...

Vamos falar da Terra... Vamos esquecer a Guerra!]

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Reunir (Funge de Domingo) - Teta Lando

*(First published 22/04/07)

LIVE EARTH, OR... WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?

Wembley is up for a big party again today for one of the series of concerts taking place in 8 different countries this weekend to ‘Save the Earth from Global Warming’, courtesy of Mr. Al Gore, all ‘fueled up’ by his recent Oscar for “An Inconvenient Truth”.

Now, I don’t want to sound as the ‘ever-so-cynical-kill-joy’ about this sort of thing but… if it takes the former US Vice-President dozens of planes to move around the world more than 150 artists, bands, celebrities and respective entourages and equipment, plus all the energy these concerts will consume, all adding to the so-called “global carbon footprints”, to say “an inconvenient truth”, such as “you need to ratify the Kyoto Protocol”, to the current US President, then… I am sorry, this party is not for me!

Wembley is up for a big party again today for one of the series of concerts taking place in 8 different countries this weekend to ‘Save the Earth from Global Warming’, courtesy of Mr. Al Gore, all ‘fueled up’ by his recent Oscar for “An Inconvenient Truth”.

Now, I don’t want to sound as the ‘ever-so-cynical-kill-joy’ about this sort of thing but… if it takes the former US Vice-President dozens of planes to move around the world more than 150 artists, bands, celebrities and respective entourages and equipment, plus all the energy these concerts will consume, all adding to the so-called “global carbon footprints”, to say “an inconvenient truth”, such as “you need to ratify the Kyoto Protocol”, to the current US President, then… I am sorry, this party is not for me!

ANGOLA NAO E' SO' LU(A)NDA...

JA' ACONTECEU HA' MAIS DE UM MES

MAS APENAS ONTEM TIVE ACESSO AS IMAGENS

DAS INUNDACOES DO PRINCIPIO DE MARCO

NO SOYO

(AS FOTOS SAO DE MFUMA N'KONGO)

MAIS FOTOS AQUI

JA' ACONTECEU HA' MAIS DE UM MES

MAS APENAS ONTEM TIVE ACESSO AS IMAGENS

DAS INUNDACOES DO PRINCIPIO DE MARCO

NO SOYO

(AS FOTOS SAO DE MFUMA N'KONGO)

MAIS FOTOS AQUI