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How to Receive Future E-Mail Announcements on Opportunities 


To receive by E-mail future announcemnts of opportunities 
in the African Diaspora -- travel, study, research,
internshps, festivals, cultural, conferences -- 
please send your request to:  

Africa-Brazil-Cuba-SUBscribe@egroups.com
VOLU-Volunteers-SUBscribe@egroups.com

and be sure to reply to the CONFIRM REQUEST when it 
arrives moments later.


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RE:  LINK AFRICA [LA]

THE GAMBIA: Travel-Study, Research, Language Study, 
Youth Training, Internships, Information Sharing


Purpose:  To foster closer collaboration between Africans 
in the motherland and those of the Diaspora 
through cultural exchange, research support, 
African language study, youth training, internships, 
and sharing of information.

LINK AFRICA is in the process of establishing a 
Website and a periodical that will cover diverse 
aspects of African people. The periodical will be published 
quarterly and will feature politics, social, 
and economic issues relating to Africa and African people.

LINK AFRICA and the African Cultural Exchange are 
collaborating to offer new programs, projects and 
opportunities.

Find contact info and the Mission Statement of LINK AFRICA, below.

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For additional info on others programs and opportunities, 
please visit:  

1.

http://www.egroups.com/files/VOLU-Volunteers 
http://search.dogpile.com/texis/search?q=africa+volunteers 
http://justice1.freeyellow.com/opportunities.html 

2.

http://www.comports.com/AfricaVolunteers

3.

Voluntary Workcamps Association of Ghana {VOLU)
http://www.volu.org/  (apply here to VOLU-Ghana volunteer projects)

4.

GHANA: Distance Education, Computer Literacy, Info Tech & other programs 

http://www.ghaclad.org (subscribe to GhaCLAD)
Prof. Osei Darkwa, President: ghaclad@ghaclad.org

5.

CUBA - BRAZIL - AFRICA  [AASP Travel/Study Programs]

AASP ROOTs Trips to Africa, Brazil & Cuba 
Winter & Summer: 1, 2, 3 & 4 Weeks
Academic Credit

    Inquire about upcoming Dec. 2001 Trip to CUBA

Prof. Harold Rogers - AASP President & Founder

ABC@starmail.com (receive application & details by autoresponder) 
HRogers@ccc.edu (request new 2-yr descriptive Catalog)

http://www.earthcorp.com/JOURNEYS (apply here, find AASP details)
http://justice1.freeyellow.com/JOURNEY.html

     Phone:  773-667-1285 

6.

AFRICAN PHOTO GALLERY
100's of brilliant photos depicting life in Africa!
http://justice1.freeyellow.com/page2.html 

7. 

Version francaise: pour des occasions (salariees et benevoles)
en Afrique francophone et ailleurs, visitez, SVP:  

(a ne pas tronquer : entrer l'adresse tout ensemble)

http://www.egroups.com/files/VOLONTARIAT 
http://search.ke.voila.fr/S/voila?dd=web&gb=site&kw=afrique+volontariat 
http://search.ke.voila.fr/S/voila?dd=web&gb=site&kw=afrique+volontaires
http://search.ke.voila.fr/S/voila?dd=web&gb=site&kw=afrique+chantiers

8.

H U M A N   R I G H T S

To stay updated on the plight of an African American 
tourist who, in France, was wrongfully sentenced to 18 years 
without right to appeal, or to help provide support for him,
please send your request to:  Justice@comports.com

Please visit Websites:  

http://justice1.freeyellow.com/JUSTICE.html  (photos, prison address)
http://www.egroups.com/files/BARRY   (background info, case details)

Reaching Out

Correspondents & penfriends for this Human Rights victim would be welcome !!


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Travel/Study in Africa with LINK AFRICA (headquartered in 
The Gambia) and the African Cultural Exchange programs

LINK AFRICA and the African Cultural Exchange are collaborating 
to offer new programs, projects and opportunities.

The LINK AFRICA Contact person in the Gambia is:


Mr. Dodou Jawneh

Dept. of  State For Agriculture.

The Quadrangle, Banjul

THE GAMBIA

tel: 220-227- 311



Thanks.


Alhaji 

Phone: 718-861-0890 


(contact Alhaji for more information 
on cost and program details)


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African Cultural Exchange
(ACE) Contacts:


Alhaji Jawneh -- alhajij@hotmail.com, KK3805@acs.dfa.state.ny.us
Phone: 718-861-0890 

Reginald Hughes, MD -- rdhughes@pol.net, africultexchange@netscape.net 
Phone: 718-843-7334

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L I N K    A F R I C A
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** MISSION STATEMENT **


LINK AFRICA
 
LINK AFRICA is non-profit organization based in the Gambia. It aims to
bring harmony and understanding between Africans of the Diaspora and
those of the motherland through cultural exchange. The organization seeks
to build on the foundation laid by previous thinkers such as Alex Haley
who advocated for closer link between African people for the realization
of the aspiration of the African people.
 
The philosophy of LA is the realization that closer collaboration of
Africans in the motherland and those of the Diaspora is a fundamental way
through which the plethora of problems confronting the African race could
be ameliorated and resolved. These include the endemic economic and
social crisis facing African countries and the racial segregation
confronting Africans of the Americas and other parts of the world. It is
based on the assumption that closer collaboration engenders greater
understanding of the complexities of the African problem, which could
usher into higher living standards in Africa and improvement in the
conditions of black people all over the world.
 
The focus of LA is on cultural exchange because this is the only way
through which the world could come to a better understanding of Africa
and appreciate what it could offer the world. LA pursues this in the
following manner:
 
Provide Support to Research on Africa

Research institutions and individuals carrying out research on Africa,
particularly those Africans in the Diaspora seeking to search for their
roots in Africa will be provided with the necessary support required to
accomplish their tasks.
 
African Language Studies

LA's training program in African languages is targeted at Africans of the
Diaspora who are disadvantaged to the extent of being unable to speak or
write a single African language. Initially emphasis is placed on two of
the most widely spoken languages in West Africa, namely Mandingo and
Fulani.
 
Mandingo language in its various dialects is spoken in at least ten West
African countries and is credited as one of the few African languages to
develop its own script. It was also the language spoken by the famous,
Kunta Kinte. Fulani on the other hand is the language spoken by the most
widely dispersed people of the African continent. They are found from the
West African seaboard to as far as the Cameroon Mountains and
Southwestern Sudan. In addition, these two languages are the most widely
spoken languages in the Gambia. The interrelationship of African language
makes the study of even one a huge advantage in that it enables one to
understand the culture of many other African people.
 
The Youth Training and Experience Program

This enables African American and other black youths of the Diaspora to
live in Africa and study in Gambian institutions of learning for periods
ranging from three months to one year, depending on the participants'
preference. They may choose to live with Gambian families or on their
own. The youth experience program enables youth of the Diaspora learn
first-hand about African culture and the way of life of the African
people. Youths may also undergo the initiation, a mandatory transition in
the lives of young Africans that enables enter into manhood. Initiation
is practiced among many African peoples. The practice entails
circumcision of male youths and a period about a month's confinement with
rigorous training on ethics of adulthood and self-discipline. LA's policy
is that circumcision is optional. It also recognized that initiation is a
vital institution for behavioral development of youths on African
humanism, and LA aims to strengthen it amongst Africans of the Diaspora.
The period of confinement ends with initiation of the youths into
adulthood accompanied by colorful festivities.
 
LINK AFRICA Information Center

The LA information center will establish a periodical that will cover
diverse aspects of African people. It will be published quarterly and
will feature subject politics, social, and economic issues relating to
Africa and African people. The information center will also establish a
web site where information could be shared on issues relating to Africa
and African people. 

LINK AFRICA and the African Cultural Exchange are collaborating 
to offer new programs, projects and opportunities.

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Mr. Dodou Jawneh

Dept. of  State For Agriculture.

The Quadrangle, Banjul

THE GAMBIA

tel: 220-227- 311


(contact Alhaji for more information 
on cost and program details)


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African Cultural Exchange 

For info on ACE programs, projects & trips, please visit:
http://www.egroups.com/files/VOLU-Volunteers

ACE contacts persons:

Alhaji Jawneh -- alhajij@hotmail.com, KK3805@acs.dfa.state.ny.us
Phone: 718-861-0890 

Reginald Hughes, MD -- rdhughes@pol.net, africultexchange@netscape.net 
Phone: 718-843-7334

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AFRICAN PHOTO GALLERY

http://justice1.freeyellow.com/page2.html

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