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Kara Gust interviews author Jeff Vande Zande
No full textAuthor Jeff Vande Zande talks about teaching and writing, poems vs. short stories, developing characters in his stories based on his personal experience, and his current projects. Vande Zande is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Kara Gust for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writer Series
Author Jeff Vande Zande reads his selected works at the Michigan Writers Series
No full textAuthor Jeff Vande Zande reads selections from both his poetry and fiction, including "Transient" and "Threatened species", and answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by Peter Berg, head of Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
Vocabolario Zande
No full textLa lingua Zande fa parte della famiglia linguistica del Niger-Congo, in particolare del ramo Adamawa-Ubang, ed è parlata dal popolo degli Zande (anche noti come Azande, Asande o Niam-Niam), un popolo dell'Africa centrale. La maggior parte della popolazione vive nella parte settentrionale della Repubblica del Congo, nel Sud-ovest del Sudan e nella Repubblica Centrafricana. Il materiale raccolto nel vocabolario è di origine molteplice. Vi sono confluiti i materiali raccolti durante la lunga presenza missionaria dell'autore nel Sudan meridionale, e la ricca fraseologia presente mostra la dimensione delle indagini dell'autore, che si è servito anche di fonti scritte, sia traduzioni in zande di testi religiosi che edizioni di testi zande raccolti da vari studiosi. L'autore ha utilizzato anche vocabolari già esistenti, ed il risultato è il più completo e ricco vocabolario zande per ora esistente
Knowledge versus Knowing: Zande Leechcraft
No full textAvailable for free from this site: https://hpsfaa.wildapricot.org/Knowledge_versus_Knowing_Zande_Leechcraft-Margaret_L_BucknerInternational audienceRecent fieldwork among the Zande in the Central African Republic has revealed an amazing diversity in medicinal plant recipes given by residents of the same village and even members of the same family. Each individual learns throughout his or her life, through a variety of sources and experiences, more or less a unique repertoire of treatments using plants. Rather than a fixed, shared, impersonal body of knowledge, Zande leechcraft seems to consist of "knowing" medicinal plants and in an active, subjective way; "knowing" is a function of individual circumstances and social situations. Moreover, the treatment used in a given situation is not the generalized application of a universally-known medicinal recipe, but is selected from among several possible treatments according to the particular social and physical circumstances. The transience of "knowing" seems to encourage open-mindedness and skepticism, which may offer advantages in adapting to a world increasingly invaded by Western knowledge. It also calls into question the usefulness of applying indigenous Zande medicinal "knowledge" to non-Zande contexts
C. Vande Zande, 1907-1910
No full textC. Vande Zande, alumni of the Marquette University School of Medicine, 1907-1910. Most likely graduated in 1907
The Zande Akpaningba as a Source of Identity, Unity, and Joy
No full textMade by local craftsmen players among the Azande in central Africa who bring the form and sound of the instrument to life, the akpaningba of the Azande serves as a source of cultural identity, unity, and joy. Seen in the context of the Zande circle dance genre the kpaningba, the akpaningba forms the center of the performances, leading the singers and dancers in exuberant expressions of happiness, longing for a better life, and even demonstrations of discontent. This article explains the creation of an akpaningba, its role as the center of its host genre, and how this cultural symbol exemplifies the worldview of the Zande people. The author details how a local church and a traditional dance group based in a small Zande village made efforts to safeguard the instrument. Concluding with thoughts concerning the future of the akpaningba, the author explains several threats to the sustainability of the instrument, sharing ideas on what would be lost from Zande culture if this instrument and the kpaningba dance genre lose their important role
Bia akponingbo
No full textThe music for the Zande round dance. All the dancers perform the same steps in unison, short quick steps to and fro, turning into file and then facing inwards again, gradually moving around in an anti-clockwise direction. The enthusiasm of the Zande men and women for their Kponingbo xylophone dance has to be experienced to be fully appreciated. The dancers are caught in the swirl of the music and compel sympathetic action from everyone within earshot. The tuning of the xylophone was:- 976, 880, 784, 672, 584, 488, 440, 392, 336, 292, 244 vs. Zande dance with Kponingbo xylophone, 11 loose notes on 2 banana stalks, and hand bells
Absorption and scattering by molecular oxygen
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102350.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, 14 januari 2013Promotor : Zande, Wim van der147 p
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