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dianabuja
My blog is about Africa. It is also about the Middle East and life in general, reflecting over 30 years of work and study in Africa and the Middle East – Come and join me!
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- Putting Climate Information into Farmers’ Hands
- New report identifies ‘regret-free’ approaches for adapting agriculture to climate change
- ‘Adapt to climate shifts now’ – New research report advice to Africa’s farmers and policymakers
- Burundi Song and Dance at The Hotel Club du Lac and Beyond
- More Adventures of Mungo Park, Who Describes Hunger Crops in the Western Sahel, 1797
- Mungo Park Discovers a Toll Bridge made of Bamboo in the Western Sahel, 1797
- A Grassy Trend in Human Ancestors’ Diets
- Would you have liked to live here, at Kropfenstein medieval cave castle?
- Slogging through Europe in WWii: Rommel’s Widow, Night-Time Charley, Combat & Fire-Storms – and After the War: “Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres”
- May Day, Burundi-Style: A Parade, then Food, Drink and Fun
Blogs I Follow
- Fabius Maximus
- anthropology in public
- The Human Family
- Bone Broke
- Glossographia
- The Diary of a Natural History Trainee Curator
- Ludic Technologies
- PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR
- Open Geography
- Glen Carey
- the anthropo.scene
- The Anthropocene Journal
- Agriculture Information Bank
- Jugraphia Slate
- ontheshelves
- The Past Tense
- Participate
- Thought + Food
- Burnable Books
- Arkysite
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- Africa Agriculture Science Week 2013, 15-20 July | CGIAR Climate | @scoopit sco.lt/7vNGkbtweet to @dianabuja 2 hours ago
- How and When Will the World End? | @scoopit sco.lt/90ibMPtweet to @dianabuja 3 hours ago
- Shocking new theory: Humans hunted, ate Neanderthals | @scoopit sco.lt/7oCLcPtweet to @dianabuja 4 hours ago
- Inventory-accounts from temple of Abusir. During reign of Djedkare-Isesi, the Mortuary Temple of N... | @scoopit sco.lt/6ROgVdtweet to @dianabuja 5 hours ago
- Shamba Shape Up S02Ep08 (English) | @scoopit sco.lt/7pBwZdtweet to @dianabuja 5 hours ago
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Putting Climate Information into Farmers’ Hands
See on Scoop.it – Africa and Beyond The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security ( http://ccafs.cgiar.org ) is working with farmers from Kaffrine, Senegal, on how t… diana buja‘s insight: So, now we are getting to … Continue reading
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New report identifies ‘regret-free’ approaches for adapting agriculture to climate change
See on Scoop.it – Africa and Beyond Whether it’s swapping coffee for cocoa in Central America or bracing for drought in Sri Lanka with a return to ancient water storage systems, findings from a new report from the CGIAR Research … Continue reading
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‘Adapt to climate shifts now’ – New research report advice to Africa’s farmers and policymakers
See on Scoop.it – Africa and Beyond A failed maize crop in Ghana. A report by CCAFS is advising Africa’s farmers and policymakers to adapt to climate shifts now to ensure communities are protected from climate change devastations (ph… diana … Continue reading
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Would you have liked to live here, at Kropfenstein medieval cave castle?
Reblogged from Per Storemyr Archaeology & Conservation: Switzerland is renowned for its castles and castle ruins, remnants of the feudal Middle Ages. A time when we may not have wanted to live! At least not as common people. But sometimes … Continue reading
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DESCRIPTION BY AHMED IBN-FOZLAN OF THE INCREMATION OF A NORSE CHIEF, 10TH.C.
See on Scoop.it – Pre-Modern Africa, the Middle East – and Beyond diana buja‘s insight: " The Arab I speak of was called Ahmed Ibn-Fozlan (or Fodhlan),who in one of the first decades of the tenth century A.D. was sent … Continue reading
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We launch our new series on the people shaping African cuisine with Chef Pierre Thiam
Reblogged from Africa is a Country: Welcome to the inaugural post of our new feature profiling African foods and drinks (plus other gastronomical related subjects); and the people on the continent and in the diaspora that are defining and reshaping … Continue reading
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Special Times at the Hotel Club du Lac Tanganyika – Come Visit!!
The Hotel now has special rates for rooms during the weekends – it is a great savings from the regular rates, and you will have access to all of the features of the hotel: Enter the hotel and check in: … Continue reading
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