GOLDMAN PRIZE WINNER TO STUDY SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION OF NDAU

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 8, 2007 ;     446 words ......was 13, will return there to study the Ndau language. Miami senior Kathryn Fennig will...the acquisition of the African language Ndau by speakers of English and Portuguese as...is home to the 2.7 million speakers of Ndau, a Bantu language of the Niger-Congo family...

COVERING PEOPLE'S HISTORY, CULTURE : NEW VERSION OF ANCIENT CRAFT SHOWS...

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  May 19, 1996 ;     700+ words ......they've adapted to American life. Called ``pa ndau,'' or flower cloth, the 8-foot by 10-foot...cherished and revered art. ``To the Hmong, pa ndau is just as important as the American flag...people,'' said Thong Ly, a student. ``The pa ndau is the Hmong's freedom banner.'' The Hmong...

The neodymium-gold phase diagram

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions;  May 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......peritectic decomposition at 810 deg C; NdAu, R.T. form, orthorhombic oP8-FeB type...intermediate compounds: Nd^sub 2^Au,[4] NdAu (alpha, beta, and gamma allotropic forms...36^,[16] Nd^sub 14^Au^sub 51^,[4,17] and NdAu^sub 6^.[18] As for the Nd^sub 17^Au^sub...

STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES BACKGROUND NOTE ON MOZAMBIQUE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Ethnic groups: Makua, Tsonga, Makonde, Shangaan, Shona, Sena, Ndau, and other indigenous groups, and approximately 10,000 Europeans...dominant group in the northern part of the country-the Sena and Ndau are prominent in the Zambezi valley, and the Tsonga and Shangaan...

Saturn students spin stories - in a quilt; 4th- and 5th-graders use Hmong,...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  January 12, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Elementary students at Saturn School have created a large, colorful quilt that combines Hmong Pa Ndau story cloths with the American quilting tradition. The fourth- and fifth-graders in Mark Thompson's English as a Second Language...

From Enslavement to Environmentalism: Politics on a Southern African...

African Studies Review;  December 1, 2006 ;     599 words ......and people on both sides of the Mozambique-Zimbabwe border. This is a valuable work in terms of its specific coverage of the Ndau-speaking peoples of the Chimanimani-Sitatonga region and its exploration of the broader issue of the "cadastral politics" in...

Hmong past displayed in unusual cloth

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 17, 1991 ;     444 words ......new home, Hmong women have continued to perfect the art of pa ndau, or "cloth made beautiful like a flower." Wonderful examples...babies and display family wealth. But the importance of the pa ndau should not be underestimated. Because the Hmong have no formal...

Mozambique to Educate One Million Illiterates

Xinhua English Newswire;  September 7, 1998 ;     88 words ......report released by the National Bureau of Basic Education here Monday. Text books in local languages like Sena, Tsonga, Emakua and Ndau have been proven satisfying in some regions, Mozambican News Agency said. The illiteracy rate, which was 93 percent nationwide...

Shea, Peggy Deitz: Tangled Threads: a Hmong Girl's Story.(Brief...

Childhood Education;  August 6, 2004 ;     135 words ......camp while they await passage to America. While they wait, Grandmother teaches Mai Yang to sew the intricate stitches of the pa'ndau, or story cloth, an important part of the culture of Hmong women. The time to leave Thailand finally arrives, yet they face an...

ZIMBABWE: ANCIENT TRADITIONAL DANCE IS REVIVED

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  July 29, 1999 ;     504 words ......Zimbabwe, is performed by dancers dressed in traditional regalia known as "zvihlabhu" and "zvichakati". It originated as a combined Ndau, Shangaan and VaDanda tribal practice but is now developing into an international form of entertainment. It now features in programs...

STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES REVISED BACKGROUND NOTE ON MOZAMBIQUE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Ethnic groups: Makua, Tsonga, Makonde, Shangaan, Shona, Sena, Ndau, and other indigenous groups, and approximately 10,000 Europeans...dominant group in the northern part of the country - the Sena and Ndau are prominent in the Zambezi valley, and the Tsonga and Shangaan...

Jags fan sells treasures to help orphans; Cash will buy football strips...

Evening Times;  December 20, 2003 ;     355 words ......Douglas, an accountant, developed an interest in the southern African country through his friendship with Malawian student Malison Ndau, who is currently studying at Glasgow's International Christian College. Malawi, with a population of 11million, has more than...

Backgrounder: Key facts about Mozambique

Xinhua News Agency;  November 30, 2004 ;     412 words ......percent female. Annual population growth rate: 1.9 percent (2002). Ethnic groups: Makua, Tsonga, Makonde, Shangaan, Shona, Sena, Ndau, and other indigenous groups. Religions: Christian, Islam, indigenous African and other beliefs. Languages: Portuguese (official...

Throat singers

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Chapathi roll, an Indian whole wheat flat bread sauteed and stuffed with spiced mixed vegetables for $2. Cultural spotlight Pa Ndau: A Hmong storytelling cloth, reflecting thousands of years of history through intricately stitched scenes. You'll find these...

ZIMBABWE: CONTROVERSY OVER FIRST LOCAL-LANGUAGE DICTIONARY

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  September 18, 1996 ;     700+ words ......at once." Putting together the dictionary for a complex language comprising five main dialects -- Karanga, Korekore, Manyika, Ndau and Zezuru -- was a difficult task, explained Chimhundu. Since it had no predecessor, the team had to start from scratch and...