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Netiva in Benin, AfricaSee all my Benin albums2003-2004Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. - R. W. Emerson. |
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I was fortunate to be selected as a Fulbright scholar for 2003-2004 in Porto Novo, Benin.
It is in
my travel journal that I posted daily events of my year at
Benin University
where I was teaching and doing research.
I am now back teaching in Chicago.
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See a few maps of:
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Birds seen in Porto-Novo
Discover Benin Profile of Benin and its history Another collection of information by the CIA. Economy of Benin Politics of Benin Contemporary art in Benin Togo Pugwash student chapter. Benin embassy in Paris AllAfrica.com If you are coming for a visit check How to get there |
My presentations about Benin:Benin and slavery, (PowerPoint presentation) or Door of No return if you don't have PowerPoint on your machine. Benin and Beyond, another ppt presentation. or if you don't have ppt Benin et au Dela est pour vous:) Women of Benin 2, one more ppt presentation by Netiva. See a lexicon of African/French terms.
Thanks for participating in our Math, Science, and Society colloquium , in January, 2004? |
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Letters from Benin to my friend Sheila in Chicago.
Letters to Carolyn, my daughter in Israel. Another letter to Carolyn, my youngest Letters to Joel and Irene from London and Porto-Novo. |
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Being a Fulbright scholar means I am one of approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad to some 140 countries for the 2003-2004 academic year through the Fulbright Scholar Program (or one of approximately 105 Americans who have been selected to teach or conduct research in 27 African countries). Established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the program's purpose is to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries.
The Fulbright Program, America's flagship international educational exchange activity, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Over its 57 years of existence, thousands of U.S. faculty and professionals have studied, taught or done research abroad, and thousands of their counterparts from other countries have engaged in similar activities in the U.S. They are among more than 250,000 American and foreign university students, K-12 teachers, and university faculty and professionals who have participated in one of the several Fulbright exchange programs.
Recipients of Fulbright Scholar awards are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement and because they have demonstrated extraordinary leadership potential in their fields. Among thousands of prominent Fulbright Scholar alumni are Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize-winning economist; Alan Leshner, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet; and Craig Barrett, CEO of Intel Corporation.
My CPSR friends from Ghana. List of visitors to Benin National University.
Below are my new Beninese friends Bienvenu and Raphael:
My snail-mail addresses while I was in Benin:
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The diplomatic pouch address: c/o Public Affairs Officer Dept of State 2120 Cotonou Pl. Washington, D.C. 20521 2120 |
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or send to me at: IMSP B.P. 613 Porto Novo, Benin |
Please limit your letters to no more than a pound through the diplomatic pouch, and anything that may be valuable send registered if it goes by regular international mail. Thanks!
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Today Africa is home to more than 50 countries, some 1000 languages, and a rich mosaic of stories, drumbeats, and landscapes. The English language has borrowed words from many of those languages: trek, aardvark, impala, gnu, okra to name a few.
See my lexicon
Don't give people fish; teach them how to fish
Earthwatch, an interesting place for project and travel.
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