<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=82 BGCOLOR="#999980" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Verdana" ><B>High Culture</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>   </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" ><B>  </B><A HREF="index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="High Culture"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="07702b03.gif"> <div> <I>Select Bibliography</I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="504" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#330066" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 129 WIDTH="498"><div> Highculture is a free site.  I've spent my valuable time and resources </div> <div> to bring information to the public.  I am not affiliated with any academic institutions, and I want to keep it that way.  </div> <bR> <div> There are no banner ads, or pop-ups to detract from our information.</div> <bR> <div> If you want to learn more and help keep Highculture.8m.com online,</div> <div> buy the titles that pique your interest via our links to Amazon.com.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 928 ><NOBR><div> Access to Jstor</div> <div> Let's walk through the steps:</div> <bR> <div> ---------------</div> <bR> <div> The main page for California State University, Dominguez Hills, is at:</div> <bR> <div> http://www.csudh.edu/</div> <bR> <div> where you can familiarize yourself a bit more with the college.  </div> <bR> <div> -----</div> <bR> <div> They have a fairly sophisticated set of electronic resources available</div> <div> that you can see here:</div> <bR> <div> http://library.csudh.edu/ElectDB.php</div> <bR> <div> The site lists all of the electronic information resources available</div> <div> through the library, and confirms the availability of JSTOR, Project</div> <div> Muse, and many, many others.  I think you'll be pleased with the depth</div> <div> and variety of resources here.</div> <bR> <div> -----</div> <bR> <div> But for your purposes, the heart of the matter is on this page:</div> <bR> <bR> <div> http://www.csudh.edu/skillsonline/</div> <bR> <div> which lays out a new program at CSUDH based on "self-paced web-based</div> <div> training courses" for professional development.</div> <bR> <div> I hope some of the courses here would be of interest to you...a full</div> <div> list of courses is included at the site.   But even if they are not of</div> <div> interest, it would still be worth your while to sign up for a course. </div> <div> An individual course is $75 per semester.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> The actual registration procedures are listed here:</div> <bR> <div> http://www.csudh.edu/extendeded/register.htm</div> <bR> <div> As you can see, you can register by mail, fax or phone for starters. </div> <div> After you have registered once and are in their system, you will have</div> <div> the added option of re-registering on-line as well.</div> <bR> <div> I spoke with two people at CSUDH, one in the Distance Learning program</div> <div> (310-243-2288) and another in the Extended Education registration</div> <div> office (310-243-3741) and both confirmed that once registered -- even</div> <div> for a single class -- you are considered a full-fledged student and</div> <div> given access to the library's electronic resources (it can take a day</div> <div> or two for the access to become effective once you are registered).</div> <bR> <div> So that's it!  Register, pay a $75 per semester fee, and in a few days</div> <div> you should have full-scale access to the databases you wanted, and to</div> <div> many other resources as well.  I hope you'll agree...it's a pretty</div> <div> good deal.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> UNDER CONSTRUCTION</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="626" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#111111" BORDERCOLORDARK="#111111" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="113"><div> -A-</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="496" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="113"><div> -B-</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="496" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 107 WIDTH="113"><div> Bates, O.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div>  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=highculture-20&path=tg%2Fdetail%2F-%2F0714616346%2Fqid%3D%2Fsr%3D%2Fref%3Dcm_lm_asin%3Fv%3Dglance">The Eastern Libyans: An Essay </a>  . </div> <div> Frank Cass Publishers; New Impression of 1914 ed. 1970</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 107 WIDTH="113"><div> Bernal, M</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><div>   <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=highculture-20&path=ASIN%2F0822327171%2Fqid%3D1103058674%2Fsr%3D2-1%2Fref%3Dpd_ka_b_2_1">Black Athena Writes Back: Martin Bernal Responds to His Critics</a>  .</div> <div>  Duke Press, 2001.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 91 WIDTH="113"><div> Bianci, R.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><div>   <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=highculture-20&path=tg%2Fdetail%2F-%2F0313325014%2Fqid%3D1103053928%2Fsr%3D8-1%2Fref%3Dsr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14%3Fv%3Dglance%26s%3Dbooks%26n%3D507846">Daily Life of the Nubians</a>  . </div> <div> 2004</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 75 WIDTH="113"><div> BRIGGS</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><div> . <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=highculture-20&path=tg%2Fdetail%2F-%2F0674908708%2Fqid%3D%2Fsr%3D%2Fref%3Dcm_lm_asin%3Fv%3Dglance">Tribes of the Sahara</a>  </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 75 WIDTH="113"><div> BRIGGS</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><div>  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=highculture-20&path=tg%2Fdetail%2F-%2F0527012734%2Fqid%3D%2Fsr%3D%2Fref%3Dcm_lm_asin%3Fv%3Dglance">Living Races of the Sahara</a>  .</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 75 WIDTH="113"><div> Brunton, G. </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div>  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=highculture-20&path=tg%2Fdetail%2F-%2FB0006AKJ3C%2Fqid%3D1103059094%2Fsr%3D1-3%2Fref%3Dsr_1_3%3Fv%3Dglance%26s%3Dbooks">The Badarian civilisation and predynastic remains near Badari,</a>  . British school of archaeology in Egypt [etc.] (1928)</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 75 WIDTH="113"><div> Butler, A.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><div>  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=highculture-20&path=tg%2Fdetail%2F-%2F1881316068%2Fqid%3D%2Fsr%3D%2Fref%3Dcm_lm_asin%3Fv%3Dglance%26s%3Dbooks">The Arab Invasion of Egypt: And the Last 30 Years of the Roman Dominion.</a>  </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="113"><div> -C-</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="496" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="113"><div> -D-</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="496" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="113"><div> -E-</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="496" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 91 WIDTH="113"><div> Early, E. </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><div>  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=highculture-20&path=tg%2Fdetail%2F-%2F1555872689%2Fqid%3D%2Fsr%3D%2Fref%3Dcm_lm_asin%3Fv%3Dglance">Baladi Women of Cairo: Playing With an Egg and a Stone.</a>  L. Rienner Publishers 1993</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="113"><div> -F-</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="496" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="113"><div> -G-</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="496" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="113"><div> h</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="496" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="113"><div> i</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="496" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="113"><div> j</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="496" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="113"><div> -K</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="496" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="113"><div> -L-</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="496" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 91 WIDTH="113"><div> Lane, E.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><div>  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=highculture-20&path=tg%2Fdetail%2F-%2F9774247841%2Fqid%3D%2Fsr%3D%2Fref%3Dcm_lm_asin%3Fv%3Dglance">An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians.</a>  . </div> <div> American University in Cairo Press. 2003</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="113"><div> -M-</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="496" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 91 ><NOBR><div> Manniche, L.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><div>  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=highculture-20&path=tg%2Fdetail%2F-%2F0292704151%2Fqid%3D1103307740%2Fsr%3D1-2%2Fref%3Dsr_1_2%3Fv%3Dglance%26s%3Dbooks">An Ancient Egyptian Herbal.</a>  </div> <div> University of Texas Press, 1989</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 91 WIDTH="113"><div> Mori, F.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><div>  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=highculture-20&path=tg%2Fdetail%2F-%2F8870629716%2Fqid%3D%2Fsr%3D%2Fref%3Dcm_lm_asin%3Fv%3Dglance">The Great Civilizations of the Ancient Sahara</a>  . </div> <div> L'Erma di Bretscheider (January 1, 1998)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="113"><div> -N-</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="496" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 91 WIDTH="113"><div> Noguera, A.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><div>  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=highculture-20&path=ASIN%2F0533016355%2Fqid%253D1103059614%2Fsr%253D11-1%2Fref%253Dsr%255F11%255F1">How African was Egypt?: A comparative study of ancient Egyptian and Black African cultures</a>  . </div> <div> Vantage Press; 1st ed edition 1976</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="113"><div> -S-</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="496"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="496" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 91 WIDTH="113"><div> St. Clair, D.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF WIDTH="496"><div>   <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=highculture-20&path=tg%2Fdetail%2F-%2F0883780178%2Fqid%3D1103059290%2Fsr%3D1-2%2Fref%3Dsr_1_2%3Fv%3Dglance%26s%3Dbooks">The Redemption of Africa and Black Religion</a>  . </div> <div> Third World Press 1970</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 107 WIDTH="113"><div> ---</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF WIDTH="496"><div>  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=highculture-20&path=tg%2Fdetail%2F-%2F0934934312%2Fqid%3D1103059290%2Fsr%3D1-3%2Fref%3Dsr_1_3%3Fv%3Dglance%26s%3Dbooks">Black Folk Here and There: An Essay in History and Anthropology</a>  . </div> <div> Univ of California Center for Afro-American Studies. University of California. 1991</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="621" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#111111" BORDERCOLORDARK="#111111" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="117"><div> -W-</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="500" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 91 WIDTH="117"><div> Wendorf, F.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div>  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=highculture-20&path=tg%2Fdetail%2F-%2F0306466139%2Fqid%3D%2Fsr%3D%2Fref%3Dcm_lm_asin%3Fv%3Dglance">Holocene Settlement of the Egyptian Sahara:</a>  . Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers 2002.</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 75 WIDTH="117"><div> Wendorf, F.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div>  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=highculture-20&path=tg%2Fdetail%2F-%2F0306444097%2Fqid%3D%2Fsr%3D%2Fref%3Dcm_lm_asin%3Fv%3Dglance">Egypt During the Last Interglacial</a>  . Plenum Publishing Corporation 1993.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> A. H. Sayce, Serpent Worship in Ancient and Modern Egypt, Contemporary Review (Oct. 1893]</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Source: A. H. Sayce, "Cairene and Upper Egyptian Folk-Lore," Folk-Lore: Transactions of the Folk-Lore </div> <bR> <div> Padwick, C.E. 1923 Notes on the Jinn and Ghoul in the peasent mind of Lower Egypt</div> <div> BSOAS 111,421-446 Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ublications: MacCoull, L. S. B. "Duke University MS.</div> <div> C25: Dreams, Visions, and Incubation in Coptic Egypt."</div> <div> Orientalia Lovaniensia Periodica 22(1991): 123-128</div> <div> (plates pp. 129-132). The plates in this publication</div> <div> were made in 1981, when the manuscript was more complete</div> <bR> <div> Patrick T. English, "Cushites, Colchians and Khazars," Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol 18, Jan-Oct 1959, 53</div> <bR> <div> Books on African Scripts.</div> <div> Hau, Kathleen (1973). Pre-Islamic writing in West, Africa. Bulletin</div> <div> del'IFAN, 35(Series b, 1): 1-45.</div> <div> ________. (1967). The ancient writing of Southern Nigeria. Bulletin</div> <div> del'IFAN, 29(Series b, 1-2): 150-190.</div> <div> ________. (1964). A royal title on a palace tusk from Benin (Southern</div> <div> Nigeria). Bulletin del'IFAN, 26(Series b, 1-2): 21-39.</div> <div> ________. (1961). Oberi Okaime script, texts, and counting system.</div> <div> Bulletin del'IFAN, 23(1-2): 291-308.</div> <div> ________. (1959). Evidence of the use of pre-Portuguese written</div> <div> characters by the Bini? Bulletin del'IFAN,</div> <div> 21: 109-154. </div> <div> Nsibidi The nsibidi script is used by the Efik, and Ekoi peoples who</div> <div> live in the Cross River</div> <bR> <div> region of Nigeria and western Cameroon. The script is used by the</div> <bR> <div> initiated members of a secret society called the Leopard or Ekpe</div> <bR> <div> Society. During the precolonial era, Ekpe society functions were many and</div> <bR> <div> varied. Apart from enforcing laws, its courts judged important cases</div> <bR> <div> and recovered debts for its members. The nsibidi script is used for</div> <bR> <div> recording short stories, proverbs, court cases, messages, and the</div> <bR> <div> records of the Ekpe Society.</div> <bR> <div> Messages may be found: carved on calabashes</div> <bR> <div> painted on walls, printed on cloth, tattooed</div> <div> on the human body, drawn on the ground in charcoal and chalk, and</div> <div> scratched or painted on masks.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>