Nonpartisan League
Nonpartisan League in U.S. history, political pressure group of farmers and workers organized in 1915 and led by a former socialist, Arthur C. Townley, who believed that the solution to the farmers' troubles lay in united political action. Feeding on agrarian discontent with falling prices and political boss rule, the Nonpartisan League spread through the Western wheat belt from Wisconsin to Washington and to the Southwest; its greatest strength was in Minnesota and the Dakotas. The group demanded state-owned grain elevators, flour mills, and packing houses as well as low-cost public housing for farmers and workers. Although it was not a political party in the usual sense, it exercised its power by endorsing and even nominating candidates of the major parties. It never attracted support from industrial workers, and other means for expressing the farmers' desires opened. After World War I it declined sharply, although it retained prominence in some areas, particularly North Dakota.
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Mali's golden age. (mining industry)(Mining)
Magazine article from: African Business; 9/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; Until a few years ago, Mali in north-west Africa had little to show...looking more promising if not perfect. Mali is a good talking point with 60 mining...of the country. Companies operating in Mali are truly multi-national with South...
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Mali: Tuned In And Democratic; Exception to African Iron Rule Lets 40 Radio Stations Play On
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/24/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...perhaps the most striking of many signs that Mali has transformed itself into a working democracy...expression, a start on market economics and Mali's own history as an ancient African empire...returning to authoritarian ways. "It is as if Mali has looked at the mistakes of other African...
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Mali's President Salutes Peace Corps
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/25/2003; ; 651 words
; ...entourage, President Amadou Toumani Toure of Mali thanked Peace Corps volunteers on Tuesday...there are 180 Peace Corps volunteers in Mali, the largest Peace Corps contingent in...the biggest Malian villages outside of Mali is in the U.S. _ it's made up of Peace...
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Mali: U.S., Mali forces training against terror in Sahara
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/21/2004; ; 614 words
; SADIO KANTE, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 02-21-2004 Dateline: BAMAKO, Mali U.S. and Mali security forces are training in Mali's remote Sahara Desert, where U.S. military and security officials increasingly warn of...
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Mali does best to attract investors to upstream oil sector.
Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily; 12/5/2006; ; 700+ words
; Does the African country Mali have the potential to be a new oil and...starting to market vast frontier acreages, Mali is setting up a favorable climate to attract...Mauritania and other African countries, the Mali government decided to kickstart oil exploration...
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Democratic Mali and Its Struggling Cotton Farmers.
Magazine article from: World and I; 2/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the country he represents in Washington, Mali's Ambassador Abdoulaye Diop is tall...He is gentle, affable, and cultured. Mali, roughly twice the size of Texas, is...great empire at the crossroads of trade, Mali slumbered in the shadow of its splendid...
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ARM Mali-400 MP Technology Brings High-End Graphics Performance to All Consumer Devices.
PR Newswire; 6/2/2008; 700+ words
; ...ARM (; ) today announced the ARM(R) Mali(TM)-400 MP scalable multiprocessor...for their application. The pioneering Mali-400 MP architecture offers breakthrough...Intelligence. "The scalability of the ARM Mali-400 MP GPU, from 300 million to over...
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Backgrounder: China-Mali ties in continuous development
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 2/11/2009; 700+ words
; Backgrounder: China-Mali ties in continuous development BAMAKO...to significantly push forward China-Mali ties, expand pragmatic cooperation between...diplomatic relations in 1960, China and Mali have built up political trust and support...
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In Mali, Quietude Amid the Cacophony
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/7/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Muslim, and the National Assembly, home of Mali's fragile democracy. The fetish market...not the only unlikely congruity found in Mali, a land that is beset by problems but...with a population of just 10 million, Mali is home to Bambaras, Fulanis, Senoufos...
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Mali's hunger overshadowed by neighboring Niger's televised suffering, aid workers say
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 8/8/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Worldstream 08-08-2005 Dateline: MARSI, Mali Tears course from Sidi Mohammed's protruding...aid workers have brought to northeastern Mali. The aid workers say the food crisis here...mother, 25-year old Ahmetan Ahmedu. In Mali, a nation of 11 million to Niger's west...
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Mali
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
MALI Republic of Mali R é publique du Mali CAPITAL: Bamako FLAG: The flag is a tricolor of green, yellow, and red vertical stripes. ANTHEM: National Anthem begins "At thy call, O Mali." MONETARY UNIT: The Malian franc (mf...
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Mali Federation
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Mali Federation see Mali .
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Malians
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...PRONUNCIATION: MAHL-ee-uhns LOCATION: Mali POPULATION: 9 million LANGUAGE: French...indigenous beliefs 1 • INTRODUCTION Mali, in west Africa, is among the world...ais (French Sudan). The people of Mali struggled for independence. For a brief...
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Mandinka
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement
...sections of the republics of Guinea and Mali, extending through northern Sierra Leone...Mandinka in Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina-Faso, and Sierra Leone. Linguistic...language family and is spoken in Guinea, Mali, Burkina-Faso, Sierra Leone, Cote...
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Amadou & Mariam
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...traditions of the West African land of Mali, whose story songs accompanied by stringed...Doumbia were born near the Niger River in Mali. Although they grew up just a few blocks...guitarist. Western musical influences in Mali were diverse in the 1960s and 1970s, with...
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