The Liberation of Aunt Jemima is a work of art intended to change the role of the negative stereotype associated with the art produced to represent African-Americans throughout our early history. This piece was to re-introduce the image and make it one of empowerment. Although the sight of the image, at first, still takes you to a place when the world was very unkind, the changes made to it allows the viewer to see the strength and power…
African’s were among the richest of people back in the 1000’s. Effects of trade brought cities to faster than they rise. Great civilizations from Ghana to Zimbabwe both flourished but, had their tragic end. But, it provided them with a lot of things such as gold, salt slaves etc.…
Every picture speaks a thousand words; however, this picture speaks so many more. Uncle Toms Cabin written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, was crucial for equality of slaves. The piece of art is showing that African Americans can get along with white people, in this case a young white girl. The young white girl is influential to the picture for many reasons. To start off with, since it is a child, it shows that young generations can change the way the older generations act, in this case treating former slaves, and African Americans the same way they treat everyone. The art also became that much more sensitive to the public because if it was a middle age white man, most people viewing the picture would not care, or think it is the African Americans…
“Aaron Douglas was an African American painter and graphic artist who played a leading role in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. His first major commission, to illustrate Alain Leroy Locke’s book, The New Negro, prompted requests for graphic from other Harlem Renaissance writers. By 1939, Douglas started teaching at Fisk University, where he remained for the next 27 years (Biography 1).” He made numerous contributions at Fisk University.…
The painting depicts a former slave owner and three now free black women she used to own. The women no longer have to greet their past mistress with any respect,…
Do not forget that oppression is the most important topic for African American writers. Describing the apartment referring to the Buddha pictures tell the reader about Asiatic heritage. Buddha is the founder of Buddhism teachings which refer to enlightenment. This points to Smith appreciation to the thought of Asiatic heritage. The picture of an Indian boy kneeling beside an elephant reminds me with the spiritual part Elizabeth Gilbert wrote about in her Eat Pray Love which was in India too.…
Significant changes occurred in East Africa between 600 and 1450. Specifically, the increase of slave trade and better, more useful technologies through the Indian Ocean Trade Network. These changes are important because the growth of city-states occurred due to this network. During this period, the overall trade of the region remained relatively constant. This continuity was important because it allowed for economic and technological development to flourish in the region.…
This work of art made by Aaron Douglas, named Aspects of Negro Life, speaks to one of the best and most persuasive times of our time, the Harlem Renaissance. This oil on canvas.…
In Palmer Hayden’s painting, “Fetiche et Fleurs,” (1926), he expresses the culture and traditions of the African and African-American culture. Hayden’s painting connects with the…
The art work was to explain how everything happen in the Harlem Renaissance time. What happen at night, in the morning, in the neighborhood? At night people go to the Cotton Club to hang out, in the morning the sun is shining and the birds are chirping, the neighborhood hangout on the block like a big family. This is how the art work can be explain. The artist wanted to show how African American people live their lives.…
The racial mountain symbolizes the history of African American studies and struggles African American faced over the past…
Take a look at the past, our history; although there is only one factual outcome, there are an infinite number of opinions, perspectives and almost always more than one side to a story. I will be taking a look in to the novel, Colonial Africa, written by Dennis Laumann, as well as, African Perspectives on Colonialism, by A. Adu Boahen, and hopefully through this, we can gain a stronger understanding of Colonialism in Africa and how Boahen and Laumann compare and differ.…
During 400 AD, West Africa witnessed the rise and fall of the indigenous medieval empires of ancient Ghana, medieval Mali, and Songhai. Many other states and kingdoms arose during this time but Ghana, Mali and Songhai achieved the status of fully-fledged, functioning and long-living conquest states and expansionist empires. These empires regulated the Trans-Saharan trade by offering protection for trade caravans as well as taxing slaves, gold, firearms, textiles and salt. Ghana reached its height by 1200 AD and was ruled by the Serahule people which eventually broke apart by in the 13th century. The Mali Empire was a Mandinka territory but also took on Ghana’s territory and extended into the 13th century. At the peak of the empire, Mali covered an area over 24,000 sq. km. Songhai succeeded Mali in the 14th century and grew to be the largest land empire in tropical Africa. Throughout the presentation I will cover each Empire in grave detail.…
Ethiopia is an ancient country with a strong sense of culture; through ancient history, trade, its transition from imperialism to independence, and its modern government, Ethiopia has developed into the starving country it is today.…
References: Clarke, C. (2006). The art of africa: A response for educators. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved from Ebscohost database…