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    have become object of study to many disciplines such as cultural Anthropology; literature and linguistics etc. These disciplines have taken kin interest in the relevance of proverbs. But the Philosophers ’ interest in proverbs‚ more specific‚ the African Philosophers - differs from that of other scholars. C. S. Momoh notes that we have it on Aristotle authority that “A proverb is a remnant from old philosophy‚ preserved amid countless destruction by reason of its brevity and fitness for use”2. The

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    CASE 4 KINSHASA ABROAD – African Cuisine and Culture 1. Consumer groups (possible target markets) should be studied using exploratory research? Since the Kinshasa Abroad (KA) is mentioned located proximity to Ohio State University (OSU)‚ so I assume its location is within the area of Zip Code 43210‚ same with OSU. To figure out the possible target markets‚ firstly I made a study about the environments of KA’s located area and its neighborhoods around. According to the 2010 CENSUS‚ the area

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    OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Devshirme: Every 2 years or so‚ young Christians were taken and trained and converted to Islam. They would either be janissaries (foot soldiers) but ones with “intellectual promise” went to work in the government. Many became powerful. Some were slaves? Because the enslavement of the Muslims was not allowed. The power was NOT hereditary (like the Chinese). So the sultan surrounded himself with people who did not have families. Millet System: Each religion had their own leader -Kept

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    African American Music

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    only restricted by this definition. Any moment that one tries to pinpoint something through a rhythm‚ it becomes a music. Many people believe that African Americans are some of the few people whose soul is expressed exclusively through music. Black American music represents their spirits‚ which started as the voice that was prohibited. Since Africans were brought to the United States as slaves‚ they lost their basic human rights due to their slaveholders fear of a slave rebellion. Therefore‚ slaves

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    I was born a free African American on December 23‚ 1867. My parents Owen and Minerva and siblings Louvenia‚ Owen Jr.‚ Alexander‚ and James had formerly been enslaved. I grew up as ordinary as possible considering I was an African American living in a white peoples world. When I was only six years old my parents contracted yellow fever and passed away in 1872. After the death of my parents‚ I moved in with my sister‚ Louvenia‚ in Vicksburg to work as a housemaid. I was considered extremely poor and

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    anything in return? This was the life of African-Americans that lived during the slavery era; belonging to another human being brought about many constrictions‚ disruptions‚ frustrations‚ and of course pain to African-Americans. Fortunately‚ African-Americans were able to fight through all oppression and make it out of slavery and because of their bravery we as African-Americans today are endowed to a more opportune lifestyle. Allow me to explain how African-Americans progressed through slavery to

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    OTTOMAN EMPIRE: 1.The Ottoman Empire was the Islamic world’s most important empire in the early modern period                         2.  long conflict (1534–1639) between Sunni Ottomans and Shia Safavids                         3.  the Ottoman Empire was the site of a significant cross-cultural encounter                                     a.  in Anatolia‚ most of the conquered Christians converted to Islam                                     b.  in the Balkans‚ Christian subjects mostly

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    African Sleeping Sickness Human African Trypanosomiasis‚ known as sleeping sickness‚ is a vector-borne parasitic disease. Trypanosoma which are the parasites are protozoa transmitted to humans by tsetse flies. Tsetse flies live in Africa‚ and they are found in vegetation by rivers and lakes‚ gallery-forests and vast stretches of wooded savannah. Sleeping sickness occurs only in sub-Saharan Africa‚ in regions where tsetse flies are endemic. There are many regions where tsetse flies are found‚ but

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    has become a significant part of music and society is spirituals. Spirituals are religious folksongs created by Africans who were brought forcefully to South America as slaves to work on plantations‚ between the 1600s to the 1870s. Slaves were restricted from their freedom of expression and they faced hardships. To survive these times‚ slaves inclined towards music and the African culture gave birth to a new musical genre‚ spirituals. Since slaves were allowed

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    African American Theatre

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    Over the course of approximately one-hundred years there has been a discernible metamorphosis within the realm of African-American cinema. African-Americans have overcome the heavy weight of oppression in forms such as of politics‚ citizenship and most importantly equal human rights. One of the most evident forms that were withheld from African-Americans came in the structure of the performing arts; specifically film. The common population did not allow blacks to drink from the same water fountain

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