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    Cuban Music

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    origin of many types of music in Latin America. Son was the first music to mix Spanish lyrics with African rhythm. There are many types of son‚ a few varieties include: mambo‚ salsa‚ and timba. The rumba‚ mambo‚ salsa‚ and Cuban jazz all have roots in Afro-Cuban son rhythms that originated more than two centuries ago. Son was a type of folk music sung on plantations in the hills of Oriente during the late 1800s. They sang about love‚ humour‚ and patriotism‚ though nowadays they include political and

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    Howard University Spring 2013 Semester Introduction to Afro American Studies I1 AFRO 005‚ Section 005‚ CRN 10009 Tuesdays/Thursdays‚ 9:40-11:00 a.m. Ernest Everett Just [Biology Building] Auditorium2 Greg Carr‚ Ph.D.‚ JD‚ Associate Professor3 Office: Founder’s Library‚ Room 3194 [202.806.7243 (direct office); gcarr@howard.edu; Twitter: @AfricanaCarr5 Office Hours: Tuesdays‚ 5-7 p.m.; Thursdays‚ 5-7 p.m.; Also by Appointment                          

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    As a 73-year-old woman‚ Benedita da Silva‚ an Afro-Brazilian woman is one with many accomplishments. Da Silva has lived through extreme poverty conditions in the slums of Brazil and still actively living there today. She has a political career‚ and is a community leader fighting for underprivileged and poor people. She always had dreams of it being were “ ‘human relationship take precedence over material things;’ a society that recognizes the worth of her neighbors in the Favelas.” (Gilmore 1)This

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    TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY A Raisin in the Sun: The Pursuit of Afro- American Dream A Thesis Submitted to the Department of English‚ Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences‚ Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus‚ Tribhuvan University‚ in the Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in English By Tanka Prasad Paudel Roll No.: 294/ 063 T. U. Registration No: 6-2-2-1201-2001 March 2011 Paudel i Tribhuvan University Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus Department of English Exhibition

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    Topic: Brazil: Country of Mystery Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that they should plan a trip to Brazil. Thematic Statement: Brazils wonder and exotic attributes alone are reason enough for all of you to come visit this land of beauty. Introduction I. Have you ever wanted to go surfing on white sand beaches where the people are beautiful and everything is cheap. Have you ever wanted to see the diversity and wonder of the Amazon mixed in with the cement jungle of Sao Paulo. Well‚ if

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    Rasjay bettis Benjamin Banneker Benjamin Banneker was born November 9‚ 1806 he was a free African American scientist‚ surveyor‚ almanac author and farmer. He was born in Baltimore County‚ Maryland to a free African American women and a former slave‚ Banneker had little formal education and was largely self-taught. Benjamin Banneker is famous for being the first African American scientist. He had no formal schooling but was a mathematician and for five years he calculated ephemeredes for almanacs

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    During the thirteenth century‚ the Mongolian Empire dominated Eurasia through theconquests of Ghenis Khan‚ and the victories over vast regions of people and land allowed for theestablishment of trade routes across great distances. This merger of lands permitted the beginning of trade between the oriental and occidental; therefore‚ the Mongolian Empire became an agent for theunprecedented exchange of ideas‚ goods‚ and political gestures on an international scale. There weremultiple causes that lead

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    Afro-American Migrants in “Promised Land”: From Field to Factory Dr. Poonam Punia Assistant Professor in English JCD Memorial P.G College‚ Sirsa (Haryana) Email: poonamdsingh7@gmail.com Abstract The United States has always been a country of people on the move: up and down the eastern seaboard‚ westward toward the Pacific‚ from countryside to city and from East and Midwest into the Sunbelt. Americans have a long history of dragging up

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    GEORGE REID ANDREWS: AFRO-LATIN AMERICA In this paper‚ I would arguer that the history of USA is intertwined with the issue of Blacks – their enslavement and freedom but it has not as yet been focused that this subject has far greater impact in Central and Latin America‚ thus the greater impact of blacks in Central and Latin America would be the main theme or argument of this paper. This book‚ Afro-Latin America by George Reid‚ is the first attempt to focus on this side of the African Diaspora

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    and Steel by Jared Diamond‚ the civilization of Eurasia is examined in detail in order to reveal why Eurasia was ultimately successful. Diamond argues that Eurasia was successful because of their agriculture‚ geography‚ and their immunity to germs‚ which I agree with. Diamond talks about how agriculture played a role in the success of Eurasia. Diamond says that Eurasia already had an advantage in agriculture because of their geography. Eurasia was located in an area that was home to many plants

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