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    speech to American feminists‚ women of other races have proposed alternative feminisms (Sinclair‚ 1975: 235-238).

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    sugarcane‚ coconuts‚ bananas‚ asian rice‚ and vegetables. Another effect is slavery; they used slaves to break up the salt so it could be traded. Also trading had a major effect on Islam. According to document 8 “ The leaders became integrated into African societies by playing religious‚social‚and political roles similar to those of traditional priests”(447). This means Muslim leaders kind of move in and just sprinkled their religion around until people caught on. And by learning this new religion it

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    Slave Treatment In the 16th and 17th centuries‚ the practice of slavery was growing throughout Europe. The Africans took part in the slave trade because they were able to trade slaves with the Europeans for money and goods. The Portuguese and the Africans had different motives as to why they wanted to follow through on their decisions to create a slave trade. The Portuguese introduced slave trade to Brazil as they had been given land in Brazil and the slaves could help with agriculture in the

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    Colonial rule caused a breakdown in traditional African rule. This breakdown happened over time and for several reasons. The French and European powers wanted more direct control of their colonies during the 18th and 19th centuries than they did in the 15th and 16th centuries. This new period of Imperialism‚ led to the Europeans demanding more power over the political‚ economic‚ and social lives of all people. The Europeans looked at the Africans as not being able to handle the complex ideals

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    Differences aesthetics of African cultures The beauty of African art can convey emotional messages to the observer. It is important however to understand the culture that influenced the art. It is hard to distinguish between different types of African art as many of the basic themes of African art are religion. Religion most often manifests itself into African art through masks‚ sculpture‚ ancestor or cult figures‚ fetishes‚ and reliquary figures. There are many different religions throughout

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    Bibliographic Essay on African American History Introduction In the essay “On the Evolution of Scholarship in Afro- American History” the eminent historian John Hope Franklin declared “Every generation has the opportunity to write its own history‚ and indeed it is obliged to do so.”1 The social and political revolutions of 1960s have made fulfilling such a responsibility less daunting than ever. Invaluable references‚ including Darlene Clark Hine‚ ed. Black Women in

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    concept of theater‚ which also comprehends such forms as opera and dance‚ the term drama refers essentially to dramatic literature—the text composed by playwrights to be spoken in a theater. Because the heritages of Indian‚ Chinese‚ Japanese‚ and African drama have had little influence on one another and even less on the theaters of the English-speaking world. On the stage it combines many arts those of the author‚ director‚ actor‚ designer‚ and others. Dramatic performance involves an intricate

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    The leading cause of the African slave trade in the 1451 - 1870 centuries was that Europe profited from the exploitation of the slave which were used as free labor in the Americas in order to produce cheap materials for manufacturing goods. Slavery was used by the Portuguese‚ the Spanish‚ and the English in the years 1451 through the year 1870. Slavery was used for many reasons but some of those reasons are racism‚ religion‚ save money. The slaves were people from africa that we brought

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    Due: Social Studies; Native Americans Essay Thousands of years ago the Native Americans crossed the land-bridge. Then the Native Americans spit-up and settled and created the culture areas. Depending on the environments the Native Americans had different basic needs to survive such as clothing‚ food‚ and shelter. The Iroquois used their natural resources to get food. The men hunted animals such as deer

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    they turned to the Native Americans for cheap labor but millions of them started to die because of disease‚ warfare‚ and brutal treatment. Therefore‚ Europeans in Brazil‚ the Caribbean ‚ and the Southern colonies of North America soon turned to Africa for workers. The demand of cheap labor resulted in the slave trade. Slavery had existed in Africa for centuries but it was minor. The spread of Islam into Africa in the 17th century increased slavery and the slave trade. African rulers justified enslavement

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