American dancer and choreographer Katherine Dunham is one of the most famous African American dancers of all time. She strived to expose the awareness of the African Diaspora through her choreography. Her dance technique shows a collection of many cultures since she herself was a very cultural ethnic person. Dunham’s work has brought a great influence in the world of dance. Her hard work is still honored and appreciated to this day. Katherine Dunham was born on June 22‚ 1909 in Glen Ellyn‚ Illinois
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Zoya Khan Shawn Moore AFA 2000 Topical Paper 2: The African Family The traditional African family has faced many tribulations‚ as it has not remained static since the beginning of the diaspora. It has faced Eurocentric hegemony which has obscured and distorted conventional cultures‚ which originally united the African family through a network of strong traditions (Azevedo‚ 2005). Other various external forces such as geography‚ religion‚ influence of colonialism‚ intercontinental migration‚ political
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locations‚ and donate towards political and social causes that affect India. The Hindi cable channels have created new diasporic spheres that facilitate a sense of belonging with the homeland which was previously unimaginable. Keywords: cable TV‚ diaspora‚ Hindi‚ India‚ India Rising. Background to Local Broadcasting of Indian Programmes and Hindi Speaking Indian Communities Indians form the third significant ethnic community within the multiracial fabric of Singapore. They constitute 9.2 per
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REGENT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY ON CHAPTER TWO OF AFRICA RISING “AFRICA IS RICHER THAN YOU THINK” The fact is Africa has some of the poorest countries in the world. But the truth is Africa is one of the richest continents in the world. Most of the countries in Africa have GNI higher than China. The concentration of wealth here is a potential market for countries in Africa. And recent entrepreneurial activities have proven that this can be achieved
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“the basic lesson of materialist epidemiology: poverty compromises health and leaves impoverished people vulnerable to infections‚ including the so-called sexually transmitted infections” (43). It is essential to consider the ecology of the black diaspora when considering their health- There is no separation of the two. Especially within inner-cities where black individuals account for a majority of the population that are in poverty (Geary 40). It is the racist foundation of the institution that
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Programme des Nations Unies pour les établissements humains • Programa de las Naciones Unidas para los Asentamientos Humanos United Nations Human Settlements Programme Concept Note on Affordable Housing and Housing Finance in the Face of the Global Financial Crisis for the Luncheon Meeting‚ New York‚ 25 June 2009 Introduction In its resolution A/RES/63/221 entitled “Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United
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INTRODUCTION The Tavazo company is a family-business which operates in the food industry. Started upon an entrepeunarial initiative in the 1930s in Iran‚ its business has been developed such as Tavazo now commercializes products such as dried fruits and nuts and operates in activities from growing to retailing. The development has also been geographical as it entered the Canadian market by 2010. Now considering further expansion‚ the company asks for recommendations to decide of its future strategy
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destroyed by a coalition of Medes‚ Scythians‚ and Chaldeans. They had killed off the previous Assyrian empire. The Assyrian times were divided up into 6 periods: Emergence‚ First golden Age‚ first Dark Age‚ second golden age‚ second Dark Age‚ and the Diaspora. The emergence period went from the beginning of time to 2400B.C. in this period of time they developed the fundamentals of their civilization‚ such as animal domestication‚ agriculture‚ and pottery. Between 4500 and 2400 B.C.‚ different communities
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were rooted in a system shared by many‚ “the reach and scope of commercial mass media [has] unite[d] populations that had previously been divided” (Lipsitz‚ 186). Hip-hop was instrumental in bridging the divisions with both members of the African diaspora and with other minorities with similar
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THE NAMESAKE REVIEW TRANSNATIONAL MIGRANTS AND THE HYBRID CULTURAL PHENOMENA PREFACE The namesake is a touching story narrating the life of an Indian couple that migrated to the United States during the last 25 years of the 20th century. I was inspired by the profound and warm touch of how the author deliberately telling story. The beautiful language and the thoughtful phrases the author used in weaving the efforts of the immigrants‚ the happiness they try to build in their new living environment
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