Chapter 7 Define: * Plateau: a relatively high‚ flat land areas * Desert * Savanna: broad grassland dotted with small trees and shrubs Define: * Animism: * Griot: a special class of African storytellers who help keep alive a people’s history * Subsistence Farming: the practice of growing just enough crops for personal use‚ not for sale * Matrilineal: tracing lineage through the mother rather than the father * Patrilineal: tracing lineage through the father Know
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ST. LUCIAS FOLK CULTURE AND THE STRUGGLES FOR EMANCIPATION By Travis Weekes My main motivation for researching the contents of this paper stems from my curiosity about the origin and development of some of St. Lucias most vibrant and persistent cultural forms. Forms which I believe have been and are still very instrumental in the shaping of the St. Lucian person forms such as the bele‚ the konte‚ the abwe‚ the flower festivals of La Rose and La Maguerite and of course the language Kweyol‚ which
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African American culture African American culture in the United States includes the various cultural traditions of African ethnic groups. It is both part of and distinct from American culture. The U.S. Census Bureau defines African Americans as "people having origins in any of the Black race groups of Africa."[1] African American culture is indigenous to the descendants in the U.S. of survivors of the Middle Passage. It is rooted in Africa and is an amalgam of chiefly sub-Saharan African and
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Hip Hop Hip hop is a broad conglomerate of artistic forms that originated as a specific street subculture within South Bronx communities during the 1970s in New York City. It is characterized by four distinct elements‚ all of which represent the different manifestations of the culture: rap music (aural)‚ turntablism or "DJing" (aural)‚ breaking (physical) and graffiti art (visual). Despite their contrasting methods of execution‚ they find unity in their common association to the poverty and violence
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AP WORLD HISTORY ® Course and Exam Description Effective Fall 2011 The College Board The College Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900‚ the College Board was created to expand access to higher education. Today‚ the membership association is made up of more than 5‚900 of the world’s leading educational institutions and is dedicated to promoting excellence and equity in education. Each year‚ the College
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* Change Analysis Chart Postclassical (600-1450 C.E.) | Basic Features at Beginning of period | Key Continuities | Key Changes | Basic Features at End of Period | Reasons for Change or Continuities | Global Trade What other trading systems existed at the beginning of the period? The Indian Ocean system is a continuity‚ not a change.What about the gold-salt trade? Don’t you mean the Pax Mongolica? | * Trade was very international. * Silk roads linked Eurasia‚ and goods traded hands many
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I. Questions of periodization A. Nature and causes of changes in the world history framework leading up to 600 C.E. 1450 as a period B. Emergence of new empires and political systems C. Continuities and breaks within the period (e.g.‚ the impact of the Mongols on international contacts and on specific societies) The Islamic world II. The rise and role of Dar al-Islam as a unifying cultural and economic force in Eurasia and Africa A. The Rise 1. Arab Region Before a. Vast‚ dry area
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VERBAL-TEXT AS A PROCESS OF COMPOSITIONAL AND IMPROVISATIONAL ELABORATION IN BUKUSU LITUNGU MUSIC by ABIGAEL NANCY MASASABI Submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF MUSICOLOGY at the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA SUPERVISOR: DR MARIE R. JORRITSMA CO- SUPERVISOR: DR FLORENCE NGALE MIYA MAY 2011 i DECLARATION Student number: 3658-166-6 I declare that VERBAL-TEXT AS A PROCESS OF COMPOSITIONAL AND IMPROVISATIONAL ELABORATION IN BUKUSU
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System Analysis and Design of a Low-Cost Micromechanical Seeker System by Brian J. Nagle B.S. Mechanical Engineering United States Air Force Academy‚ 2006 SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AT THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY JUNE 2008 Copyright ©2008 Brian J. Nagle. All rights reserved. The author hereby grants to MIT permission to reproduce and to distribute publicly
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S omething Torn and New This page intentionally left blank ü Something Torn and New An African Renaissance Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o A MEMBER OF THE PERSEUS BOOKS GROUP NEW YORK Copyright © 2009 by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Published by BasicCivitas Books‚ A Member of the Perseus Books Group All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied
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