Origin: France & England (Europe) Commonly put to music A-B-C-B‚ D-E-F-E 8-6-8-6 Meter GHAZAL Origin: India and Middle East Dates to 12th Century Written in couplets with repeating word at the end of each couplet A-A‚ B-A‚ C-A‚ D-A‚ etc. GRIOT CALL AND RESPONSE Origin: Western Africa (Mostly Benin) Oral Tradition Numerous lines‚ No rhyme scheme‚
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Yeelen (The Light‚ or Brightness) 1. What do you see as the significant difference/s between Out of Africa and Yeelen‚ especially in the cinematic representations of the Africa? (5 points) A major difference between both films is the cinematic representation of the African people. In Out of Africa‚ African people were represented in a way that they were lesser beings to the white people and solely existed in this film to serve the white people in the film. In a way‚ Africans in this movie were
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I come from a low-income‚ single parent‚ immigrant household. My life hasn’t been the easiest‚ but the challenges I faced growing up that most shaped who I am today weren’t from any external factors. They were within me. I am in a constant struggle of identity: humans‚ particularly insecure‚ neurotic‚ coming-of-age women like myself‚ are in a constant search for identification‚ an anchor that we hold on to validate our existence and legitimize any worries we have that we aren’t normal. It was difficult
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Critically examine the factors which impeded the development of a Haitian state after 1804 The American Revolution of 1776 proclaimed that all men have “inalienable rights‚” but the revolutionaries did not draw what seems to us the logical conclusion from this statement: that slavery and racial discrimination cannot be justified. It took the Civil War of 1861-65 to bring about emancipation. Just when the American constitution was going into effect in 1789‚ a revolution broke out in France.
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Nebi Desta Linda Daugs COM 100 30 October 2015 Evolution of Rap Music Rap is defined as a popular type of music with black origins‚ where words are recited quickly over a beat. This genre of music has its roots in West Africa where Griots‚ village story tellers‚ would tell stories rhythmically to drum beats. Also‚ there is references saying that slaves would speak over beats‚ confessing all the hardships that the slave owners have forced on them. It also showed up in the jazz period. Jazz musicians
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Artifacts come in so many shapes and sizes‚ different aspects of life and they also remind different cultures what happened in the past and how to learn for the future. The boom box is one of those artifacts that are present in history‚ since there are so many developments that occurred after this development of the boom box. It holds a strong memory of where African Americans have come from and what they have done to created expressions for every culture to express the feelings that they are having
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Colonizers rape societies. [Rape‚ as the ultimate form of violence and abuse of power‚ accurately describes colonialism.] Colonized peoples suffered unspeakable atrocities in the hands of European powers. One of the many crimes perpetrated was the loss of identity for many nations and cultures. This was a systematic manipulation to divide and conquer people by assimilation and manipulation. Ferdinand Oyono’s Houseboy‚ told in the form of young Toundi’s diary in the time of French colonization of
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traced the lack of complex rhythms‚ as many scholars have‚ to the drum being taken away from slaves in America. He believed it important for a musician to acquire knowledge of what has come before‚ historically and musically; Gillespie was clearly a griot of his day. Openly sharing knowledge‚ Gillespie would hold meetings in apartments with a piano and in restaurants discussing theory with other musicians such as Kenny Clarke‚ Thelonious Monk‚ and Charlie
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African Civilizations But many Bantu people also stayed in West Africa. For instance‚ there were certainly people living at Djenne-Djeno‚ in modern Mali‚ far up the Niger river in West Africa‚ around 250 BC. By 300 AD‚ the men and women of Djenne-Djeno were trading along the Niger river with other West African communities to get iron and good stone to make grindstones. They buried dead people in tall pots that stood in between their houses. By 500 AD‚ there were about 20‚000 people living in Djenne-Djeno
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Biological Predispositions at Strife Genetic engineering‚ or genetic modification‚ is the direct manipulation of human and animal genome using biotechnology in hopes of procreating its masses. What happens: DNA or RNA is prepared and inserted into a host of the organism or a cell that is hybridized into the host. By manipulating its genome‚ scientists (who are so obsessed with “playing god”) are able to produce more desirable or efficient traits in humans and animals. The organism that is newly
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