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    School In Partial Fulfilment In Caribbean Examination Council Question: Theme 9 – Caribbean Society 1900-1985 What were the implications of being a member of the Rastafarian Movement in Jamaica during the 1960s and 1070s? Submitted by: Jade Eunis Centre Number: 100068 School: Manning’s School Territory: Jamaica‚ West Indies Teacher: Ms. Frith Year: 2014 Table of Contents Acknowledgement…………………………………………………………………..3 Ration………………………………………………………………………………..4 Essay…………………………………………………………………………………5 Appendix……………………………………………………………………………

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    are many feminist perspectives‚ and each perspective uses different approaches to analyze and interpret texts. One is that gender is “socially constructed” and another is that power is distributed unequally on the basis of sex‚ race‚ and ethnicity‚ religion‚ national origin‚ age‚ ability‚ sexuality‚ and economic class status” (South University Online‚ 2011‚ para. 1). The story “Girl” is an outline of the things young girls reaching adolescence must do in order to conform to society’s expectations in

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    England‚ lying gently on a map‚ seemed like a jewel to Jamaica Kincaid. By using rhetorical strategies and figurative language throughout her essay‚ she explains why and how she is overcome by England’s greatness. With Kincaid’s choice of details‚ figurative language‚ and creation of tone‚ she conveys an attitude of awe toward England. Kincaid uses repetition in many instances throughout her essay. In particular‚ lines 38-73 demonstrate a perfect example of the rhetorical strategy. She sets

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    Jamaica Kincaid’s novel “Lucy” is from the point of view of a girl who moves to America for a better life. The main characteristics that stuck out to me were how blunt and to the point she was while narrating‚ but when interacting with others‚ she felt out of place or did not care. If I were to direct a movie based on this book‚ I would cast Rosario Dawson as Lucy‚ but to recall these events. Through out the movie‚ Rosario Dawson would narrate what Lucy is really thinking while the camera shows a

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    regarding Indigenous Australians‚ Incarceration and the Criminal Justice System has found that Indigenous Australians have a far higher rate of contact with the criminal justice system. Indigenous adults are 14 times more likely to be imprisoned than a non-indigenous person. In 2007‚ Indigenous juveniles accounted for 59% of the total juvenile detention population; this is an issue that begins to occur even before adulthood. It was found that violent crimes were more common in the Indigenous community;

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    Religious Impulse - the universal urge to believe in something beyond ourselves. Credo - a philosophy or a set of beliefs. Ethnicity - a person’s origins‚ race‚ or culture‚ but not necessarily his or her religion. Totems - a projective entity in the form of an animal‚ natural object‚ or plant. Oracy - the ability to express oneself fluently in speech and to understand a spoken language. Elder - a person venerated for age and wisdom. Spiritual - concerned with sacred or religious

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    Jonkonnu in Jamaica. A dying tradition or a vibrant practice. According to Pamela and Martin Mordecai‚ they opined that culture is referred to “whatever traditions‚ beliefs‚ customs‚ and creative activities characterize a given community.” Every group has its own specific culture‚ its own way of seeing‚ doing and making its own traditions. Jonkunnu is a Jamaican traditional dance of African origin. Cheryl Ryman postulated that Jonkonnu linked music and dance‚ mime and symbols as the

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    eleven million people (out of a population of 83 million people.) The Coptic Church was established in the 1st century AD‚ after the arrival of Saint Mark. After a few years‚ Christianity spread throughout Egypt making it the most widely practiced religion in Egypt. However‚ after the invasion of Egypt by the Muslims in the seventh century‚ the religious demographics of the country dramatically changed. It went from being one of the greatest Christian countries to a largely Muslim country by the end

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    Briefly describe their religion and how it is interrelated in everything they do. What is a mama? Describe the mamas and their religion using anthropological concepts related to religion. What is their prediction for the world? What kind of evidence are they using to support their prediction? The Kogi‚ descendants of the Tairona‚ live in the high reaches of the Sierra Nevada of Columbia. This area remains mostly untouched and indigenous. Europeans landed here in the 1500’s

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    The indigenous people were accustomed to sicknesses of their own but none like the ones brought by the Spanish. With the coming of these diseases many of the indigenous people died from small pox and chicken pox. Realizing this effect the diseases had on them many might have committed suicide and led up to other ways in which the indigenous people died out. After Columbus had left for the first time his men became lazy and put the indigenous people to work and as a result these people attacked

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