CONTEMPORARY ICONOLOGY AND AFRICAN SACRED SYMBOLS Sophia Oduol‚ 2011 sophiaoduol@gmail.com Introduction The awareness of the power of iconography in communication can be traced back to the earliest civilizations of mankind. Production of type was through scratch marks made on flat surfaces using sharp objects. Twentieth century records show well developed type from Mesopotamia‚ Chinese calligraphy‚ Egyptian Hieroglyphics and Phoenician alphabet. How do you make any sense of history‚ art
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the Indigenous people of Australia. They live in all parts of the country‚ from major cities to remote tropical coasts and the borders of the central deserts. They are not one group‚ but comprise of hundreds of groups that have their own histories‚ beliefs and values‚ languages and cultural traditions. The health status of Indigenous people pre-invasion is difficult to assess in ways comparable to current data. However‚ there is strong evidence that
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from Australia Bureau of Statistics‚ Ross (1996) points out that the exact number of indigenous people is not sure because the definition of ‘indigenous Australian’ is not quite certain in the history.Meanwhile‚ it is largely accepted (Sofield 2002) that the indigenous Australians contain approximately 2% of the total number of Australia population‚ which is about more than 430‚000 in number.Most of the indigenous Australians are now living in remote areas such as national parks. With the natural
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For most indigenous people‚ health disadvantages begin at birth‚ and this inequity is appalling. Something must be done to close the gap by 2030. Socioeconomic factors are associated with education‚ employment‚ and income‚ and each‚ has a substantial influence on the health of Indigenous Australians. Education‚ which is inaccessible for many Indigenous people‚ allows for the greater knowledge of health issues‚ and the increased understanding of both protective behaviors and risk factors. It is
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Although NAFTA was originally implemented to modernize Mexico’s economy by creating manufacturing jobs for laborers‚ it favored wealthy national leaders and oversaw the detrimental effects it would have on the indigenous people of Mexico. The adoption of NAFTA between the three countries precisely began in December of 1992‚ when President Carlos Salinas of Mexico‚ President George H. W. Bush of the United States‚ and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney of Canada signed the free trade agreement ("Mexico
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In this report the Indigenous Australian/Aborigine culture was studied over a course of three weeks to learn the significance of the Sun and astronomy to those people. Covered in this report is the indigenous perspectives on the Sun and Moon‚ the Australian Aborigine creation myth‚ and the story of the Aboriginal Flag with the Sun as its symbol. Each point will be thoroughly explained. The Aborigine people of Australia have unique perspectives on the Sun and the Moon. The stories explained will
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Australia’s indigenous population were considered as ‘flora and fauna’ up until 1967‚ when a referendum was held as to whether they should be afforded the same basic human right to be officially recognised and counted as Australian citizens. An overwhelming 90.77% (www.aph.gov.au)‚ of Australia’s other eligible and recognised citizens thought that Australia’s indigenous population should be afforded the right. While this referendum had corrected a long standing wrong‚ Australia’s indigenous population
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Oppression of women is systemic in our society and is manifested in individualized and institutionalized manners whereby women have suffered severely and continue to do so. Nowhere is this more visible than in the indigenous community. With mounting evidence surrounding the cases of these missing women‚ and with thanks to the journalistic investigation done by Kines and his partners‚ the case finally broke and Robert Pickton was arrested. That being said‚ the Pickton
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Four characteristics of “Indigenous” religions are that they must maintain and restore harmony‚ are members of a larger spiritual family‚ pattern all life‚ and sense a place within the rhythms of life. An important fundamental in most traditional indigenous worldview focuses heavily on maintaining equilibrium with spiritual beings and forces and restoring that balance when it is lost. Although indigenous religions speak of an existence after the present life‚ it is not often thought of as the ultimate
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thought of our country ignoring the cries of violence against Indigenous women and girls‚ is downright absurd. The Canadian government has acknowledged the severity of the threats to Indigenous women and girls‚ but have no current plan in action to help these women. Indigenous women‚ especially in a respected country like Canada‚ have the right to be safe and free from violence. According to an Amnesty International report‚ “Indigenous women are five to seven times more likely than other women to
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