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    Stats 113 Convos Project

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    Convos/STAT 113 Service Learning Group Project Instructions  30 points total  Josey Ho 0027899115  Peining Xie 0025880900  Xiaotian Zhang 0025741134    Start by watching the Convos video (link will be in Blackboard) to learn what Convos needs  for us to do to help them choose artists to bring to campus next semester.  We will all be  working as statistical consultants.  You will be working in groups to collect data‚ and then as a  class we will prepare a report for Convos.  Questions to answer with your group before collecting your data: 

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    Guava (Psidium Guajava) is a genus of about 100 species of tropical shrubs and small trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It is native in Mexico‚ as well Central America‚ Northern America and parts of the Carribeanbut not cultivated throughout the tropics. In Tagalog ‚ name bayabas are probably local renditions of guayaba. Numerous references in medical research identify guava as Psidium Guajava. Guavas (singular guava‚ /ˈɡwɑː.və/)[3] are plants in the Myrtle family (Myrtaceae) genus Psidium‚ which

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    Slavery done so we do not need to remember it!” Respond to this statement drawing specific reference to the nature of slave society and how the enslaved fought against their enslavement. Slavery done so we do not need to remember it!” Respond to this statement drawing specific reference to the nature of slave society and how the enslaved fought against their enslavement. Every society‚ in the Caribbean or anywhere else‚ is a product of the particular historical forces that shaped

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    effect of the International Monetary Fund on the economy of Jamaica‚ the third world country that was once colonized by the Great Britain. The film has offered the audiences different voices on this issue including the IMF officers‚ the Jamaican farmers and former Jamaican president as an overview to the issue The former president of Jamaica Michael Manley has been out of power for many years‚ yet his bitterness over his ouster and his country’s subsequent decline remains palpable. His take on the primary

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    gave them a voice as she explored the issues about dancehall as related to the Jamaican society. Hope discussed the historical setting and definition of dancehall‚ sex and gender‚ violence and identity in the dancehall. The author used this forum to bring to life the perceived unknown truths about the dancehall culture in Jamaica. Throughout the book‚ the theme of rudeness was explored. Hope linked “rudeness” to Jamaican culture and in essence showed how “rudeness” is a part of Caribbean civilization

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    Nations‚ located south of Cuba and west of Haiti in the Caribbean Sea. Jamaica is the third largest island of the Greater Antilles (island chain in the West Indies that encompasses the nations of Cuba‚ Haiti‚ Dominican Republic‚ and Puerto Rico).The Jamaican population is made up numerous ethnic groups; The most dominant ethnic groups found in Jamaica are; the Indians‚ Chinese‚ Africans and Lebanese. The Indians Over 36‚000 Indians were taken to Jamaica as indentured workers between 1845 and 1917

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    and gives a current perspective on such issues. In so doing the writer wishes for his audience to look at the preceding times and draw a comparison between then and now with the hope that all who read this book will somehow be forced to look at Jamaicans through all walks of life and realize how social and racial cohesion can never be ignored; if we have decided that out of many one people we will strive to move forward as one cohesive unit and survive as a nation and develop accordingly as well

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    Louise Bennett

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    and adult groups both in social welfare agencies and for the University of the West Indies Extra Mural Department. She appeared in leading humorous roles in several Jamaican pantomimes and television shows. She travelled throughout the world promoting the culture of Jamaica through lectures and performances. Her contribution to Jamaican cultural life was such that she was honored with the Norman Manley Award for Excellence in the field of Arts‚ the Order of Jamaica in 1974‚ the Institute of Jamaica’s

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    3. Bob Marley was singing at approximately 7-years old to his mother and neighbors. The attraction to singing music and writing lyrics was planted in his heart and soul from the love of his beloved mother who sang Jamaican gospel church songs and later chanted Rastafarian poetry. Bob’s mother‚ Cedella Booker-Marley had a beautiful Sunday morning church service singing voice. Mother B.‚ as Bob’s mother was affectionately called in Jamaica‚ produced compact disks: Awake Zion (A tribute to her

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    to explain the contrasting views of the Jamaican people. For example‚ the voice over explains how many American tourists feel rich when they exchange money because their American dollars go for many Jamaican dollars due to the high inflation rates causing their currency to be valued so little. Throughout the rest of the documentary‚ Black’s main goal is to show what post-colonial Jamaica is really like since the IMF has given them loans and what the Jamaican people have had to sacrifice in the process

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