Biography (Life‚ Major Contribution and Legacy) of CLR James James was born on January 4‚ 1901 in Port of Spain‚ the largest city in colonial Trinidad. He spent most of his youth in the village of Tunapuna‚ eight miles outside the city. His father was a school teacher‚ a significant position in the colonial Caribbean‚ and his mother had been educated in a Weslyan convent. The status and education of his parents marked James as somewhat privileged in relation to the other residents of Tunapuna. As
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Marcus Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) in 1914. Garvey’s Pan-African philosophy inspired the Garveyism movement‚ where Marcus Garvey “melded Jamaican peasant aspirations for economic and cultural independence with the American gospel of success to create a new gospel of racial pride. ‘Garveyism’ eventually evolved
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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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The invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 is actually preceded by another symbolic event of historical import in the epic memory of Pan-African Nationalism known as the Battle of Adowa� (1896).� This latter event was the armed rejection of imperial Italy�s initial encroachment on Ethiopia.� Italy�s actions‚ at that time‚ were reflective of the 1884-85 Berlin Conference‚ the so-called‚ �Scramble for Africa� conference.�The conference produced documented commitment to the cooperative pursuit of Africa�s exploitation
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January 9‚ 13- Lecture 2 • Blackface Minstrelsy • Betrays simultaneous fascinations and repulsion for African American culture (don’t imitate unless admire) • Appeared in the 1830’s and onward • As much a matter of class as a matter of race • Live entertainment in which white performers darkened their skin to imitate what they thought African American music sounded like (didn’t know much about African American culture or the south in general) • Ridiculed blacks and made profit • Northern
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A brief overview to some of the main Caribbean philosophers Afro-Caribbean philosophical consist within the wider framework of African‚ European‚ and Afro-American philosophical traditions. There were different languages in the history of Caribbean philosophy; English‚ French and Spanish. The following paper tries to give a Brief summary of the most influential authors. Eric Eustace Williams (1911 – 1981) was prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1961 until
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Student Name Professor Name Subject 20 June 2012 Social Equality in Children ’s Literature To begin with‚ we should say what social equality is in general. Social equality is a state of social affairs where all the people within the same group or any other formation have the same rights and‚ what is more important‚ the same status in certain respects. Some basic differences may divide people in social hierarchy. The main ones are gender‚ race‚ or wealth. But why is it so significant especially
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Malcolm X U.S. Black-Rights Activist and Religious Leader As well all know we are in the month of February. February is the month of love and the month to celebrate black history. Today I am going to talk about the one and only Malcolm X. I asked many people who they thought Malcolm X was and none of them knew. They were saying that he was a boxer‚ a black dude‚ or a random guy who was celebrated. But little did they know that he was kind of like Martin Luther King except that he believed in taking
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Claudia Jones: An End to the Neglect of the Problems of the Negro Woman! Hakeem Smith HIST 300 Professor Duvivier Date Claudia Jones is an extraordinary figure. A Trinidadian migrant to Harlem‚ the impoverished yet determined independent young woman quickly rose in the ranks of a Young Communist League‚ writing frequently about the treatment of Black Women in the United States from a Marxist perspective. Claudia Jones’ activism spanned two different continents‚ Europe and North America
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African American Studies Review Chapter One Study Questions 1. Discuss the four basic thrusts of the student movement which led to the founding of Black Studies * The Civil Rights Movement (1960) * Break down the barriers of legal separation in public accommodations * Achieve equality and justice for Blacks * Organize Blacks into a self-conscious social force capable of defining‚ defending and advancing their interests * SNCC emerged as a vanguard group in
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