Lucas Maher Audio Guide Essay #1 Intro to African Arts Professor.Probst 3/3/11 Mende Sowei Helmet Mask Type of Object: Helmet mask Ethnic Group: Mende Country of Origin: Sierra Leone‚ Liberia Materials: wood‚ pigment Approximate Age: mid 20th century Dimensions: 19 inches H. x 14 x 19.5 inches W. One of the most prominent and intriguing works of art that came out West Africa were the wooden Sowei helmet masks. These masks were beautiful and compelling merely as works of art but they
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It could be considered almost ludicrous that most African-Americans were content with their station in life. Although that was how they were portrayed to the white people‚ it was a complete myth. Most slaves were dissatisfied with their stations in life‚ and longed to have the right of freedom. Their owners were acutely conscious of this fact and went to great lengths to prevent slave uprisings from occurring. An example of a drastic measure would be the prohibition of slaves receiving letters. They
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Long Way Gone Study Guide / Discussion Questions / Writing Assignment Suggestions Please respond to these questions in RED font and put into your ALWG folder. Chapter Questions: Chapter One: ● What did the old man in Kabati mean when he said‚ “We must strive to be like the moon”? Is this advice that could apply to you? Why or why not? It means you must always be good to others. Yes‚ it can apply to me because I wouldn’t want to be treated bad‚ Chapter Two: ● Beah moves around in time as he tells his story
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The aim of creating peace in a country that is conflict-prone or a post-conflict environment is to prevent the reoccurrence or escalation of violence and establish a durable self-sustaining peace. The root causes of conflicts clearly need to be addressed adequately otherwise violence will recur. There are numerous root causes of a conflict‚ such as these major causes; political‚ economic and social inequalities‚ poor governance‚ high unemployment and poverty. There are many examples of violence recurring
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What really goes on in Africa that not many people know about. There are many conflicts in Africa that we are not aware of. Wars are part of every civilization both small tribes and mighty nations in Africa have been involved in war since people first carved knives out of stone. Despite decades of conflict‚ death and tragedy issues in Africa have often been ignored‚ oversimplified‚ or focused on limited aspects. “There are currently fifteen African countries involved in war‚ or are experiencing post-war
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coast or the interior of West Africa‚ between present-day Senegal and Angola. Other enslaved peoples originally came from Madagascar and Tanzania in East Africa In February of 1839‚ Portuguese slave hunters abducted a large group of Africans from Sierra Leone and shipped them to Havana‚ Cuba‚ a center for the slave trade. This abduction violated all of the treaties then in existence. Fifty-three Africans were purchased by two Spanish planters and put aboard the Cuban schooner Amistad for shipment to
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controversial thing in today’s society. Whether you are for or against them provoke fear in other’s unarmed. Guns are a way that enables anyone to gain power. In A Long Way Gone a memoir by Ishmael Beah he talks about how his early life was in Sierra Leone‚ where a war was going on during the time. Beah affected by the war‚ discussing how he felt and still feels today‚ “That person pointed the gun at the place where I had been shot and pulled the trigger. I woke up and hesitantly touched my side
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govern‚ and to what extent are geographic restrictions applicable? Should you be bound by international law? Is the relationship between parties worth keeping? Ultimately‚ is it worth your risk? Liberia‚ Nigeria‚ Benin‚ Togo‚ Ghana‚ Cote D’Ivoire‚ Sierra Leone‚ guinea‚ guinea Bissau‚ the Gambia‚ and Senegal are 12 of the 15 countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) bordering the western coast of Africa. Take into account African political realities and common commercial policy
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were a long way from Mattru Jong. A long way gone.” The title‚ A Long Way Gone‚ gives the reader a glimpse of how far Ishmael is away from Mattru Jong‚ his life before being a soldier‚ and how distant he is with himself. Mattru Jong is a city in Sierra Leone‚ which Ishmael‚ his brother‚ Junior‚ and a few friends travel to in chapter 1 to attend a talent show. While on the way to Mattru Jong‚ the boys stopped in Kabati and spoke to their grandmother. They left Kabati and continued on to Mattru Jong
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Blood Diamond has a different ending of all the racism but is still positive. A man will die for one of these diamonds. While a powerful man is in prison called Sierra Leone. Danny Archer is a diamond smuggler‚ who meets a black man called Soloman Vandy‚ whom is a farmer who had been captured by soldiers who are fighting for Sierra Leone. As the rebels
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