The Maasaai Tribe of Africa The Maasai people live in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. They started to migrate to northern Kenya in the 15th century . They occupy about a 160‚000 square kilometers with a population of about half a million. Their society is comprised of sixteen sections. The Maasai language comes from their ancestral ties to the Samburu and Nyemps‚ their language is called the Maa . They are a very independent tribe and have many traditional values and customs. There are
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Navajo Tribe I choose the Navajo culture because when I was twelve I had a friend that was Navajo. She taught me a lot about her culture‚ and what it was all about. So‚ I thought doing the Navajo culture would be a perfect topic for me to research because of my personal connection to my friends life. This tribe of the Native Americans is the largest one in the United States to this day. Doing the research has taught me a lot more of the nature of the culture and the beliefs. That their culture
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Finding Your Voice The Color Purple is a novel written by Alice Walker‚ which was published in 1982. The story takes place around the 1910s-1940s. It follows a young girl Celie as she grows up and all the challenges she has to face. The book is written through letters. The letters begin by being addressed to god but as Celie finds out her sister Nettie is possibly still alive she begins to write to her instead. The main recurring theme in this novel is having a strong voice and sticking up for yourself
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Copyright: Martina Diehl June 2012 The Color Purple: Consolation in Female Bonding Celie’s road to trusting and loving herself Abstract This essay is about the love affair in The Color Purple‚ a novel by Alice Walker in which‚ thoughts on racism‚ incest‚ rape‚ love and family affairs are provoked. The reader learns about these subjects through the letters that Celie‚ an uneducated black woman‚ writes to God and through the letters that her sister Nettie and Celie write to each other. I would
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Purple Hibiscus Character notes: Eugene Achike Eugene is a complex and fascinating character‚ whose shadow falls strongly on his wife and children. Born during the colonial period in Nigeria‚ he was raised by priests and left his country to study in England. Publicly‚ he is praised for his courageous stand against the military regime in Nigeria and admired for his success in the business world. Privately‚ however‚ he is revealed to be a religious fanatic who rules his household with his
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VIII. LITERATURE 4.1 ORAL: Like other ethnic tribal groups of the North East India and Assam‚ the Rabha tribe also have their own distinct language‚ literature and culture‚ which they express through mythology‚ folk songs‚ ballads‚ proverbs‚ etc. This community has rich oral literature‚ which passes from generation to generation. The Rabha oral literature can be classified into three major groups- namely (1). Folk songs‚ (2). Proverbs‚ riddles‚ sayings and charms‚ and (3). Folk-tales. Folk Songs:
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Most people depend on family during times of hardship. The bond of family is so powerful that it almost seems as if everybody was a part of one big family‚ many problems would be minimized. My community‚ the Hopi tribe‚ designed an extremely unique and broad family connection that has been a sustainable means of life for thousands of years. I admire our family system that allows us to overcome the challenges we face in the community. Mission teams come to our community from the east and west coast
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to show how the brain controls recalling colour evocative wording against non colour evocative wording using the Stroop effect Abstract This experiment researched the effect of the automatic processes the brain behaves in the Stroop effect. The Stroop effect was found by J.R Stroop in 1932‚ and it tries to identify when participants recalling the colour‚ in which words are written more difficult than recalling words that are in conflicting colours to which they are printed. The test was to
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version of a Stroop experiment using colour-associated and colour neutral words. Abstract: This experiment investigated the Stroop effect comparing response times between naming colour ink printed in colour-associated words and colour neutral words. Previous research of two-process theories which support Stroop’s studies [cited in Edgar:2007] found that automatic processes can interfere with controlled processes. To test this interference further‚ colour-associated words were employed. Results
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Celie‚ the protagonist from The Color Purple‚ written by Alice Walker‚ develops greatly throughout the story. The story takes place in the 1900’s in the south. Celie endures many hardships throughout her life and she has never fought for herself until she was influenced by other women in her life. When the reader first meets Celie she is fourteen years old by the end she is at least sixty. Celie had many women who influenced her throughout the story‚ her sister Nettie‚ her friend Sofia‚ and the
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