Selma Hougeir Art History- Reflection paper #1 Learning about African arts was very interesting to me. I was born in North Africa and have seen a lot of North African arts‚ but never really knew much about the sub- Saharan African arts. The most interesting part of African history for me was the history of the Nigerian arts. I could not believe that the earliest known sculptures in Africa were from the 5th century. The remarkable Terra cotta pottery heads were made from fired clay. They came
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Journal Article Review In this article the authors present findings from a study of African immigrants to Ireland. The main focus of the study was to look at the experiences of pregnant and post natal African women and to explore questions about their experiences of maternity services in Ireland and also larger issues of integration into Irish society. The research was based primarily in a Dublin maternity hospital. The author also highlights a number of issues African immigrants face when living
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The history of Africa and the Mali kingdoms is passed on to us through the oral accounts of the African griots and also through the written history of the Arab historians. Comparing the different approaches and views of the Arab historians to the African traditionalist of Sundiata‚ we see there are many similarities and differences between the two. With respect to the political‚ economic‚ and social aspects of the kingdoms‚ the epic of Sundiata portrays the Mali kingdoms through a story of a rising
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Main articles: Middle Eastern and North African music traditions‚ Arabic music‚ and Middle Eastern music North Africa (red region on map below) is the seat of ancient Egypt and Carthage‚ civilizations with strong ties to the ancient Near East and which influenced the ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Eventually‚ Egypt fell under Persian rule followed by Greek and Roman rule‚ while Carthage was later ruled by Romans and Vandals. North Africa was later conquered by the Arabs‚ who established the region
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African literature is highly diversified‚ even though it shows some similarities. In fact‚ the common denominator of the cultures of the African continent is undoubtedly the oral tradition. Writing on black Africa started in the middle Ages with the introduction of the Arabic language and later‚ in the nineteenth century with introduction of the Latin alphabet. Since 1934‚ with the birth of the "Negritude‚" African authors began to write in French or in English. Since the 1960’s quantitative and
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The African Savanna is a tropical grassland. African Savannas get lots of rainfall. In the beginning of May is when the rainy seasons start. It ends in November‚ and they usually get about fifteen to twentyfive feet of rain a month. In the dry season they only get about four inches of rain. In the Northern hemisphere the dry season is from April to September. But in the the Southern hemisphere its from October to March. The African savanna comes in a wet-dry tropical climate. One way
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October 6‚ 2012 The Message of African Drums In the African culture‚ music is a part of daily life. It is used to convey news‚ to teach‚ to tell stories‚ and for religious purposes. The variety of musical instruments is as diverse as their culture‚ but the most important musical instrument to the African people is the drum. The djembe is the most famous African drum. It is made from goatskin and shaped like a large goblet. The djembe is made to be played with bare hands. Use of the djembe dates
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Chapter 4 Rising Expectations: African Americans and the Struggle For Independence‚ 1763- 1783 The Rising Expectation of the African Americans and the struggle for Independence was a great thing for blacks they started rise up over slavery‚ they made a big impact in the wars‚ and they got the Declaration of Independence from Thomas Jefferson. I. The Crisis of the British Empire 1) The Great struggle. 2) The two empires Great Britain and France. 3) The independence movement and the
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Black Politicization through Social Movements African-Americans have been systematically mistreated and unequally viewed by society. From first contact‚ social stigma and power relations subjugated the race to extremely harsh living conditions. This systematic mistreatment of African-Americans continued for over 300 years‚ until they operationalized political movements and used their independent and unique agency to overcome the hardships. Two outstanding examples of these social and political uprisings
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Hi‚ guys today I wanted to tell you about how me and my friend had so much fun making pumpkin rolls cake. Well my older sister and my mom helped to. I love to bake along with showing‚ excpecially with other people. I’m not going to tell you the recipe but I still going to tell you about them. So lets get started. We were going over to her house to hang out and we decided to make pumpkin rolls. The first batch we made wasn’t the best but it was still really good for our first try. Then we looked to
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