African Culture Essays and Term Papers

Critical Analysis Of "Identity Crisis" And "Oppositional Dress"

In Minabrere Ibelema's essay "Identity Crisis", Ibelema suggests that the mainstream american culture is so powerful that all cultures conform to it. Ibelema does this by showing how the mass media portrays African Americans in relation to their cultural identity by using situation comedies as a ...

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Crooklyn: A Review

Crooklyn is the story of how one family (The Carmichael’s) struggles to survive and stay together, as they experience one very special summer in their crowded, but cozy Brooklyn neighborhood nickname “Crooklyn” for the magical, crazy, remarkable experiences in their hometown. Told from the ...

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Arrow of God

`Arrow of God' is Achebe's third novel and was set in the 1920s in rural Nigeria, after the pacification period and long before independence. The point at which it is set, the colonial project is well underway, and many British officials and contractors are in Nigeria building the infrastructure ...

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Desert Flower

Waris Dirie was born into a family of nomads in a Somalian desert. Growing up, she was privileged to run free with nature’s most majestic animals, and learned a respect for nature that many of us as Americans could never fathom. However, these thrills are just on the surface of what life is ...

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Gender Roles in The Royal Arts of Africa

Gender Roles in African Royal Art Gender roles are defined by a community in terms of social constructs based on shared meaning. There are a number of ways in which to view gender relationships, among them are language (verbal and non-verbal), political access, employment differences and art, ...

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Everyday Use

Through contrasting family members and views in "", Alice Walker illustrates the importance of understanding our present life in relation to the traditions of our own people and culture. Using careful descriptions and attitudes, Walker demonstrates which factors contribute to the values ...

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Immigration

Kalapodas 8 Dec. 1999 History 101 Dr. Tassinari : The New American Paul Kalapodas 8 Dec. 1999 For many, to the United States during the late 19th to early 20th century would be a new beginning to a prosperous life. However there were many acts and laws past to limit the influx of immigrants, do ...

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Reaching Up For Manhood

Under-privileged, African-American boys are more prevalent in today's society than the typical person would like to recognize or admit. These boys seem to be faced with an ideal in which they need to follow or conform to as any and all cultures have. However, the problem is that for these boys, ...

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Situational Analysis - Ethopian River Basin

Source: nowethiopia.com/images/blue_nile.jpg Contents Executive Summary 1 1 Introduction 2 2 Overview 3 2.1 Historical and Geo -Political Setting 3 2.2 Politics and Governance within Ethiopia 4 2.2.1 National Level 4 2.2.2 Regional Level 5 2.2.3 Local Level 5 ...

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Alice Walkers Everyday Use

Alice Walker’s life as an African-American novelist and poet has led to many award winning short-stories and books. She was raised in the southern state of Georgia and her parents were sharecroppers. This taught her that being an African-American can have its rough times. After being shot ...

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Black Female Bodybuilders

"Yo, Yo, Yo -- go girl!" "Hey, over here -- We here for you, girl!" "You look good! REAL GOOD!" This is family and neighborhood pride at stake on the stage tonight. Sisters, mothers, boyfriends, husbands, cousins, and friends from the outer boroughs, Jersey, Philly, the deep South, and everywhere ...

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US History

AP US History Review 2009 Session #4 Progressivism-Truman Includes the following chapters from The American Pageant (12th edition): Ch 29-37 Ch 29 Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912 Progressivism: The "real heart" of the progressive movement was effort by reformers to - ...

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Langston Hughes And The Harlem

The Harlem Renaissance brought about many great changes. It was a time for expressing the African-American culture. Many famous people began their writing or gained their recognition during this time. The Harlem Renaissance took place during the 1920’s and 1930’s. Many things came about during ...

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Black History, The Piano

In The Piano Lesson, August Wilson portrays the life of a 30's family in a dilemma over selling an ancestral piano for money to buy land those ancestors worked as slaves. The piano teaches many lessons, among the most important is that you must hold on to your heritage over everything else, even ...

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Rap Music; It’s Impact On Society Since It’s Birth.

The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines “rap” as a rhythmic chanting of usual rhymed couplets to a musical accompaniment. The purpose of this paper is to show how rap music has come to be. Also, citing the many performers who have mad this form of music what it is today. Rap is a large part of ...

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China New Approach In Africa Advantage, Concern And Implications

CHINA NEW APPROACH IN AFRICA ADVANTAGE, CONCERN AND IMPLICATIONS * INTRODUCTION From the late 1950s to the early 1970s, China provided support to several revolutionary movements in Africa. The Chinese Communist Party opposed liberal ideas ( democracy) supported by most western countries such ...

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Reparation For Descendants Of Slaves

Thesis: One of the most controversial debates, taking place in USA at present is the subject of reparation for descendants of slaves. There is no denying that slave trade and slavery are crimes that no American can be proud of. But fact remains that they are part of history and have nothing to do ...

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End of the Civil War and Reconstruction

Before the end of the Civil War and emancipation which freed the slaves, the Wade v Davis Bill was passed by congress in July of 1864. The bill stated that military governors would lead each of the southern states known as the confederate states. It also stated that after half of those states ...

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“Homeless Veterans: Perspectives On Social Services Use”

The article I chose to read was , by Steven Lozano Applewhite and is titled “Homeless Veterans: Perspectives on Social Services Use.” I found this article in the Journal of the National Association of Social Workers. It is a study done on the nature and scope of homelessness and issues related ...

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Female Circumcision

" A Look Into Female Genital Mutilation" "She only loses a little piece of the clitoris, just the part that protrudes. The girl doesn't miss it. She can still feel, after all. There is hardly any pain. Women's pain thresholds are so much higher than men's" (Denniston, 7). This was a direct quote ...

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