Being an African-American and just thinking about what Africa is to Americans, it is easy to think of Africa being a giant desert or jungle. To African-Americans, Africa is where they originated from but they really have no ties with it. ... To be an African does not mean to have black skin, to be African is to have roots in Africa. ... As for being an African-American myself and having been around other African-Americans, I could see why an African Immigrant may think negatively of African-Americans based on the way they act. ... I have played basketball with two Africans; one was from Sudan ...

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Introduction The Middle Passage is the crossing of the Ocean from Africa to America of African people, who passed from the state of liberty to the state of slavery, and took place between the XVI and XIX centuries. ... The Diaspora gives birth to a new human being: the African American, who links together the African and the American culture. ... For Africans the slave ship is a hell over the water. ... "Their complexions, differing so much from ours, their long hair and the language they spoke, which was different from any I had ever heard, united to confirm me in this belief. ... ...

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Walcott has both African and European roots; his grandmothers were both black, and both grandfathers were white. ... Poem Summary The first three lines depict the poem's setting on the African plain, or veldt. ... What seems an idyllic portrayal of the African plain quickly shifts; the Kikuyu are compared to flies (buzzing around the "animal" of Africa) who are feeding on blood, which is present in large enough amounts to create streams. ... Lines 11-14 Walcott shifts gears in these lines and returns to images of Africa's wildlife, in a reminder that the ibises (long-bill...

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It is one not often addressed in schools and among teachers, yet one that concerns all students, particularly African Americans." The article goes over the historical limitations of curriculum knowledge of African Americans. ... It shows the social injustice over the years of how racism has slowed down the equality in the educational abilities for African Americans to receive the same educational treatment here in the U.S. ... Intervention/Strategy: Create a classroom project that uses movies about African American history produced in the last ten years this can engage the students in racia...

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There currently exists a dearth of qualified mining people in the mining industry due to the expansion of the South African platinum industry and this exacerbates the likelihood of falling into the two traps mentioned above. ... The recent changes in the South African political structure, requiring affirmative action for Historically Disadvantaged South Africans has resulted in an increase in succession planning within the mining industry. ...

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Each tribe had developed a culture and often an own language, and the people either prayed to their own Gods or (especially in north and central Africa) followed the teachings of the Koran. ... About 7 million Africans survived the olocaust Atlantic slave-trade". About 50 % of the kidnapped Africans died during the journey. The first Africans were brought to the USA in 1619. Africans were kidnapped (often by other tribes, in Africa slavery had existed before the white man entered Africa), treated like animals or even worse, and brought to the USA in chains. ...

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Walker and Marshall write about an identity that they have found with African-American women of the past. ... In her essay, Marshall identifies with her mother and the African-American tradition that her mother expressed. Marshall describes the kitchen setting she was exposed to as a child: They were women in whom the need for self-expression was strong, and since language was the only vehicle readily available to them they made of it an art form that- in keeping with the African tradition in which art and life are one - was an integral p...

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THE RELEVANCE OF GAMES IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CLASSROOM I INTRODUCTION One useful strategy to encourage language acquisition is using language games. ... Language games used in the classroom are very effective and supportive activities in contributing to students' language skills and proficiency. ... Language learning is a hard task which can sometimes be frustrating. ... - Learning a language requires a great deal of effort. ... As the game spread through Asia, Africa, and the Americas, players developed local variations that are still played today. ...

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Native Americans are described as "filthy,"" "murderers,"" and "savages;- Chicanos are presented as lawbreakers and bandits; African-Americans are usually shown in low status roles, neglecting their many contributions (Farley, 2000, p.389). ... All minorities with linguistic differences can be affected, including Chicanos, African Americans, and American Indians. When a child speaks little, or no, English in the home or outside of the classroom environment, they may need intensive help in learning and mastering the English language. ... The educational system needs to recognize this and ...

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This is the language of the colonizer, the language of power and superiority.This scene with Mr. ... They exist somewhere between the English language and culture and their own African and Nigerian traditions. ... Language is important here. ... This directs us to watch out for language. ... It is as if both Clara and Obi's language of the heart is the language of home. ...

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Langston Hughes boldly states that "African Americans' lives became significantly better because their lives were changed socially and politically, giving them more opportunities.... Fiehn, on the other hand, correctly states that "the principle of black protest had been established, although it took many years for laws to be changed;" he rightly identifies that it took a significant period of time before the lives of African Americans began to improve. ... The two historians and myself disagree with Borritt who chooses to write that "it would be more accurate, even if...

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I will discuss examples of tattooing, cicatrization, body piercing, and other forms of body ornamentation and manipulation among Pacific Islanders, Africans, Native Americans (Mandan, Cheyenne, and Sioux), and Japanese. ... A form of body ornamentation common among the dark-skinned people of Africa is called cicatrization. ...

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The band was spreading its exciting new style of orchestral modern Jazz, mixed with a healthy dose of blues and swing, all over the country and was beginning to spill over into Europe; and the critics the critics were raving about this daring and innovative group that was translating the speedy Be-Bop language into a big band style that people could dance to, understand, and enjoy. ... Right there lurking within the framework of tunes like Pickin the Cabbage and Night In Tunisia was the apposition between a four-four swing beat and a Latin or African rhythm. The next logical step for Dizzy it ...

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The black community in South Africa could no longer live, work, or enjoy innumerable parts of South Africa. ... The English and Dutch colonized South Africa in the seventeenth century. ... In 1950, the Population Registration Act required that all South Africans be racially grouped into one of three categories: white, black (African), or colored (of mixed decent). ... However, Africans living in the homelands needed passports to enter South Africa. It was as if black South Africans were aliens in their own country. ...

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At present FGM is reportedly practiced in at least twenty-six African countries, among a few groups in Asia, and increasingly among immigrant populations in North and South America, Australia, and Europe. ...

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In developing the transformation I took the differences and similarities between the two societies into consideration: the changes in values in issues, the relevance of the setting in the text, characterisation and the difference in use and existence of language and techniques. ... There are other relevant issues however, such as the ethnic relations of the Chinese and African Americans, as well as the role of honour and trust. ... In ""Romeo and Juliet"" the women acquire a form of servitude, especially when married, as they are completely dutiful in their actions, language and thou...

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The book was focused on the primitive modern sense of what it meant to be an African-American during the Harlem Renaissance. ... However, by 1922 his work had appeared in many magazines including Double Dealer that sought to publish African-American poets and writers. ... I made up a language in which to exist. ... Georgia forces the mixed-race Kabnis, who could be an allusion to Toomer himself, to confront the African-American past. ... The earth becomes a symbol of the south – home to the African-American people. ...

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Much later on an unknown number of Africans migrated from Mecca to Ile Ife. At this point the Eastern Africans and Western Africans synergized. ... In the U.S. chattel type slavery was the means where the language and culture was whipped and beat out of the African captives. ... In recent years, availability of attainable air travel has enabled African Americans to go back to the essence from which this great culture derived (Africa) and gather the information needed to teach and assist others. ... (Source 1) The Yoruba speak a common language called Yoruba (Yooba) but with a lot of variati...

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According to the survey, African American mothers were three times more likely to put their children to sleep on their stomachs. The County took steps to reduce those numbers, by conducting targeted outreach efforts to African American mothers and providers to encourage a change in behavior that would save infant lives. ... Approximately 44% of our patient population has a primary language other than English, and almost 70% are from communities of color. ... In order to calculate infant mortality rates among African American babies, data is needed on the number of African American infant death...

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Black and White Test Score Comparison African Americans currently score lower than European Americans on vocabulary, reading, and mathematics test, as well as on tests that claim to measure scholastic aptitude and intelligence. ... If black and white children spoke relatively different languages, as some aspects on English claim, on might expect black and white children with vocabularies of equal size to know somewhat different words. ... The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test - Revised (PPVT-R) was designed as a measure of receptive language and has replaced the original Peabody Picture Vocab...

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Land eventually move away from nation-state, cultures, and tribalism defined by historical borders, language, and religion towards a more global culture that is necessary for human civilization to move to even greater and bigger endeavors. ... First, globalization removes borders drawn by history, ethnicity, religion and language when different people with different cultures migrate, bringing their own cultures into the new country. ... Therefore, it is not uncommon to see that the U.S does not have an official language to draw a political boundary using language. ... When nations decide to di...

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To find out general principles about language, literature and communication 2. ... To advance human development through language 4. To solve problems associated with language 5. ... To understand the present and predict the future of human language behaviour 7. ... There have been discoveries relating to language universals. ...

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The people of Brazil are from many different backgrounds due to it being colonised by the Europeans and then the high number of African slaves as well as the indigenous people. ... Brazilians main language is Portuguese, however, since it comprises a mixture of indigenous and African words it is very different to the Portuguese spoken in Portugal. The indigenous influences are seen in the names of places and food items, the Portuguese Catholicism is still practice while the African slaves' effects are seen in the rhythmic percussion for the dances and pageants also it is seen with the ing...

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R.) was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. ... The reason for this is because his songs are written in not one language but a number of them. ... The one language he used most ofte! n in his texts and songs was the Elvin language; this language of his own creation is so beautifully written and so exquisite to the ear, it simply embraces the heart mind and soul. ... Frodo Baggins is also an elf-friend, knowledgeable in their language and admires their songs immensely, which they greatly respect. ...

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The Boer War (1899–1902), which was fought by the British to establish control over the Boer republics in South Africa, marked the beginning of rebellion against British imperialism. ... Throughout the Victorian and Georgian periods the language of poetry was felt to have a special decorum and to be different from everyday language. Modern poetry contains language that is closer to the idioms of everyday speech and to a more diverse range of subject matter. ... Such a rich use of language expresses a view of reality which is more fluid. The language mix reflects a sense that there is no ...

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