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Ecocriticism and Post-Colonialism

2002). However, taking the postcolonial perspective means that ecocritics need to rephrase their questions in order to "broaden th...

God in Traditional African Religions

nature worship, and may have in common the 3 kind of occultism: Divination, witchcraft (magic) and spiritism, with the sacrifice o...

Cultural Considerations for a Home-Bound African American Patient

American vernacular, the diet is one that has characterized the South and its inhabitants for generations. With a few extraordina...

The Power of Persuasion: No Magic Bullet for the Continuing Problems in Darfur

that this earlier time in history bears little comparison to contemporary times in regard to what it takes to inspire individuals ...

Imperialism in Guanya Pau

as those for whom this book pleads, and who has consecrated his life to the evangelization of his people" (Walters 5-6). In many w...

Coming to America, A Memoir

way in which people routinely act in public. I am currently employed in the Bronx as a home care provider and I have few friends...

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe and Its Contradictions

In six pages the antiabolitionist intent of Stowe's novel is compared with the African American stereotypes it was responsible for...

How Race Shapes Fashion Design in New York City

a "handful" of real designers as opposed to entrepreneurs who launch a clothing line as part of a sort of media empire; Sean Combs...

Should Aid to Africa be Reduced?

context of the provision of aid; give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest...

African Americans: History, Culture, Families, Beliefs and Religion

African slaves brought to the New World were sent to what is now the United States (Horton, 1997). Most of the rest went to the Ca...

Culture and Diabetic Management in African Americans

diabetes under control. Theoretical Learning Foundations Diabetes mellitus...

The Long Walk to Freedom

that dream. Mandela was indeed prepared to die and had come to the realization that violence was sometimes necessary to eff...

China's Entry into Africa

many of the trade barriers lifted and restrictions relaxed, for trade and good going into and coming out of China (Thompson, 2007)...

Desertification and the African Sahel

empire that once existed in the Sahara (Brough & Kimenyi, 2004). Although there was the occasional drought-induced famine, the ea...

Theme of Colonialism in Sembene Ousmane’s God’s Bits of Wood and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus

in this instance French Dakar-Niger railroad owners (toubabs) versus impoverished workers in pre-Independence era Senegal who soug...

African Dogs

dead of night in dripping and deserted city streets. They live without mans protection, without his love, squabbling over scraps o...

The Individual and Societal Impacts of the Civil War

One of the more interesting roles women took on during the war was as volunteers in the war effort. For...

Cultural Perspectives on Art

be as tall as six feet, the addition of an ornate headdress may also symbolize the political power, prestige and authority of the ...

Prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the African-American Population of Houston, Texas

state declined by 20% (HHS System Strategic Plan for FY 2005-2009). This encouraging news did not extend to the black community, h...

African Americans in Early America

(Laughter Genealogy, 2008). Another region, Pennsylvania, saw an African American history that was essentially one of slav...

African Americans in Rural Georgia, Diabetes, and Community Healthcare Planning

can develop serious complications including limb amputations, blindness, kidney failure, cardiac disease, cerebral hemorrhage, and...

Progression of African Americans Since 1865

future and freedom for African Americans but there were many racial tensions during this period of Reconstruction with federal arm...

Analysis and Critique: “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe

is the result of the selective way in which African affairs have been reported in the West over a long period (Bacon). Since Afr...

Creativity, Systems Theory, Problem Solving

reapplying existing ideas" (p. 46). Creative thinking is about putting a new twist on something but it will always involve the kno...

African “AIDS Orphans”

2008). To make matters worse, the psychological problems experienced by AIDS orphans are exacerbated if they are separated from th...

The Accuracy of American History Books

faced. Foner explains that by the time the Savannah Colloquy would come around, slavery was already an institution3. He explains t...

Cultural Communication Learning Styles

among different groups of people. As Grant-Thomas and Powell (2006) comment, the term structural racism tends to confuse people....

Health Beliefs of African Americans

being mentored by an elder; 2) those who received their ability to heal as a divine gift; and 3) those who were born with the abil...

Should Malcolm X Be Featured on a US Postage Stamp?

not have presided over mass murder, his rhetoric caused considerable damage to the Jewish people (Elder). As a member of the radi...

Common Reality in “A Walk in the Night”

where we read that "his thoughts concentrated upon the pustule of rage and humiliation that was continuing to ripen deep down with...