African Culture
The novel by Ngugi wa Thiongo and Mariama Ba portrays the picture of African cultures in the colonial days. The novels are written based on the African society and practices, and how the colonial judges were to the black people. Both writers are African who base their story on the attitude of western people to Africans.

The iver Between focuses its practices on the African culture, how they did them and how the colonial rule changed them. Ngugi tries to explain the hardships that Africans underwent during the colonial period, and focuses his story on one African tradition, the Kikuyus of Kenya. He clearly brings out their practices in the novel, under the British era.

Mariama Ba in her novel also shows the struggles of Africans under the colonial rule era. She portrays racism and brings out clearly African practices, focusing on one community of the Wolof in Senegal under Francoise…...

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References

Parekh, N.P. And Agne, S.F. (1998) Postcolonial African Writers. London: Greenwood Publishing group.

Thiong'o, N. (1965) The River Between. London: Heinemann Publishers.

When online, I can stream music from any number of sources or download new music I want to hear. Music has become more personal than it was in traditional African societies. In traditional African societies, music was more a communal activity or a function of religion than it was a personal escape. Now music has become a way to meditate or find peace while in a chaotic urban environment. With headphones on, I can isolate myself from the world and discover a sense of peace that the soundscapes provide. The use of music for personal reasons is new social development that depends on technology. In traditional societies like those of Africa, music can be brought into the personal sphere by live performers only. Any person who likes to sing or play an instrument can do so, but cannot control when and where to listen to the music made by…...

systematical denial of culture by slaves on present day slave descendants?
his is a paper that bases its description on hornton's book Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1680 and theorizes that the systemic denial of the African cultural contribution is victimizing the African slave descendents as slavery victimized their forefathers.

he Africans nation has had a vast and positive influence on the Atlantic World. Yet, the attitude of the nations of the Atlantic with regard to the African people has been somewhat prejudiced. he Africans were forcefully taken from their land and underwent a transition that displaced their culture to such a degree that even today, the people have a hard time facing their own traditions. he systemic racism they have faced in the Atlantic world has caused their culture, values and needs to be undermined such that they themselves are unable to accept the associated…...

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This ignoring of the contribution of the Africans has its own legacy. The American society claims that it is a democratic state and that the rights of all the nations are herein protected. What they fail to state is that the Atlantic World as referred to by Thornton, (1992) is also capable of systemic racism. The racism is present but within the institutions and thus at times not clearly visible.

With regard to the African culture, people and nation as a whole in making the Atlantic World people must accept and acknowledge their contribution. By ignoring their worth the Atlantic World is again attacking the Africans racially.

Thornton explores the legacy of the African-Americans through two centuries. He focuses on the cause and effects of the slave trade and suggests with examples how the Africans influenced the social, political and economic life of the American society. By examining the African legacy and the influence of the slaves on the society Thornton has taken the step in helping to eradicate the systemic racist tendencies of the American world. He suggests that through the estate structure, the social demography and the cultural facets the African

African Culture in RwandaThe historical context of the film Hotel Rwanda gives an overview of the genocide that happened in Rwanda in April 1994, where about 800,000 Rwandese citizens were slaughtered brutally. This happened in a span of one hundred day period where people were put to death with machetes. The massacre occurred without seeking intervention from the rest of the world.Analyzing this film can allow one to explore or make reviews of their personal views about life. Reflecting on this film, especially the main character, will help us relate courage as part of communal interconnectedness. It will also give an image of African culture; therefore, the viewer can differentiate what the movie portrays from real life.The film Hotel Rwanda is centered on a true-life story that focuses on Paul Rusesabaginas actions, the protagonist in the film. By this time, he was the hotel manager of des Mille Collines located…...

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Works Cited

Dokotum, Okaka Opio. “Re-membering the Tutsi Genocide in Hotel Rwanda (2004): Negotiating Reality, History, Autobiography, and Fiction.” (2012). http://digitalcollections.sit.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1027&context=conflict_reconcilation_symposium

Gudehus, Christian, Stewart Anderson, and David Keller. “Understanding Hotel Rwanda: a reception study.” Memory Studies 3.4 (2010): 344-363. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1750698010374923

Rwanda, Hotel. “Hotel Rwanda.” The Joaquin Phoenix Handbook-Everything you need to know about Joaquin Phoenix (2012): 83. http://wilearncap.asuscomm.com:81/wikipedia_en_all_novid_2017-08/A/Hotel_Rwanda.html

Westernization
African culture and the Western influence

Every community has it peculiar culture and norms that identify it and sets it apart from the remaining cultures. There are native cultures that the Africans were accustomed to and adored them as their noble way of life. However, there came the intrusion of the Western culture from Europe that grossly interfered with the African culture is several aspects. There was a massive "decentering" of cultures among the Africans and the consequences of these mass "decentering" are felt to date in very significant ways.

The 'decentering' of the culture and the cultural ways among the Africans was a peculiar one in the entire world, this is because Africa as a continent was ambushed by the European powers that were at that time and sub-divided it and shared it out among themselves in the form of colonies. The scramble was so intense that some European powers went…...

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References

Art History Unstaffed, (2011). Baudelaire and Modernity. Retrieved September 4, 2011 from  http://www.arthistoryunstuffed.com/tag/industrial-revolution/ 

Ehiedu E.G. Iweriebor, (2011). The Colonization of Africa.

 http://exhibitions.nypl.org/africanaage/essay-colonization-of-africa.html 

Fred W. Rigs, (1999). Coping with Modernity: Constitutional Implications. Retrieved September 4, 2011 from http://www2.hawaii.edu/~fredr/6-mstza.htm

African cultural practices are incredibly diverse, reflecting the vastness of the continent itself and the numerous ethnic groups that inhabit it. The traditions and customs across Africa's 54 countries and innumerable communities offer a rich tapestry of cultural expressions that range from music and dance to art, language, cuisine, and religious practices.
One of the most unifying elements of African culture is the emphasis on community and family. The African philosophy of Ubuntu from the Nguni Bantu term in Southern Africa, for instance, underscores the importance of community cohesion and interdependence. Ubuntu translates roughly to "I am because we are" (Tutu, 1999), indicating the collective identity that permeates many African societies. The practice of communal life is seen in everyday activities, including farming, child-rearing, and celebrations, where entire villages or communities come together.

ituals and ceremonies are pivotal in marking the rites of passage in African societies. From birth to death, each…...

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Bascom, W. (1969). The Yoruba pantheon. In J. Murphy (Ed.), _African traditional religion in the modern world_ (pp. 86-106). New York: Harper & Row.

Charry, E. (2000). Mande music: Traditional and modern music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Da Silva, M. (2011). Mud cloth from Mali: A cultural tradition. _Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings_. Retrieved from [link to conference proceedings]

Hale, T. A. (1998). Griots and griottes: Masters of words and music. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

Weight IATAbstractThe perception about weight in different cultures varies with the appreciation of skinny body types in western cultures. In contrast, in the Sub-Saharan region, people considered obese in the western culture are perceived as wealthy or successful. This research employed an IAT test to examine the attitudes or beliefs about this weight to determine if they had implicit biases towards individuals with different body types. The null hypothesis is there is no significant implicit stigma towards different body types in ethnic communities compared to contemporary western communities in the Sub-Sahara. A Chi-Square test was conducted to assess if significant implicit stigma towards different body types in ethnic in the Sub-Sahara region communities compared to contemporary western culture. The alternate hypothesis that there is a significant implicit stigma towards different body types in ethnic communities compared to contemporary western communities in the Sub-Sahara region is accepted.IntroductionAn individuals attitude is determined…...

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References

Beames, J., Black, M., & Vartanian, L. (2016). Prejudice toward individuals with obesity: Evidence for a pro-effort bias. Journal Of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 22(2), 184-195.  https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000079 

Booth, A., Wang, X., Turner, A., Nowson, C., & Torres, S. (2018). Diet-Induced Weight Loss Has No Effect on Psychological Stress in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Nutrients, 10(5), 613.  https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10050613 

Branscombe, N. (2016). Social psychology. Prentice-Hall.

No longer just used in battle situations, Zulu shields are used throughout the culture’s ceremonial traditions. Zulu shields are used throughout Zulu societies in southern Africa. There are about 9 million Zulu peoples, making them the largest ethnic group in the region (Stead, 2017). Although the ritual shields used by the Zulu warriors likely trace back centuries, records only date their use as far back as King Shaka Zulu (Stead, 2017). The use of similar ritualistic battle shields is common throughout other African societies including the Bantu, the Matabele, and the Amangwane (Tylden, 1946). Therefore, the Zulu shield lends insight into the culture, worldviews, religions, and art forms of various African peoples both before and after colonization. Creating, designing, and using Zulu shields is a specialized art form undertaken with ceremonial and usually sacred intent, too. Originally, the shields were used primarily in battle situations, and their different colors and shapes…...

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Stead, R. (2017). History of the Zulu shield. Retrieved online:  

Tylden, G. (1946). Bantu shields. The South African Archaeological Bulletin 1(2): 33-37.

“Zulu Shield,” (n.d.). Arms and Armour. Retrieved online:  http://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/weapons/index.php/tour-by-region/oceania/africa/arms-and-armour-africa-32/ 

http://www.africancraftsmarket.com/history-of-the-zulu-shield.html 

Social dissent and unrest should not be the result of multiculturalism, the authors point out, but nonetheless those are the social realities, in many instances, of the new global picture. There is now, like it or not, a "blurring of cultural borderlines," the authors report; and as a result, the notion of culture within the word "multiculturalism" no longer refers to habits and customs of a people in anthropological terms. Rather, "culture" in the term "multiculturalism" alludes to race, creed, sexual orientation, gender, and lifestyles of various and divers groups within the greater culture.

A very poignant quote is offered in the conclusion of the editorial, a quote which cries out to be read to those reporting on, studying and/or dealing with today's dramatic cultural changes in estern societies; it is a statement by Aijza Ahmad, who reflects the perspective of "the less-well-to-do colonial states," according to the editorial. "It is…...

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Fourny, Jean-Francois, & Ha, Marie-Paule. "Introduction: The history of an idea." Research in African Literatures 28.4 (1997): 1-8.

Frazier, Herb. "Basket making is historical link: Craft provide link between cultures." NABJ

Journal 13.5 (1995): 4-7.

Gikandi, Simon. "Chinua Achebe and the Invention of African Culture." Research in African

African Culture: An Overview
As with other cultures, one may find that the African culture is quite different from the culture of the Caucasians, Asians, and Europeans. However, due to urbanization, improvements, and influences that they find in the continuous development of technology, there has been gradual similarities that were created between their culture and that of the other races.

The traditional African culture is basically composed of beliefs that they inherited from their ancestors. Mostly, this includes beliefs in gods and goddesses, as well as in different forms of idols. Their ways of living from day-to-day are based on the principles of their beliefs in gods and goddesses in which their objective is to always please their gods. If one is to visit a conventional African tribe, one can find different statues, valuable goods, and exotic foods that they consider as parts of their lives and are most of the time…...

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Onah, G. The Meaning of Peace in African Traditional Religion and Culture.

Retrieved on June 9, 2005 from Afrikaworld Online.

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As with water methods of visually perceiving patterns, divination serves as a literal mirror for the cosmos. The visual cues of divination such as cowry shells or the patterns made by mice sometimes serves as a pictorial language spoken between nonhuman and human participants. That language is not one used in human communications, even though it may inform human social order and modes of cognition.
The language of divination represents communication between human and super-human forces. A diviner acts much like a translator would, communicating the perceived patterns of cosmic order to an individual or to the community. Divination is integral to all traditional African religions as well as to the religions of most other cultures. The function of divination is artistic, epistemological, and expressive. Divination also creates, maintains, and interprets social and spiritual order.

orks Cited

Bourgeois, Arthur P. "Insight and Artistry in African Divination - Book Review." African Arts. Summer…...

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Bourgeois, Arthur P. "Insight and Artistry in African Divination - Book Review." African Arts. Summer 2002. Retrieved April 13, 2009 from  http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0438/is_2_35/ai_94010411/?tag=content;col1 

"Exploring Africa." African Studies Center. Retrieved April 14, 2009 from http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/students/curriculum/m14/activity2.php

Peek, Phillip M. African Divination Systems. Indiana University Press, 1991.

Pemberton, John III. "Divination in Sub-Saharan Africa." Art and Oracle: African Art and Rituals of Divination. 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2009 from  http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/oracle/essayPemberton.html

If anything, the more languages in which a book is published the better. This way there can be as much cross fertilization of ideas and solutions to pressing needs.
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____African Trilolgy. London: Picador, 2000

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Bassnett-McGuire, Susan. Translation Studies. London: outledge, 1991.

Chevrier, Jacques. "Writing African books in the French Language L'Afrique littcraire et artistique 50 (1979): 49.

Janmohamed, a. Janmohamed, a. "Sophisticated Primitivism: The Syncretism of Oral and Literate Modes in Achebe, Chinua Things Fall Apart.." Ariel: A eview of International English Literature 15 (1984): 19-39.

Gikandi, Simon. "The Epistemology of Translation: Ngugi, Matigari, and the Politics of Language." esearch in African Literatures 22.4 (1991): 161-67.

Gyasi, Kwaku. Writing as Translation: African Literature and the Challenges of Translation.: esearch in African Literatures a.2. (1999)., 75.

Understanding Things Fall Apart: Selected Essays and Criticism.…...

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Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. New York: Penguin, 2006.

____African Trilolgy. London: Picador, 2000

Ashcroft, Bill; Griffiths, Gareth and Tiffin, Helen (eds.). The Post Colonial Studies Reader, London: Routledge, (1995)

Bassnett-McGuire, Susan. Translation Studies. London: Routledge, 1991.

S. The lives of the slaves were sharply divided from the whites on the plantation. The slaves lived away from the main house in the slave quarters, and only the house slaves were allowed in the main house. The slaves not only worked in the fields, they had to grow their own gardens for food, and they usually only got Sunday off. During planting and harvest, they worked long hours, from sunrise to sunset, and they faced harsh retribution if they attempted to complain. They were the most harshly treated of any of these groups of slaves, and they suffered the most, too.
During the four centuries of the Atlantic slave trade, an estimated eleven million Africans were transported to North and South America" (Notes), and as noted, millions of them died along the way, so it is really not known how many left Africa never to return. Slaves in the…...

African Masks
Masquerades are found in virtually all African civilizations, particularly those that are indigenous to this region of the world. Not surprisingly, these masquerades have different forms of significance for different cultures. Nonetheless, there are some basic cultural similarities pertaining to these rituals that transcend individual cultures and pertain to African deployment of this concept as a whole. Firstly, the definition of the very term masquerade can include "a masking performance, a masked performer, or the character embodied by the mask itself" (Uzo, 1997). Moreover, there is an element of spirituality that is strongly associated with this tenet of the masquerade. It is very rare for participants to be unmasked once they have donned a masque and are partaking in a particular ritual or dance. The actual masques themselves are typically emblematic of animals or people, and have a transcendent spirituality. As such, the very participants who don masques and…...

culture is playing on international business. This is accomplished by comparing cultural traditions of elgium and South Africa using Arcelor Mittal. Once this occurs, is when we are able to understand how the firm is able to utilize these factors to give them an advantage in the global marketplace.
Over the last several years, globalization has been having profound impact on firms. What has been happening is corporations, have been seeking out those areas that can provide them with the lowest costs. This is part of an effort to increase productivity and their overall profit margins. As a result, a variety of different firms have been establishing operations around the world to deal with these underlying challenges. Evidence of this can be seen by looking no further than the fact that 47% of American and European companies are outsourcing some aspect of their operations. (Sears, 2009) This is important, because…...

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Financial Highlights. (2010). Arcelor Mittal. Retrieved from:  http://www.arcelormittal.com/rls/data/upl/658-4-0-ARC_FB10.pdf

Certainly! Here are a few complex and thought-provoking essay topics on African cultural practices:

1. The role of traditional African beliefs and practices in contemporary society: An exploration of how traditional African spiritual beliefs and practices continue to influence cultural norms and values in modern societies.

2. The impact of globalization on African cultural practices: Analyze how globalization has affected traditional African practices such as music, dance, and art, and examine the ways in which these practices have adapted and evolved in a globalized world.

3. Gender roles in African cultural practices: Investigate the ways in which traditional African societies assign roles and....

1. The integration of African culture and traditions into colonial New England society: Exploring how African slaves and free blacks in colonial New England maintained elements of their cultural heritage amidst oppression and forced assimilation.

2. Black resistance and uprising in colonial New England: Examining the various forms of protest and resistance employed by black individuals in response to their enslavement and mistreatment in colonial New England.

3. The role of black women in shaping colonial New England society: Investigating the contributions and experiences of black women in colonial New England, including their work as domestic laborers, caregivers, and community leaders.

4. Interracial....

Cultural Influences Shaping Puerto Rico's Unique Identity

Puerto Rico, a vibrant Caribbean island, has a multifaceted identity forged by a rich tapestry of cultural influences. Throughout its history, the island has been influenced by its indigenous, Spanish, African, and American colonial experiences, which have left an indelible mark on its language, music, dance, cuisine, and traditions.

Indigenous Legacy

Puerto Rico's original inhabitants, the Taíno people, were the first to shape the island's culture. Their traditions, beliefs, and rituals left a lasting imprint on the island's customs and folklore. Taíno words, such as "coquí" (the island's signature frog) and "arepa" (a cornmeal patty), are....

El Anatsui: Revolutionizing African Art with Found Materials and Transformative Installations

El Anatsui, a Ghanaian artist, has played a pivotal role in revolutionizing contemporary African art through his pioneering use of found materials and transformative installations. His innovative approach has not only expanded the boundaries of artistic expression but also challenged traditional notions of African art.

Found Materials and Recycled Objects

Anatsui's signature works are composed of discarded bottle caps, flattened aluminum cans, and other found objects. These seemingly mundane materials are transformed into shimmering tapestries and sculptural forms that captivate viewers. By using recycled materials, Anatsui not only raises environmental awareness but....