African Atlantic Religion in Kongo and the Lowcountry South in the Era of Slavery.BooksDebates over the cultural characteristics of particular groups of African slaves carried to the New World originated in the era of the Atlantic slave trade itself. Planters were known to favor captives from ...
In the years before the Civil War, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South. Subjected to the cruelty of one malevolent owner (Michael Fassbender), he also finds unexpected kindness from another, as he str...
we strongly believe in religion. Since slavery, religion has played a tremendous role in contributing to our beliefs. We believe there is a greater divine who knows our purpose, and has the power to control it. In addition, we believe prayer changes things especially when times become rough ...
摘要: This thesis examines the eighteenth-century English discourse on West African religion and how this discourse related to justifications for the slave trade. This thesis also explores how abolitionists attempted to change this discourse.年份: 2015 ...
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Desmond Mpilo Tutu was born on October 7, 1931 in Klerksdorp, South Africa He is well known worldwide in his fight against racial discrimination and dedication to using religion as a powerful tool for advocating racial equality in the 80s. Ken Saro-Wiwa:(10 October 1941 – 10 November 1995...
AO Matthews - 《Religion》 被引量: 28发表: 2000年 Colonial Blackness: A History of Afro-Mexico By focusing on these phenomena among peoples of African descent, rather than the conventional history of Mexico with the narrative of slavery to freedom figured in, Colonial Blackness presents the colo...
I have before remarked,that the natives of this part of Africa are extremely cleanly.This necessary habit of decency was with us a part of religion,and therefore we had many purifications and washings; indeed almost as many,and used on the same occasions,if my recollection does not fail me...
s hair is teased, straightened, crimped, permed, braided – we adorn it with beads and shells and shape it into intricate styles. For the last few centuries, different hair styles have indicated a person’s marital status, age, religion, ethnic identity, wealth and rank within the community...
Explorers of the Nile The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventureby Tim Jeal A“highly enjoyable” account of six men, and one woman, who journeyed into uncharted and treacherous African terrain to find the source of the White Nile ( The Washington Post ). Nothing obsessed explorers...