At Newark Museum, it was a privilege to witness the unique scope of African art and the culture behind the artifact. The African continent is a mass collection of nations, however within its national regions are numerous tribes forced to interact with one another. This is of course a result of their close proximity. Before and after western colonialism such interactions were already taking place. Today, these same tribes continue to function under its ancestral traditions. Probably not as strict
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St.Kitts and Nevis St.Kitts and Nevis are two exciting and great islands. St.Kitts and Nevis are located in the Caribbean Sea. ”Long ago, St. Kitts and Nevis were the pearls of the British Caribbean, rich and enormously important islands that were celebrated throughout Europe. Nevis, the "Queen of the Caribbees," possessed unimaginable wealth from its super-productive sugar industry, while on St. Kitts the impregnable fortress of Brimstone Hill stood as the Gibraltar of the West Indies.” The geography
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In 1619 African slaves were forced to migrate to America to help with plantations and crops, such as tobacco and cotton. At this time America was known as the “New World.” The ships the slaves came in on were called Navire Negrier. These ships took a route knows as the Triangular Trade. Once the slaves arrived in America, life was difficult. Former slave Olaudah Equiano, explains a little about their life once they reached America. Life on the ships was poor and not easy. Slaves spent several months
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1)Like rap in the United States, bachata began as a music of the poor and dispossessed. Originating in the shantytowns of the Dominican Republic, it reflects the social and economic dislocation of the poorest Dominicans. Derived from the Latin American tradition of guitar music, bachata emerged in the 1960s only to be denigrated by the media, mainstream musicians, and middle- and upper-class Dominicans, mainly because the lyrics often about hard drinking, women troubles, illicit sex, and male bravado
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Modern day slavery India has the most slaves in the word, with a population of about 18 million (40% of slaves). In India slaves are sold on average from $300-$1,000; But another more common and not considered slavery in India is brick kilns. Most people come to the Brick kilns because they are homeless, hungry, and starving. It seems like a good idea to some because they have a job, a place to live and food to eat, but to others it’s almost forced; with no place to go no food to eat it’s die
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For this exercise I choose The World Atlas of Pirates, one of the specific maps I picked was named “The Rise and Fall of the Barbarossa Brothers” located on pages 46 and 47. On this particular map there was a key that described the Barbarossa Brother’s trade routes, the pirate’s raids, and their battlefields. Since the key is showing routes, they were represented with lines and the battlefields were displayed as two swords clashing together. Furthermore, this map did not have a scale to show the
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During the late 1400s and the mid 1600s, several discoveries were made, many tools for navigating were constructed, and more people started exploring the new world. A few of these people were Columbus, John Cabot, and Erik the Red. Several tools were made to help with navigating and seafaring. Two of the objects were tables describing the placing of the stars and moon and chronometer, which is a sort of clock. Wind systems and currents were also used to help with sailing. The Portuguese travelled
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4.2 - The Columbian Exchange Plants: Sugarcane was discovered long before Columbus arrived in the Americas, but it was difficult to cultivate in the poor European crop fields.The production of sugarcane flourished in the New World under the plantation systems in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and soon South America. Sugarcane became an essential part of Europeans’ diets and profit margin; in the New World, many of the conquerors such as Columbus enslaved the native people to cultivate the land. Used
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natives that already lived were the Spanish had settled who were forced to work as slaves along with the Africans. The slaves were shipped to Spain which was a way of income. The slave trade had gone all the way from the island of Hispaniola to the Caribbean: Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas. Slavery was a large source of income for the economy of the Spanish. Nonetheless in 1542, the Spanish had outlawed enslavement, but sadly people still used the freed slaves as free workers. To balance
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The country I chose is the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic is located on the country of Caribbean, Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic was founded in July 12, 1924. There were 3 founding fathers of the Dominican Republic is Francisco del Rosario Sanchez corresponded with Juan Pablo Duarte and Matías Ramón Mella. The flag was designed by Juan Pablo Duarte, the flag features a center white cross and divided the flag into four sections of rectangle. The top left and bottom right is
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