Authors:James Haskins, Kathleen Benson,
Publisher: Amistad
Keywords: african, beginnings, american, story, america, americans, new, land, building, colonial
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2005-01-01
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0060585544
ISBN-13: 9780060585549
The colonial period in America (1607-1763) spanned more than 150 years and brought great changes in the lives of African-American slaves, In the 1600s, slaves could buy their freedom and could even become property owners and slave owners, but as the years passed, such rights were gradually revoked. In this volume, James Haskins and Kathleen Benson detail how America changed from a society with slaves to a slave society that relied heavily upon forced black labor, how slaves resisted oppression, and how they struggled to maintain the traditions of their rich African culture through music, dance
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Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Keywords: african, history, american, life, americans, series, traditions, people, amp, culture
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1997-06
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 0814326978
ISBN-13: 9780814326978
An illustrated collection of essays on the history of African Americans.
Author: Molefi Asante
Publisher: Temple University Pre
Keywords: african, studies, american, heritage, intellectual
Number of Pages: 844
Published: 1996-06-25
List price: $40.95
ISBN-10: 1566394031
ISBN-13: 9781566394031
Organized by major themes such as creation stories, and resistance to oppression this collection gather works of imagination, politics and history, religion, and culture from many societies and across recorded time. Asante and Abarry marshal together ancient, anonymous writers whose texts were originally written on stone and papyri and the well-known public figures of more recent times whose spoken and written words have shaped the intellectual history of the diaspora. Within this remarkably wide-ranging volume are such sources as prayers and praise songs from ancient Kemet and Ethiopia along
Author: African Creation Energy
Publisher: Lulu.com
Keywords: magic, african, mathematic, supreme
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2011-05-27
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0557592143
ISBN-13: 9780557592142
The purpose of the book entitled "Supreme Mathematic, African Ma’at Magic" is to show that Mathematics is of African origin; To show relationships between African and Modern mathematical objects, terms, and concepts; To show how African Mathematical methods can be used to solve certain problems not easily solved by modern mathematical methods; and To Show the Importance that Ancient Africans placed on Mathematics to solve problems, establish Truth and Order (Ma’at), and Apply knowledge to create Systems and Technologies needed for survival and well-being. This book is an introducto
Author: Charles Larso
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Keywords: african, stories, skies, modern
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1998-08-05
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0374525501
ISBN-13: 9780374525507
African writers have long faced difficulties unimaginable in the West. The most obvious obstacle is the high rate of illiteracy in many African nations. Then there is the low standard of living that renders books a luxury, even among those who can read them. Finally, there is the widespread political oppression that has disfigured the continent from north to south and east to west. Despite these problems, African literature has flowered over the past half-century as Under African Skies amply proves. In this fine collection of fiction, interested readers can sample sub-Saharan Africa’s fi
Author: Nathan Aaseng
Publisher: Facts On File
Keywords: african, americans, american, athletes
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2003-01
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0816048053
ISBN-13: 9780816048052
Author: John S. Mbiti
Publisher: Heinemann
Keywords: african, writers, philosophy, amp, religions
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1992-01-01
List price: $28.13
ISBN-10: 0435895915
ISBN-13: 9780435895914
African Religions and Philosophy is a systematic study of the attitudes of mind and belief that have evolved in the many societies of Africa. In this second edition, Dr Mbiti has updated his material to include the involvement of women in religion, and the potential unity to be found in what was once thought to be a mass of quite separate religions. Mbiti adds a new dimension to the understanding of the history, thinking, and life throughout the African continent. Religion is approached from an African point of view but is as accessible to readers who belong to non-African societies as it is t
