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- famous book, Oedipus and Job in West African Religion (1959), fused his two ... *Fortes, Meyer. 1959. Oedipus and Job in West African Religion. Cambridge: ...8 KB (1,075 words) - 16:31, 9 November 2022
- African philosophy is a disputed term, used in different ways by different ... Surveys of the beliefs of hundreds of African peoples have shown that ...20 KB (3,143 words) - 06:07, 16 June 2023
- life of a culture. He also recognized that African culture was as significant ... showed enthusiasm toward the collecting of African artifacts. By young adulthood ...10 KB (1,463 words) - 07:46, 6 March 2023
- tend to generalize "traditional" African art, the continent is full ... Often, African art production has been related to ritual or tribal ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926) was a famous African American aviator. She became ... that French women were better than African-American women because French ...9 KB (1,369 words) - 17:27, 29 September 2023
- Bissau, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, Central African Republic, Ghana, Chad, Liberia ... role in politics, economics, and religion throughout Western Africa ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 14:26, 3 December 2023
- located in the westernmost region of the African continent. It is considered ... are members of Economic Community of West African States, except for Mauritania: ...17 KB (2,568 words) - 17:17, 4 May 2023
- , is a traditional African concept. The word ubuntu comes from the ... in Zimbabwe is similar to that of other African cultures. In Kinyarwanda ...14 KB (2,195 words) - 01:24, 3 May 2023
- Southern Africa, and formerly of the Central African Federation ... regions: the eastern portion of the African continent that includes ...13 KB (1,820 words) - 17:39, 12 February 2024
- as Middle Africa, defines a portion of the African continent south of the Sahara ... *Central African Republic *Chad *Democratic Republic of the Congo ...16 KB (2,498 words) - 23:51, 3 December 2023
- fact not the Pope but an otherwise unknown African martyr. ... Category:philosophy and religion Category:religion Category:religious ...4 KB (637 words) - 11:50, 13 February 2022
- take part in the movement initiated by the African Colonization Society. He ... Liberian nation. Bridging European and African ideals was a goal on which ...15 KB (2,161 words) - 07:38, 27 February 2023
- although it sometimes sided with other African states, particularly on ... S., the greatest level of U.S. aid to any African country on a per capita ...9 KB (1,372 words) - 20:43, 13 May 2023
- #039;s foot originates in the system of African-American folk magic known ... traders and owners to describe traditional African folk practices. Hoodoo is ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 00:08, 15 April 2023
- main_interests = Democracy, Race, Philosophy of religion, Ethics| ... Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953) is an African American scholar ...19 KB (2,834 words) - 03:31, 8 January 2024
- in the doctrines and sacraments of the Christian religion. ... and called for the practice of religion to be socially aware. It ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 21:44, 30 January 2023
- in spiritual matters. The third pope of African origin, Gelasius had worked ... century, lists Gelasius as natione Afer (African). Some have asserted that ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 06:35, 18 April 2024
- as the Lunda Empire was a pre-colonial African confederation of states ... chiefs enjoyed considerable autonomy, the religion honored those who cared ...16 KB (2,448 words) - 03:03, 5 November 2022
- and providing equal opportunities for African-Americans. Ovington's ... During her investigations, she met W.E.B. Du Bois, an African-American ...10 KB (1,387 words) - 16:15, 7 November 2022
- lifestyle and unwavering faith in her religion. She traveled around the ... the Amanda Smith Orphans' Home for African-American children in a suburb ...7 KB (1,128 words) - 02:38, 24 July 2023
- the year, an unusual occurrence on the African continent. ... the Greeks, who sought the riches of the African continent by forming a relationship ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 14:19, 7 February 2024
- (genus Elephas), whereas the modern African elephants (genus Loxodon ... structure was probably the same as that of African and Asian elephants, with ...14 KB (2,035 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- beliefs, that over time became a unique religion in its own right. Properly ... popular among the descendants of West African slaves. In the early eighteenth ...19 KB (3,085 words) - 03:21, 23 December 2022
- he gained a master’s degree in Indian religion and philosophy from Banares ... he obtained a job building the boat named African Queen for the famous movie ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 22:31, 7 January 2024
- used by followers of the Zoroastrian religion in their rituals surrounding ... At one time, the most widely practiced religion in the world, Zoroastrianism ...11 KB (1,659 words) - 04:48, 1 May 2023
- The Oyo Empire was a large West African empire founded in approximately ... wealth gained from trade with both its African neighbors as well as European ...14 KB (2,197 words) - 16:50, 11 September 2023
- Found in the mythology, folklore, and religion of virtually all world ... Modern African American literary criticism has turned the trickster ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- political structures, family life, and religion. His emphasis has been on ... economy. In 1960, he wrote his famous The Religion of Java, and throughout ...9 KB (1,225 words) - 22:06, 7 January 2024
- around a shared ethnic background, religion, occupation, geographical ... of the Tang Dynasty in China and among African-Americans during the post ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 06:44, 15 April 2024
- of the West Area Computers, the first African-American woman to supervise ... history Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped ...15 KB (2,076 words) - 17:29, 30 January 2024
- was the leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union from ... election, Mugabe and the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) took ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 07:40, 27 February 2023
- and a half. It represents a pre-colonial African polity that flourished before ... === Religion === The religion of the Mutapa kingdom revolved around ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 23:43, 21 October 2023
- Sub-Saharan Africa is the term used to describe the area of the African ... central to the political economy of many African countries and the region ...18 KB (2,657 words) - 21:07, 26 February 2023
- * Archibald, Chestina Mitchell. Say Amen: The African-American Family ... Category: Philosophy and religion Category: Religion 109307843 ...6 KB (852 words) - 02:50, 24 July 2023
- as an Asian person marrying a person of African descent). Views towards ... group. Whether that group is defined by religion, race, or other difference ...21 KB (3,227 words) - 12:55, 7 February 2023
- Madam C. J. Walker (December 23, 1867 - May 25, 1919), was an African ... She was instrumental as a role model for African-Americans, especially women ...18 KB (2,870 words) - 10:48, 9 March 2023
- 9, 1731 – October 9, 1806) was a free African American mathematician, ... West Africa, and Mary Banneky, of English-African descent. Mary was the second ...14 KB (2,221 words) - 09:16, 27 September 2023
- on Schism and Continuity in an African Society: A Study of Ndembu ... R. Kenan Professor of Anthropology and Religion. He also became a member ...16 KB (2,369 words) - 20:08, 3 May 2023
- many of the practices of Egyptian religion and language. Budge's ... today for his works on Egyptian religion and his hieroglyphic primers ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 22:08, 3 May 2023
- tenth century. The kingdom adopted the religion of Christianity in the fourth ... The ancient African civilization of Axum flourished for over a thousand ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- and politically stable nations on the African continent. about 9 miles (15 kilometers) from the South African border. ...17 KB (2,344 words) - 09:18, 4 December 2023
- wealthiest and most modern cities on the African continent, with a high quality ... wealthiest and most modern cities in the African continent, with a high quality ...15 KB (2,198 words) - 07:30, 14 June 2023
- of Cape Town he founded the School of African Life and Language, and developed ... and Grahamstown in South Africa, editing African Systems of Kinship and Marriage ...15 KB (2,175 words) - 18:05, 20 July 2023
- subsequently became a trading center for African slaves. The Cape Verde islands ... partially due to the efforts of the African Party for the Independence ...19 KB (2,758 words) - 19:33, 25 November 2023
- The Central African Republic is a landlocked country in Central Africa ... The Central African Republic that is one of the poorest countries ...29 KB (4,266 words) - 23:52, 3 December 2023
- ====African religion==== discussed without an understanding of African religion and religious practice ...41 KB (6,461 words) - 06:06, 16 June 2023
- racism and the enslavement of people of African ancestry, who were believed ... the exploitation of a ready supply of African labour. This interpretation ...14 KB (2,307 words) - 02:17, 15 January 2023
- quot;Rasta" for short) is a Jamaican religion that accepts Haile Selassie ... Rastafari terms) of those descended from African slaves. It spoke of the ...26 KB (4,200 words) - 17:24, 16 April 2023
- growing congregation rented an abandoned African Methodist Episcopal Church ... view of religion had its roots in African religion" (MacRobert 1988: ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 07:23, 23 November 2022
- of Tibetan Art from the Newark Museum (African, Asian & Oceanic Art ... Category: Philosophy and religion Category: Religion Category:Art ...6 KB (950 words) - 15:07, 30 April 2023
- the most important Roman city on the African continent and the site of ... quot;) and in letters to the other North African bishops. He called a council ...14 KB (2,280 words) - 19:36, 22 December 2022
- University. After working for the pan-African movement in England, he ... either capitalism or communism into African soil, Africans ought to ...26 KB (3,734 words) - 04:40, 4 March 2023
- was to restore amicable relations with the African and Eastern churches, which ... dispute had arisen between Rome and the African and Eastern churches concerning ...11 KB (1,645 words) - 11:45, 13 February 2022
- It borders Gabon, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic ... to the west, Cameroon and the Central African Republic to the north, and ...23 KB (3,296 words) - 19:42, 16 April 2023
- |religions = Christian, African Traditional Religion |related = Bantu ... The Zulu are a South African ethnic group of an estimated 17-22 million ...23 KB (3,468 words) - 06:14, 13 June 2023
- famous for his work on the ethnology of religion and mythology, and his fieldwork ... On the one side, he tried to explain religion in Freudian terms, yet on ...11 KB (1,587 words) - 01:29, 23 November 2022
- Voodoo, derived from the language of the African slaves who were imported ... are the highest form of clergy in the religion, whose responsibility it ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- Many people of African descent in the Americas claim a degree of Yoruba ... Empire often used the military to spread religion, a movement illustrated ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 21:30, 4 June 2023
- all discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin ... his work. He went out to register African American voters and lobby ...13 KB (2,037 words) - 03:55, 9 November 2022
- relations. Black gospel was a synthesis of African-based musical idioms and ... The relationship between the origins of white and African-American ...16 KB (2,435 words) - 00:04, 3 January 2024
- of Oriente, combining both Spanish and African themes. Like the son, salsa ... practitioners of any Afro-Catholic religion. ==History== ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 01:54, 23 December 2022
- The Kanem–Bornu Empire was an African trading empire ruled by the ... was the early penetration of Islam. North African traders, Berbers and Arabs ...13 KB (2,008 words) - 02:36, 5 October 2022
- nation for free-born and formerly enslaved African Americans. It currently ... entity begins with the arrival of African American settlers, or the ...23 KB (3,221 words) - 11:02, 7 March 2023
- of Carthage, Cyprian assembled a synod of African bishops, which renewed the ... in the face of the opposition of many African and Asian churches led by ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 00:24, 12 April 2023
- Founded perhaps as early as the tenth century, Timbuktu is an African ... Timbuktu was the center of significant written tradition on the African ...16 KB (2,417 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- present day Ethiopia, this was an ancient African civilization that traded ... the Aksumite empire, and in other ancient African civilizations, as a platform ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- later, advocates of equal rights for African Americans—of secretly ... with so much as "one drop" of African blood must be regarded as ...21 KB (3,025 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- affinity growth hormone-binding protein in African pygmies.] Retrieved August ... The Pygmies are thought to be the first inhabitants of the African ...27 KB (4,197 words) - 20:58, 14 April 2023
- culminated in the American Civil War, many African Americans, escaped slaves ... * McKivigan, John R., and Mitchell Snay. Religion and the antebellum ...9 KB (1,324 words) - 07:11, 15 April 2024
- typical of the poorer nations of the African continent. This gap has ... Indian (including Tamil), Vietnamese, African, Malagasy, Chinese and ethnic ...22 KB (3,300 words) - 00:08, 22 August 2022
- city center are populated by Tanzanians of African descent, with the exception ... and Western India have visited the East African coast since early in the ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 22:16, 25 January 2024
- In ancient African culture, the carrying of an animal's foot ... In some Asian and African cultures the Evil Eye is also associated ...13 KB (2,101 words) - 17:26, 26 July 2023
- Canary Islands, where contact with West African traders pointed her in the ... her necessary skills for surviving in the African jungles, and often went ...29 KB (4,571 words) - 16:02, 7 November 2022
- an era marked by a creative flourish among African-American artists in Harlem ... a prominent physicist who was the second African-American to receive a PhD ...12 KB (1,881 words) - 16:12, 11 November 2022
- (UMCB). He was then assistant at an African welfare center and Boarding ... In 1949, Kaunda became an interpreter and adviser on African affairs ...24 KB (3,642 words) - 16:28, 24 August 2023
- The majority of Dogon practice an animist religion, including the ... *Davis, Shawn R. “Dogon Funerals” African Art (Summer, 2002). ...14 KB (2,194 words) - 03:27, 17 September 2023
- country once independent, and used by the African nationalist factions in ... As African-majority governments were assuming control in neighboring ...26 KB (3,749 words) - 06:06, 13 June 2023
- statue of St. Maurice that shows him with African features. In choosing to ... Category:Religion ...14 KB (2,050 words) - 04:57, 5 November 2022
- and are closely related to both Northwest African Berbers and West Africans ... Middle Eastern and/or Indigenous African Tamasheq speakers qualify ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 18:38, 2 May 2023
- in 1959, emerging into Gabon, the Central African Republic, Congo, and Chad ... the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon ...18 KB (2,606 words) - 00:11, 4 December 2023
- in the Negev Valley drain towards the Syro-African Rift Valley, the lowest ... The town is home to members of the African Hebrew Israelite Nation ...13 KB (2,056 words) - 04:27, 11 March 2023
- Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia and the African Union ... whole of Africa. The headquarters of the African Union and the United Nations ...20 KB (2,986 words) - 05:49, 15 June 2023
- #039;s baptism by immersion and freedom of religion. Some historians ... committed to the principle of freedom of religion. In these circumstances ...25 KB (3,609 words) - 07:57, 20 September 2023
- and in the United States, it became the religion of many slaves. Methodism ... day who felt alienated from the formal religion of much of the Church of ...28 KB (4,180 words) - 10:35, 10 March 2023
- buried in a large dome-roofed tomb. The religion of the kingdom involved ... Sudan,” pp. 66-87, in P.L. Shinnie, The African Iron Age. Oxford, UK: Clarendon ...15 KB (2,401 words) - 23:55, 6 December 2022
- African American literature is the body of literature produced in ... As African Americans' place in American society has changed over ...45 KB (6,844 words) - 06:04, 16 June 2023
- large Asian and Hispanic populations. African immigrants have many strongholds ... in the United States and high numbers of African-Americans, Hispanics, and ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- as a fervent believer in the monotheistic religion of Zoroaster. He was also ... ==European and North African campaigns== About 512 B.C.E. Darius undertook ...12 KB (1,863 words) - 22:19, 25 January 2024
- 7, 1931 - December 26, 2021) was a South African cleric and activist who ... of the poor educational prospects for African South Africans. He continued ...30 KB (4,335 words) - 09:58, 29 January 2024
- it to Vajrayana Buddhism and the Bön religion. Though Chöd is not ancestor ... and Tibet. (ondon: School of Oriental and African Studies, 1992. ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 22:01, 10 December 2023
- celebrations also appear in some Asian and African cultures such as Korea. ... dead, and elaborate rituals developed in African, Carribbean, and Meso-American ...19 KB (2,926 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- C. L. Franklin, was a highly influential African-American Baptist preacher ... quot; and deep breathing, which in African-American church tradition ...13 KB (1,984 words) - 19:15, 24 November 2023
- Bridgetown is a blend of British and West African influences. Religion plays ... Beginning in the 1620s, an increasing number of African slaves were ...20 KB (2,790 words) - 23:06, 20 November 2023
- a network of clandestine routes by which African slaves in the nineteenth ... of freedom, and figures prominently in African-American history. It was ...21 KB (3,294 words) - 01:36, 3 May 2023
- * Center on Religion, Culture, and Conflict[http://depts.drew.edu/crcc/ ... (includes psychobiology), Pan-African Studies, Philosophy, Physics ...19 KB (2,571 words) - 17:43, 30 January 2024
- --> Religiously, they are the adherents to Samaritanism, a religion ... by the actions of the Samaritan, not the religion and ethnicity of the other ...15 KB (2,463 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- (1414), the Muslim port, on the North African coast across the Straits ... Master of the Military Order of Christ, religion was very important to Henry ...10 KB (1,543 words) - 17:47, 19 December 2017
- Abuja International Conference Centre African Hall, Gurara Falls, Eagle ... the Savannah Zone vegetation of the West African sub-region. Patches of rainforest ...14 KB (2,053 words) - 07:06, 14 June 2023
- traders, mostly from Glasgow, formed the African Lakes Company to supply ... A growing European and U.S.-educated African elite became increasingly ...23 KB (3,242 words) - 10:56, 9 March 2023
- It is a principal symbol of the Christian religion, primarily used in the Catholic ... for using burning crosses to terrorize African-Americans. As a result of ...15 KB (2,416 words) - 06:30, 11 January 2024
