Africana Studies Midterm

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Evidence of a pre-columbianAfrican Existence

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Christopher Columbus clearly did not discover America.

African American history did not start with slavery inthe New World.

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Evidence of a pre-columbian African Existence

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The great ancient civilizations of Egypt and West Africa traveled to the Americas, contributing immensely to early American civilization by importing the art of pyramid building, political systems and religious practices as well as mathematics, writing and a sophisticated calendar.

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Evidence of a pre-columbian African Existence

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Africans came thousands of years before Columbus and indeed before Christ.

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Evidence of a pre-columbian African Existence

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LeoWeiner of Harvard University, in his book, explained how Columbus noted in his journal that Native Americans had confirmedthat “black skinned people had come from the south-east in boats, trading ingold-tipped spears.”

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Evidence of a pre-columbian African Existence

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The Olmecs- The first group of African civilization in mexico.

Olmecswere the first Mesoamerican civilization to use a written language,sophisticated astronomy, arts and mathematics and they built the first citiesin Mexico. They also created pyramids.

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10 Things about Race

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Race is a modern idea

It has no genetic basis

Skin color is only really skin deep

Slavery Predates race

Race and freedom evolved together

Race isn't biological but racism is still real

Color Blindness will not end racism

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Indiginous

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Born in Africa

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Diaspora

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A person of African descent who was not born in the continent.But have ancestors who are African.

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Social Construct

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Anything that exists as a product of human social interaction instead of by virtue of objective, human-independent existence.

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Nations of Diaspora

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HAITI

JAMAICA

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Continents

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How many are there? This is a social construct. We accept it as factual that there are 7 continents, however the land masses that we call “continents” don’t fit the definition specifically “Europe”, “Asia” and N. America, S. America are questionable. What about the middle east? These labels exist as a result of our desire to separate groups rather than the need to outline the differences between land masses

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Races

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How many are there? Race is another social construct. The way we view race today is based on definitions which were developed in order to support behaviors which otherwise would have been deemed unacceptable.

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8 Components of the African World View

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1. Xenophilia

2.Communalism

3.Matriarchal Family Structure

4. Man-to-Person

5. Felt Time Orientation

6. Oral Tradition

7. Diunital (both/and)

8. Extended Kinship Network

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Xenophilia

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Love for Strangers

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Communalism

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We Are, Therefore I am

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Matriarchal Family Structure

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Lineage thru Mother

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Man-to-Person

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Harmony w/ Nature

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Felt Time Orientation

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The community determines when something begins and ends

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Oral Tradition

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The spoken word is very important.

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Diunital (both/and)

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Two ideas/description/things may be diametrically opposed and each validated and believed.

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Extended Kinship Network

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Cousins who a'rent blood related

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3 Major Empires

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Ghana, Mali, Songhai

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Indigenous Africans

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Born in Africa

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Diaspora

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A person of African descent who was not born in the continent. But have ancestors who are African.

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Ivan Van Sertima

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Evidence of a list of pre columbian African Existence read notes.

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If Lions were Historians, Hunter’sWould Cease to be Heroes

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Perspective- Perception connected to this class will be taught from an African perspective.

You dont have to be African to have an African perspective. Having exposure to the world view.

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The Ways African’s and Europeansresisted the Maafa

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1. they proved their strength and determination in fighting for their freedom. In particular, enslaved Africans on the Caribbean plantations rebelled against their owners in many different ways

2. the captured men, women and children fought and found ways to rebel against their captors.

3. Taken to the coast where they were to be sold to the Europeans.

4.Europeans traded goods for slaves.

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Revolution vs revelation

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Revelation

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Something that is revealed.

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Revolution

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is a political upheaval in a government or nation state characterized by great change.

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How many races are there?

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Only one, the human race

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1. Abu Bakari II

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Abubakari gave up his kingdom to pursue knowledge

AnAfrican emperor who ruled Maliin the 14th century discovered Americanearly 200 years before Christopher Columbus

he handed the throne over to his brother, Kankou Moussa

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Major African American Stereotypes

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Saphire

Uncle Tom

SAM Bo

MAMMY

Jezebel

Mandigo

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Uncle Tom

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Conteded negro, always happy

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Sam Bo

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Happy shiftless negro

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Mammy

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content negro

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Saphire

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Angry Black Women

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Jezebel

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Black Woman who sleeps with your man. Black woman who loves sex.

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Mandigo

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Fast savage beast, more prone to being criminals with big dingo.

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MAAFA (The African Holocost)

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"terrible occurrence" or "great disaster". It refers to the Black Holocaust when millions of Africans died during the journey of captivity from the west coast of Africa to the shores of America, known as the Middle Passage.

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Reconstruction

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To protect African American civil rights

14th Amendment- slave to be freed

15th Amendment - right to vote

Gained reconstruction governments

African Americans gained less help from southern governments and more animosity through blacks.

New Laws targeted African Americans

Slavery wasnt really abolished by the 13th amendment

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Tilden VS. Hayes

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the Compromise of 1877 can be considered the political event that allowed Jim Crow to come into full power.

Hayes won the election

Hayes won the election because southern democrats agreed to support him if he ended reconstruction.

Jim crow started after hayes won the elect

during the 1880s, civil rights and political access for blacks were rapidly rescinded,

Northern and Southern politicians agreed that white solidarity on the issue of race was more important than civil rights for blacks.

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KU KLUX KLAN

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Developed in 1886 , to stop people from voting with violence and threat.

More whites redeemed the south causing less black men to vote.

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David Walkers Appeal

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The goal of the Appeal was to give hope that change would someday come. It spoke out against colonization, a popular movement that sought to move free blacks to a colony in Africa.

Wanted slavery abolished

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White men on race

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When you're African and successful you are not considered " black"