For the past two weeks, Kajamejah has been from hotel to hotel with the child. It was unknown why she is not in the home with her mother, and it was unknown who was checking her into the hotels and motels. Kajamejah smokes weed around the child. She goes online (Vido) to chat with men/women in exchange for money and sex. Kajamejah would bring the people she meets online to the hotel, around the child.…
Some people form crazy, dangerous actions when undertaking a mission. Take Farah Ahmedi, for example, she climbed an enormous mountain on a prosthetic leg to reach freedom and safety. Annie Johnson built a whole business out of a bad situation that happened with her husband. Rikki-Tikki fought off dangerous cobras to save his new family. Though these people were all different and in different circumstances, they each took on a mission to survive.…
As a category of American religious history, African-American religious life and the history behind it has often forgotten or briefly summarized in most historians’ work. Prior to the 1970’s, most history written on African-American religion was vague, often just trivial paragraphs in textbooks and considered irrelevant to our nation’s religious history. But as time progressed, history was revisited to show African-American’s having a more prominent voice in America’s religious culture. One historian, Ulrich Bonnell Phillips wrote one of the earliest collections of slave history and life, American Negro Slavery. This book, written in 1918, shaped the perception of what slavery was like for most who did not experience the institution, but…
Negroni is a popular cocktail based on bitter Campari, vermouth and gin. Negroni became a worldwide popular cocktail, which was invented in Florence, Italy. To celebrate popularity of this bittersweet aperitivo, from 2013 every year starts Negroni Week. History said that invention of Negroni tied with other cocktail Americano -- some day in in 1919 in Florence, thirsty Count Camillo Negroni ordered old good Americano, BUT bartender's replaced soda with gin on demand of Camillo.…
African American Christianity is different from European Christianity because of the experiential background of each group. Overall, African American Christians suffered more in the Old World than European-American Christians. However, African American Christianity, while inspired by European-American Christianity, was combined with African rituals and beliefs. African American’s interpreted the word of God differently because of their slave upbringing. They reconfigured Christianity according to their own needs.…
During the middle of the 15th century, Africa became invested in a one-sided relationship with Europe. As the relationship expanded, it led to the development and wealth of Europe. Consequently, the relationship between the continents only led to the destruction and depopulation of Africa. The 15th century brought the kidnapping and enslavement of African people, majority who were from West Africa. Once captured and loaded on boats, the slaves would be sent to the New World and stripped of any identity they once knew.…
Throughout time the world has been introduced to many religions. A certain Afro- Cuban religion has sparked much controversy since its inception. Like many religions, it has been misunderstood due to its religious beliefs. As well, their use of black magic and communication with the spirit world leaves others puzzled.…
African American Christianity beliefs contain some Christian elements. However, African-American Christianity is primarily African. Although some might say that it contains both, it is mainly African because of the fashion in which the African-Americans created their religion. It is primarily African because they separated themselves from Christians and made African-American Christianity their own. According to the lecture, during the 19th century slaves did not become Christians, but they fashioned their faith from the cultural resources that they were given.…
How Religion Changed the Slaves Since Europeans began bringing black slaves and indentured servants to the colonies, they have begun to tear away foundations that connected blacks to their African heritage. As slavery progressed, “Negroes” were forced to adopt European religion and were mocked for their own religious foundations as being witchcraft and primitive. These changes have continually affected the foundation of spirituality in Negroes, which continues to plague the black community in the 21st century. After being sold off by their own kind or stolen by European colonizers, Africans were ripped from their families and forced to learn english, give up their customs and traditional ways of life, and assimilated into european controlled slavery.…
Gospel, Spirituals, Blues, and Rap: African American Music Introduction In the African American culture, we have several different genres of music. Each genre Has a special place in the history of the African American culture. Slaves used Spirituals as a way of communication later branched off into different genres.…
These days, it's normal to hear the combination of various styles of music. Truth be told, American music is more incorporated than previously and exhibits distinctive music from around the globe. Consolidating distinctive styles of music was famously done as ahead of schedule as the twentieth century with the development of American well-known music. One style of music that affected well-known music was African American music. At the time, American mainstream music was expanding with various styles of music; each style was unmistakable in its own privilege with various rhythms, tunes, surfaces, and execution styles.…
African heritage, and the Black Sacred Cosmos, were very influential in the Americas. The Middle…
Christianity was a method used to refine black people. By saying anyone that is black as Cain, either sugar cane or Cain from the bible, can be refined with the help of…
“I’m not on the white man’s side, or the black man’s side. I’m on God’s side.” Bob Marley was an extraordinary man that will always be remembered in many ways. He grew up in the ghetto and instead of staying, he emerged from it and made a man of himself.…
The Life of Ibn Battutah Ibn Battutah was an incredible traveler and author in his lifetime. The web article, IBN Baṭṭūṭah Muslim Explorer and Writer by Ivan Hrbek, he stated that Battutah was "...the greatest medieval Muslim traveler and the author of one of the most famous travel books, the Riḥlah(Travels)” (Hrbek). Ibn Batttah was so memorable because of the distances he traveled and the reason behind his travels.…