African American culture

Katherine Dunham was the first choreographer to integrate African American dance with modern dance highlighting the importance of African American culture. She showed the world just how beautiful African American heritage is, but did not stop there. Katherine Dunham influenced the African American culture by fighting her way into the dance community, by developing ethnographic research, and by empowering her Illinois community through the art and outlet of dance. “As an artist, educator,…

webinar I am writing about was on the American Public Health Association website. Naming and Addressing Racism: A Primer webinar was presented by Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, and Camara P. Jones, MD, MPH, PhD on July 21, 2015 at 12:00 PM mountain standard time. There were many events in recent months, where we were force to realize that there are still inequalities that existe in society today. As a result, this webinar was one of the four series that the American Public Health Association…

number of reasons, culture is significant to a variety of ethnicities all around the world. When people think about culture they tend to think of traditions, values, and beliefs. We often gain a sense of knowledge about culture from our family, friends, the education system, and media. Thanks to the many forms of communication surrounding us, it is almost impossible for people in a certain culture to be unaware of cultures outside of their own. When learning about other cultures an individual…

In most of the African cultures girls are prepared to be “good’ wives. In African households girls cook, clean, do laundry, take out garbage, put the groceries in the fridge while, the boys just play outside and do whatever their heart desires. About the age of twenty three the girls get married but before this the a Bride Price to the girl in this case the “good” wife is first paid. When the woman is settled into her matrimonial home she has no job to support herself everything she gets…

enhanced my observation of the past, present and future of the many nations of our tiny planet. The semester has left my little grey cells intoxicated with a deeper understanding of how the dynamics of culture continues to change the world. Here is my brief Etic view of the globalization of the African continent. The Afri people have endured many changes throughout its seven million year history. Over the course of time, pre-colonial African’s had foraged across the landscape for survival…

My Culture as an African American African American culture is so diverse, it is combined with so many different things like original African culture fused with slavery, oppression, poverty, the struggle, success, and things alike. African Americans have richly impacted the American culture. Although Africans were stolen from their homeland and brought to America as slaves, despite the cruel and unjust treatment blacks still brought a lot of influence in the ways of; entertainment, food,…

texts already created in the world that address things such as culture and race. Some examples of these could include those involved in the rap group N.W.A. as well as a rapper named Kendrick Lamar. In Lamar’s songs “Alright” and “The Blacker the Berry,” both of which are from his most recent album To Pimp A Butterfly, he says things that not only reaffirm but also challenge the racial discrimination towards African-Americans and their culture through his use of certain lyrics. To…

provide a sense of stability. In this class, we will explore the contradiction of the idea of linear time: the African concept of time. The African concept of time is the idea that the past is the present is the future. It is represented by the idea of Sankofa which directly translates to “go back and get it,” and means that to learn about the future is to go back to the past. In American culture, we use our concept of time to separate ourselves from our history, specifically the institution…

And All That Jazz Elie Kern 11/20/15 11AP3 Mrs. Wang-Birnbaum Jazz has had a powerful impact on both general American culture and the African-American community. From its modest beginnings, this type of music is now one of the most well-known genres in the world, and this process has impacted American music tremendously. For the African American community, the development of jazz has advanced the goal of racial equality. The history of how jazz became as important as it…

Jazz music developed in the South (Tames p. 30). It was created by African Americans. Jazz introduced African American culture to a white society (Jazz par. 2). Jazz music showed artistic expression (Conservative par. 9). It was a way to bring people together (Tames p. 30). With the creation of jazz music came new dances. The most popular dances…