Afro-Eurasia

their as is, which is commonly associated with the “Afro”. The “Afro” was not only a hairstyle, but a political statement for black men and women refusing the restrictions from society and assimilation to white standards of beauty. The Afro was also a “silent affirmation of African roots and the beauty of blackness” (Brown 16). The Black Power Movement is strongly associated with…

demand of different textured hair extensions, there are various colours that allow one to spruce up their look without box dyeing or bleaching their own her to achieve the look. The introduction of twist outs and ‘wash-and-go’ styles has given the Afro a stylistic flare as well. A twist out or braid out is basically what its name describes it to be, the person braids or twist their hair for various amounts of time and when the person is…

room until a magazine cover stole my gaze. The cover was amazing to me, it was different. The shiny cover contained a picture of a young women, and read “The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975”.I analyzed the caramel colored woman on the cover, with an afro the size of earth itself. Throughout all the magazines on the table she was the only one without makeup and flat thin hair, but she was still the most confident one, who also spoke a million words in one picture without even trying. I shimmied the…

cases, the houses are single room buildings made out of cardboard, plastic and tin roofs held down by rocks. The more established favelas have houses of maybe 2 rooms and are made out of bricks rather than scavenged materials. Benedita da Silva, an Afro-Brazilian woman and politician who grew up in favelas showed that the favelas could overcome the horrible conditions that many of the slums could be improved through activism by the…

The world is filled with oppression. It’s in many forms and may not be completely visible. It hides, waiting to strike at the correct moment, making sure to pierce through the weakness parts. One type of it by pushing people within a box. Labels and names are put onto other people, and when people try to leave the box of conformity, they are treated like a traitor. People hate the change, they hate not knowing what to expect. Therefore when people around them decide on their own identity, they…

Professor Henry Gates explores the South American country of Brazil in his second episode of Black in Latin America. More than 75 million people of African descent inhabit Brazil which makes it the second largest population of black people in the world. There are many aspects of African culture, traditions, and values very alive in Brazil. Brazil was the first country to claim it was free of racism, but the last country in the western hemisphere to abolish slavery. Gates visits different cities…

Stereotypes seem to be something we cannot escape. When I say we I am referring to we, as a people. We all are guilty of stereotyping one another, in fact it’s something that we learn to do, it usually first taught by our family. Stereotyping is basically wrongly believing all people are the same based off certain criteria’s. Once you are old enough to go to school and begin to interact with other culturally diverse people you pick and learn new things about others, and you began to stereotype…

About fifthteen years later, my father married my mother on October 30, 1994. They were not really together until my father had the paperwork done after two years for my mother to come to America. My mother has struggled as much as my father did too. She had to live her homeland like Nguyen Qui-Duc did. She left her father, mother, brothers and sisters to be with my father. Furthermore, she worked numerous jobs as well, to be able to send money home to her side of the family. In order to help…

dissociate blacks with Africa. By embracing African contributions, Bahians put forth their own sense of racial identity. One such contribution that is intricately woven into the fabric of Bahian identity is the importance given to Candomble. Candomble is an Afro-Brazilian religion that was popular in Salvador. Candomble leaders worked to construct the images of legitimacy and respectability that academics helped publicize. In the face of religious repression and oppression, these black thinkers…

The time before the revolution reflects Cuba’s authentic and native style of music and Conjunto Philadelphia wanted to reflect that through their performances. First and foremost Cuban music is dance music (Cuba- Son and Afro-Cuban Music). To create a true representation of the Cuban style of music all the aspects of the Cuban musical culture had to be expressed. This was why the performers urged the audience to dance with them as they played their songs. They made sure…