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I. Origin and History Santería is an Afro-Caribbean syncretic religion that originated in the Yoruba tribe of West Africa. The development of Santería is the result of the African Diaspora. The Yoruba tribe was brought to Cuba because of the slave trade in approximately the 16th century. Enslaved Africans in the Caribbean mixed their Yoruba beliefs with the Roman Catholic beliefs of the Spanish. Although on the surface they were forced by their masters to convert to Catholicism, many still…

Are you to willing wake up early every morning to sit outside for hours and hours in the heat separating cotton seeds from cotton fibers? Well slaves didn’t have a choice until a us-born inventor named Eli Whitney came up with the idea of the cotton gin. For those who may not know, the cotton gin is a machine, invented on April in 1793, that separated cotton easier and faster than by doing it by hand. As a side note, Eli Whitney was born in Westboro, Massachusetts, on December 8, 1765 and died…

This is article is about the use of a special and sensitive word Nigger. Because of special history, there are always contradictions between white people and black people. Long long ago, black people were caught by the white people in Africa and translated to America. They were regarded as goods, called slaves, also niggers. As far as I am concerned, I definitely disagree with this evil slave trade. During hundreds of years, black people had suffered such an amazing encounter, what they need is…

In order to contrast the impact The Atlantic Slave Trade had in Africa and Europe, one must first learn how and why the trade began. The Atlantic Slave Trade is the exchange of African slaves for European slaves, as well as manufactured goods. In return for slaves, Africans traders wanted European and Indian textiles, cowrie shells, metal goods, firearms, alcohol, and decorative figures. This trade is the most profound endurance of human consequences than any other commercial tie. “Between…

and we laugh at the experiences he shares because of our sheer disbelief that anyone might attend a college where these opportunities abound. His university of choice, NYU Abu Dhabi, is situated in the small Middle Eastern country called the United Arab Emirates (UAE). People from a large variety of backgrounds and countries attend the college and must adapt to a different way of living. However, learning this new culture broadens knowledge of the customs of other countries. The location of the…

Iraqi forces had threatened international interests when they had mobilized forces along the Kuwaiti-Saudi Arabian border. Led by the United States, NATO and Arab nation allies had launched Operation Desert Shield to safeguard Saudi Arabia from Iraqi forces. When other nations had observed Iraq further operations near the border, allies collectively had seen that their economic interests were at risk, leading…

For example, in October 1973 during the Arab-Israel war, they raised oil prices by 70% and in December, after the war, they were raised by additional 130%. OPEC’s Arab members drastically cut oil production and banned all oil exports to the Western countries that supported Israel amid the war. The consequence of this was a lack of oil and inflation to…

and Saudi Arabia has lasted for 70 years forging a great friendship and alliance. The United States, began its relationship with the Arabs through the oil industry and then via government contracts, this then established a relationship with Saudi Arabia 's founder, King Abdulaziz. “U.S. businesses have been involved in Saudi Arabia 's oil industry since 1933” (CFR,2). Due to America establishing…

conflicting and complementary arguments that surround the true cause of the unrest within the middle east that resulted in the Arab Spring Movement and the ongoing Syrian Civil War. The question is, which views of this issue are true? The most agreed upon theory is that middle region leaders and protesters rebelled against their respective…

‘I of Ebony’ is a novel written by Nana Grey Johnson a Gambian author, in 1997. This novel focuses on slave trade that took away almost 40 million Africans to sugar, tobacco, rice and tea plantations in the Caribbean, the Americas and Asia Minor within a span of 400 years (Grey- Johnson, 1997). The novel centres on a Jola warrior and wrestler, Simanga who was captured by slave hunters while he was coming from an annual wrestling competition in Pakai, a surrounding village. He had made his…