Benin

The military uses tactics to indoctrinate children into fighting in the war for them. Some of those tactics used would be emotional manipulation, getting them hooked on drugs, and violent war movies. They use emotional manipulation by blaming the rebels for killing their families and using them as the reason why they are in this situation. The military would get them hooked on drugs such as cocaine, marijuana, and “brown brown”. They would have them watch violent war movies such as Rambo which…

TMA 07: Critical Review AA100 The Arts Past and Present was my first module with the Open University which has been a massive learning curve both in studying and being disciplined with my time to study. Over the months of studying there have been modules which I assumed I would thoroughly enjoy and modules which I assumed I would dislike, however this thinking has turned out to be the complete opposite. Use of my study time is something that I have found challenging at times as the modules…

sculptures of her head made in order to recognize her military influence and achievements, and placed these heads in her alter after her death. In 1897, during the period in which Africa was under colonial rule by the British, British men “ransacked the Benin Empire” and forcefully took the heads away to display them as a representation of their imperial grandeur. The brass head of Queen Idia, donated to the British Museum by Sir William Ingram, relates to colonialism and is a painful reminder…

customs are just a way of life. Such a misfortune occurred when religion and sensationalism crossed paths with voodoo (also spelled vodou in Hatian Creole, voudon in French, all of which derived from Vodun, a word from the Fon language of modern-day Benin, connoting mysterious unseen powers that intervene in matters of the people) has come under heavy scrutiny as the Western masses came into contact without the blood spilling, spirit possessing practice. For one to truly be able to comprehend…

Unlike Western art during this time, African art was a functional part of African culture, everyday life, and traditional festivals. All art forms helped knit together members of the society. Africans used masks in order to symbolize the spirits, in their religious rituals. The enormous, sometimes scary mask gave control to the "spirits" which helped to maintain authority. The masks symbolized power, strength, and courage. They were often stylized with horns and tall heads, but most of them had…

ceremonies The Yoruba are one of the biggest ethnic gatherings in gathering in Mae West Africa. The total dominant parts of Yoruba’s Aku are in Western Nigeria. There are likewise settled Yoruba groups in Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Benin, Brazil, Cuba, Dominica, Ghana, Grenada, … .Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Jamaica , Puerto Rico, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act , Sierra Leon, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo and the USA. The naming of a kid arrangement of an infant is a…

I learned about who Andrew Foster was and how he contributed to the Deaf Community. Fosters contributes to Deaf culture was that he created 70 schools in Africa and some of these schools are located in Ghana, Benin, Congo, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon. Also that he created the African Bible College for the Deaf. After reading this article, I felt that I had a better understanding of ASL and Deaf culture. This article enhanced my understanding of the growth of Deaf…

again, they killed them all. Afterwards, Alhaji and Ishmael were pointing out all the places where they were shot at and merely killed. Ishmael woke up to staff members wrapping blankets around him saying it was not his fault. The staff members of Benin Home helped Ishmael climb two steps up Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs by securing his safety and security, and love and belonging. It may not have happened instantly, but over the course of his stay there, he was repeatedly told it was not his…

George goes on to say this: Oh dear, dear, dear! Her we go! A lecture on the African past! On our Great West African Heritage! In one second we will hear all about the great Ashanti empires; the great Songhay civilizations; and the great sculpture of Bénin – and then some poetry in the Bantu – and the whole monologue will end with the word heritage! Let’s face it, baby, your heritage is nothing but a bunch…

Captain W. Snelgrave, transported slaves (africans) by ship and at the time when described he was gathering a cargo of slaves on the “slave coast” of Benin to transport to Santigua. Snelgrave considered himself a humane trader who was transporting his cargo to a better, Christian life. His job connected to the slave trade becasue he was transporting them allowing slaves to be moved which was how people recieved slaves. When trading them he was humane and kind, this type of action shows two sides…