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Down to the Global South The time period after World War II there was a creation in a new world order. Majority of the world was coming out of colonization and becoming an independent nation. The world was also splitting between the global north, countries that were wealthy and powerful and the global south, countries coming out of colonization and relatively impoverished. While the global south was setting the foundations, such as political policies and economy, the Cold War was beginning.…

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He moved to England from Jamaica in the 1950s (Adewole). Josephz trained in Ballet and Caribbean dance forms and was a member of Les Ballets Negres (Adewole). After Les Ballets Negres ended due to a lack of funding, Josephz worked in London and started Dance Company 7, which he…

seen in today's world. Developed in Jamaica in the 1930s, Rastafarism is a “religion strongly influenced by Christianity” (Molloy, 2010). In the 1970s, Rastafari was spread globally following the success of Bob Marley and his music. Belief System Unlike Christianity, Rastafarians believe Haile Selassie I is the Living God. They also believed that Black people is the reincarnation of ancient Israel, who, at the hand of the White person, has been in exile in Jamaica. According to Molloy (2010):…

as President. Following his victory Bolivar began campaigning for Peru’s liberation from Spanish rule, the battle of Juinn victoriously rid Lima from Spanish statutes. Bolivar had to flee to Jamaica to seek foreign aid, during this time he wrote his famous “Letter from Jamaica” written to the Governor of Jamaica. Bolivar expressed his goals of gaining independence and how the country would be governed. He planned a parliamentary set up similar to England’s and to have a lifelong president,…

I really enjoyed "The Danger of a single story" by Chimamanda Adichie. This speech described the distorted perceptions Americans sometimes have about people from foreign backgrounds based on single stories. This is an issue to Chimamanada and she makes her point clear. Single stories generalize certain cultures, countries and even whole continents into a single image or stereotype without recognizing that they are composed of millions of individual unique stories. This speech means a lot to me…

Where I’m from, Jamaica, a majority of the inhabitants believe homosexuality is wrong and therefore it is outlawed, but does this make it wrong? Does my own belief of it being wrong stem solely from the cultural norms of my birth place? It’s harder to tell in a region consisting…

Growing up in a very large country, with a very small population, and only two neighbours, as a child, I was always wondering and deeply interested in knowing how the children from the other countries are growing up. I always wanted to know how do they spend their free time, how their puberty goes, which experiences do they have, how do they communicate with their parents, what do they eat, drink, think, read, dream, feel, how do they see the world, are their experiences similar to my own or not…

When we hear the name Safe Space, we often think of a place where anyone can relax and being comfortable in expressing themselves. A place without fear of being discriminated against as a result of your race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, cultural background, religious affiliation, age, or etc.. That’s the type of place my field placement agency is. Safe Space NYC Inc. is an organization that offers a safe and caring environment for youth. This paper will analysis Safe Space NYC Inc. in…

Florence Nightingale as the “original” nurse, and has led the path for all nurses since. Florence was born in 1820 in Florence, Italy and that is where her name came from. Florence was born into an upper class family, but she felt calling from God to help. With that calling Florence wanted to train to become a nurse, and after some convincing to her parents in 1851 she went to Germany to train as a nurse. In 1854 the Crimean War began and that is when Florence began to really shine. Florence…