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African Heartbeat
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Author : Nancy Ann Watanabe
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2018-01-30
African Heartbeat written by Nancy Ann Watanabe and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book critically examines classic works of literature and film to suggest ways in which study of fictional characters, cultural themes, and vivid imagery helps us to grapple with, understand, and find resolutions for, problems that seriously concern Americans, including uniformed officers and public officials, as well as the general populace in today’s turbulent times. Chapter 1 analyzes Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Tony Scott’s Enemy of the State to support the author’s theory that contemporary police violence against young African-American men is a result of “persistence of vision” whereby the powerful Fugitive Slave Laws of the American Civil War era exert a continuing influence upon the minds of law enforcement officers and almost all African Americans. Chapter 2 “Zora Neale Hurston: Africa Transported to America” discusses Jonah’s Gourd Vine and Their Eyes Were Watching God to reveal the West African Vodun cosmological theology that informs and determines the lifelong trajectory of macho male protagonist John Buddy Pearson and feminist female protagonist Janie Mae Crawford in their quests for love and spiritual fulfillment. She suggests the Civil War disrupted a theological affinity shared by African Americans with Christian Americans, a kinship at the heart of Hurston’s oeuvre. Chapter 3 reveals the West African origin of the theological design in Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Paramo: A Novel of Mexico and in short fiction works by several contemporary Mexican writers while also investigating the impact, in particular the toll in human suffering, of violent confrontations taking place along the border shared by Mexico and the U.S. Her critical analysis highlights the stream of consciousness narrative technique, which probes the depths of human agony exacted by violations of international boundaries. She demonstrates Shakespeare’s influence. Moreover, as a specialist in Comparative and English Literature, she contributes to Shakespeare scholarship on Hamlet, Prince of Denmark unprecedented insight into the meaning and significance of King Hamlet’s ghost, expanding traditional Christian perspectives and providing historical and textual explications that encompass West African Vodun cosmology. Dr. Watanabe diagnoses Hamlet’s madness as a funky aspect of Shakespeare’s knowledge of “voodoo.”
African Heartbeat
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Author : Barb Christing
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-07-30
African Heartbeat written by Barb Christing and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-30 with Africa categories.
Katie wants to go to Africa. She wants to meet Neema, the little girl her family has sponsored in Malawi. She wants to race through the cornfields, feed the pigs, and dance all day with the girl who has become like a sister to her. Neema's dream is to meet the family that has changed her life and given her a future filled with hope and friendship. Will the two girls meet? Will their paths ever cross?
African Heartbeat
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Author : Jim Harries
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
African Heartbeat written by Jim Harries and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Africa categories.
Philo commits himself life-long to serve the poor. His adventure takes him to Zambia where he rapidly learns new things. Some fellow missionaries are not impressed with the change in direction that Philo makes. He makes a new start in Holima, a fictional African country. "I did not realize that it was so easy to be so stupid," Philo's friend concedes. Philo is adopted by an African tribe. He in turn adopts and rears their orphans. Philo is determined to serve God in churches he meets in Africa. Many have a very African style. Can Phlo convince western people that a vulnerable approach is the best way to reach Africa? This is an account, based on a true story, of God's powerful acts shown through human weakness. -- back.
His Call My All
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Author : Hennie Keyter
language : en
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
Release Date : 2014-01-15
His Call My All written by Hennie Keyter and has been published by Jonathan Ball Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In His Call, My All: An African Drumbeat - A Missionary's Heartbeat Hennie Keyter looks back at his life in the service of the Lord, and forward to continuing His work for as long as God requires it of him. In the 1970s Hennie Keyter was an angry young man, fresh out of military service for the apartheid government of South Africa, unsure of his path in life and deeply uneasy about his faith. When God revealed to him that He had a purpose for him and a calling on his life, at first Hennie was not ready to hear it. When he finally accepted and understood his mission, a flame was lit in his heart that nothing could have extinguished. But nothing could have prepared him either for the extraordinary spiritual journey he was about to embark on which would take him wherever God wanted him to go: from Malawi, 'the warm heart of Africa', to Mozambique at the height of its civil war, where he was sentenced to death and faced a firing squad, from a less than welcoming beginning in Zanzibar, to the United Nations base at Lokichokio on the border between Kenya and Sudan (where on one trip he discovered that he had a price of US$10 000 on his head). Desiring only to do the will of God and to spread the Gospel, Hennie took up the challenge of taking the Gospel to many of the countries on the African continent and in the Middle East, building up leaders and planting churches in poverty stricken areas, lands devastated by years of conflict and deprivation, and war zones where soldiers seemed to have lost everything, even hope.
Pumie S African Heartbeat
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Author : Gillian Reid
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-12
Pumie S African Heartbeat written by Gillian Reid and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12 with Drama categories.
Pumalela is a young black South African orphan. He is from the Xhosa tribe and has a difficult start to his life until he is picked up on the side of the road by Ben in his taxi. Ben and Mandisa raise Pumalela as their own son in a township called Vrygrond in Cape Town. He receives tons of 'booming' love from them both and learns how to cope with the hard ways of township living and the 'taxi life'. Pumie develops a passion for the harbour and the yacht club and meets a white girl who is obviously very different to him. She lives on the other side of town in a leafy suburb - her parents regularly indulge in large quantities of gin and tonic. Despite everything, they quickly become firm friends. Together they get invited to join 5 others to cross the ocean aboard a yacht - heading for the Caribbean. Pumalela at 17 years old experiences life at sea - it is both frightening and exciting to him. One day whilst happily sailing along a massive disaster occurs and they find themselves in an underwater world full of terrifying, dark-souled creatures. They know that they have to find their way out of this horrific place before they lose 'themselves.' And as if they haven't got enough to deal with, a huge green luminous cat like creature, with seriously bad breath follows them everywhere. Finally it comes down to a duel. Someone has to lose...
Poetry After The Invention Of Am Rica
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Author : A. Ajens
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2011-10-26
Poetry After The Invention Of Am Rica written by A. Ajens and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
This collection of essays traces the emergence of the Western poem from the standpoint of its collision with "American" otherness, particularly, the Latin American tradition. Unlike works extending Western conceptions of writing or searching for an alleged American ethnopoetics, this book approaches literature as a Western invention and, in turn, seeks out correspondences between traditions
The Spirit Of Resistance In Music And Spoken Word Of South Africa S Eastern Cape
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Author : Lindsay Michie
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-09-20
The Spirit Of Resistance In Music And Spoken Word Of South Africa S Eastern Cape written by Lindsay Michie and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-20 with History categories.
From an array of prominent activists including Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko to renowned performers and oral poets such as Johnny Dyani and Samuel Mqhayi, the Eastern Cape region plays a unique role in the history of South African protest politics and creativity. The Spirit of Resistance in Music and Spoken Word of South Africa's Eastern Cape concentrates on the Eastern Cape's contribution to the larger narrative of the connection between creativity, mass movements, and the forging of a modern African identity and focuses largely on the amaXhosa population. Lindsay Michie explores Eastern Cape performance artists, activists, organizations, and movements that used inventive and historical means to raise awareness of their plight and brought pressure to bear on the authorities and systems that caused it, all the while exhibiting the depth, originality, and inspiration of their culture.
The Jazz Life Of Dr Billy Taylor
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Author : Billy Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2013-04-18
The Jazz Life Of Dr Billy Taylor written by Billy Taylor and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The autobiography of the celebrated American jazz pianist, composer, activist, educator, and Emmy Award–winning broadcaster. Legendary jazz ambassador Dr. Billy Taylor’s autobiography spans more than six decades, from the heyday of jazz on 52nd Street in 1940s New York City to CBS Sunday Morning. Taylor fought not only for the recognition of jazz music as “America’s classical music” but also for the recognition of black musicians as key contributors to the American music repertoire. Peppered with anecdotes recalling encounters with other jazz legends such as Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, and many others, The Jazz Life of Dr. Billy Taylor is not only the life story of a jazz musician and spokesman but also a commentary on racism and jazz as a social force. “This book (including Dr. Teresa L. Reed’s eloquent introduction) captures with great clarity and accuracy the character of this man. Taylor not only always aspired to excellence, he was also humble and generous of word and deed. The Jazz Life of Dr. Billy Taylor provides the backstory of why he must be remembered as one of the major leading lights of America’s classical music.” —New York City Jazz Record “In this excellent collaboration with author Teresa Reed, Dr. Billy Taylor, one of the most beloved and iconic figures in the jazz world, tells his extraordinary life story in his own words with characteristic humility, warmth, and eloquence. This is a book of major importance not only to the jazz field but also to the study of the African American social and cultural experience in the 20th and early 21st centuries. It is a must read—I couldn’t put it down!” —Dr. David N. Baker, Chair, Jazz Studies, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music; National Endowment for the Arts American Jazz Master “An impeccable memoir by one of America’s most celebrated renaissance men. . . . The writing is as fluid as it is gorgeous, captivating and inspiring. This monumental memoir offers an in-depth and critical analysis of American history through the lens of one the most decorated African American creative artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. . . . From amazing details of interactions with Malcolm X, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., John Coltrane and Mary Lou Williams to the behind-the-scenes inspirations for compositions such as “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free,” “Don’t Go Down South” and “Peaceful Warrior”; this is a must read by anyone who claims to be remotely interested in American music, history, arts and culture.” —Emmett G. Price III, Ph.D, Executive Editor of Encyclopedia of African American Music
African Heart Beat
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Author : Ida Hurst
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1946
African Heart Beat written by Ida Hurst and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1946 with categories.
The Heartbeat Of Indigenous Africa
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Author : R. Sambuli Mosha
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-12-24
The Heartbeat Of Indigenous Africa written by R. Sambuli Mosha and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-12-24 with Education categories.
Empowered by findings and insights from the wit and wisdom of the indigenous Chaga educational system, Dr. Mosha contends that an authentic educational program in Tanzania and elsewhere should be holistic in its unrelenting quest to educate the entire person: body, mind, and spirit. He provides a comprehensive description of the indigenous schooling process and its underlying fundamental virtues and then proposes that modern education should give equal emphasis to both the spiritual development of students as well as to their intellectual growth in knowledge, science, and technology. Dr. Mosha argues that for its own advantage and survival, education has to prioritize moral consciousness and responsibility in its students in order to attain academic excellence. Without a consistent moral living and moral action by all who teach and learn, education eventually plunges into hopeless mediocrity, It becomes the proverbial salt which loses its saltiness. This book provides several unique contributions to the academy. First, it illustrates how the Chaga people of N. Tanzania cherish everyday experience and every here-and-now situation as teachable moments, teaching moments, and learning moments. It is also uniquely rich in its description of stories, riddles, proverbs, and rituals as powerful tools of holistic education. Thirdly, the book breaks ground by comprehensively articulating specific indigenous virtues such as reverence, self-control, silence and thoughtfulness, courage, diligence in work, and communality. This book therefor makes a unique contribution in the areas of Indigenous Knowledge, Spirituality, Education, African American Studies, African Studies, Religious Studies, Anthropology, et cetera. The author's stories, personal experiences, and thick descriptions are so fundamental that every reader will rediscover, in this book, similar experiences in his/her own life.