"The Rumba" The Rumba is a mixture of several different dances in which originated in Cuba and Africa. They include the Cuban bolero, the danzon, the guaracha, and the Cuban "son." Though these dances originated around the 16th century and came from ceremonial and religious beginnings they still h...
Our History Mbella Sonne Dipoko Our History is a poem about the fierce Western invasion of Africa. Dipoko is African which explains why the poem is written with a bitter and angry tone from the African point of view. Throughout the poem this tone of voice is kept by the use of powerful diction...
THE STEEL PAN The object, that I have chosen to represent as a piece of craft is the steel pan. Which was invented in my home country, the beautiful Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, during the times of World War II. Its roots are from Africa. The British colonial authorities banned African...
In the first book, Wright tells the reader these were the rhythms of his life: indifference and violence; periods of abstract brooding and periods of intense desire; moments of silence and moments of anger -- like water ebbing and flowing from the tug of a far-away, invisible force (p.31). ...
My job is not quite a good place to be, I have never liked the jobs I had in the past, and present. But honestly, I like to spend time at my job, this is because of how I was raised. I was taught to learn how to curve out something positive over anything I am doing. This has helped me in life, and h...
