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January 14, 2024

ASHÉ Ritual Poetics in African Diasporic Expression

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Free Download Paul Carter Harrison, "ASHÉ: Ritual Poetics in African Diasporic Expression "
English | ISBN: 0367464799 | 2022 | 196 pages | EPUB, PDF | 6 MB + 39 MB
‘ASHÉ: Ritual Poetics in African Diasporic Expressivity’ is a collection of interdisciplinary essays contributed by international scholars and practitioners.

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January 12, 2024

Indigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the Americas

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Free Download Indigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the Americas edited by Benjamin Hebblethwaite, Silke Jansen
English | June 1, 2023 | ISBN: 1496235738, 1496236076 | True EPUB | 360 pages | 3.1 MB
Indigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the Americas explores spirit-based religious traditions across vast geographical and cultural expanses, including Canada, the United States, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Brazil, and Chile. Using interdisciplinary research methods, this collection of original perspectives breaks new ground by examining these traditions as typologically and historically related. This curated selection of the traditions allows readers to compare and highlight convergences, while the description and comparison of the traditions challenges colonial erasures and expands knowledge about endangered cultures.

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January 11, 2024

Men We Cherish African-American Women Praise the Men in Their Lives

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Free Download Brooke Stephens, "Men We Cherish: African-American Women Praise the Men in Their Lives"
English | 1997 | ISBN: 0385485328 | EPUB | pages: 432 | 2.6 mb
One evening in 1994, writer Brooke Stephens was listening to the news while working on a tribute to her grandfather for an upcoming family reunion. The evening’s newscast began with three negative reports about black men-as rapists, muggers and murderers. The contrast between the black men on the news and the black man she was writing about suddenly seemed enormous. Where were the black men she knew? Stephens wondered. Why were they never featured on the evening news? Never publicly discussed or shown? From these questions, the idea for Men We Cherish was born.

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January 10, 2024

Meteorites A southern African perspective

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Free Download Ronnie McKenzie, "Meteorites: A southern African perspective"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1775840980 | EPUB | pages: 216 | 28.5 mb
Meteorites are the remnants of meteors from outer space that have survived the corridor of fire through Earth’s atmosphere and landed on our planet. Rare, and bearing secrets about the formation of our Universe, these ‘treasures from space’ have fascinated people ever since they were first identified in the late 18th century as extraterrestrial arrivals. This jam-packed book by enthusiast and collector Ronnie McKenzie introduces the topic in straightforward language and is richly illustrated with some 200 photographs and diagrams. It discusses how to identify meteorites, where they come from and where they have landed on Earth, the many different types, and how to set about collecting them. It also dispels some of the myths about these stones, and presents some infamous meteorite scams. A handy basic guide for those new to the topic, and for anyone interested in entering the field of meteorite collecting.

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