Africa's Diverse Customs Of Tuareg Women

Dance has always been the focal point in which Africans are able to let free through movements of emotion. In this essay I will discuss the history of African Dance and its importance to the African Culture. Also will be discussing the general information of African dance, the different types of African dance and the ones that I like the most. Dance in the African culture is something that cannot be taken advantage of in the African Culture because it holds such a strong meaningful moment at the time of any occasion.

Niger’s Wodaabe: “People of the Taboo” (1983) is an article written by anthropologist Carol Beckwith, who heavily uses the features that Lutz and Collins emphasize throughout their book. The article takes place in Nigeria, a developing country in Africa, and promotes and demotes specific characteristics of the Wodaabe lifestyle. By promoting male dominance, emphasizing positive values, and creating the Wodaabe’s identity through their tradition, Americans were able to evaluate the good of Wodaabe society and what they believed placed the Wodaabe to be lower on the social hierarchy. Male dominance is emphasized in the way that the photographs are presented. Photographed men do not appear to be working or wearing traditional clothing.

Exploring through various readings and videos the culture between set tribes and urban communities there were a few differences, and a few similarities between the groups. African culture has a variety of ranges from spirituality, ethics, the placement of music, aesthetic, family formations and marriage rites. The classic article “African Elite: The Big Men of a Small Town” discuss African culture as being split up into two categories: traditional culture systems “tribes”, and urban communities. Social organization based around the two group have completely different. Tribes are represented as more rural hinterland, remaining stagnant, whereas the urban community is more rapid to social change.

     Out of all of the continents, Africa is the most central. It is told that the first man was found in Africa, so with this, many feel that Africa is the birthplace of human culture. Within this continent, there are many different lifestyles, which are lived. Many blame the variety of lifestyles on western influence, but the truth is that different lifestyles began thousands of years before the west had influence on Africa. African’s

The blistering wind and scorching sun, the never ending plains filled with the orange sand dunes. Mysterious men walking with blue veils which only leaves their eyes in view. The Tuareg people are a desert tribe which inhabits the Sahara desert (LONGITUDE 23.4162* N LATITUDE 25.6628 E), they are often recognized for their “Blue Men of the Desert” as their face is often stained blue from their veils which are dyed indigo.

The Bafia Tribe: The Bafia Tribe was a tribe that believed in many strange wedding traditions. However, this tradition is not alive, or believed in any more. When this tradition was still quite alive and well, the Bafia tribe believed that whenever a young woman was captured she was proclaimed as married. Unlike any other tribe the captor never made himself known to others and never offered gifts in exchange for his wife. Sadly, but not surprisingly the mother, father, or the family in general never made a single effort to get the young girl or woman back.

Through religion and dance, they were able to release themselves to their gods and at the same time engage in a form of passive resistance. At the forefront of all this was enslaved women, who passed down and kept alive a disproportionate amount of the cultural heritage of Africa that survived in slavery. They did so through their roles as mothers and healers, daughters and workers. They were, in short, strong women who felt it is their duty to uphold traditional values.

21% of the Nigerian population are made up of Yoruba people. The culture of Yoruba is very interesting and diverse in many ways, but here are some strange but interesting facts that you would have never thought of. One of the many peculiar traditions that the Yoruba people hold is that pregnant women aren’t allowed to walk the streets during the day. It is believed that evil spirits come when it’s the brightest outside looking for their next victim. The evil spirit can enter the pregnant woman and cause a deformed baby to be born.

The strength of a women is the case study I choose to read. It was an interesting read as women are treated way different in the Maasai community. These women have no rights and are not treated as an equal to the men in the tribe. Unfortunately, the women have no voice in the tribe or anything political. They need their husband to receive any medical attention. If their husband were to pass the wife couldn’t inherit anything, which include land and livestock. She would have nothing. If she had a son it could go to him though. Most of the women are uneducated and are responsible for the home.

There are millions of different tribes in the world, each one have their own unique culture. Many tribes share different aspects of culture, while others don’t. But why doesn't everyone share the same aspects of life? In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the cultural aspects of the Maasai and the Kikuyu tribe, and explaining the reasons for their differences. The Maasai tribe live in East Africa, specifically in Kenya and Tanzania. Their population is very large; it is made up of half a million people. They are a nomadic tribe, meaning that they move around from place to place. The Kikuyu, is another traditional tribe who live in Kenya, specifically (please

The main thing when choosing literature or trying to discover voices is context. Let us say that the topic is African courting rituals during the era of imperialism; most likely we would want to look at literature from the African people themselves to gain greater insight on the matter, we still may want to look at European authors to see their observations and views on the rituals, but for the topic it is perfectly acceptable, and even recommended to focus on the view of the original culture, by the culture. One reason, in this instance, we might choose to use a European author is to compare how they viewed the ritual verses the native peoples. The work may be spot on if they meticulously did their research, and all they could to try to understand

The anticolonial movements in Africa were ways to get back at European expansion on the area from the 1890s to the 1960s. African comebacks to colonial rule varied from place to place and over time. Several methods of both violent and nonviolent resistance to colonialism emerged. Nonviolent forms of anti-colonialism included the use of the trade unions, press, religious organizations, associations, literary or art forms, and mass migrations. Various African states used one or several of these nonviolent forms of anti-colonialism at one time or another, but what is significant is that most of them resorted to armed resistance or devastating actions to protect their way of life and independence.

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The Bafia Tribe: The Bafia Tribe was a tribe that believed in many strange wedding traditions. However, this tradition is not alive, or believed in any more. When this tradition was still quite alive and well, the Bafia tribe believed that whenever a young woman was captured she was proclaimed as married. Unlike any other tribe the captor never made himself known to others and never offered gifts in exchange for his wife. Sadly, but not surprisingly the mother, father, or the family in general never made a single effort to get the young girl or woman back.

It seems that Qabbani exhausted by describing Maya’s attractiveness, and illuminates every detail in her body: lip, knee, varnish’s toes, and body’s curves even her breast gives it a leader form. Maya seizes Nizar’s heart until he announces his surrender.