The Ashanti tribe is located in central Ghana in the rainforest of West Africa. They are the major ethnic group in this roughly 50 years-old young nation. The Ashanti people are known as fierce fighters whether they are women or man. The tribe have a slogan: “If I go forward I die, If I go backward I die, better go forward and die.” (Baden-Powell) When they are faced by a war, you can hear drums from the villages to signal each others. The Ashanti religion combines both spiritual and supernatural powers. They believe that every living thing have souls, including plants and animals. They believe that there are fairies, monsters and witches, and their religious belief surrounds an all-powerful, all-knowing god called “Onyame”. In this research …show more content…
However, for the Ashanti tribe, their god “Onyame” is sometimes portrayed as both female and male. The female is referred to the moon which created human beings with water, and male is referred to the sun which give human beings life to live. Females are seen as an important figure, because they are labeled as the mother of humankind, where all humans originated from. The Ashanti tribe believe that women was created by God, as an “instrument of human life” (Kenneth Kojo Anti) on earth. Since women in Ashanti helps the tribe to produce offspring, and also take care of the role of raising the children, it is fair to say that women are the back bone of tribe. There are myths in traditional African religion that blames women for causing human to live on earth, instead of heaven with god. Despite the myths, we can see that women have a special relationship with God, where they share similar process of creating life, experience the death and misfortune in life. This is also the reason why in west African culture, women generally practice as medium, since they are believed to have connection to God. Africans believe women can communicate to the other worlds, and sometimes even getting possessed by deity. They believe that possessions by deity can reveal past, preset or future events, and help the tribe to overcome obstacles. We can see that women that are born in the Ashanti tribe is part of their …show more content…
Comparing to men, female puberty ceremony is not done in secrete like men’s does, female puberty is seen as a more important process than man’s. The Ashanti tribe believes that women need to be properly trained to be a good mother, to raise children with good morals. All the participants are women, including queen mother and female leaders. Experienced women will then pass on womanhood secrets and technics to the young women. Education in sex, birth control, and how to maintain good marriage with man is taught in these couple weeks of time. Dancing and drumming rituals are also carried out by the name of Onyame, to bless the young women to have a successful fertility life. In Ashanti religion, women represent the purity, beauty, and dignity of the tribe, they are the instrument of god to create life. Ashanti women inherits this status when they were born, and they have to follow rules to achieve it. Older women learnt these rules for a long time, so they are here to make sure that young women will not break them. Older women will especially make sure that young women will not get pregnant before going through the puberty ceremony, because it is a traditional religion rule. Onyame and Obosom will get angry or even punish the tribe if that happens. There are also fines and punishment within the tribe to enforce it. The role of women is
The indigenous tribes of North America have much in common with the indigenous religions of Africa but there are also many differences in the belief of an afterlife, supreme deity, and the daily practices of each. Today many of these lesser known religions are hardly ever studied but they exist and are still practiced all over North America and Africa. We will discuss how these religions differ in their main beliefs and practices, and we will also discuss how they correlate with one another on smaller aspects.
The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma is one of many native people who used to prosper in the United States. The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma is one of the only Native American tribes federally recognized in the United States. The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma used to live in the great lakes region with many people. They have been around since the 1600’s. Then they were moved to oklahoma where they now live nearby and are a big part of Oklahoma’s history and culture. They have significant amount of things that affect our society today. The Miami people of oklahoma moved from the great lakes region to Miami, Oklahoma, they affect our society today and have only a small part of their people remaining.
Traditional religions in ancient Mali were polytheistic, they did not believe in one single supreme being, and the believed in animism. They believed that all plants, animals and objects had spirits. “Spirits of the land” were also a big part of the ancient civilization’s beliefs and they were taught to ensure the success of their crops. They had no sacred texts to support their beliefs but they thought that the spiritual world and the physical world were connected.
When most western people think about Native American or African religions there is a certain stigma that comes with the topic. This is in part because there is a lot of misinformation in the world about Native American and African religions. When most westerners think of African religions they think of voodoo and black magic. Likewise, the view of Native American religions is still looked at through the lens of the pilgrims who wrote about Native Americans as being savages and less than human. These stereotypes were all formed from a lack of accurate information. African and Native American religions are very similar. It is difficult to find a lot of accurate information on African and Native American indigenous religions because of the lack of written history but there is a lot of oral history that has been passed down from generation to generation. From this information, it is clear that Native American and African religions have many more similarities than they do differences. Three of these similarities will be discussed in this paper. The first topic of discussion is the similarity between African and Native American people when it comes to their perception of the spirit world. Following this topic are the similarities between Native American and African views on the afterlife and finally, the diversity of beliefs within African and Native American religions.
Women’s roles have always been obscured in African society. It is very diverse and controversial across African religions. The ideations of equal rights and power for both sexes are nowhere apparent in African culture. The portrayal of its culture is mainly presented from a masculine perspective. Little do we know about women’s roles and lives. It is uncommon to see articles or newspapers that focus on feminine views and their social roles in African religion. However, in Yoruba culture, the endeavor of Yoruba women that strive for equality of power can be gradually perceived and attained in certain extents.
“Cooning” was a TV show or Film usually they act like idiot behavior that misrepresents African American culture. I think idiot because that shows a deliberate act. Many people called “coons.” Yes, I saw some examples today’s culture some white people still discriminate black people. Some white people were enjoying it, and that seems to some people they insulted African- American behaves. African-American got angry. It was not fair at all that behavior. All are good examples.
To begin with, the name “Cherokee” comes from a Muskogee word which means “speakers of another language”. The Cherokee also considered themselves as the Aniyunwiya. Also, most of all the Indians got sent to Oklahoma. Cherokee is not just a tribe name it also stands for a language. There was a writing system that was invented by a Cherokee person. These are some facts about the word Cherokee and what is symbolized.
Chickasaw tribe has a rich tradition steeped in the arts, housing, food , language and society
Daudi Ajani ya Azibo describes the difference between Black Studies and the Study of Black People and they can be disguised to look the same until you look closely at the underlining message. It can be easily manipulated to make it look like the study is for good intent even though the sole purpose was to destroy the view of African Americans like in “Negro Scholarship” for example, which is made so that white supremacy can control Black studies. Azibo stresses that Black Studies is not Black Studies unless African worldview, which Wade Nobles says is a product of the African’s history, culture, and philosophy, is applied through and through as opposed to the European worldview. Azibo mentions how important Africentric paradigm is to the practice of Black Studies. Africentric paradigm described by Baldwin has four simplified characteristics: a) generates the foundation of African culture; b) Recognized the many African worldviews of the whole African population; c) recognize
This report is based on the book Thunder Rides a Black Horse written by Claire R. Farrer. This book is written in context of an indian group called the Mescalero Apache Indians. Their reservation and ceremonial grounds are based in the south-central part of New Mexico. The author is very familiar with this tribe as she claims to be like family with some of the members. She writes this book based on her visit to join in on one of their big traditions. It is called the puberty ceremonials. These ceremonies are where the young girls of the tribe are traditionally accepted as women into their society. The Mescalero Apache Indians still
Like in any religion the people have certain beliefs. In the african religions there is no single religion. Researchers try to identify similarities in world views and ritual processes across the african boundaries. African Religions are polytheistic; which means they believe in more than one god. They believe in one overall god, but also ancestral spirits. Most African religion’s creation story reveal the creation of humans more than
Creation mythology are present in a multitude of cultures around the globe. The Native American Blackfoot tribe is one of the many civilizations who has a creation myth, for my paper I will be referencing Blackfoot Creation and Origin Myths. One can understand a lot from one’s society by analyzing creation stories and other important texts. The Blackfoot tribe uses these myths to explain the start of their society, the myth is broken up into parts; my focus will be on, the making of the earth, the order of life and death, and old man and the great spirit. With a lack of first hand experience of the creation of the earth, creations myths give incite to who a certain society thinks.
The onondaga tribe is one of the most interesting tribes in the world. They do all sorts of interesting things. They have a lot of location. They have some traditions. Last they have a lot of present-day facts.
that no one gave it a second thought. The details were unclear. Zarr was a peaceful planet and each tribe existed in harmony-it was how the Zlar created us-we were all made to coexist and live off the niches of each other. Each tribe has their own niche. My tribe, the Azar, are the intellects of Zarr. The Arz create life on Zarr, they are the first tribe the Zlar created and due to their life giving capabilities they can never die. The Raz tribe are the people who gather sustenance for the protectors but most importantly the Azar. It is not the food they gather but rather the minerals. The Zlar gave them the ability to seek out where the minerals were located. From there they created elixirs which allowed the Raz and Azar to survive. And now
In simple terms, the Diaspora as a concept, describes groups of people who currently live or reside outside the original homelands. We will approach the Diaspora from the lenses of migration; that the migration of people through out of the African continent has different points of origin, different patterns and results in different identity formations. Yet, all of these patterns of dispersion and germination/ assimilation represent formations of the Diaspora. My paper will focus on the complexities of the question of whether or not Africans in the Diaspora should return to Africa. This will be focused through the lenses of the different phases in the Diaspora.