Essay On Winning Culture In Africa

On Tuesday, July 27 1993 in Salamanca Spain, the world of Track and Field was revolutionized in less than 20 seconds. Not in a 200 meter sprint, but because of a 2.45 meter unassisted vertical jump. Javier Sotomayor is the only person in the world to have ever cleared 8 feet with a jump of 8’0.5” breaking the 2.44m record he had set the previous year. Javier Sotomayor is iconic in the High Jump as a result of his record which has not been surpassed in its 22 years and only recently has been challenged.

It was a moment that will be remembered in our country’s history for years to come. Oleksiak reached the halfway mark of the race in 7th place; it seemed all hope was lost for the 16-year-old. However, she then defied all odds, working her way up in the last 50m to tie American Simone Manuel for first place. She managed to defeat women of up to 28 years

From the 1500s to the 1700s, African blacks, mainly from the area of West Africa (today's Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Dahomey, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, and Gabon) were shipped as slaves to North America, Brazil, and the West Indies. For them, local and tribal differences, and even varying cultural backgrounds, soon melded into one common concern for the suffering they all endured. Music, songs, and dances as well as remembered traditional food, helped not only to uplift them but also quite unintentionally added immeasurably to the culture around them. In the approximately 300 years that blacks have made their homes in North America, the West Indies, and Brazil, their highly honed art

Consider how Africa’s geography has changed over time. What positive and negative effects would these changes have had on human populations on the continent? As their new homes changed they were able to adapt due to their innovative mindset. This can be attributed to the new found organization thanks to language. Allowing Africans to grow and expand throughout the entire continent. Other factors that can be attributed are the change in geography for some parts such as the Sahara drying out and swamps and lakes disappeared.

Into Africa by Martin Dugard, is a unique retelling of one of David Livingstone’s last expeditions through Africa. Martin Dugard lives in Orange County, California and is an accomplished writer and adventurer. Martin Dugard accurately provides his readers with an inside look at his characters motivation and inner thoughts. Dugard has also written several other nonfictional history books that showcase his desire to display his characters psychological processing such as Killing Clinton, published in 2012, and Killing Lincoln, published in 2013. Into Africa was published in 2003, by Doubleday, a division of Random House, inc. in New York, NY. Dugard uses the book to prove his thesis that Henry Morton Stanley and

Drums have always had a significant role in culture. The drum serves as the pulse of many nations and peoples and has historically had a dominant role in many of the rituals and ceremonies of the African, Latin American, and American Indian cultures.

As Americans, we live in a society today that is controlled by the media, and we are sometimes blind-sided by it and what it informs us about other countries due to the fact that the media leaves a mass amount of information. Questions that will be challenged example, why is it so important to learn about other countries history when we don’t even know much of our own? Or why does the media have such an incredible impact on how we view other countries like Africa. Our school systems are set up to, limited to what needs to be taught, so that our generations coming up, will not be as uneducated also uninformed about what is going on in the world. Africa history is beautiful history and some may say that Africa is where all of our world history started.

In the 1988 Summer Olympics, an unbelievable feat occurred. The feat happened during one of the premiere events, the 100 meter dash. The event was set up to be a great race between Carl Lewis of the United States and Ben Johnson of Canada. This did not happen. Ben Johnson blew away the field running a 9.79, a world record. Carl Lewis finished a distant second with a 9.88 ("Ben Johnson").

Good afternoon, for the past few months I have been traveling around the United States in an effort to educate today’s youth about the complexity, diversity, and pure beauty that is defined by Africa. I have been sent to speak to you by the National Africana Studies Association as part of a campaign to promote the study of “Africa in the classroom.” Throughout the course of my journey, I’ve seen how obvious it is that the high schoolers across the country have little to no knowledge about Africa. Quite frankly, I feel that the lack of African knowledge serves as a tremendous disadvantage to an individual by inhibiting their understanding of what the extraordinary continent is in actuality. Students across the country have a preconceived misconception about every aspect of Africa, including their economy, slavery, and culture.

Long distance running is an excellent way to boost a human’s cardiovascular stamina and increase the strength in an athletes fast-twitch muscle system in his/her legs. The reason it is so effective in improving someone’s health is because it keeps the heart beating at a high rate for a long period of time. This sends oxygen quickly to all the body’s key receptors which is essential to maintain motor skills, and better a human’s growth and blood flow. It also enables the heart to adapt and strengthen to be able to handle such a strain for such a long period of time. This helps athletes keep energy during games and practice without getting as tired.

Having origins in slave trade of the Muslim Empire that conquered North Africa, are the Gnawa people. Located in Morocco, the Gnawa are an ethnic group that is a product of their ancestors that have come before them. Their culture is a hyprid of their West-African heritage, North-African surroundings, and Islamic faith. Their spritualism and animism has its roots in West-African traditional religions. Another use of the tern “Gnawa” refers to the people of Morocco that participate in the musical and ritual tradition of the lila. This nighty ritual celebrates God, his Prophet Muhammed, Sub-Saharan Africa and many other invisible entities. This complex liturgy is an all night ceremony that mixes music with colorful costumes, acrobatic dances and incense. Music and dance are ubiquitous of the lila, meaning “light”, with songs that comprise of a rich repitoire of ancient Afro-Islamic

Kalenjins are able to reach a level of mastery in long-distance running without years of deliberate practice. A study conducted by the Danish Sports Science Institute resulted in a group of Kalenjin boys, with only three months of deliberate training, consistently outperforming Danish track superstar Thomas Nolan (Fisher). The researchers concluded from the races, physical tests, and “established human averages” that Kalenjins have an innate genetic advantage (Fisher). Not only do these Kenyans have a larger number of red blood cells, which allows their bodies to use oxygen more effectively, but their "bird-like legs" allow them to not use as much energy when they run (Fisher). These Kenyans have inborn advantages that allow them to outperform runners who have been deliberately training throughout their long athletic careers. Deliberate practice plays a miniscule part in making Kenyan athletes elite. Kenyans have innate genetic and physical advantages which runners in other parts of the world lack, which allows for Kenyans to dominate the long-distance running world without devoting thousands of hours to deliberate

favoured, and having a loud voice and well spoken” (Equiano, 30-31). In this quotation, Equiano is discussing the rich cultural practices in Africa, when it came to naming. Equiano’s narrative offers some great insight to Africa before his village was invaded, the journey through the middle passage, and the harsh realities of enslavement.

Every four years numerous athletes from around the world come to compete in the coveted Olympic Games. But these 10,500 athletes just from the London Olympic Games, are not the same as the 241 that competed in the very first Olympics in Athens (Olympic Games). The Games themselves also are completely different. The intent of these participants and the countries they descend from are much different. Once a celebration of the Gods, this old-time worship ceremony has been brought into the modern world as something utterly different. In the first year of the modern revival of the games, it was not an expectation for the athletes to compete in honor of the Greek gods. At the time, it was meant to bring a country glory. As

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