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This paper will be describing and analyzing the African Art Galleries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The galleries that will be critiqued in this paper are 350, 351, and 352. Gallery 350 (Samuel H. and Linda M. Lindenbaum Gallery) is an averaged size rectangular room that spans about the length of a sidewalk. The gallery contains several carved wooden sculptures, primarily located in the center of the gallery that immediately take over upon entering. While most objects are not enclosed in cases

more than the non-commercial ones. The non-commercial ones on the other hand, are brewed locally and not regulated which leads to them being inexpensive and more commonly abused. There are three main non-commercial alcoholic beverages namely Pito, Palm wine, and Akpeteshie. Pito is an alcoholic beverage which is locally brewed using millet. It is traditionally associated with those from the northern region of Ghana, but its production is now common throughout the country due to migration. The

gold came from the Senegal and Niger rivers and was in great demand across the Sahara. Ghana was a sort of meeting place in which the north and the south traded. From the north came ceramics, glass, oil lamps, and salt, from the south came kola nuts,palm oil, copper, and gold. Ghana became a wealthy trading empire. Mali and Songhai were also affected because they neighbored Ghana so they were in similar circumstances. When they were at war and Mali took over the Ghana gold mines, they tried to establish

Who one becomes, originates from where they were raised and the culture that guides a person through life. The fictional novel, Things Fall Apart, demonstrates one portrayal of an ethnically rich community. Nigeria is the native land of the author and it also where Chinua Achebe plots the story for his book. The main character’s life is interweaved with details of the culture and what life is like in the Ibo village, Umuofia. Readers are enchanted by the author’s knowledge and how many details

top containing feathers, the middle containing the face and body of a bird, and the bottom containing a human face. The mask includes certain decorative aspects that are stitched onto it, such as the curved pieces on the side of the face or the raffia, or palm tree leaves, used as hair. This mask is one part

Madagascar has a rich history that dates to the 17th and 18th century. If you want to get technical the island of Madagascar was born 160 million years ago as it separated from the African island. About 2000 years ago Madagascar was settled by Indonesians or people that were of mixed Indonesian and African mix. Arab traders arrived around 800AD to 900AD. Merchants began trading along the northern coast. Now the history of Madagascar distinguished clearly by the early isolation of the land mass

Achebe’s Defense of The Ibo People in Things Fall Apart Option 1 The late Chinua Achebe is considered to be one of the most important voices in African literature. Born in colonial Nigeria in the 1930’s, Achebe joined the first wave of African writers who were determined to represent their country in a way that would truthfully depict the past and present. Before the arrival of the first wave writers, the history of pre-colonial Africa was portrayed as a place of barbarous activity. European novelists

royal families and prestige attendants of their kings’. The “Royal Figure” is a prime example of this kind of artwork that has lived through the Kom Kingdom’s history. This piece is constructed out of multiple mediums including wood, Indigo beads, raffia cloth, and iron, but beneath these materials lies a much deeper meaning. Symbolism, daily functions, history, and culture were all brought forward when

Bioethics and the rest of us What is Ethics? According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, it is a systematic study of what is right and wrong. This definition refers to the prehistoric times when men received laws in supernatural circumstances, like the code of Hammurabi and the Ten Commandments. They contained moral codes on human relationship. What is Bioethics? The term bioethics which has a Greek etymology, Bio-origin and Ethos –behaviour was coined in 1926 by Fritz Jahr, a German Protestant theologian

Things Fall Apart Essay 

Many societies have beliefs rooted deep in ancient religion. Some beliefs include polygamy, polytheism, and patriarchy, or rule by men. One such culture is that of Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Polytheism and polygamy are custom in the clan, and the role of each family member is very defined. The men are overly domineering. The women and children are treated poorly and often beaten. Life in Achebe's Umuofia would seem very different to someone living in modern day America