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    African Music: Uses in Rituals, Celebrations, and Healing Africa is a vast and complex content that is home to over 200 different languages being spoken. Just as the people of Africa are diverse, so is their music, but they are still used for the same reasons. The music they perform is tediously learned and artfully performed. They have songs specifically for one person, like “Magonde” which is a song for the chief played and sung in the Zimbabwe culture (Sinyoro, n.d.). It is an old, traditional

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    sculpting, painting and playing the upright bass in his high school band, he loved music and it was his biggest passion. Some would say he might even sell his soul to be the best musician there was. He played many different instruments and music came naturally to him, he truly loved percussion most of all. He was a member of a band, they commonly did rock music for most of their performances but had a wide array of jazz music and much else as well. He made his way through the school day just as he normally

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    of humanity. Orwell writes, “The music went on and on, minute after minute, with astonishing variations, never once repeating itself, almost as though the bird were deliberately showing off its virtuosity” (123-124). Orwell uses the phrase “minute after minute” which could be interpreted as a reference to the two minutes hate. The two minutes hate is the only thing that allows The Party to express how they feel, but only using hate towards The Brotherhood. “The music went on, minute after minute” it

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    girl solves the problems and forgives the young man. The clip starts from 10:30 to 12:00, projecting the moment when

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    the border of the United States. This film is a classic film due to music, scenery, and unique character portrayals. Music in this film is unique. I think this music in this black and white film makes t intriguing. In the first scene there is a bomb planted on the car. The music being played is interesting. The sound of drums and instruments are heard. The music is upbeat and has a jazz feel. It makes the scene suspenseful. The music in this scene captures the time frame which this film was set in

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    It was no coincidence that rock ‘n’ roll and the civil rights movement started at the same time. The genre originated from African American music and was greatly discriminated against. Traditional white Americans would target anything bad about it. But as the teenager demographic of the 1950s started increasing the sales of the music, the genre started gaining more popularity. It was the style of Elvis Presley and his new voice that made girls weak in the knees and boys want to be him. Artists such

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    "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" is a representation of New York City's social essence through its ability to put together elements of hip-hop music and culture. In the film, this happens through its soundtrack, the cultural representation of the main character, and visual graffiti art, which are all an important part of the story. The movie also serves as a celebration of diversity, as the main character is Afro-Latino, using its cultural elements to highlight the themes of identity and community

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    The Lions Cage Essay

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    any diaries can do the same job as a clip with dialogues. “The Lions Cage” was about a man getting caught and locked up in a lions cage. The lion was asleep as he first enters the cage but soon after, the lion wakes up. The charter tries not to provoke this hungry beast and tries avoid contact with it. The clip ends with the man getting rescued by a woman in which she opens the door of the cage and frees the man.

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    Achains,” (page 76 lines 1-7)This quote comes Richard Lattimore’s translated version of The Iliad, it tells the reader that Achilles is a man who is capable of great anger, anger that will kill thousands and bring much suffering. You wouldn’t think that a man like that would be able to feel anything but that anger, but in Christopher Logue’s War Music we see, “a naked man run with what seems to break the speed of light. Across the dry, then damp, then sand invisible. Beneath inch-high waves that slide

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    would consider Stefani a performer with Dionysian influence. Her music has always been passionate and reflecting her life experiences and views on current issues. Stefani’s life could be described as a rollocoster, ups and downs that provide plenty of inspiration for her music. The song “Rich Girl” from the Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Music album, performed by Gwen Stefani was released in 2004. The song was based on the “If I Was a Rich Man” from the musical,

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