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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Kongo"”.
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Kongo to Kings County
… attic of the Lott Farmstead is an extension of Kongo-descended cultural practices. This connection is shown by the presence of several artifacts that taken together, invoke a Kongo Cosmogram called the diKenga, alongside artifacts arranged in what is believed to be a Kongo N’Kisi, or spiritual …
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From the Old to the New World: The Transformation of Kongo Minkisi in African American Art
… divination, healing and social justice by the Kongo people of Central Africa. When the Kongo were brought as slaves to the New World, they contributed significantly to the development of African American artistic and spiritual culture. In the Caribbean, aspects of minkisi have been retained in …
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Elämää verenkuvien vuosina : Laji, ylirajaisuus ja representaatio kotimaisissa aids-aiheisissa teoksissa Finns det tigrar i Kongo? ja Veressä
… Johan Bargumin näytelmää Finns det tigrar i Kongo? (1986) ja Kaj Kalinin fragmenttien sommitelmaa Veressä (1993). Perehdyn kaunokirjallisten ilmaisukeinojen ja aids-aiheen vuoropuheluun kohdeteoksissa keskittymällä kirjallisuuden lajiin, ylirajaisuuteen ja representaation kysymyksiin. …
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Dynamics in the process of contextualization facilitated by a West-European researcher: contextualizing the OT notion of ‘sin’ in the cultural context of the Kongo people in Brazzaville
… data. I examine the notion of ‘sin’ in the Kongo culture and evaluate it through the lens of the OT understanding of ‘sin’. The project was undertaken with participation groups in Brazzaville and revealed that in the Kongo context, the place of the kanda (community) was a key element, while …
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African historical religions and Africana spirituality in the Caribbean literature: an analysis of Afro-Caribbean philosophical archetypes in contemporary Caribbean literature using Ifá philosophy as a signifying system
… the religious foundations of the Ewe-Fon, Kongo and especially, Yoruba traditions, with a focus on the Yoruba Oracle as Literary Corpus as well as the basis for the analysis of the following novels: Of Love and other Demons by Gabriel García Márquez, Changó, the biggest badass by Manuel …
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Echoes of Africa: Cosmological Continuities in Contemporary Bahamian Junkanoo
… of the Yoruba, Akan, Mande, Igbo, Wolof, and Kongo, the research compares Junkanoo to African spiritual concepts such as a divine creative force and spirit interaction, exploring the cosmological role of music, costuming, timing, and collective participation in relation to these principles. …
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The Kongolese Atlantic: Central African Slavery & Culture from Mayombe to Haiti
<p>In my dissertation, "The Kongolese Atlantic: Central African Slavery & Culture from Mayombe to Haiti," I investigate the cultural history of West Central African slavery at the height of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the late eighteenth century. My research focuses on the Loango Coast, a …
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Jinjila: Caminhos Escreviventes da Ancestralidade Preta na Literatura-Terreiro Kimbundu-Baiana.
… the nation of my casa-terreiro of Umbanda Bantu-Kongo/Angola and for the kimbundu language studies that I have developed since I became a teacher in training – NUPEL/UFBA, I highlight the strength of kimbundu-bahian literature, producer of lexicons and important disseminator of Bantu worldviews …
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Water and sociality in Khayelitsha: an ethnographic study
This study examines forms of social relationships created around unequal municipal water distribution in South Africa. Using the case of Khayelitsha, the study investigates residents' use of water to sustain their livelihood and build personhood. Water mobilises the formation of relationships in …
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Isolierung, Strukturaufklärung und Totalsynthese von Naturstoffen aus tropischen Heilpflanzen und Bodenorganismen
… und Pharmaforschung. Aus der in der Kongo-Region beheimateten Liane Ancistrocladus ealaensis J. LEONARD (Ancistrocladaceae) wurde sieben Metabolite isoliert: Amyrin, 3,3-Di-O-methylellagsäure, zwei bisher unbekannte Naphthylisochinoline, Ancistroealain A und B, sowie drei …
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Structural and Fluid System Evolution in the Otavi Mountainland (Namibia) and its Significance for the Genesis of Sulphide and Nonsulphide Mineralisation
… Grundgebirgsanteilen des südlichen Sao Francisco-Kongo Kratons und spät-Eburnische Rb-Sr Alter (1816 ± 26 Ma) von Hellglimmern aus Pegmatiten-Intrusionen deuten auf eine Bildung des „Grootfontein Metamorphic Complex“ während der Eburnischen Orogenese hin. Geochemische Analysen an Gabbros des …
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Hidden Histories and Multiple Meanings: The Richard Dennett Collection at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter.
… of Africa but he also studied the indigenous BaKongo community, recording his observations about their political and material culture. As a result he became involved in the institutions of anthropology and folklore in Britain which were attempting to explain, classify and interpret such …
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East African climate variability on different time scales : the Suguta Valley in the African-Asian Monsoon Domain
Motivation | Societal and economic needs of East Africa rely entirely on the availability of water, which is governed by the regular onset and retreat of the rainy seasons. Fluctuations in the amounts of rainfall has tremendous impact causing widespread famine, disease outbreaks and human …
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Past, Present, Future
Past, Present, Future is an immersive and interactive art installation that seeks to put displaced Congolese and African artwork - commonly displayed in world museums - into their original cultural context. The exhibit's immersive experience sheds light on the colonial exploitation of African …