Sentences with phrase «by afro»

Inspired by Afro - Cuban Modern, Folkloric and Popular Cuban dance, the group is known for tackling difficult issues such as slavery, racism, and cancer.

The mansion was constructed in 1890 by Afro - Brazilian artisans under colonial rule.

A picture caption on Friday with a review of «Creative Africa» at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and an exhibition of work by the Afro - Caribbean conceptualist Nari Ward at the nearby Barnes Foundation misidentified the objects shown on a gallery wall at the Museum of Art.

The title of the exhibition «New Suns» derives from an epigram of an unfinished book by the Afro - American science - fiction writer Octavia Butler, which captures the cosmic tension between optimism and pessimism and touched Joseph's soul in depth.

1986 Artists Select: Contemporary Perspectives by Afro - American Artists, University Art Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

A terra - cotta bust by Simone Leigh, its gray - beige head topped by an Afro composed of blue porcelain cowrie shells, is a homage to a specific person: the choreographer Katherine Dunham, who incorporated African styles in modern American dance and opened a performing arts school in East St. Louis in the 1960s.

influenced by Afro - Luzon culture.

Featuring character design by Afro Samurai creator Takashi Okazaki and a killer soundtrack from well - known electro bands Carpenter Brut, Danger and more, Furi's heart - pumping boss battles will challenge gamers» will with skill - based hand - to - hand and gun - battle combat.

This time around, gamers will follow Kuma, the character who was defeated by Afro in the first game.

Keen eyed fans may notice that the character design is handled by Afro Samurai creator Takashi Okazaki, and was inspired by Japanese action games such as No More Heroes and Godhand.

Each of the opponents have been designed by Afro Samurai creator, Takashi Okazaki.

The game features character design by Afro Samuraicreator Takashi Okazaki, and a highly acclaimed electronic soundtrack from a range of celebrated producers including Carpenter Brut, Danger and The Toxic Avenger.

Rean joined the band for a mind - blowing solo rendition of «Colt 45 ″ by Afro Man.

Bernal's controversial book Black Athena (1989) provoked passions with its thesis that Western civilization was influenced by Afro - Asiatic cultures and prompted his critics to publish Black Athena Revisited (1996).

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... A first step in the program to end the existing system of racist education is to demand that the 10 percent of the schools... be turned over to and run by the Afro - American community itself.

October 7, 2014 • Joined by special guests Pedrito Martinez (percussion) and Chucho Valdés (piano), the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra premieres new music by Wynton Marsalis inspired by Afro - Cuban religious practice.

In the 20th century, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was mythologized as God incarnate by the Afro - syncretic Rastafari movement in part because of his resounding triumph against Italian colonizers.

The photographer, Mariano Vivanco for Models.com, was inspired by the Afro - American religion, Santeria, which is a Spanish word that means worship of saints.

Pentecostalism is authoritarian in the sense that it strongly emphasizes obedience, but it is a different kind of authoritarianism than is practiced by the Afro - Brazilian religions, the carnival clubs, and other popular Brazilian associations, which depend on a single leader.

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One of the largest referrers to these fake courses, which were run by the African and Afro - American studies department, was UNC's fraternity system.

Afro - centric interpretation has drawn attention to the historical role played by African countries (especially Egypt and Ethiopia) and by Africans in the biblical text.

Several Afro - Colombian residents of the impoverished town of Bojaya travelled for days by boat, plane and bus to bring the modest plaster statue to Villavicencio to be blessed by the Pope.

And Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most renowned Afro - American woman writers, wrote reactionary essays (some of which appeared in the Reader's Digest) and gave her allegiance to the Republican Party — facts often overlooked by her contemporary feminist followers.

Formed toward the end of the 1950s, two of these groups remain active today: the FARC (Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces), which draws its primary strength from campesinos in the south, and the ELN (Army of National Liberation), whose strength is greater in the north among oil workers, indigenous groups defending their habitat against encroachment by the oil industry, and the Afro - Colombian population.

This is so because the great majority of Afro - American mothers have been seduced, deceived, betrayed, and abandoned by the men to whom they gave their love and trust.»

, the far greater crime rate among Afro - American men must in great part be explained by their unmarried and largely unpartnered existence.»

But, he writes, «an even greater tragedy has befallen Afro - American music: it is the fact that while the mass of Afro - American music lovers have embraced the misogynistic, self - loathing noise of «gangsta» rap now sponsored mainly by Euro - American companies — they have largely abandoned the authentic music of the blues and jazz.»

In Black Feminist Criticism: Perspectives on Black Women Writers, Barbara Christian points out that «a persistent and major theme throughout Afro - America women's literature [is] our attempt to define and express our totality rather than being defined by others.»

Despite the equality acquired by women and Afro - Americans during the 1960s, members of middle - class churches are still relatively unaware of the extent to which most congregations are still sexist and racist.

Now with Panama invaded, we Latin American Christians feel indignant when we hear the count on North American victims of an operation that was planned with evil intentions and hypocrisy, and yet nothing is said about the hundreds or thousands of Afro - Indo - Latin American lives... destroyed physically or psychologically by such an abominable adventure, which is a repetition of past crimes in Santo Domingo, Grenada, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador... etc., in an endless list.

Nothing less than a cultural transition was under way, with protests led by the disenfranchised: the young, the Afro - American, the poor, the aged.

«Afro» is short for afrodisia here, by the way.

(Reprinted with permission from Afro - Vegan by Bryant Terry, copyright (c) 2014.

North Carolina Tar Heels athletes were directed by their academic advisers into questionable classes in the school's African and Afro - American Studies department, according to a special subcommittee report.

«You look up there and see that Afro up by the rim, and you just don't figure out what to do about it.

According to an article by Amanda Euringer on The Tyee, «in a discussion on Mothering.com, one querent asked, «If the cream was made from the bi-product of baby afro - American clitoral skin, would Oprah still be promoting it?»

Afropolitanism is a contemporary response to «Afro - pessimism» — a response led primarily by young people with a Western education, upper - middle class upbringing, accent - free English, and easy access to high - speed Internet.

[207] In the 1990s a new genre of music was created by the youth incorporating the influences of highlife, Afro - reggae, dancehall and hiphop.

Right to say that it is «politically naive to think that by merely increasing ethnic representation within the Parliamentary Party... Asian and Afro - Caribbean voters across Britain will experience some sort of «political epiphany» and suddenly begin voting Conservative».

There are currently no women serving in statewide office in Pennsylvania, or in Senate or House seats, but Edwards would be breaking barriers too: He is Afro - Latino and running in a district that has only ever, in the more than 200 years it has existed, been represented by white men.

By Kehinde Ajose Adibeli Ugochukwu, a.k.a UFB (Ugly fine boy), is a budding Afro pop artiste whose song, «Baby boo» is currently...

Till his death, Bra Hugh as he was affectionately called was a Director of Kofi Amoakohene's Scratch Studios and Universal Entertainment here in Ghana and also a patron of the Dream Child Foundation and the chief patron of the Afro Jazz Festival hosted by Paa Kwesi Hold - brook Smith.

The project, undertaken by PCN and AAAS, aimed to strengthen the work of advocates for the rights of Afro - Colombian and indigenous communities of the Northern region of the department of Cauca, the city - port of Buenaventura and the southern region of the department of Valle in Colombia.

Green turtles in turn support a number of indigenous Miskitu and Afro - descendent communities that rely on the marine reptiles for income (by selling the meat) and as a source of protein.

Natasha from Epic Mommy Adventures Stacey from This Momma's Ramblings Cathy from A Peek Into My Paradise April from April Noelle Tina from The Happy Creations Tiffany from MrsTeeLoveLifeLaughter Cindy from Mom Maven Melissa from The Coupon Chronicles Kelly from Making - More Silvie from My Silly Little Gang Mari from Living in Mommywood Tenns from Bliss & Faith Kimberly from Being a Wordsmith Nancy from Afro - Chic Mompreneur Kimberly from Keystrokes by Kimberly Kelly from Mum - bo - Jumbo Elaine from Ramblings of a Bad Domestic Goddess Ginger from Does Your Sister Have Normal Hair Free from Couponin Diva Kori from Just Another Mom Bev from Eclectic Red Barn Dawn from Pretty Shabby UK Anuja from All I Do

I wish I could style mine the night before but if I did I would have an afro by morning.

A bushy bob looks great on Afro - textured curly hair and you can make it look even greater by adding a wide monochromatic headband or bandana to it.

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