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Slave Masters Sexual Pleasure
1,246 wordsThe enslavement of the Black man was not the first time slavery existed in history. According to history, another group of people that were enslaved were the Israelites in Egypt. However, no slavery, even that of the Israelites, in history was worse than the slavery of the Black man. The slavery of the Black man in America was the cruelest ever known to man. Europeans transported slaves from Africa as early as 1505. Spaniards brought the slaves to the island of Hispaniola. Some historians say th...
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Nineteenth Century Ethnic Groups
883 wordsThe African presence in the Americas has left an indelible imprint not only on the region's economic, social, and ethnic aspects; but even more so in the cultural, artistic, and religious development of this hemisphere. The study of this presence and its influences has gained tremendous significance in the current century, as has the interest in syncretism or juxtaposed religions created by a blending of Christian and African religious beliefs, rites and practices. Hundreds of years ago, slave s...
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Roman Catholic Church Central America
965 wordsMost people think that Catholicism is the main religion in the region of Central America. But if we look closer, we will see that there are other important religions besides Catholicism in these countries. Santeria is a religion, which gain more and more members the last years. Santeria the way of the saints is a combination of Nigerian Yoruba folk religion and Catholicism. The Yoruba people was a small nation in Nigeria, farmers and hunters, with a complex of believes. The nation was formed as ...
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Roman Catholic Church Gods And Goddesses
1,679 wordsSanteria and Cuba Most people think that Catholicism is the main religion in the region of Central America. But if we look closer, we will see that there are other important religions besides Catholicism in these countries. Santeria is a religion, which gain more and more members the last years. Santeria the way of the saints is a combination of Nigerian Yoruba folk religion and Catholicism. The Yoruba people was a small nation in Nigeria, farmers and hunters, with a complex of believes. The nat...
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Works Of Art Afro Cuban
2,587 wordsSyncretism The African presence in the Americas has left an indelible imprint not only on the region's economic, social, and ethnic aspects; but even more so in the cultural, artistic, and religious development of this hemisphere. The study of this presence and its influences has gained tremendous significance in the current century, as has the interest in syncretism or juxtaposed religions created by a blending of Christian and African religious beliefs, rites and practices. Hundreds of years a...
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Care Centers Extended Family
746 wordsCubans are Hispanics, of course, and 40 years of socialism have not completely erased the traditional Hispanic values that Cubans have always held. In fact, there is evidence that the Cuban brand of socialism has been tailored somewhat to complement, or at least not to confront directly, the traditional values. Cuban Hispanics, however, has always been tempered by influences from its Black community, and many of these influences have been given pride of place by the socialist government in fulfi...
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Sleep Sleep African Religion
1,612 wordsIn order to understand this work better, it is important to have a bit of background information. This story between a man and a woman, a mother and her son, takes place in Cuba in the early to mid nineteen hundreds at a time of carnival. They are both mulatto's. For the Afro-Cubans, and other Cubans alike, this time of carnival is a time of worship and praise. In the Afro-Cuban religion of Lucumi, or Santeria, the gods are worshipped and praised especially at this time of carnival. The Lucumi r...
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