Questions and Topics We Can Help You To Answer:
WRITE: 200-Word RESPONSE: Based on Reading Assignments & PowerPoints: "Enslaved Swimmers and Divers" & Servants of Allah, Write a post that analyzes the above reading and viewing materials. Define the term “cultural retention.” Select two examples of cultural retention by African slaves in America and compare and contrast these examples to show how African slaves used such practices to improve their psychological, spiritual, and/or social status. Can you think of any examples in which the practice of cultural retention might have worsened the condition of African slaves? If so, or if not, explain why.
materials you may need
"Servants of Allah" by Sylviane A. Diouf:
http://www.inmotionaame.org/texts/viewer.cfm;jsessionid=f830139591471892838147?id=1_030T&page=71&bhcp=1
"Toussaint L'Ouverture Series" (paintings) by Jacob Lawrence (Part 1):
http://www.driskellcenter.umd.edu/narratives/exhibition/sec2/lawr_j_01.htm
"Toussaint L'Ouverture Series" by Jacob Lawrence (Part 2)
https://www.google.com/search?q=jacob+lawrence+toussaint+l%27ouverture+series&biw=937&bih=727&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjJ07SJ4dbOAhWPth4KHWNSCwIQ_AUIBigB
Sojourner Truth’s cartes de visites (Part 1)
https://www.google.com/search?q=Sojourner+Truth%E2%80%99s+cartes+de+visites&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwigncen4tbOAhWCWh4KHX6oAC4QsAQIJQ&biw=937&bih=727
Sojourner Truth’s cartes de visites (Part 2)
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/98501244/
Michelle Obama’s “Unveiling of Sojourner Truth Bust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtmTEiTDBeg
Gold Medalist Cullen Jones on Chasing History (2nd African American to WIN Gold Medal in Swimming)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93594701
Simone Manuel Rio Olympics 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyApiBQAcKU
Simone Manuel Reflecting on Historic WIN @ Olympics 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8nx2a7t3mc
African Muslims in Brazil TODAY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N0O8iewzw0
