The Powerful Presence of the Past

The Powerful Presence of the Past
Author: Jacqueline Knörr
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2010-10-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004190007

This book conceptualizes integration and conflict as interrelated dimensions of social interaction impacted by specific historical experiences. Contributions aim at a better understanding of the social mechanisms affecting processes of integration and conflict at the local, national and regional levels.

The Muslim Diaspora (Volume 2, 1500-1799)

The Muslim Diaspora (Volume 2, 1500-1799)
Author: Everett Jenkins, Jr.
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2015-05-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 147660889X

This second volume details the continued spread of Muslim culture and peoples during the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a period that saw the height of the powerful Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires, followed by their precipitous decline. The contributions of Muslims to the development of Western civilization continue to be highlighted in this chronology, most notably the impact of the Ottoman Empire on Western art and literature and its role in creating an environment in which the Protestant Reformation could take root. This volume reveals the interconnectedness of the Muslim, Jewish, African and European diasporas during this period.

Mande Music

Mande Music
Author: Eric Charry
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2000-10
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780226101620

With Mande Music, Eric Charry offers the most comprehensive source available on one of Africa's richest and most sophisticated music cultures. Using resources as disparate as early Arabic travel accounts, oral histories, and archival research as well as his own extensive studies in Mali, Guinea, Senegal, and the Gambia, Charry traces this music culture from its origins in the thirteenth-century Mali empire to the recording studios of Paris and New York. He focuses on the four major spheres of Mande music—hunter's music, music of the jelis or griots, jembe and other drumming, and guitar-based modern music—exploring how each evolved, the types of instruments used, the major artists, and how each sphere relates to the others. With its maps, illustrations, and musical transcriptions as well as an exhaustive bibliography, discography, and videography, this book is essential reading for those seeking an in-depth look at one of the most exciting, innovative, and deep-rooted phenomena on the world music scene. A compact disc is available separately.

Somono Bala of the Upper Niger

Somono Bala of the Upper Niger
Author: Daniel Harrington
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2021-10-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004492178

The Somono are an ethnic group specialized in fishing on the river Niger. Somono Bala is an epic story. This is the first ever translation of this narritive from the Maninka language into English.

Dating Undated Medieval Charters

Dating Undated Medieval Charters
Author: Michael Gervers
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780851157924

Scholars concerned with charter chronology consider the potential of the computerised methodology compare to other more traditional methods of dating.

Afrikan Wisdom

Afrikan Wisdom
Author: Valerie Mason-John
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2021-07-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1623175631

A spiritual, political, and interdisciplinary anthology of wisdom stories from Black liberation leaders and teachers. Afrikan Wisdom represents an intersectional, cross-pollinated exploration of Black life--past, present, and future. Award-winning author and editor Valerie Mason-John (Vimalasara)'s collection of 34 essays--written by an eclectic and inspirational group of Black thought leaders and teachers--reflects on the unique and multilayered experience of being Black in the world today. This anthology instills in readers the knowledge, awareness, validation, and spiritual tools necessary to nurture both individual and collective liberation. It is both an inspiration and a motivation for Black readers, as well as anyone else interested in reading about emerging spiritual voices. Topics include: • African and Afro-Diasporan cultures, histories, spiritualities, art, music, and literature • Black radical traditions of liberation and consciousness • Anticolonialism and antislavery • Buddhist philosophy • Social and environmental justice • The prison industrial complex and mass incarceration • (Kemetic) yoga, healing, and mindfulness • Intersections with Indigenous cultures • Addiction and recovery • Transgenerational trauma